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sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-07-17 18:33 [#00784150]
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so, i was at the bjork concert near my home town last week,
and i have to say that the most incredible musical
experience in my live (i hadn't had much experiences anyway,
but who the fuck cares).
she played with the islandic string octet, and matmos. she
was just incredible. i mean, i came to the concert without
even knowing any song of bjork. i just thought that it could
be some fun there. now i'm really impressed and i try to get
all her songs... especially the original ones from the
concert.

one thing only, what disturbed me very much is, that in
magazines or television nobody tells a word about matmos,
who make the music for her. but i think, that they are a
VERY important part of her music. at the show the were
wonderful, nearly techno/harcory'ish. combined with the
sound of her voice...

anyone else like her ?

oh, and one thing goes through my head: is bjork idm ?

ecnadniarb on 2003-07-17 18:35 [#00784154]
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No Bjork is not IDM she is a little female that could fit in
your pocket.

Anus_Presley on 2003-07-17 18:37 [#00784156]
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no she is not

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-07-17 18:38 [#00784158]
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yeah, right... i couldn't see her when she walked back on
the stage...

electro from detroit on 2003-07-17 18:38 [#00784160]
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her music is eclectic
classical, some songs are rockish..remixes makes them clear
they are...dancey..IDM....jazz
she is one of the best musicians around
i love her

wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2003-07-17 18:39 [#00784162]
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-i like bjork very much, and i think many on this board
would agree
-matmos have gotten a lot of recognition (relative to other
artists from the genre) i think its been sparse lately
because its been a few years since both their last album and
vespertine were released.
-i dont think bjork would really be considered 'idm' by
most, though its a heavy influence on her music

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-07-17 18:41 [#00784168]
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eclectic ?

corticalstim from Canada on 2003-07-17 18:42 [#00784170]
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weird

Anus_Presley on 2003-07-17 18:42 [#00784171]
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varried...

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-07-17 18:44 [#00784175]
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i understand, so everything you can't put into another genre
is eclectic now...

how funny

qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-07-17 18:45 [#00784179]
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eclectic is a term much favoured by music critics.

it effectively has no meaning.

ecnadniarb on 2003-07-17 18:49 [#00784180]
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ecletic just means that her music pulls elements from a
variety of sources. In my opinion it is what every good
musician should be able to do...basically genre
defying...luckily it has managed to keep away from becoming
too much of a geeky buzz word too.

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-07-17 19:00 [#00784192]
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that's what i thought

GIR from Easton on 2003-07-17 19:15 [#00784228]
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bjorks genre is called "good music"

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-07-17 19:22 [#00784235]
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fuckin right :)

LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-07-18 09:57 [#00785096]
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i'm seeing Bjork soon, it will be my first concert as well,
really lookin' forward to it.

i'm not sure her music can be classified, and thats a good
thing IMO. she creates BEAUTIFUL music.....indescribable
music that can make your soul soar.....wowwww

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-18 11:33 [#00785271]
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i'd say bjork is idm if we're going to be calling stuff like
aphex and mouse on mars idm.. as for matmos, yea they are
really great and i think they're underrated in the press,
especially in bjork articles (she of course chats them up in
interviews). since you're a newcomer to bjork i'll let you
know that matmos have only worked on one of her albums,
vespertine (2001). you might want to buy that album for the
most similar material to the concert. besides singing, bjork
also plays instruments and writes most of the music, and she
has different musical collaborators on each album. her next
album features a bunch of people who've worked with her
before, including matmos and mark bell from her most recent
releases.

evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-07-18 11:42 [#00785289]
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i'm seeing bjork next month. i can't wait. she hasn't been
to seattle in almost 10 years.

her music is deff. influenced heavily by idm and
experimental electronic music. but she has an extremely
unique sound that defy's genre classification. i would
attribute most of her 'eclectic' nature to her very alien
sounding voice. nobody sounds like bjork. not even close.

Did she have that music box at her show? that is one of the
coolest instruments i've ever seen. it's so awsome that she
has a custom music box that plays her own music. the
sound's it makes are really amazing too. all the winding and
spring noises. fucking awsome.

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-18 11:45 [#00785296]
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well except the singer from the slits and maybe stina
nordenstam.. hehe. and of course the immitators (emiliana
torrelini, etc.). but pretty unique voice and style for
sure.

LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-07-18 11:56 [#00785311]
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i saw her playing? that music box at her concert on the new
DVD thats out....the Royal Opera House....it was soooo
cool.....

damn i hope she brings that to NYC

Steamtank from Melancholia Isle (Poland) on 2003-07-18 12:20 [#00785358]
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bjork always work with other people (read: they re producing
her music)
post-> tricky howie b
homogenic, selmasongs-> mark bell
vespertine-> matmos

but the production of "vespertine" is mainly her own work,
matmos co-produced few tracks.
bjork asked aphex to work with her and the pusher too.

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-18 12:33 [#00785372]
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tricky only did 2 songs with bjork on 'post', howie b wasn't
the #1 collaborator either.. but even back then she was
still co-producing the music. each album is more and more
musically written by her (with selmasongs the first release
where she really started composing and arranging by herself,
eg: the orchestral instrumental "overture"). that said, you
can definitely hear the trademark of each collaborator on
each album they're involved with.

wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2003-07-18 12:42 [#00785391]
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though he's never really mentioned, thomas knak helped out
on about half the tracks on vespertine.
he releases his own stuff under his own name, opiate, and a
few other aliases which is pretty nice.

having said that, people tend to downplay bjork's
involvement in the production end of things, assuming that
someone else makes all the music and she simply sings over
it, but as tits said, she's doing more and more herself
every album. i remember matmos mentioning in an interview
that bjork was responsable for a lot of the things on
vespertine that people probably thought was them.

Steamtank from Melancholia Isle (Poland) on 2003-07-18 12:57 [#00785424]
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thomas knak is a part of fokin awesome band system :)

JivverDicker from my house on 2003-07-18 13:23 [#00785466]
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Matmos also say it was 90% finished before they got involved
with Vespertine, check their site.

JivverDicker from my house on 2003-07-18 13:34 [#00785477]
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Thomas Knak, Valgeir Siggurdson, Mark Bell, Guy sigsworth,
Harmony Korine all worked on Vespertine ' till it was 90%
finished, I got that from bjork.com..I'll find a link..

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-18 13:36 [#00785481]
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really that's weird i don't see mark bell's name in the
credits anywhere

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-18 13:37 [#00785484]
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guy sigsworth's a straight pimp though.. any suggestions on
other things he's worked on? didn't he start a band recently
with a female singer? kinda electoclash?

JivverDicker from my house on 2003-07-18 13:39 [#00785486]
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They had a fall out, I'll find where I read it, he wrote
Hidden Place with Guy Sigsworth and another one...

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-18 13:41 [#00785489]
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"he" wrote hidden place with guy sigsworth? you're confusing
me dude. i like how that track "builds" though.

JivverDicker from my house on 2003-07-18 13:41 [#00785490]
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this is link to hidden place the credits----

http://unit.bjork.com/specials/gh/SUB-11/

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-18 13:43 [#00785493]
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weird, i had no idea! that's one of my favorite songs on the
album, i wonder why i forgot mark and guy worked on it.
doesn't sound like their work at all. i remember matthew
herbert did some programming in the bridge part but forgot
who else worked on it. well, thanks.

JivverDicker from my house on 2003-07-18 13:45 [#00785499]
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I think they all had a fallout and acted like children
saying I don't want to be credited, I don't care and I'm
taking my synth with me....probably

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-18 13:48 [#00785505]
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that's really retarded. kinda like how steve albini isn't a
producer, he's an engineer.

evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-07-18 14:23 [#00785534]
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that is a great DVD! makes me even more excited to see her
live.

mimi on 2003-07-18 23:15 [#00785900]
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i am pretty disappointed that she isn't making any midwest
stops; just can't afford to take any trips this time of
year.

but i guess if she was playing at wrigley field (hahah), i
would be complaining that the civic opera house show was
sooo much better!

electro from detroit on 2003-07-18 23:22 [#00785901]
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did you hear the music with 5.1 surround?..oh god try human
behaviour with 5.1
if not you are missing a whole different experience to that
dvd

Amnesiac from ERIE (United States) on 2003-07-18 23:48 [#00785905]
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*cough*over*cough*rated*cough*

mimi on 2003-07-18 23:52 [#00785906]
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i think radiohead is overrated, but i dont jump into
radiohead threads to tell the posters that they think too
much of the band :)

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-08-14 20:38 [#00822793]
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bjork.com went all, like, industrial.

Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-15 10:49 [#00823417]
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Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-15 10:50 [#00823418]
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...and her music

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-08-15 12:52 [#00823616]
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i hope i can download the live box...

*launching soulseek*

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-08-15 13:06 [#00823652]
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prfff... down again

evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-08-15 13:10 [#00823657]
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Bjork show tonight!!!

i can hardly contain myself.

Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-08-15 13:11 [#00823660]
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if its anything like her live show thats on DVD (which i
just watched last night), then I envy you!

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-08-15 13:17 [#00823673]
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what is it like ?

Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-08-15 13:18 [#00823674]
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Link

sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-08-15 13:23 [#00823685]
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thx. mate.

KisserDicker on 2014-07-22 08:40 [#02474056]
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Why are you bullying me in public freqy? Saying I go to
bookstores and buy books I'm not interested in? This is
very hurtful and not a good way to conduct yourself.

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