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offline optimus prime on 2007-03-03 10:39 [#02057839]
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so unibrowned and more-than-slightly crazy bjork has a
new album coming out. timbaland has said that it'll
have a 'hip hop theme'. anything would be better than
medulla.

"Musical innovator Björk releases her next studio album
‘Volta’ on May 7th 2007.

‘Volta’ is Björk's sixth studio album and follows the
release of ‘Medúlla’ in 2004.

Featuring ten brand new and original tracks ‘Volta’ is
entirely written and produced by Björk.

In the role of producer Björk has brought in various other
musicians to work on her songs and ‘Volta’ features some
of her most interesting collaborations so far with Antony
Hegarty (Antony And The Johnsons) singing on two tracks, and
Timbaland (Jay-Z, Missy Elliot etc) working with Björk on
beats that she created for three further songs.

Other artists that feature on ‘Volta’ include electronic
pioneer Mark Bell of LFO and two unique drummers – Chris
Corsano (the improvisational drummer who has worked with
Sonic Youth amongst others) and Brian Chippendale from
Lightening Bolt.

Björk also brought in two acclaimed African artists for
‘Volta’ - Toumani Diabate, the Malian kora player and
Konono No1 the experimental band from The Congo who won a
BBC World Music Award in 2006. She has also put together her
own 10 piece female brass section of Icelandic musicians who
play on three further tracks. Meanwhile Chinese pipa expert
Min Xiao-Fen plays on one song."


 

offline staz on 2007-03-03 10:41 [#02057841]
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it will be real good.


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-03-03 10:41 [#02057842]
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i'm completely sick of antony and timbaland. i don't have
high hopes for this album.


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-03-03 10:42 [#02057843]
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but i do have hopes!


 

offline cx from Norway on 2007-03-03 11:04 [#02057851]
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yes very nice


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2007-03-03 11:29 [#02057854]
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chris corsano and brian chippendale wtf


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2007-03-03 11:36 [#02057857]
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I dont really like the sound of it from all that guff


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-03-03 11:46 [#02057859]
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pretty excellent isn't it..so looking forward to this
one...

and toumani diabate..no idea how all these musicians are
going to contribute to a coherent album..i just hope it
won't be another peeping tom sort of thing!!


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2007-03-03 11:52 [#02057860]
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hip hop theme ? Timbaland ? hahahahhahah please


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-03-03 11:59 [#02057864]
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woop woop hope it'll be good!


 

offline Neto from Ecatepec (Mexico) on 2007-03-03 20:19 [#02057973]
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I don't have high expectations on this one, bu we will
see...


 

offline yann_g from now on 2007-03-03 20:33 [#02057976]
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mark is in the place once more :)


 

offline thatne from United States on 2007-03-03 20:38 [#02057977]
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björk björk björk björk björk.


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2007-03-03 21:34 [#02057983]
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well it sounds more promising than her last two releases
so
im looking forward to this


 

offline xkejjer from Malta on 2007-03-03 23:56 [#02058005]
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i have high expectations.

medulla was stunning, despite some of you not liking it
apparently. but then again, most of you think venetian
snares has a series of good albums. so..


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-03-04 02:00 [#02058018]
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i appreciated medulla as an experiment, but it's not
something i could ever listen to more than once.


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-03-04 02:04 [#02058020]
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and this is not the first time you've inexplicably defended
your opinion by saying people like venetian snares. what's
the deal with that?


 

offline blrr from the block on 2007-03-04 03:23 [#02058033]
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i hadn't realised Medulla was so unpopular. I really like
it. I still think Vespertine is bjork's high-point but
Medulla has some really awesome tracks on it.

I'm looking forward to the new one.


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2007-03-04 22:41 [#02058217]
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we shall have to see.

Toumani definitely perks my ears up some. Brian Chippendale
sort of confuses them.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-05 06:54 [#02058300]
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if you think vespertine was crap, then you should die.


 

offline meldo from Sweden on 2007-03-05 09:53 [#02058366]
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Aren't the last two Medulla & Drawing Restraint 9?


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2007-03-05 10:45 [#02058387]
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if you mean the bell one, i'll give a listen to her shit*

*new album


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-05 10:57 [#02058393]
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bah we're classing drawing restraint 9 as an album? Yeesh.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2007-03-05 11:13 [#02058395]
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think she'll beatbox?


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2007-03-05 11:20 [#02058397]
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good news


 

offline mimi on 2007-03-05 11:20 [#02058398]
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totally looking forward to this one


 

offline Akira from out of space on 2007-03-05 11:22 [#02058400]
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yeah. same here


 

offline NannouV4 from United States on 2007-03-07 17:33 [#02059525]
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it's bound to have some good tracks.

not exactly happy to hear timbaland is involved.

i was actually hoping she would continue down the medulla
electropellica avenue.

sure, it was a pretty lousy album, but at least it was
different.



 

offline trentee from Berlin (Germany) on 2007-03-07 17:44 [#02059532]
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"... there are a couple of tracks on this album which are
actually programs, with many programming hours spent, and
you listen to it, and it sounds like kettle drums or
something..." - :) wunderbar!!!


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2007-03-07 17:48 [#02059533]
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well i'm looking forward to it. i'll probably avoid all the
hype/anti-hype though.


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2007-03-07 18:19 [#02059550]
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the october breezeblock live stuff she did are better than
anything on the album. i quite enjoy those versions,
really.

but the new album. yes, i'm excited. the end.


 

offline staz on 2007-03-07 18:20 [#02059552]
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razezaflaahg


 

offline OK on 2007-03-07 20:32 [#02059651]
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rhythm


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2007-03-07 21:18 [#02059659]
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good read


 

offline child810 from boston (United States) on 2007-03-07 21:30 [#02059661]
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I'm looking forward to this. I really liked most of Medulla
but change is good.


 

offline OK on 2007-03-07 21:30 [#02059662]
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the pint is she says rhythm a lot


 

offline OK on 2007-03-07 21:31 [#02059664]
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*point


 

offline chambre noire from Iceland on 2007-03-20 06:02 [#02064214]
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maybe some poster or the actual album cover?


Attached picture

 

offline uzim on 2007-03-20 06:12 [#02064216]
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THE HORROR!

...
this cover is ugly. : (


 

offline OK on 2007-03-20 09:04 [#02064271]
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very


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2007-03-20 09:08 [#02064274]
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Looks like Matthew Barney doused her in petrol and threw her
in the offcuts at Reykjavik's branch of World of Carpets.


 

offline staz on 2007-03-20 09:32 [#02064291]
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hahahah, that's an awesome picture, reminds me of an
oldschool icecream box we used to have here.


 

offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2007-03-20 10:06 [#02064301]
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Good news, I'll get it yes.


 

offline OK on 2007-03-20 11:23 [#02064320]
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i tried my best to make the thing look better in GIMP, but
blurring the shit out of the picture had the best results.
still ugly tho


 

offline OK on 2007-03-20 11:32 [#02064324]
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LAZY_MEH


 

offline dario from Madrid (Spain) on 2007-03-22 02:40 [#02064887]
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Ay...Homogenic...I hope something similar...but I'm realist.


 

offline Mr Brazil from Oh Joan, I love you so... on 2007-03-22 02:42 [#02064888]
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Want an Oink invite?


 

offline dario from Madrid (Spain) on 2007-03-22 02:54 [#02064890]
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What?


 

offline gyroscope on 2007-03-22 09:54 [#02064968]
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I hope it's catchy.


 

offline chambre noire from Iceland on 2007-03-28 13:00 [#02067055]
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rumours are floating around the internet that Volta will
only contain bad euro-techno covers, like this one by 2
Unlimited


 


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