Word: bjork
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...depth survey of the diverse ways--via the Internet, TV and, of course, recordings--in which people around the world are crossing borders to share their passion for music and rocking old traditions as they create new kinds of sounds. Stories include profiles of international stars like Bjork and Marc Anthony, reports on hip-hoppers in Havana and sitar rockers in London, and an opinionated guide to the 10 best bands on the planet. Months in the planning, the issue went to press before the horrific terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. But we trust that even during this tragic time...
This recording is Bjork's return to Iceland--or Scandinavia, at least--after a career of mixing cultures: posing as a Chinese woman in Asian dress on the cover of her last album, Homogenic, and collaborating in past projects with American rapper RZA and British musicians Goldie, Tricky and Thom Yorke. The album was written mostly while she was in Denmark (which controlled Iceland until the mid-20th century), shooting the 2000 film Dancer in the Dark and feeling homesick. "My album is sort of chamber music for this century," she says, scratching a mosquito bite on her arm. "After...
...Bjork--when there are 280,000 people in your country and you use the patrilineal Viking system for last names (in her case, Gudmunsdottir), first names are enough--has come back from her new home in New York City to drop off her son Sindri, 15, who chose to go to high school in Reykjavik and live with his father Thor Jonsson, who used to play with Bjork in their '80s punk band, the Sugarcubes. She is sad that Sindri is leaving her for the first time, but she tries to act tough. "At that age, you need...
...space in Chelsea, a two-bedroom apartment where her assistant and an electronica dance duo named Matmos live. (Matmos' latest album, A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure, contains sounds sampled during plastic surgery.) Down the street from the Chelsea apartment, the Matthew Marks gallery is showing Bjork's upcoming video, five minutes of multicolored, multitextured gloopy stuff running from her eyes into her nostrils and back out her eyes. Bjork maintains, paradoxically, that she has to create videos that odd to make her music more accessible. "If I do a song, people have to listen...
Sigur Ros ICELAND The land of Bjork has produced several notable acts lately, including Emiliana Torrini and Mum. Sigur Ros, with its intoxicatingly eclectic sound, is winning fans worldwide. Key album: Agaetis Byrjun...