I hope you all liked my Patrick Wolf A to Z post. If not, here’s another attempt at the A to Z thing, the artist this time is Björk, enjoy!
A is for
Army of Me: Remixes and Covers. Released in May of 2005, it is an album which features 20 covers and remixes of Björk’s "Army of Me". Bands and artists from all around the world contributed to this album, including this blog’s favorite: Patrick Wolf!
is for Björk, the title for her
first solo album. She recorded the album when she was only 11 years old. It includes covers by Stevie Wonder and The Beatles.
C is for "Cvalda", a track from
Dancer In The Dark.
[download: Cvalda]
D is for
Dancer In The Dark. A film in which Björk won for best actress at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. D is for "Domestica", a b-side on the
Pagan Poetry single.
[download: Domestica]
E is for Eiko Ishioka, the director for "Cocoon" video.
F is for Fluke Magimix, the remixed version of "Big Time Sensuality" used in the music video directed by Stéphane Sednaoui. F is also for Foot Soldier, which was released as a b-side on the
Hidden Place single.
[download: Foot Soldier] G is for
Gling-Gló. Released in 1990, it was an album Björk recorded with the Icelandic jazz group Gudmundar Ingólfssonar Trio.
H is for
Homogenic, my favorite album by Björk. H is also for
"Human Behaviour", the first single from
Debut, released in June 1993.
I is for Iceland, where Björk’s from.
J is for
The Juniper Tree, Björk’s first acting role. J is also for
"Jóga", one of my favorite songs by Björk.
[download: Jòga (String & Vocal Mix)]
K is for Kelis. The r & b artist did a duet with Björk on an alternate version of "Oceania". K is also for "Komið", a bonus on the Japanese version of
Medúlla.
[download: Oceania (with Kelis)]
[download: Komið]
L is for is for Björk’s laptop, which influenced
Vespertine. Björk explained in the June 2001 issue of
Fader:
"Vespertine was very influenced by my laptop, and about people being obsessed with Napster and saying it compromised sound and me thinking that was rubbish. Alot of the beats were influenced by me thinking someone could download it and it would sound great."M is for Madonna’s "Bedtime Stories", a track Björk co-wrote. M is also for "Mother Heroic", a b-side from the
Hidden Place single.
[download: Mother Heroic]
N is for November 21, 1965 – Björk’s birthday!
O is for "Oceania", a song off
Medulla. Björk performed "Oceania" during the opening ceremony at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
P is for
"Play Dead". A non-album track used in the film
The Young Americans (1993).
Q is for Q Awards. Björk received the Inspiration Award at the Annual
Q Magazine Awards in October 2005.
R is for
Rahzel, a beatboxer from the rap group The Roots. Rahzel provides beats for five songs on
Medúlla.
S is for Sugercubes. Björk was the lead singer of Sugercubes in the late 80s/early 90s. S is also for
Selmasongs, the film soundtrack to
Dancer In The Dark.
T is for Thom Yorke. Thom recorded a duet with Björk for the song "I’ve Seen it All", which appeared in the film
Dancer In The Dark.
[download: I've Seen It All (with Thom Yorke)]
U is for "Úm Akkeri", the Icelandic version of "The Anchor Song".
[download: Úm Akkeri]
V is for
Vespertine, released in 2001. V is also for the beautiful track,
"Venus As A Boy".
W is for Paul White, the director of Hunter. W is also for the rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan... Wu-Tang’s RZA remixed "Bachelorette".
[download: Bachelorett (RZA Remix)]
X is for
X-Files. Björk’s "Hunter" was featured in the
X-Files movie soundtrack.
Y is for "You Only Live Twice". A never released song originally intented for a compilation which features covers of various James Bond songs; however, the track was withdrawn by Björk in the end.
[download: You Only Live Twice]
Z is for nothing... again, I can’t think of anything for Z... help!
BONUS b-sides:Sod Off
So Broken
My Snare
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So I was mostly away from my laptop the past couple of days (hence the lack of updates). Yesterday was a gorgeous day, I went to the Wells’ place: spent the afternoon on the pool deck, talked and drank... and had dinner afterward... it was a great time! (btw, Mrs. Wells, if you are reading this, thanks for making me a "special" meal) Today, I watched a lot of TV: this cartoon called Clone High, Canadian Idol (I love the beginning stages of the Idol shows, they are always so funny), and I also watched game one of the Stanley Cup final, which I do not want to talk about!!!!!!!!! I also read a lot and talked to Millie on the phone... she’s back in Toronto!!! Anyways, I must stop now before this rant goes out of control. S0 ok, now to the real point of this post:
Gregory Euclide has one of the most unique styles I have seen in recent years. The major theme of most of his pieces has more or less to do with the environment. To be more precise, he combines natural environments such as landscapes with men-made environments such as roads and buildings: Euclide combines natural beauties with magnificence human creations. Instead of using clichés such as juxtaposing the untouched nature vs. the destructiveness of men creations, Euclide finds beauties in both and unifies the two to create breathtaking pieces. He carefully combines lines, colours, and textures by using acrylic, pencil, pen, stickers, and typeset to bring together landscapes and architectures to create magnificent beauties. Euclide also combines digital styles and traditional styles to further highlight the theme of nature and men-made environments. I really wished that I have my own style like Gregory Euclide, but according to Art School Confidential, I am way too young to have my own style... apparently, I need to experiment more. Go check out Gregory Euclide’s website here. Also, make sure you go check out Six Press Prints – which is a series of six new limited edition prints by Gregory Euclide, with one new print each week for six weeks straight... very cool!
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