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Sunday, January 03, 2010 Scattered Hearts, Old Worlds  I am listening to Bjork's "Scatterheart" now (from the at-the-time-slept-on Selmasongs, de facto soundtrack to Dancer in the Dark) and yearning for the free and easy days of 95-2001 when the Icelandic Queen made inarguably the most compelling and engaging electronic pop music out there. What happened to those days, O Cynical Wisp Of The Ever-changing Future? I liked Vespertine enough, especially in 2001, but it felt a little flat and confined even then, and was clearly the end of the line for our fairy princess. Medulla was interesting in theory but kind of something I never ever want to listen to, and while Volta was a return to form... it was only literally so, as it hit upon the successful song structures of Homogenic era Bjork without the soft-touch melodies, magic, or heart. Fuck man, this is what getting old is all about--you can't do much more with today's present in the future but hang on to the memories of the past. Three such memories below, including one you may have never before heard by Warp artists and occasional co-collaborators Plaid. LISTEN: Bjork - "Scatterheart", from Selmasongs Bjork - "New World", from Selmasongs (tear my fucking year 2000 heart apart) Plaid (f. Bjork) - "Lilith", from Not For Threes Labels: loved sounds, mp3, music, old flames posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 1/03/2010 04:45:00 AM 3 comments |
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vespertine is my favorite -- it's what i always wanted her music to sound like
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oh man i had forgotten about "lilith". it was on the first generation big brother mix that i listened to obsessively while riding my bike along the river and had my weird, weird teenage thoughts to.
i definitely loved Vespertine, and I still think it's great. at the time i thought it was her best, though in hindsight, personally I don't appreciate it as much as Post or Homogenic. But it's still great and inspired and enjoyable to listen to in a way that none of her subsequent output has really been.
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