Problems playing this file? See media help.ījörk then set about making a record with a domestic mood featuring "everyday moods and everyday noises translating into melodies and beats", hence its working title Domestika. Björk's musical taste shifted from the "clang and clatter" and "thumping techno" that characterised Homogenic, as she grew tired of "big beats". ![]() While living in Copenhagen, she also contacted the electronic musician Thomas Knak (also known as Opiate), after having enjoyed his 1999 album Objects for an Ideal Home. Björk commissioned Valgeir Sigurðsson to relocate some of his studio equipment from Iceland to Denmark where Dancer in the Dark was being filmed. ![]() As the process of filming demanded that she be extroverted, the new music she was creating became hushed and tranquil as a way to escape. Her new relationship with artist Matthew Barney, and the tension while filming Dancer in the Dark, have been referred to as the two major forces that shaped what would become Vespertine. The earliest sessions took place in Spain with programmer Jake Davies. She has said " Selmasongs was the day job and Vespertine was the hobby". While she worked on the film, she also began producing her next album, writing new music, and teaming with new collaborators. On 25 March 2001, Björk attended the 73rd Academy Awards-as " I've Seen It All" was nominated for Best Original Song-wearing a swan dress designed by Marjan Pejoski that caused a media frenzy and was widely criticised. Her performance was praised: the film was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and she received the Best Actress award. In 2000, she starred in Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark, and composed its soundtrack, Selmasongs. She also described " All Is Full of Love"- Homogenic 's closing track-as the first song on Vespertine, as it opposed the rest of the album's "aggressive, macho" aesthetic. The album's style differed from her previous two releases, described by her as "very emotionally confrontational and very dramatic". The famous Marjan Pejoski design would take a leading role in Vespertine 's artwork and promotion later that year.ījörk had released her previous studio album, Homogenic, in 1997. Björk, a self-titled coffee table book containing photographs of the artist throughout her career, was released simultaneously with the album.ījörk wearing her swan dress at the 73rd Academy Awards on 25 March 2001. In 2001, she enlisted Zeena Parkins, Matmos, and a choir of Inuit women to embark on the Vespertine World Tour, which took place at theatres and small venues, in favor of acoustics over audience numbers. Three singles were released from Vespertine: " Hidden Place", " Pagan Poetry", and " Cocoon". It was certified gold in Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. The album appeared on several publications' lists of the best albums of 2001 and of the decade, and has often been considered Björk's best album to date. It was widely acclaimed by critics, with praise centred on its erotic, intimate mood and sonic experimentation. Vespertine peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. Cummings and British playwright Sarah Kane's Crave. Lyrically, the album revolves around sex and love-sometimes explicitly-inspired by her at the time new relationship with Matthew Barney other lyrical sources include the poetry of E. Assisted by Matmos, Björk created "microbeats" from various commonplace sounds, such as that of shuffling cards and ice being cracked. With the rising popularity of Napster and music downloads, she also composed arrangements with thin, "icy" sounding instruments whose quality would not be compromised when downloaded and played on a computer, including the harp, the celesta, clavichord, strings and custom music boxes. ![]() The musical style of the album reflected Björk's newly found interest in the minimal and intricate electronic music of producers such as Opiate, Console and the duo Matmos, who were all enlisted for the album. With Vespertine, Björk aspired to create an album with an intimate and domestic feeling, deviating from the brash sonority of her previous studio album Homogenic (1997). Production on the album began during the filming of Dancer in the Dark. It was released on 27 August 2001 in the United Kingdom by One Little Indian Records and in the United States by Elektra Entertainment. Vespertine is the fourth studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk.
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