Björk – Fossora (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Björk – Fossora (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:14 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Art Pop, Electronic, Female Vocal
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Bjork returns with her 10th album Fossora, the feminine version of the Latin word for digger. The album is organic, spacious and has depth and tenderness. It’s an astonishing piece of work that is both complex yet easy to digest with a dream like quality. Bjork once again gives her body and soul to this stunning album.

At last: Björk’s ‘lockdown album’. The Queen of Iceland drops her tenth studio album – an emotionally charged record where she grapples with the grief of her mother’s passing back in 2018, as well as the melancholy of lockdown. “I don’t think I’ve stayed home this much since I was 16. It was like being grounded, and I loved it,” explained the artist to the press. While in her ‘hole’, Björk composed her so-called ‘mushroom album’ – a record that fuses symphonic instruments and, well… gabber. In exploring this variant of hardcore techno, which was born in the Netherlands in the 90s, the Icelandic singer connected with Ican Harem and DJ Kasimyn from Gabber Modus Operandi. These two producers are from the Indonesian rave scene, and when Björk called, they were on their way to record a buried gamelan…

This idea obviously fascinated Björk, given that Harem and Kasimyn feature on three tracks: ‘Trölla-Gabba’, the opener ‘Atopos’ – a nod to the reggaeton trend which has invaded pop of late – and ‘Fossora’, where this use of contrast is particularly striking. She has dubbed it ‘biological techno’ – something we’ve certainly never heard before… It can only serve as further proof of the audacity of this musician. Also featuring on this record are two songs composed for her mother (‘Sorrowful’ and ‘Ancestress’), and the grandiose interlude that is ‘Victimhood’ – a long electro-baroque tunnel, where her voice gets lost and bounces around the corners, intertwining with the meandering bass clarinet and creating a Tim Burton-like atmosphere. Then there is the magical, bucolic moment that is ‘Allow’, reminiscent of the mood of her hit ‘It’s Oh So Quiet’. Björk is done resting and has come back more inspired than ever. – Smaël Bouaici

Tracklist:

1-01. Björk – Atopos (feat. Kasimyn) (04:46)
1-02. Björk – Ovule (03:38)
1-03. Björk – Mycelia (02:00)
1-04. Björk – Sorrowful Soil (03:15)
1-05. Björk – Ancestress (feat. Sindri Eldon) (07:17)
1-06. Björk – Fagurt Er í Fjörðum (00:44)
1-07. Björk – Victimhood (06:57)
1-08. Björk – Allow (feat. Emilie Nicolas) (05:26)
1-09. Björk – Fungal City (feat. serpentwithfeet) (04:45)
1-10. Björk – Trölla-Gabba (feat. Kasimyn) (01:57)
1-11. Björk – Freefall (04:31)
1-12. Björk – Fossora (feat. Kasimyn) (04:19)
1-13. Björk – Her Mother’s House (feat. ísadóra bjarkardóttir barney) (04:33)

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