Pitchfork has reported that the release of Björk’s multimedia ‘installment’ Biophilia will be released almost two weeks later than it had been promised. (October 10th is the seemingly-final release date.)
Iceland’s most well-known singstress has published quite a lot information on ‘Biophilia’ so far, here are some things:
The first thing to be released off the album was ‘Crystalline’, a song which starts out as a quite mellow, tingling song (with the gameleste), and turns into a Squarepusher-ish drum and bass craze. Its video was directed by Michel Gondry:
A short sample from the opening track ‘Moon’ was also published:
Here’s ‘Cosmogony’:
A remix series was also released, remixers like Omar Souleyman and Matthew Herbert (among others) reworked certain tracks. Omar Souleyman made ‘Crystalline’ (besides two others) his own:
Tracklist and cover:
01. Moon
Album Cover
02. Thunderbolt
03. Crystalline
04. Cosmogony
05. Dark Matter
06. Hollow
07. Virus
08. Sacrifice
09. Mutual Core
10. Solstice
11. Hollow (Original 7 Minute Version) (Digipack only)
12. Dark Matter (With Choir & Organ) (Digipack only)
13. Nattura (Digipack only)
Manual and Ultimate Editions have a bonus disc with a live recording from Björk’s first ‘Biophilia residency’ [a week at a concert venue with one or two Biophilia shows a day] in Manchester, England.
