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Björk on Biophilia delay
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 15 September 2011
Björk has taken to Facebook to justify setting back the release of her app-driven new album, ‘Biophilia’, by two weeks. Originally due out via One Little Indian on 26 Sep, the revised release will now take place on 10 Oct.
Says Björk of ‘Biophilia’ in its initial form: “I felt sonically it fitted that underworld of apps and virtual reality like a glove, kinda acoustic and clean with a slick dark sub, but somehow the CD needed more blood and muscles, oxygen and stuff”.
She goes on: “I felt the album had different kinda growth potential than the app box and it is important to follow those hunches even though they are slippery and you don’t know sometimes where they are taking you”. Indeed, it’s often wise to pursue a slippery hunch.
She adds that the experience of playing a residency at this year’s Manchester International Festival sparked further evolution in the music. “I ended up even using a live recording of one of the songs on the album, taking my hunch the whole distance, but in order to do that I had to put the album back a bit. I am really happy I did this, [because it] seems like ‘Biophilia’ the album [now] has a body”.
Hurrah! Better a belated album than a disembodied one. Read Björk’s full post here.
