Björk Gudmundsdottir
Real Name:
Björk Guðmundsdóttir
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Born: November 21, 1965, Reykjavik, Iceland
Where Björk's vocal expression matured in Kukl, she first came to prominence as one of the lead vocalists of the avant-pop Icelandic sextet Sugarcubes, The.
When she launched a solo career -after the group's 1992 demise- she quickly eclipsed her old band's popularity. Instead of following the Sugarcubes' arty guitar rock, Björk immersed herself in dance and club culture, working with many of the biggest names in the genre, including Mark Bell, Nellee Hooper, Underworld, Howie B. and Tricky.
Debut established her new artistic direction and became an international hit, making her one of the '90s most unlikely stars.
Where Björk's vocal expression matured in Kukl, she first came to prominence as one of the lead vocalists of the avant-pop Icelandic sextet Sugarcubes, The.
When she launched a solo career -after the group's 1992 demise- she quickly eclipsed her old band's popularity. Instead of following the Sugarcubes' arty guitar rock, Björk immersed herself in dance and club culture, working with many of the biggest names in the genre, including Mark Bell, Nellee Hooper, Underworld, Howie B. and Tricky.
Debut established her new artistic direction and became an international hit, making her one of the '90s most unlikely stars.
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bjork.com, Wikipedia, MySpace, Twitter, bjorkremixes.com/siteindex, dailymotion.com/Bjork, youtube.com/bjorkdotcom, bjorklossless.goudwater.nl, bjorkbrasil.verandi.org
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| B. Gudmundsdotter
| B. Gudmundsdottir
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| B.Gudmundsdöttir
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| Björk Guðmundsdóttir
| Björk Guðmundsdottir
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| Björk Gudmundsdöttir
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| Bjørk
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| Gudmundsdotter B.
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| Gudmundsdottir B
| Gudmundsdottir B.
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I remember first time hearing Bjork and her Sugarcube-mate Einar Orn screaming and shouting to the point where you couldn't tell one from another - and at some point it irritated the hell out of me but didn't stop me from falling in love with their music... Then Sugarcubes disbanded and Bjork went on and 'Human Behaviour' seemed a nice start of a solo career - athough many omit the fact she already released an obscure standards album when 12, somewhere in 1977... 'Debut' was a nice continuation without our ability to place her in any of explored musical drawers, as Bjork simply tells the truth - she sings and paint with emotions on equal terms. After 'Post' things seemed to be a bit worn-out for me personally and the more she exposed herself, the more it started getting on my nerves... Until I saw her live during 'Vespertine' and said to myself: hey - this lady isn't faking anything. She is just the way she is. She tells us the truth -beautiful, haunting, mesmerising, disturbing. Always as wild and temperamental while sensitive and fragile all the same. The closest a human being ever got to mother nature.
Sometimes you're sitting in your bedroom drawing or writing or creating music or something. And you just feel like you have so much talent and creativity. And then along comes Bjork to totally blow you out of the water. She's insanely genius at pretty much everything (writing, singing, performing, album artwork, videos, websites and now acting) and never does anything half assed. A constant reminder to other artists on how far they can, and have, to go. Always pushing boundaries! Fantastic to watch and listen to.
Bjork is a true artisan and adapts technology to accent her eccentric, powerful and emotional vocal style rather than employ tech to cover up or “make perfect”.
A powerbook tweaker as well as notebook scribbler, Bjork is what genuine talent and ingenuity looks like.
She is a breath of fresh air in these days of insipid synthetic diva/vixens.
A powerbook tweaker as well as notebook scribbler, Bjork is what genuine talent and ingenuity looks like.
She is a breath of fresh air in these days of insipid synthetic diva/vixens.
;quite simply, the finest electronic music artist i have ever experienced, and one of the finest vocalists. each album she crafts pushes the envelope of her mainstream music-voice, while maintaining a firm collaborative foothold in bleeding edge electronic music and its finest artists; each is an inexplicable beautiful work of art: intensely personal, wholly unique, consummately detailed, and, paradoxically, both violently and subtly emotive.
;there will only ever be one björk.
;cRaig
;there will only ever be one björk.
;cRaig
