Bjork news

One Little Indian is set to release bastards, an album of remixed tracks from Björk’s Biophilia, on Nov. 19. Some of the remixes, selected by Björk, were released in an eight-part series earlier this year and remastered for this album.

“I felt it important to gather together the essence of the remixes,” said Björk, “so I picked a quarter of them for one CD for people who are perhaps not too sassy downloaders or don’t have the time or energy to partake in the hunter-gathering rituals of the Internet. I was incredibly impressed by how the core of the mixes took Biophilia somewhere else while still keeping its character, and like they so often do when at their best: the remixes gave the songs more beats; legs to dance on! I spent some time editing together not necessarily the best ones but the ones that made the strongest whole.”

Both the original Biophilia and bastards will be available on 12” vinyl as well as CD and digital download. See below for the complete bastards tracklisting.

For the original Biophilia album, Björk chose and collaborated with app developers, scientists, writers, inventors, musicians, and instrument makers to create a multimedia exploration of the universe and its physical forces—particularly those where music, nature, and technology meet. Each of the 10 songs on Biophilia is available as an app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The Biophilia app suite was named one of 2011’s Best Apps by Apple.

The Biophilia project also includes interactive educational programming designed to teach students about the relationships between music, science and technology. Each of the 10 songs on the album is available as an app, with each individual app teaching a different feature of musicology. As part of her residency in Iceland, Björk collaborated with the University of Iceland and the City of Reykjavík to create interactive workshops that reflect the themes and natural phenomena that inspired her Biophilia album. The project is set to continue in Reykjavík over the next three years, and it recently received the 2012 EUPRIO Award for best science media project.

Björk brought this educational programming to New York middle school students during her residency at the New York Hall of Science in February, and she also teamed up with the New York Public Library and the Children’s Museum of Manhattan to develop a series of programs running from July through December 2012. The workshops have also been held in Manchester, Oslo, São Paulo and Buenos Aires. Björk plans to take the workshops around the world in the next few years. 

bastards Track Listing

1. Crystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)

2. Virus (Hudson Mohawke “Peaches and Guacamol” Rework)

3. Sacrifice (Death Grips Remix)

4. Sacrifice ((Matthew Herbert’s Pins And Needles Mix) edit) 

5. Mutual Core (These New Puritans Remix featuring Soloman Is. Song)

6. Hollow (16-bit Remix)

7. Mutual Core (Matthew Herbert’s “Teutonic Plates” Mix)

8. Thunderbolt (Death Grips Remix)

9. Dark Matter (Alva Noto Remodel)

10. Thunderbolt (Omar Souleyman Remix)

11. Solstice (Current Value Remix)

12. Moon (The Slips Remix)

13. Crystalline (Matthew Herbert Remix)