Björk - Homogenic (1997)

Tracklist:

1. Hunter
2. Joga
3. Unravel
4. Bachelorette
5. All Neon Like
6. 5 Years
7. Immature
8. Alarm Call
9. Pluto
10. All Is Full Of Love

I wanted to make it an honest record. Me, here, myself, at home. I asked myself if there is such a thing as Icelandic techno, and how it could sound. Well, in Iceland, everything revolves around nature, 24 hours a day. Earthquakes, snowstorms, rain, ice, volcanic eruptions, geysers... Very elementary and uncontrolable. But at the other hand, Iceland is incredibly modern; everything is hi-tech. The number of people owning a computer is as high as nowhere else in the world. That contradiction is also on Homogenic. The electronic beats are the rhythm, the heartbeat. The violins create the old-fashioned atmosphere, the colouring. Homogenic is Iceland, my native country, my home.

Björk

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Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold (2006)

Tracklist:

1. Horse And I
2. Trophy
3. Tahiti
4. What's a Girl To Do?
5. Sad Eyes
6. The Wizard
7. Prescilla
8. Bat's Mouth
9. Seal Jubilee
10. Sarah
11. I Saw A Light

With Fur & Gold, Bat for Lashes -- aka Natasha Khan -- brings a fairytale quality and air of mystery to her music, performing a delicate balancing act between everyday emotions and the power of fantasy. As the title suggests, there's something gorgeous but raw about her songs, which fly from spare British chamber folk to shades of lavish rock, pop, and dance as she throws herself into stories that update the traditions of other iconic female artists. She's a warrior princess of the moors with only her steed to keep her company on "Horse and I," a song whose dramatic sweep would do Kate Bush proud; on the fable-like sensual duet "Trophy," Khan sings "creatures of mercy/shoot them down and set me free" with Björk-like urgency. Despite Fur & Gold's unabashedly mystical vibe, Khan emphasizes the reality in her magical reality, whether she makes it sound like it's perfectly natural to sing "drink his blood and he's our leader" on "The Wizard," or crafts strong heroines on songs such as "Prescilla"'s urban folk or "Sarah"'s surprising rock. The most remarkable thing -- out of a lot of remarkable things -- about Fur & Gold is the emotional power of Khan's songs. "What's a Girl to Do?" might be decorated with beautifully ghostly girl group beats and harmonies, but the pain of falling out of love is palpable. Best of all is "Sad Eyes," a love song so warm and fragile that the way it cuts to the quick when Khan sings "trying to keep it together/keep my love as light as a feather" is breathtaking. As far flung as these songs can be, they never sound scattered, and only rarely overdone: the thunderstorm-laden ballad "I Saw a Light" is the only moment that feels close to over the top. This is a vivid, accomplished, transporting debut.

by Heather Phares

Una cruza entre PJ Harvey y Björk. Excelente disco.


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Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)

Tracklist:

1. "Lovely Head" – 3:49
2. "Paper Bag" – 4:07
3. "Human" (Goldfrapp, Gregory, Locke, Norfolk) – 4:34
4. "Pilots" – 4:27
5. "Deer Stop" – 4:04
6. "Felt Mountain" – 4:15
7. "Oompa Radar" – 4:44
8. "Utopia" – 4:16
9. "Horse Tears" – 5:10

Cita:

Difícilmente los primeros seguidores de Alison Goldfrapp (los que conocían sus colaboraciones con Tricky, en Maxinquaye, Orbital, en Snivilisation y Add N to X, en Avant hard) podían esperar un debut como Felt mountain. En lugar de una nueva muestra de exuberancia vocal, lo que escuchamos es un trabajo de electrónica ambiental, con una contenida Goldfrapp en una faceta desconocida hasta entonces, etérea, como surgida del cosmos, incluso tratada en ciertos temas para abundar en ese mismo efecto de voz no terrenal. Es una electrónica que jamás soñó con sonar tan orgánica y cálida, que no desprecia la escritura tradicional y conoce la hondura sentimental que confiere una sección de cuerdas de sabor cinematográfico. Desde el sugerente silbido inicial de Lovely head hasta los tensos acordes con los que finaliza Horse tears, el álbum debut del dúo Goldfrapp (formado por la vocalista y Will Gregory) es tan emotivo y penetrante como el desesperado gripo que se escucha Deer stop y que nos pone la sensibilidad a flor de piel. Aunque tras una primera escucha Felt mountain puede dar la sensación de ser en exceso monotono, algo que se debe a su brillante homogeneidad y coherencia, sucesivas aproximaciones a esta maravilla desvelan sus múltiples influencias y la enorme variedad de los nueve temas. Desde las bandas sonoras de films de espías a la música de cabaret (Oompa radar), pasando por los ritmos latinos (Human), el ocasional empleo de instrumentación jazzística, sabor folk, atmósferas de ciencia ficción y hasta pop sesentero. Un álbum, en su conjunto, intimista y melancólico, de carácter invernal, ideal para que vuele la mente y afloren los sentimientos más profundos. Deja para la posteridad, además, piezas como Pilots o Utopia, posiblemente la cumbre Felt mountain.

Yo no escribí eso, pero es bastante acertado.

Links a youtube de algunos temas en vivo:

Lovely Head
Utopia
Felt Mountain



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