Later, when I learned more about history, it became more evident how it is all based on Christian values, like how there are a lot of squares across C, G, and F chords — I’m not saying it’s bad, but I wanted the musicology to be more based on nature. It’s like how kids are told, ‘If you train many hours a day for 10 years, you might get VIP access to this elite world.’ But not everybody wants to be a performer in a symphony orchestra, and kids are not encouraged to write songs and find their own style. That age is perfect for making things because you don’t have inhibitions; if you start developing your own musical language at 10, imagine how great it would be 20 years later.
—Björk, from her Pitchfork interview with Ryan Dubal about her new album Biophilia
Photo by verapalsdottir/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
~Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Stream Björk's "Biophilia" Before It's Released
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Where do science and nature and music meet? And how do humans relate to them? Björk’s Biophilia sets out to explore these big ideas as a listening experience and as a music education project. She’s worked with some of the best iPad app designers to create an interactive musical experience for each track on the album too, where children (and adults) can remix and alter each song with various games so they can better understand the principles behind each piece.
The album isn’t out until October 11, but NPR Music is streaming the full album on their site. Today, treat yourself to the magic that is Björk.
(photo: Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin)
