Björk - On Your Own Little Screen
A nice, smaller site. Fresh updates, unique features including sheet music and the "Lost Credits" to Homogenic. A new section features lyrics and sound clips for the soundtrack to "Dancer In The Dark."
The Story So Far
Born in Nov. 21, 1965 in Reykjavik, Iceland, Björk Guðmundsdóttir started exploring her musical side early, enrolling in a children's musical academy at age five. She released a her self-titled debut at the age of 11 in 1977. Björk was a hit in Iceland, but its star retreated from childhood fame, forming several punk and experimental bands in her early teen years.
At the age of 18 Björk helped form an Icelandic experimental supergroup called KUKL, who released two albums before splitting in 1986. Björk gave birth to a son, Sindri, in 1986, and though she soon split romantically from his father, Por Eldon, but soon formed a band with him and several of their mutual collaborators.
The Sugarcubes quickly found acclaim beyond Iceland, signing to One Little Indian in Britain and eventually Elektra in the U.S. Debut album Life's Too Good was an underground success, powered by quirky pop-rock and the near-hit "Birthday". Follow-up "Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week," released in 1989, was more experimental, if slightly less well received. Björk continued dabbling in solo and side projects around the turn of the decade, even forging her first collaborations with 808 State's Graham Massey. The Sugarcubes returned in 1992 with the funky, poppy "Stick Around For Joy," but after a remix album (It's It) and a tour with U2, they called it quits.
After the break up, Björk moved to London. The dance culture there inspired her to pursue a dance-oriented solo career, and in 1993 she released Debut. Björk's strange interpretation of pop and hip-hop thrust her into the spotlight immediately, and the Nellee Hooper-produced album was a significant international hit, boosted by remarkable videos by Michael Gondry.
With 1995 came the more subtle Post, and ever-increasing celebrity, fueled in part by romantic involvement with both Tricky and Goldie. The strain began to show when she attacked a pushy journalist in the Bangkok airport. In 1996, Björk allowed Nellee Hooper, Graham Massey, Tricky, and the Brodsky Quartet, among others, to remix Post into Telegram.
In 1997, Björk decided to take production matters into her own hands and the result was Homogenic, which has placed her in international demand. She played the part of Selma, a factory worker with waning vision, in the Lars von Trier-directed musical "Dancer in the Dark." Both Björk and von Trier were awarded the Palm D'Or for their respective roles in the film at Cannes 2000. Björk is currently travelling worldwide to promote the album, due for release in September 2000.
They Love Björk Too
Tessa Morris writes: "I love Bjork because she is not only talented and has a certain aura of power around her, but she is never afraid to push the envelope of what the modern world considers good music. She is a beautiful soul, and a wonderful person."
Jamie Flor writes: "Her voice is very expressive, original, versatile,and exotic. She also plays with excellent musicians, which is always a good thing."
Erin Johanson writes: "Her music touches me so deeply and so intimately that I feel as though I am intruding on her personally when I listen to her music."
Holly McMillin writes: "When I listen to Bjork, nothing else seems to matter. Her voice is so soothing, I can get lost in it. She is so beautiful and talented, how could anyone not love her?!"
"E" writes: "The way she phrases things gives me goose-bumps. She tells you it's OK to be yourself and believe in yourself and in fairies and elves, other lands. She is a supernatural beauty. A pure genius."
Stefan Svan writes: "I love her because she makes the most wonderful music, unlike any other person. She is honest and free of all commercial bullshit. She is who she is and that is very important. Let's not forget cute and funny."
John Robert Bello writes: "Simply because I consider her my spiritual mother. She helped me to be more stable emotionaly ... her songs helped me see what's inside of me. She inspires me in everything i do and say. I don't care what the world says against her, my loyalty for her will remain."
Chiquis Calderon writes: "Björk rocks! She's so original and her music is infectious. It contaminates you just like a disease."
Caris Spinosa writes: "Björk is magic herself, and I´m in love with her too, but I love what she represents for me. She is a beautiful piece of music that comes and gets into me in every little moment of my entire life."
"Enery B" writes: "Her version of music is this generation's Opera. She's our Mozart. Her music is oblivion. The pure emotion...she taps into the senses like nothing I've ever seen or heard before. Her non-conformity is nothing short
of genius. She's real and she wears her heart on her sleeve."
