imperiodescargas.wordpress.com

Born in the distant land of Iceland, Björk began her musical career at the young age of eleven, when she started studying piano. Piano lessons soon spurred her onto creating her own punk band at fourteen, a genre that would be influential in her early musical career. Actually, it wasn’t until 1992 that Björk began pursuing a solo career in the dance genre. The change would spell success, with her first solo debut album reaching a double platinum status in America. The album featured several tracks with global instrumentation, and some of these tracks paid tribute to her love of jazz.

 

As of late, Björk has effortlessly been joining music with technology. Perhaps the most recent example of this is her newest project, Biophilio. Her album is the “first to be released as a suite of iPad and iPhone apps, intended as a ‘semi-educational project for children’”. This album combines music with technological innovations, including an “app album”. Each song has a separate app, designed by some of the leading designers. This album also consists of several custom built instruments just built for this project. However, it’s not just in the technological community that Björk has had a strong influence; she is also involved with many younger up-and-coming bands. Besides using her website and numerous radio interviews through her successful career to promote new acts, she also created a record label, Ear Records, to support a friend. She has had a hand to play in the successful careers of more than five different artists.

Björk has been a favourite artist of mine for a long time. I truly believe that she is one of the best artists in the electronic genre; and learning that she is also heavily invested in furthering young artist’s careers and is involved with numerous charities just furthers my respect for her as a person. Björk’s new album is probably one of her best albums experienced as a whole.  As a buyer, not only can you experience the album by listening, but you can also play apps that relate to each song. This album is so far ahead of its time, that there is no questioning its quality in this case. Everything from the lyrics, to the instrumentation, to the arrangement, is so beautiful. Björk, in my opinion as an industry professional, should be considered the highest technological innovator and musician that the electronic genre has seen in years.