Bjorks biography the making of homogeneity
Bjorks biography the making of homogeneity 1.
Björk’s landmark album, Homogenic, is a pioneering fusion of the ancient and the futuristic
As Homogenic hits 20, US music critic Sasha Geffen looks back on one of the Icelandic maverick’s brightest sparks of genius
Original Release Date: 22 September, 1997
Label: One Little Indian
In the fourth most haunted bar in Chicago, I am watching my bandmate cover Björk’s Unravel.
Bjorks biography the making of homogeneity
He has his guitar, a Microkorg, and a drum machine; he’s perched on the shallow stage toward the front of the bar, but most people aren’t listening. It’s a quiet, slow song, not exactly the type that calls a room full of buzzed college kids to attention.
We’re across the street from DePaul University, and the bar has a feel of dorm room run-off, the place juniors and seniors go once they’re old enough to order neat whiskies and Old Styles, to feel like part of the world for the first time.
All of this is happening, plus the ghosts under the floorboards, and my bandmate is singing Unrave