CD version - September 2011
1st Biophilia iPad App - June 30th, 2011
Bio·phil·ia - the love of nature and all living things
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So Damon Albarn has started a trend: the pride and joy of Iceland, Björk, has just announced her own iPad-created album. As NME reports, the acclaimed singer-songwriter is gearing up for the release of Biophilia, an album that was “partly recorded” on Steve Job’s latest toy, and which will be released as a series of apps.
Björk describes the project as a “multi-media project encompassing music, apps, internet, installations and live shows,” and she plans the preview the material during a six-show, three-week residency this summer at the Campfield Market Hall in Manchester, England (via P4K). An issued press release goes on to note that the concerts will include “a bespoke digitally-controlled pipe organ; a 30 foot pendulum that harnesses the earth’s gravitational pull to create musical patterns– creating a unique bridge between the ancient and the modern; a bespoke gamelan-celeste hybrid; and a one-off extraordinary pin barrel harp.” Sounds like a Rammstein set-up.
There’s no ETA on when Biophilia will see release, but it does mark Björk’s second project announced for 2011.
So Damon Albarn has started a trend: the pride and joy of Iceland, Björk, has just announced her own iPad-created album. As NME reports, the acclaimed singer-songwriter is gearing up for the release of Biophilia, an album that was “partly recorded” on Steve Job’s latest toy, and which will be released as a series of apps.
I was going to make this, but I was gonna wait for at least a snippet of a song to leak . I'm glad Björk has fans on ATRL and I will be posting here regularly
I thought I should add this which was written by Dazed Digital
This summer, Björk introduces Biophilia, an extraordinary immersive project and her most ambitious work to date. The multi-media endeavour encompasses her music, installations and live shows, and celebrating the use of modern technology by utilising the internet. The project aims to explore ideas like how sound works, the infinite expanse of the universe, from planetary systems to atomic structures.
The world premiers Biophilia live show will be held at Manchester International Festival for a three-week residency - across six intimate shows in the Campfield Market Hall for audiences of 1800, as her first UK dates in over three years. For these six special shows, Björk will be performing new tracks from the forthcoming Biophilia studio album as well as with a small group of unique musical collaborators. The show will feature a range of specially conceived and crafted instruments, among them a bespoke digitally-controlled pipe organ; a 30 foot pendulum that harnesses the earth’s gravitational pull to create musical patterns - creating a unique bridge between the ancient and the modern; a bespoke gamelan-celeste hybrid; and a one-off extraordinary pin barrel harp.
In a special collaboration with MIF, the Biophilia live show will travel to major cities around the world following the Manchester premiere. MIF will also be working with young people in Manchester to explore the musicological, scientific and technological ideas behind the project. In a series of educational workshops schoolchildren will be given the unique opportunity to experience the world of Biophilia first hand, and to immerse themselves in the endlessly rich and inspiring place where cutting edge technology, music and nature meet.
Receipts sis ! This is one of my most anticipated albums of this year
Just some guy from a Bjork fansite claiming his friend has seen one of the applications.
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Hi,
I have a friend who has seen the Bjork Ipad app and a video of the instrument in action. They told me that one of the tracks on Biophilia is about the immune system and the app has cells which you click on to re-create and build the music. Each track has its own individual game. Apparently the project is, and i quote, *AMAZING*.
Apparently the 30ft instrument has something to do with planetary orbits and gravity.
Thats all my friend gave away as they didn't want to risk getting in trouble.
P.S I can assure you this isn't ********, I have better things to do with my time than troll websites.
. I'm glad Björk has fans on ATRL and I will be posting here regularly 
