Album: Homogenic
Joga
Bjork is one of the most versatile artists in music, successfully able to navigate diverse waters. From her alt-pop beginnings with Sugarcubes (Birthday) to the punch in the face quasi-punk of Army of Me to her homage -- albeit on acid -- to the heyday of big band extravagance (It's Oh So Quiet) to upbeat spaz-pop (I Miss You) to the practically unclassifiable Declare Independence, Bjork radiates. She uses her voice as an instrument in itself, at times shouting, at times ululating, at times shyly crooning, always pitch perfect. As a performer she is beyond compare.Joga represents an altogether different side of her personality. In this song she uses a string octet as emotional counterpoint to one of her distinctive, wide-ranging, perfectly balanced melodies. I hear in this something akin to the ecstatic quasi-religiosity of John Tavener and the austere minimalism of Arvo Part -- one of my favorite composers, and cited by Bjork as an artistic influence.
Oh, and she's damn sexy too.
Sexy? That is the only point I can debate here.
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