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BJORK

(ICELAND)

FOSSORA

(2022)
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Dissonant, Experimental
"Always so offbeat, Björk delivers with "Fossora" an unequal album between astonishing titles and incongruous audacities."
CORTO1809 (11.01.2023)  
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If many artists copy each other more or less intentionally to the point that it becomes impossible to distinguish them, it is certainly not the case of Björk. The Icelandic singer has her own style, both in composition and interpretation, and it is not with her tenth album "Fossora" that she will join the army of clones that saturates us with all-purpose productions.

But this originality has a counterpart: the frankly avant-garde and sometimes experimental character of her albums is not made to please the amateurs of "simple" songs or simply looking for the pleasure of a well crafted melody. To please is the least of Björk's worries as she builds her albums according to her desires and her emotions. Just take a look at the video clip of 'Atopos' (linked below) to understand that the Icelandic singer's universe is as phantasmagorical as it is completely crazy. Beyond the visual worthy of the best Tim Burton's deliriums, this association between techno beats, a sextet of bass clarinets and this so characteristic, very articulated voice, which suddenly rushes for no apparent reason in a high-pitched voice, is not within the reach of all ears.

If the unbridled creativity of Björk is not to be demonstrated any more, this one seems sometimes to escape the control of its inspirer. "Fossora" alternates thus provocative titles, sometimes irritating of repetitiveness or free dissonances ('Ovule', 'Allow', 'Fossora' almost pop on its first part but saturated of indigestible percussions on the second half) and totally experimental pieces more or less successful ('Mycelia', atonal collage of syncopated voices, 'Sorrowful Soil', also only vocal but more seductive, 'Trölla-Gabba' at the limit of the audible). In the middle, some more melancholic tracks slip in from time to time, always surprising on the form but succeeding in distilling their bittersweet universe in the soul of the listener ('Ancestress', the anguishing 'Victimhood' or the dreamy 'Her Mother's House' sung as a duet with her daughter).

"Fossora" is a very demanding album that only the most avant-garde inclined listeners will be able to cope with, but it might destabilize them by a certain inconstancy.
- Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Atopos (04:46)
02. Ovule (03:38)
03. Mycelia (02:00)
04. Sorrowful Soil (03:15)
05. Ancestress (07:17)
06. Fagurt Er í Fjörðum (00:44)
07. Victimhood (06:57)
08. Allow (05:26)
09. Fungal City (04:45)
10. Trölla-Gabba (01:57)
11. Freefall (04:31)
12. Fossora (04:19)
13. Her Mother’s House (04:33)

LINEUP:
Björk: Chant / Programmation
Emilie Nicolas: Invité / Chant (8)
Gabber Modus Operandi: Invité / Percussions
Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney: Invité / Chant (13)
Murmuri: Invité / Sextuor De Clarinettes
Serpentwithfeet: Invité / Chant (9)
Siggi String Quartet Ensemble: Invité / Quatuor À Cordes
Sindri Eldon: Invité / Chant (5)
Soraya Nayyar: Invité / Percussions
The Hamrahlíð Choir: Invité / Choeurs (4)
   
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ADRIANSTORK
27/01/2023
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Chef d’œuvre!
TORPEDO
27/01/2023
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Inécoutable pour ma part...
TONYB
15/01/2023
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@spirit of summer : "a musique c'est l'art de créer et combiner des sons ". Mince, j'ai l'impression d'être revenu à mes chères études au conservatoire et la fumeuse théorie musicale qu'on nous enseignait durant les fastidieuses heures de solfège :-)
Après, je place plutôt la musique comme un vecteur d'émotion que de communication, ce qui me rend totalement hermétique à cet album de Bjork ainsi que ses plus récents prédécesseurs. Et n'étant pas l'auteur de la chronique, je me réserve effectivement le droit d'être totalement subjectif sur cet avis, chose que je n'aurais certainement pas fait si j'avais eu a la responsabilité de chroniquer l'album.
CORTO1809
15/01/2023
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D'où le ton modéré (j'espère !) de ma chronique. A titre personnel, je n'ai pas totalement été séduit par "Fossora" mais je reconnais l'originalité de la démarche et son audace. Björk a une signature facilement reconnaissable, ce que nombre d'artistes œuvrant dans du mélodiquement consensuel ne peuvent revendiquer.
SPIRIT OF SUMMER
15/01/2023
 
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@Tonyb
Bah, théoriquement la musique c'est l'art de créer et combiner des sons pour créer une communication entre l'artiste et l'auditeur. Parfois la communication échoue et nous sommes peu réceptifs à cette musique, ce qui est le cas ici (pour moi aussi), parfois la communication aboutit et l'on apprécie cette musique. À partir de là, à chacun de définir ses goûts et de juger de ce qui lui plaît ou pas. Mais ce n'est pas parce que telle musique ne nous plaît pas qu'il faut remettre en question sa définition selon un jugement subjectif et arbitraire.
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