EXAMINING: Björk's Medúlla
EXAMINING: Björk's Medúlla with tags review, album, album review, full album, reaction, live, music, analysis, theory, production, history, interview, bjork, medulla, a cappella, acappela, acapella, acapela, where is the line, where's the line, triumph of a heart, pleasure is all mine, oceania, tanya tagaq, inuit, throat singing, john tavener, the lamb, prayer of a heart, rahzel, beatboxing, if your mother only knew, pierrot lunaire, schoenberg, glee, pitch perfect, post, utopia, best to worst, vespertine, homogenic
Even in a discography as varied as hers, Bjork’s 2004 album Medulla stands out - mostly because it’s entirely performed using the voice. In this episode of EXAMINING, let’s take a look at the album’s various influences and collaborators to understand how it came together, and what it has to say about the capabilities of the human voice.
(I’m also playing with a new format specifically for this video. I don’t plan on using it often - if ever again - but if you like/dislike it for any constructive reason, let me know.)
(Correction: Bjork gave birth to her SECOND child just before Medulla released, not her first.)
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Interviews (Some mentioned in the video, some that helped for inspiration):
Inuit Throat Singing
John Tavener
Rahzel
Other Clips
Sachs, Curt, and Jaap Kunst. The Wellsprings Of Music. Da Capo Press Paperback, 1988.
