Special Album

Medulla may well be Björk speziellstes album. Individual songs can be here is difficult to assess because the transitions are partially fluent and the album should be heard as an entire concept album at a time. For Björk beginners this album is not really suitable. Medulla sounds gloomy and partially depressing, but also partly harmonious and somehow traditionally as if the music was created many centuries ago. That was the basic idea of ​​the album, you'll take the core or the voice and build it songs from melodies and beats. I would not call it a cappella album because the vocals are looped almost continuously but it's definitely her minimalistischstes album in terms of instrumentalization.

The album starts off with only vocals while "Pleasure is all mine" and "Show me forgiveness". In "Where is the line" is Björk's "creepy" song of beatboxing accompanied and "Vökoru" sounds like an ancient, folkloric tales what is more telling than sung. "Öll Birtan" captivated me immediately, "Who is it" is the poppigste song in the sense of song structure. In "Submarine" I hear a Matrosenchor next Björk's vocals. On "Desired Constellation" is accompanied by a piano Björk's quiet vocals. "Ocenia" stands out positively because her vocal acrobatics is really impressive. The women's choir in the background sounds like a school of fish that accompanies it. "Sonnets / Unrealities XI" is another, quiet, beautiful piece. "Ancestors" is barely audible for me, moaning and breathing in this "song" sounds very oppressive and unpleasant. "Mouth Cradle" impresses with a clever text and the melody will be set in motion by a fantastic sample. "Miðvikudags" is a quiet bridging the final "pop" moment called "Triumph of a Heart" which is written lyrically genial and tried to sound as trendy as possible on quirky way.

Appreciation (O8 / 1o)