{"id":2404,"date":"2007-06-17T15:40:34","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T19:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blg\/2007\/06\/17\/bjork-volta\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T04:56:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:56:29","slug":"bjork-volta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/17\/bjork-volta\/","title":{"rendered":"Bj\u00f6rk Volta"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bj\u00f6rk<\/a><\/p>\n

“neurosis,
\nonly attaches itself to fertile ground,
\nwhere it can flourish<\/p>\n

(…)<\/p>\n

fear is a powerful drug,
\novercome it and,
\nyou think that you can do,
\nanything! <\/p>\n

(…)<\/p>\n

fear of losing energy,
\nis draining<\/p>\n

it locks up your chest,
\nshuts down the heart,
\nmiserly ,
\nand stingy,
\nlet’s open up : share!”<\/i><\/p>\n

Lyrics from Innocence.<\/p>\n

I’ve been listening to Bj\u00f6rk’s Volta<\/a> since weeks, walking around Manhattan and bike riding along Montreal’s bike paths with the african beats of Earth Intruders<\/i> and Hyperballad’s version 2007 Wanderlust<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Sounding a little chaotic at first, i thought of this album as a retrospective of Bj\u00f6rk’s work – but in fact no. I realized that the main difference in this album was that for the fist time in Bj\u00f6rk’s work, i could clearly hear and feel the influences of other pop-eletro singer-songwriters women of the last years, the like M.I.A, Peaches and PJ Harvey.<\/p>\n

Fascinating to see how this icon who inspired many is now herself remixing these inspirations on a new ground, opening herself with powerful lyrics no one should ignore, where she is clearly pointing fear as being a drug, and at our own responsibility for the lifes we get.<\/p>\n

No need to say the artwork for this record is truly amazing.<\/p>\n

“I have lost my origin
\nand I don’t want to find it again
\nrather sailing into nature’s laws
\nand be held by ocean’s paws<\/p>\n

wanderlust!
\nrelentlessly craving wanderlust
\npeel off the layers
\nuntil you get to the core<\/p>\n

(…)<\/p>\n

lust for comfort
\nsuffocates the soul
\nthis relentless
\nrestlessness
\nliberates me
\nsets me free<\/p>\n

I feel at home whenever
\nthe unknown surrounds me
\nI receive its embrace
\naboard my floating house”<\/i><\/p>\n

From Wanderlust.<\/p>\n

Videos:
\nBjork- Earth Intruders -Live (Later with Jools Holland)<\/a>
\nBj\u00f6rk – Interview (Later with Jools Holland)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Volta podcasts:
\npart 1<\/a> part 2<\/a> part 3<\/a> part 4<\/a> part 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“neurosis, only attaches itself to fertile ground, where it can flourish (…) fear is a powerful drug, overcome it and, you think that you can do, anything! (…) fear of losing energy, is draining it locks up your chest, shuts down the heart, miserly , and stingy, let’s open up : share!” Lyrics from Innocence.… Continue reading Bj\u00f6rk Volta<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8500,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions\/8500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}