Biography of Bjork
Pixie pop
November 21, 1965 Bjork Gudmundsdottir (it seems that the surname means simply "daughter of Gudmund") was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on November 21, 1965. Daughter of alternative parents and influenced by the hippie culture, spends much of his childhood in one of the so-called "common" organized by flower children and local giovanilistici movements, which tended to regard the family as a nucleus widened in line with the imagery that was sweeping the world. Within this context, learns the rudiments of music, psychedelic rock music and of course based on those years, without neglecting the songwriters involved that raged in those years. But we must not forget that also takes lessons in theory and instrumental practice with the flute and piano. His debut in the music world is still very early. Bjork is not part of those cases where the career and artistic inclinations are locked or poorly understood by parents or from the surrounding environment. His first record the impacts at the tender age of just eleven, making it a case of media and projects into the firmament of Icelandic notoriety. This is an Icelandic folk cover disc with an original song composed by her, a homage to a painter of his land following its entry into the world of pop and a little more grown up, gives rise to a series of collaborations, among which are included also some performances on the punk scene, continuing still to make recordings as a soloist (little discs distributed and difficult to find today). In 1977 the group that the Reed permanently and it will have a fundamental importance also in terms of his private life: are the Sugarcubes, which includes the man who marries Thor Eldon, with whom he has a son, Sindri, although the marriage didn't last long. The two split up after a few years. However, the Sugarcubes they guess at least one successful hits, the "Birthday" which, thanks to its beautiful melody, projects the Group towards the worldwide success. It's 1988 and the "phenomenon" Bjork is quite far from exploding. Still with the group affects other discs, such as "Here, today, tomorrow, next week" and "Stick Around for Joy", in the opinion of critics far less inspired than the first "Life's too good". At that point (it's footprint on 1992), Bjork feels the need to express themselves alone, with his own songs. And melts the group. Bjork has a recording career, yet decides to name his album "Debut" (perhaps to disavow the album in 11 years), which in effect represents a break with everything that he had made up to that point. The success however is more than flattering. Sales figures to hand (over two million copies worldwide), despite "difficult" music proposed by singer, an inveterate music radio listening habits away from successful, becomes one of the stars of the 1990s. Bjork, in short, becomes the symbol, the champion of that "new" music that combines electronics and melody. In the same year wins the prize of Mtv Best European Video, with "Human Behavior". Pass two years and Bjork triumphs as Best female artist. Meanwhile, moves to London to explore the dance music scene. Following the successful debut "Post", another moderate success, an album that represents a mix of techno beats, quirky and ethnic instruments. Shortly after, however, she denounces a strong nervous breakdown, resulting in it usual verbal aggression to interviewers and journalists. To restore your balance, thus decides to retire before going to a more withdrawn. Still any working, writing and composing, so much so that after "Telegram", a collection of remixes of tracks from "Post" in ' 97 "Homogenic", also remixatissimo this as the two previous ones (some of his fans have also created a website that collects remixes and providing music tracks to make them at home). In 1997 the Icelandic Elf gets global recognition "Homogenic", an album conceived as a living organism: nervous system represented by the strings, lungs and oxygen by the voice and the heart rhythm. In 2000, however, agree to star in the new film by Lars Von Trier's "Dancer in the dark", of which he also composes the soundtrack. A moving interpretation makes you win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival as best actress, as well as being nominated for Academy Awards 2001 for best song with "I've seen it all", "always comes from von Trier's films. In the midst of it all, continues its collaboration with various musicians, according to the tabloids, dressed in some cases by flirt. In August 2001 he released his new Lp, "Vespertine", which reported the same Bjork "is inspired by moments of solitude in their own home, devoted to introspection and reflection murmur". In July 2005 the soundtrack of "Drawing Restraint 9" whose Director is her husband Matthew Barney: Björk appears as a protagonist with her husband. In this musical experiment Björk refers to voice overlays technique already in use in Medúlla. He also composes many instrumental songs with the Sho, Japanese ancient musical instrument, which has had the opportunity to study in the land of the rising sun. His latest album is "Time", released in Italy in May 2007.Translation authorized by the website: Biografieonline.it under Creative Commons License.