"There are lots of misconceptions about my music. People always want to classify what you do. I feel what I'm doing now is a natural continuation of what I've been doing in Iceland for the last 10 years. So I would rather everyone just think of this music as 'Björk music'.

"Björk music is very flexible, very intense and very rich, but also very whimsical and always changing. I get bored very easily, I think... Yes, I think that is the reason why I do what I do: I get bored very easily."

Bjork released her self-titled debut album in her native Iceland at the age of 12 in 1977. In her teens she formed the bands Exodus, Tappi Tikarrass and Kukl, before the latter morphed into the unholy pop ensemble known as Sugarcubes. They released three brilliantly quirky albums before their singer decided to go it solo.

Debut (1993) topped many critics' end-of-year polls and remains one of the most influential and highly regarded albums of all time. Post followed in 1995, with the icy Homogenic album appearing two years later. In 2000, Bjork starred in Lars Von Trier's exceptional film Dancer Of The Dark, also penning the soundtrack, entitled Selmasongs after the name of her character. While continually wowing critics and breaking ground musically, Bjork found herself at a creative turnstiles with Vespertine (2001), which seemed to tread water somewhat. Nevertheless, her Greatest Hits package of 2002 was near flawless.

Upcoming events

• Sat 05 Jul at Hertfordshire Knebworth House

Releases

• Declare Independence - single, out 07/01/2008 on One Little Indian. 1 review (read/post)
• Innocence - single, out 23/07/2007 on One Little Indian. 1 review (read/post)
• Volta - album, out 07/05/2007 on One Little Indian. 1 review (read/post)
• Earth Intruders - single, out 09/04/2007 on One Little Indian. 1 review (read/post)
• Coachella (DVD) - album, out 19/06/2006 on Anti. 1 review (read/post)
• It's In Our Hands - single, out 25/11/2002 on One Little Indian. (post review)
• Greatest Hits - album, out 04/11/2002 on One Little Indian. 1 review (read/post)
• Family Tree - album, out 04/11/2002 on One Little Indian. (post review)
• Cocoon - single, out 11/03/2002 on One Little Indian. (post review)
• Pagan Poetry - single, out 05/11/2001 on One Little Indian. 1 review (read/post)
• Vespertine - album, out 27/08/2001 on One Little Indian. (post review)
• Hidden Place - single, out 06/08/2001 on One Little Indian. 1 review (read/post)
• Selmasongs - album, out 18/09/2000 on One Little Indian. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Sun 04 May at Sheffield City Hall & Memorial Hall. (post review)
• Thu 01 May at Blackpool Empress Ballroom. (post review)
• Mon 28 Apr at Belfast Waterfront Hall. (post review)
• Fri 25 Apr at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. (post review)
• Tue 22 Apr at Plymouth Pavilions. (post review)
• Thu 17 Apr at London Hammersmith Apollo. 1 review (read/post)
• Mon 14 Apr at London Hammersmith Apollo. (post review)
• Fri 11 Apr at Manchester Apollo. (post review)
• Connect Music Festival - Sunday, Sun 02 Sep at Inveraray Inverary Castle. (post review)
• Glastonbury - Friday, Fri 22 Jun at Glastonbury Festival. (post review)
• Mon 09 Apr at Reykjavik Laugardalshöll. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 24 May at London Hammersmith Apollo. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 15/04/2008: Björk in London: setlist, excitement, etc
• 10/04/2008: The Kills, Irmin Schmidt, Jason Molina, Lykke Li and more to play London instores next weekend
• 28/03/2008: A Week in Drowned in Sound: 28/03/08
• 26/03/2008: Björk shoots new video in 3D
• 18/03/2008: Bjork reveals "Tibet, Tibet" fuss frustrations
• 14/03/2008: ‘Gibraltar, Gibraltar’: Bjork to bring outrageous protests to sole UK festival date?
• 07/03/2008: China to clamp down on foreign music after Björk mentions the 'T'-word
• 05/03/2008: Björk talks on Kosovo furore
• 18/02/2008: Björk, Franz Ferdinand, Editors and Kompakt for great European festival
• 18/12/2007: Watch: new, Gondry-directed Björk video

Features

• 07/05/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: the greatest bands to have never played at ATP
• 15/04/2008: Björk's back catalogue Top Ten: editors' choices
• 24/01/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: Brits at the bookies, and our favourites
• 23/01/2008: DiS does the Big Day Out
• 23/12/2007: DiS's features of 2007
• 02/11/2007: Label Focus #12: One Little Indian
• 30/10/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: cold comfort songs
• 12/09/2007: Connect Festival 2007: the DiS review
• 18/07/2007: Glastonbury: Sean's Blog - Day 1
• 18/07/2007: DiS @ Coachella: RATM, Arcade Fire, Björk and... Crowded House?!

Links

• Bjork - official website

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