The introductory song on the album, “Arisen My Senses,” begins with the combination of melodic and experimental themes, a fusion that ramps up to what can be equated to the sound of rebirth. And lyrically, the album bears a philosophical importance. In “Utopia,” the background music is interestingly vibrant and natural, interspersing natural elements with the celestial.ījörk definitely wins with the uniqueness of her sound. Rather, the beats work on top of each other to progress her voice throughout the entire piece. While Björk’s instrumentation can leave a listener feeling a variety of emotions - from irritated to inspired - the summation of these sounds is, at the core, complex. It strikes an emotional response not just from the sound itself, but the lyrics have another message to portray. The music presents an out-of-body experience, her sound relaying a vibe that puts the listener in another world. Björk seems to have accepted faults in love and loss to now create her “Utopia,” a world in which she attempts to regain optimism through the feelings of love and intimacy. On her previous album, “Vulnicura,” the sense of isolation and desolation was present within many of the songs. In Björk’s “Utopia,” the artist utilizes this concept to portray a musing of how humans can come to terms with trying to reach this perfect state. When one considers the concept of a utopia, it is often discussed as the peak or perfection of a society. Björk doesn’t find love with three chords and the truth, she finds love through an endless interrogation of every note there is.Singer-songwriter Björk releases album “Utopia” on Nov. At 72 minutes, this is the longest studio album of her career. We hear all this breath rushing through metal, wood, plastic, cartilage, and muscle, all in largely minor, dissonant modes. All throughout the album, we hear the singing of birds called the Montezuma Oropendola-the one that sounds like a Moog synth in a microwave-and the Musician Wren, whose call is one of a few birds that sings in melodies similar to human music. The arrangement on the album flits and flutters everywhere, hard to grasp, much like modern classical composer Olivier Messiaen’s serialist compositions or even his ones composed to mimic birdsong. Its orchestration is carried by a small flute ensemble, the Icelandic Hamrahlid Choir, Harmonic Whirlies, and a collection of birdsongs culled both from Iceland and Arca’s homeland of Venezuela. After a few plucks of harp on the first two songs-the arresting banquet of “Arisen My Senses” and the gentle touch of “Blissing Me”-Utopia lives almost entirely suspended in the air. But Utopia is, more accurately, an album of breath and wind. “Utopia is Björk’s flute album much the way the darkly intimate Vespertine leaned on the celeste or Medúlla was composed mostly of human voices, or Volta had brass and Biophilia its choirs. It was mixed by Heba Kadry and Marta Salogni Salogni and mastered by Mandy Parnell. It was engineered by Bergur Þórisson, Bart Migal and Chris Elms. The album was edited and structured by Björk on Protools. She also wrote an arrangement for Hamrahlíðarkórinn, a choir conducted by Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir. Björk formed a twelve piece Icelandic female flute orchestra, which she arranged for and conducted. One of the songs is co-produced by Rabit. All of the songs except one is co-produced by Arca. The album is written by Björk with five of the 14 songs co-written by Arca and one of the songs co-written by Sarah Hopkins. TPLP1381 = Double heavyweight black vinyl housed in gatefold sleeve with download. TPLP1381CD = CD digipack: 6-panel soft pack with 12-page booklet and poster Utopia is available in the following formats:
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