Today, Whit Sunday 2026 we celebrate the 56th Anniversary of the festival with this historic performance of Björk, which took place on May 23, 1994, yesterday 32 years ago, her only performance at the festival.

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As filler material during their coverage of the 1991 Icelandic parliamentary elections, TV station Stöð 2 asked Björk to perform some jazz tunes with Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar off their record Gling-gló. The trio had been asked by Icelandic public radio to record some old Icelandic standards and recruited the singer, who chose the 14 Icelandic songs, as well as a couple of foreign standards. The recording was then released as an album.

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Björk and Rosalía are donating all their rights to income generated by this song to the AEGIS non-profit organisation to combat open pen fish farming in Iceland. Their record companies have agreed to do the same. All funds raised will support legal fees for protesters, taking action to stop the development of intensive farms that harm wildlife, deform fish, and pose risks to salmon’s DNA and survival. Immediate action is crucial.

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Join acclaimed British biologist, Dr. Merlin Sheldrake, on a quest to find an incredibly precious blue mushroom, against the backdrop of Tasmania’s ancient Tarkine rainforest. Merlin will show us some the grandest and strangest organisms ever discovered, showcased through jaw-dropping time-lapse cinematography, in a landscape largely unchanged from the time of the dinosaurs. Fungi have important lessons to teach humanity about survival through cooperation. Indeed, these incredible lifeforms may hold the key to solving some of humanity’s most urgent problems. With millions more species to discover, our journey into the secret world of fungi has only just begun.

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To record in privacy away from media attention, Björk’s tour drummer Trevor Morais offered his residential studio. It’s located on the lower level of a 7-bedroom villa in Marbella(near Málaga), Andalucia, Spain. Björk had originally intended to stay only briefly, but later decided to record the entirety of ‚Homogenic‘ there(1997). She made a final trip out of the country before staying in Spain. As she had done since moving to London, Björk returned to Iceland for Christmas. While there, she wrote more new songs for Homogenic, including ‚Jóga‘. Before returning to record, she was sidetracked by a two-week worldwide press tour for the promotion of her remix album Telegram, which had just been released.

After returning to the studio in Spain in late January, Björk had intended to produce the album alone but sought collaborators including Dravs, Howie B, Guy Sigsworth and LFO’s Mark Bell. Howie B had worked with Björk on ‚Debut‘ and ‚Post‘ and Sigsworth had played harpsichord on ‚Post‘. Wu-Tang Clan almost contributed to the production of ‚Homogenic‘, but were unable due to their production on the album Wu-Tang Forever, which had taken longer than planned. Most of the melodies on the album were created by Björk, who then composed string sections on a Casio keyboard and brought them to programmers who would add rhythmic patterns. Other unorthodox methods of recording were used during the production, including Björk wanting to record outside on the porch and using non-professionals to help with production, such as Rebecca Storey, who was hired as a babysitter but added to the production staff after showing interest in the equipment.

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Captain Pikant hat zwei Monate dafür gebraucht, den Beat von Bell zu analysieren und ohne TR-909 exakt nachzubauen. Könnte mir sowas stundenlang angucken.

We picked apart the beat of Björk’s Hunter – a true 909 classic programmed by techno pioneer Mark Bell (LFO) that took the iconic drum machine to its limits. Find out what’s so special about this rhythm and how to recreate it in our newest episode of „Drum Patterns Explained“!

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DJ Funkshion hat der Isländerin gleich zwei Tribute Mixe gemacht. Einmal die Chill-Out Edition, die schon etwas älter ist, und recht frisch: die Dance Edition, die hier jetzt schon ein Mal durchlief und sich eher der Klassiker bedient.
Nun erstmal Frühstück und dann auf in den Sonntag.

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„When creating the video, I was deeply inspired by the music and lyrics of Tabula Rasa. The visual transformation of Björkinto faun-like flowers and mountainous landscapes embodies the utopian concept of a harmonious coexistence between nature and human based on empathy.“

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Jetzt, wo das Vinyl sein Comeback gefeiert hat, denken einige der nicht mehr ganz so jungen Menschen hin und wieder auch mal an die Kassette zurück. Ich persönlich brauche die klanglich nicht und kann gut drauf verzichten, aber so als Sammlerstück geht sie allemal klar. Dachte sich wohl auch Björk und bringt nun ihre Alben „Debut“, „Post“, „Homogenic“, „Vespertine“, „Medulla“, „Volta“, „Biophilia“, „Vulnicura“ und „Utopia“ auf Kassetten raus. Farbig und limitiert zu erwerben bei One little indian. Einzelpreis pro Album £8.99, für alle zusammen £69.99. Schon ein bisschen geil.

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To celebrate Björk’s Mixmag December cover, she’s recorded an exclusive studio mix.

We’ll let the music speak for itself, but here’s a message from Björk herself:

dearestest music-lovers !
here is a little set for you. it is most definitely flute and air themed and perhaps reveals the sonic environment my ears were in last year. i thank all the musicians. kindness, björk.

Tracklist:
01. Carl Stone ‘Shing Kee’ (EAM Discs)
02. Caroline Shaw ‘Partita II Sarabande’ (New Amsterdam Records)
03. Steve Reich ‘Vermount counterpoint’ (Angel Records)
04. David Lang ‘Death Speaks’ (Cantaloupe Music)
05. Philippe Hurel ‘Loops For Solo Flute’ (Nocturne)
06. Anastassis Philippakopoulus ‘Song For Bass Flute’
07. Sarah Hopkins ‘Kindred Spirits’ (Ellipsis Arts)
08. Arca ‘Anoche’ (XL Recordings)
09. Bjðrk ‘Losss’ (Flute Intro)
10. Tenores di Bitti ‘Cantu a Ballu Seriu’ (Robi Drolli)
11. Mesharyalaradah ‘Tafakarto’
12. Duchegerm ‘Augmented Flute Live’
13. Serpentwithfeet ‘Four Ethers’ (Tri Angle)
14. Mala ‘Kotos’ (Brownswood Recordings)
15. Lanark Artefax ‘Virtual Bodies’ (UIQ)
16. Lanark Artefax ‘Glasz’ (UIQ)
17. Russian Wind Instrument ‘Smiryonushka’
18. Ravoi ‘Bak, Borai’
19. Rian Treanor ‘Pattern A1’ (The Death of Rave)
20. Kelly Lee Owens Ft Jenny Hval ‘Anxi’ (Smalltown Supersound)
21. Loft ‘Funemployed’ (Wisdom Teeth)
22. Peder Mannerfelt ‘Limits To Growth’ (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion)
23. SD Laika ‘Sanpaku Island’ (Self released)
24. SD Laika ‘Latent Fish’ (Unreleased)
25. Master Sriram Roshan (Kanchana 2) ‘Moda Moda (AP International)
26. Aby Ngana Diop ‘Ndadje’ (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
27. Rules ‘Heat 2’
28. Emptyset (Roly Porter Version ) ‘Function Vulgar Display Of Power’ (Subtext)
29. SD Laika ‘Dreadful John’ (Self released)
30. Oxhy ‘Burning Tories (Self released)
31. Kelela ‘Take Me Apart’ (Warp)
32. David Lang ‘Child lV. Sweet Air’ (Cantaloupe Music)
33. Various birdsong samples by Jean C.Roche from ‘Oiseaux De Venezuela’ (Edwards Records)
34. Various songs from ‘Sacred Flute Music From New Guinea’ (Quartz Publications/Ideologic Organ)
35. Various birdsong from Iceland

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Björk hinterm Mischpult kommt jetzt nicht allzu häufig vor. Neulich gab es das Set auf Rinse FM, welches sie gemeinsam mit Holy Other & Celestial Trax gespielt hat. Nun hat sie am vergangenen Wochenende anlässlich des 5. Geburtstag von Tri Angle Records in New York ein Überraschungsset gespielt. Keine leichte Kost, aber die erwartet eh keiner von Björk.

i would like to wish tri angle label an incredibly sublime birthday and thank for having been invited to dj at their party . couldnt possibly been more honoured than to play in that company !!! the mix i played was my present to them : merging together some of my fav beats last year with some of my fav vocalists doing some of their best songs :

!!! this is my tune-tinder !!!

warmthnesss björk

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Tracklist:
the musicians in the mix are :
abida parveen/rabit
kate bush/lotic/vessel
amelia rodriguez/rabit
chilean flutes/the haxan cloak/lotic
john tavener/haxan cloak
abida parveen/bloom
hans reichel/sudanim
c.z./virtua mima
shut up and dance
hanz
cut hands
death grips
david hykes
kate bush/rabit
lung/lotic remix
kramphaft
jeremih
total freedom
brandy

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Am Ende ist eine Hälfte der neugebauten Zweifamilienhäuser hier gegenüber deutlich teurer.

Located in the remote town of Selfoss, the home has been Björk’s “sanctuary” since 2002 and has served as “the location where Bjork wrote many of her hit songs.”

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Der Original-Upload läuft in Deutschland natürlich nicht, weil sich GEMA und YouTube noch immer nicht einigen… (Haltet doch beide endlich die Fresse!)

Mal sehen, wie lange man dieses hier sehen kann.

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“My name is Björk, I’m very honored to be invited here, thank you very much,” Bjork begins, sounding exactly like she did 20-or-so years ago, when her solo career first began.

Carolan, who introduced Björk to Vulnicura engineer and contributing producer The Haxan Cloak, then explains that the duo had decided against coming up with “some sort of concept” for their mix, which was aided by Celestial Trax, adding that it’s just a “big mishmash” of “stuff we found inspiring.”
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Tracklist:
Amnesia Scanner – Creeper
Hanz – Throwing
J(ay).A.D. – I Need Her
Bloom – Vessel
Headlock
MssingNo – Squeezelead
Dutch E Germ – Becoming Chaina
Rabit – Strapes (Arca’s STRAPPED MUDDY RABIT RUBBED UP DEMBOW Edit)
Sentinel – Sillingbraid
Kablam – Priere
Ryuichi Sakamoto – A Wongga Dance Song
Miyumi Miyata – Banshikicho no choshi
Chris Wood & Robert Jarvis – Pin Barrel Harp
Paweł Szymański – Utworów Na kwartet IV
Björk – NotGet (Lotic Remix)
Masahiro Ikumi – Virtual Mima
Holy Other in the mix…
Hanz – The History of…
Death Grips – Runway E
Blanck Mass – Dead Format
LFO – Love is the Message
Everglade – Area Login
afx – Glockenspiel
Giant Claw – Dark Web 008
Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst – Recruit (Edit)
Eyedress – My Hologram
Reshma – Lambi Judai
Wanda Group – Removed from Warm Gnat

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Man hasst oder man liebt sie, ich habe nie einen Hehl daraus gemacht, zweiteres zu tun. Dieser Mix hier hat so ziemlich alles, was Björk für mich ausmacht. Auch wenn „Hunter“ fehlt. Und „It’s Oh So Quiet“. Trotzdem ein klasse Mix, der einen adäquaten Querschnitt ihres Schaffens widerspiegelt. Ich bin gerade bei „Jóga“ und beginne zu schmelzen.

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Tracklist:
Antony and the Johnsons feat. Björk – Flétta
Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar – I Can’t Help Loving That Man
Björk – Possibly Maybe
Björk – Oceania
Björk – All Is Full Of Love
Björk ft. Thom Yorke – I’ve seen it all
Björk – Bachelorette
Björk – Pagan Poetry
Björk – Jóga
Björk – Unravel
Björk – It’s Not Up To You
Björk – Desired Constellation
Björk – Hyperballad
Björk – Army Of Me
Sugarcubes – Hit
Tappi Tíkarrass – Óttar

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As previously announced, Björk’s Biophilia app will be the first project of its kind to be added to the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art — and the museum is not stopping there.

MoMA’s Björk exhibition will draw from more than two decades of music, film, visuals, instruments, costumes, performance and more, presenting a narrative by the artist and Icelandic writer Sjón Sigurdsson that is combines the biographical and the fictional (naturally).

“Björk is an extraordinarily innovative artist whose contributions to contemporary music, video, film, fashion, and art have had a major impact on her generation worldwide,” said MoMA’s Klaus Biesenbach. “This highly experimental exhibition offers visitors a direct experience of her hugely collaborative body of work.”

The retrospective will also include a newly commissioned “immersive music and film experience” concevied by directer Andrew Huang and 3D design firm Autodesk. Presented solely at MoMA, the exhibition will be on view from March 7 to June 7, 2015.
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