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Björk - Biophilia Live: Amazing musical and visual spectacle.
Björk: Biophilia Live is a 2014 British concert film by Björk, directed and edited by Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton. The film features Björk performing tracks from her Biophilia Tour, which started in June 2011 and ended in September 2013. It was filmed at Alexandra Palace in London on 3 September 2013, and had a theatrical premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 26 April 2014with screenings across the world throughout the same year.
The film will be released in DVD and Blu-ray on 25 November 2014 and will also have a CD release with the live audio
Of all the multimedia tendrils that have snaked out of Björk’s album, app, installation and performance project Biophilia Live, this record of the tour’s last performance in London is arguably the most conventional offshoot, even if it has additional trippy visuals. That said, this is an impeccably packaged entry to the Biophilia experience, showcasing the musical heart of the concept with spirited, millimetre-precise performances from Björk, her backing all-female choir and a handful of multitasking musicians. The whole lot manage to make a huge, often-beautiful sound with a mixture of traditional and electronic instruments. Even if you’re not mad about the tunes, the light show and interwoven footage of astral bodies, dancing microbes and pulsing starfish is alone worth the price of admission, as is Bjork’s fabulously barmy frock, which looks like it was woven from mushroom gills and fairy dust. The presence of Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio) as co-director may seem odd at first, but when you see his fabulous, lepidoptera-themed next film The Duke of Burgundy, it will all make sense.
Just the trailer will leave mesmerized:
2. Thunderbolt (from Biophilia, 2011)
3. Moon (from Biophilia, 2011)
4. Crystalline (from Biophilia, 2011)
5. Hollow (from Biophilia, 2011)
6. Dark Matter (from Biophilia, 2011)
7. Hidden Place (from Vespertine, 2001)
8. Virus (from Biophilia, 2011)
9. Possibly Maybe (from Post, 1995)
10. Mouth's Cradle (from Medúlla, 2004)
11. Isobel (from Post, 1995)
12. Sonnets/Unrealities XI (from Medúlla, 2004)
13. Mutual Core (from Biophilia, 2011)
14. Cosmogony (from Biophilia, 2011)
15. Solstice (from Biophilia, 2011)
16. One Day (from Debut, 1993)
17. Náttúra (single, 2008)
18 Declare Independence (from Volta, 2007)
19. Sacrifice (from Biophilia, 2011)
20. Bat Sounds (Credits)
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