about fossora
each album always starts with a feeling
that i try to shape into a sound
this time around the feeling was landing on the earth
and digging my feet into the ground
(after my last album utopia which was all island-in-the-clouds
element air and no bass )
how i experience the “now” is also woven into how it is written
this time around 7 billion of us did it together
nesting in our homes quarantining
our mutual “now” is being so long in one place
that we shot deep roots down
my new album “fossora” is about that
it is a word i made up
it is the feminine of fossore ( digger, delver, ditcher.)
so in short it means “she who digs” ( into the ground )
therefore when i was describing the sound to the musicians on it ,
i would call it my mushroom album
fungus duggen down
hope you enjoy it
warmthness
björk
tracklist
atopos
ovule
mycelia
sorrowful soil
ancestress
fagurt er í fjörðum
victimhood
allow
fungal city
trölla-gabba
freefall
fossora
her mother’s house
credits
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Fossora
Fungal city
Atopos
victimhoodclarinets and bass clarinets: baldvin ingvar tryggvason, grímur helgason, helga björg arnardóttir, hilma kristín sveinsdóttir, kristín þóra pétursdóttir, rúnar óskarsson
Oboe: matthías birgir nardeau
clarinets and oboe recorded in stúdíó sýrland, reykjavík 11 april 2021
recording engineers bergur þórisson and gestur sveinssonAncestress
fungal cityViolins: una sveinbjarnardóttir, helga þóra björgvinsdóttir, laura liu, ingrid karlsdóttir geirþrúður, ása guðjónsdóttir
Violas: þórunn ósk marinósdóttir and lucja koczot
Cellos: sigurður bjarki gunnarsson and júlía mogensen
contrabass: xun yang
conductor: ragnheiður ingunn jóhannsdóttir
strings recorded in víðistaðakirkja, hafnarfjörður, 24 april 2021
recording engineer bergur þórissonsorrowful soil
Choir: hamrahlíðarkórinn
conductor :þorgerður ingólfsdóttirchoir recorded in háteigskirkja,reykjavík, 8 september 2021
recording engineer bergur þórisson
freefall
violins: una sveinbjarnardóttir and helga þóra björgvinsdóttir
viola: þórunn ósk marinósdóttir
cello: sigurður bjarki gunnarsson
Contrabass: xun yang
string quintet recorded in víðistaðakirkja,hafnarfjörður, 14 january 2022
recording engineer bergur þórissonmixed and mastered by heba kadry
vinyl mastering by josh bonatiSerpentwithfeet
performed by serpentwithfeet
recorded by josiah wise
serpentwithfeet appears courtesy of secretly canadianemilie nicolas
written by emilie nicolas
appears courtesy of mouchiouse music/universal music norway
producer eivind helgerød as well for her arrangementgabber modus operandi
gorong gorong records studio, bali -
cover creative direction by björk and james merry
photography/direction : viðar logi dress and gloves: jisoo baik
stockings: gucci
stylist: edda guðmundsdóttir
makeup: sunna björk erlingsdóttir
neckpiece, shoes, ring: james merry
hair stylist: tomihiro kono
hair color effect on wig: sayaka kono
album cover shoot producer: sara nassim
production coordinator: silja
hauksdóttir digitech: ólafur magnússon
gaffer: finnur þór guðjónsson
electrician: jón kjartans
production designer: heimir sverrisson
carpenters: hannah schmidt, hafþór waldorff
pa: helgi jóhannsson
cgi photography and still retouching: studio private, london
inside/back artwork creative direction by björk, james merry and m/m (paris)
design, typography and digital fungi by m/m (paris) -
björk published by
kobalt music publishingemilie nicholas published by
sony/atv music publishing llc,
warner chappell music, inc.gabber modus operandi
published by svbkvltbjörk management: derek birkett, chiara michieletto, catherine verna bentley, oli ltd
björk pas: rosemary llagostera, hilma kristín sveinsdóttir
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