Voltaic |  | Artist: Bjork
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
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Seller: independentrecords2
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 61985
Format: Live
Media: Vinyl
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 12.6 x 12.5 x 0.3
UPC: 075597981971
EAN: 0075597981971
ASIN: B0028SVXOE
Release Date: July 7, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Wanderlust | | • | Hunter | | • | Pleasure Is All Mine | | • | Innocence | | • | Army of Me | | • | I Miss You | | • | Earth Intruders | | • | All Is Full of Love | | • | Pagan Poetry | | • | Vertebrae by Vertebrae | | • | Declare Independence |
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Album Description
“This relentless restlessness liberates me,” Björk declares on "Wanderlust” from her 2007 studio album, Volta, which is also the dramatic concluding track of her new Voltaic live CD. “I feel at home whenever the unknown surrounds me.” Volta had been designed, Björk has said, as a journey, with the sound of fog horns and clanging bells linking individual tracks and artists from around the world making guest appearances, including Congolese band Konono No. 1, Malian kora player Toumani Diabaté, pipa virtuoso Wu Man, beat-master Timbaland, Lightning Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale and sublime chanteur Antony Hegarty.
The New York Times called it “a 21st-century assemblage of the computerized and the handmade, the personal and the global.” Voltaic, then, is a remarkable, multi-media document of what happened after the record was completed, a journey of a different sort as the ever-evolving singer assembled her live band, made a collection of typically amazing videos and one-step-ahead remixes, and toured the world for two years, making headline appearances at diverse venues and large festivals, including Glastonbury, Coachella and even Harlem’s Apollo Theatre.
She recorded the Voltaic live CD in one take at Olympic Studio in London with her new band, prior to her 2007 Glastonbury appearance, presenting the set she would play on tour – songs from Volta and new arrangements of such older material as “Pagan Poetry,” “All Is Full Of Love” and a thunderous version of “Army Of Me.” It’s a stunning performance, featuring cutting-edge computer technology, an old-school horn section and a female, flag-toting Icelandic choir – “bursting with raw life,” to paraphrase The Independent’s description of Volta.
Album Description
2009 four disc (two CDs + two NTSC/Region 0 DVDs) release from the Icelandic Pop pixie, a collector's dream package released in celebration of her outstanding Volta album. This box set features live recordings, remixes, videos and much more. Disc One (CD) contains Songs From The Volta Tour Performed Live At Olympic Studios (11 tracks). Disc Two (DVD) features performances from The Volta Tour Live In Paris and Live In Reykjavik (25 tracks). Disc Three (DVD) includes The Volta Videos (16 tracks). Finally, Disc Four (CD) contains The Volta Mixes (12 tracks). One Little Indian.
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| Customer Reviews:
Another fine trip to Bjork-land August 14, 2009
Barley (City of Angels)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bjork continues to amaze.
Though many of the songs here are familiar, these recordings are all entirely fresh in energy and approach. Don't think that you already own these songs on other albums.
Great, inspired arrangements and instrumentation. Bjork's voice remains in top form, but I think what we're getting the better taste of here is Bjork the producer (my assumption, as no producer is credited).
Innovation, imagination, musicality, passion. Gotta love that.
Voltaic is GREAT! August 6, 2009
Dominic S. Schwab
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great album! Full of energy and power, it's amazing to hear different versions of some of Bjork's most recognizable songs.
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