shes such an artist. the way that she talks about music is the way most artists describe the concepts of their work. she also knows more about music composition and theory than any other pop musician out there. shes a true artist and composer. and this Arvo Part guy is a genius.
I agree. That would be more than wonderful. They are both minimalists whose music is not melodically hard but it's really beautiful in it's simplicity.
That was a pretty good documentary on minimalistic sounds and their creators...Did enjoy Bjork as the narrative and interviewer....her conversation's with the people (Composers) was a delightful experience to watch, and I did find this documentary enjoyable to watch, not because of the subject, but of Bjork's natural communicative ability, which was pretty fun too watch!.I just adore the way she speaks with her accent. It's like she hypnotizes me into a Divine State of Pure Ecstasy...lol.
I think its interesting hearing this interview, where all of the musicians seem to come from different minimalist backgrounds. Björk is classically trained, but has her own language when describing music and sound, that other musicians can understand. I think it's incredible, especially the interaction between her and Arvo Part. Wonderful amount of respect between musical geniuses.
Arvo Párt has somehow sneaked in to my life because one day i had this CD with him called Te Deum, shortly after it came out, weirdly at the same time Björk was conquering the world with Post mid 90's. Normally i have not been listening to contemporary classical artists like Párt but he makes music that is timeless but i connect it to Choir and Churches but it's influential in it's pureness. And Björk i just love.
Good to hear that Pärt still speaks English with pure Estonian accent. Maybe its interesting to know that Pärt have composed bunch of kid songs and pop tunes too. In 70s he made electronic music for films. In Polish movie "Navigator Pirx" you can even hear a proto-techno piece in striptease scene.
I know, I'm not here to argue, just appreciate =P Björk is a beautiful human being, from another place, a place better than this. Like the way she goes to look at her imaginary watch when she says '500 billion notes' then looks up and says 'you know?', she's just SOOOOOO, so adorable and wonderful. =D
THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, and the stars. Walt Whitman
Great video, some weird comments. I thought I had learned how to more correctly pronounce Arvo Part's name when she said it at first, until I heard her pronounce "truly" rolling her R's and I wasn't so sure. Haha. Anyone else notice the crazy image at the last half second of the video?
Where does the interview with Arvo Pärt take place? Björk introduces, while pieces by Arvo Pärt is played whilst we see different movie clips of old architechture, I like it alot, where is it?
@lloplop I don't believe that he is a snob. But maybe that's just because i've been exposed and met so, so many snobs of literature (which can be the worst). I love it when people manage to talk about languages that do not involve articulate language. To talk about music is like dancing about architecture. So when people talk about music, or painting, or dancing, or other languages that do not involve words or do not belong to a wordy environment, THAT'S interesting.
part is brilliant. i have to admit that i, too, had trouble following bjork as she talked about the pinocchio/cricket aspect of part's music. i am certainly one for metaphorical readings of music, being a non-musician myself, but she was incomprehensible.
I totally disagree! As much as I appreciate Arvo Pärt's music and while being from Estonia myself there's a bit of patrioticism involved as well... but still: Björk is a natural born genius, there's noone like her in the whole world, she makes magic!
Well, I feel the same way about Björk :) Pärt's music is great, professional etc but it doesn't give me that "thrill". Björk does. And to be honest, I actually like her older creation more than this year's Volta. It's a matter of taste I guess... no point in arguing ;)
EdVanCertes, I'm sure you have music studies and other qualifications, but shuddersfield is really right. Even if Bjork isn't using the correct terminology, she is doing something to make this difficult music accesible to more people. If you think this is wrong, others don't share your point of view.
I think you're talking about the physical opposite of being killed, or the structural opposite of sound that could kill a person. I think Arvo Part is talking about the emotional opposite of sound that can kill. I think he's talking about art, and you're talking about physics.
@EdVanCertes: c'mon, grow a sense of humor and don't forget: björk makes pop music to reach the ppl and that is commercial but you're missing so much out if you think she has no music understanding and that would be unnecessary - she's the best pop artist on earth and you should give her a try, it's very healthy music
Its absurd to say that someones music would be based on individual notes and how they resonate rather than stucture and complexity. If the piece consists of more than one note and the notes are characterised as being "lush", such would not be percievable without the complexity and structure of the harmonics contained within the notes and the structure and complexity of the intermingling of the different notes.
***** sorry but i do not agree with you.....it is not absurd. Really Absurd is to find virtuoso playing as great (sorry, i had to check the videos you post) and not to be able to admire the beauty of one note ringing til it mixes up with another wave, all that absent of any absurdly created complex point of view to observe nature.
One could assume she was referring to compositional structure/instrumental complexity rather than the complexities the harmonic naturally contains.The context is Minimalist artists. So yeah, don't be a contrarian..
you also have to remember that she's not a native english speaker, so she's doing her best to get most of her point across. Music is completely subjective and everyone is going to feel differently than others.
hmmm I dunno about that. I love both. Both intriguing characters, but Björk has written a lot of bland music before and at the moment. Where as, even Arvo's worst pieces have had some kind of impact on me.
she has kind of positioned herself as some kind of authority on music and art but lets not forget those crappy sugarcubes records....which i made the mistake of buying as a teenager because i wanted to get into avant garde ideas but in the end the records were as empty as the pop music i was listening to.all of this intellectualism that surrounds fine art and music is pure snobbery and eliteism
