Bjork: Telegram (180g) Vinyl 2LP
$39.95
<p><i>Collection of b-side remixes from Bjork’s<span> </span><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=bjork%20post&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Bjork%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Post</a><span> </span>singles.</i><span> </span>If<span> </span><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=bjork+telegram" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Telegram</em></a><span> </span>looks and feels like an original <strong><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=bjork&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Bjork%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22The%20Sugarcubes%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bjork</a> </strong>album, it’s because she herself considers it to be just as authentic and personal as any of her other records: "It's like the core of<span> </span><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=bjork%20post&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Bjork%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Post</em></a>. That's why it's funny to call it a remix album, it's like the opposite.<span> </span><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=bjork+telegram" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Telegram</em></a><span> </span>is more stark, naked. Not trying to make it pretty or peaceable for the ear. Just a record I would buy myself. Like a letter to myself. Sort of... ‘fuck what people think’. It's a truth thing." Includes woozy and loungey mixes of "Possibly Maybe", "I Miss You" and "Army Of Me" by<span> </span><strong>LFO</strong><span> </span>(R.I.P.<span> </span><strong>Mark Bell</strong>),<span> </span><strong>Dobie</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>808 State</strong>’s<span> </span><strong>Graham Massey</strong>, respectively.<span> </span><strong>Dillinja</strong><span> </span>comes through with the dark & deep<span> </span><strong>Metalheadz</strong>-style ruffage on his version of "Cover Me" (<strong><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=bjork&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Bjork%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22The%20Sugarcubes%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bjork</a></strong><span> </span>was dating<span> </span><strong>Goldie</strong><span> </span>around this time and was a regular at London drum & bass institutions Metalheadz and Speed).<span> </span><strong>Outcast</strong><span> </span>(not to be confused with <strong>Outkast</strong>) flip the already super-heavy "Enjoy" into a proto-breakcore 5-alarm fire that reminds us a little bit of<span> </span><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=andy+stott" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Andy Stott</strong></a>’s overdrive-loving<span> </span><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=andy+stott+faith+in+strangers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Faith In Strangers</em></a><span> </span>LP. While some of the mixes subvert <strong><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=bjork&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Bjork%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22The%20Sugarcubes%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bjork</a></strong>’s vocals into a chaotic barrage of beats & bass, mixes of "Hyperballad" and "You’ve Been Flirting Again" are devoid of beats entirely and instead rely on new orchestral arrangements to bolster <strong><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=bjork&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Bjork%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22The%20Sugarcubes%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bjork</a></strong>’s powerful vocal performances. Also includes the exclusive original track "My Spine". Original pressings condensed the tracks onto a single LP, while the 2008 reissue spread the tracks onto two LPs but is impossible to find at a reasonable price, 180 gram double vinyl version is a true blessing for all<span> </span><a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=bjork&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Bjork%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22The%20Sugarcubes%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Bjork</strong></a><span> </span>freaks worldwide. Housed in a <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?&q=record%20frame&filter=Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Art%20Vinyl%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Pro-Ject%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Record%20Supply%20Co%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Records%20On%20Walls%22%20OR%20Brand/Manufacturer/Artist_fq:%22Wesley%20%26%20Kemp%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">highly-framable</a><span> </span>sleeve featuring an alluring portrait by Japanese photographer<span> </span><strong>Nobuyoshi Araki</strong> with printed inner sleeves. Recommended.</p> <ul> <li>180g black double vinyl pressing</li> <li>printed inner sleeves</li> <li>photography by Nobuyoshi Araki</li> <li>music label: One Little Indian 2016</li> </ul> <h6>reviewed by peanut dust 03/2017</h6> <ul></ul>