Bjork: Vespertine Vinyl 2LP
$36.95
<p><i>Vespertine was a departure from the sultry downtempo and chic IDM of <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=Bjork" target="_blank"><strong>Bjork</strong></a>’s previous</i> albums, trading big room extravagance for reticent experimentalism. With the assistance of <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=Matmos" target="_blank"><strong>Matmos</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=Opiate" target="_blank"><strong>Opiate</strong></a> and <strong>Console</strong>, she deploys samples of cracking ice, footsteps in the snow and shuffling cards over a bed of intricately-programmed microbeats for an album that has been described as both ‘domestic’ and a ‘winter’ record. Lyrically, Bjork is in a considerably vulnerable zone, musing on feelings of love and longing for isolation. The result is some of the darkest (‘Pagan Poetry’) and most intimate (‘Heirloom,’ ‘An Echo, A Stain’) work of her decorated career. All killer, no filler; <em>Vespertine</em> is mesmerizing from start to finish. Double vinyl pressing housed in glossy gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves, recommended.</p> <ul> <li>black double vinyl pressing</li> <li>gatefold sleeve</li> <li>original release year: 2001</li> <li>music label: One Little Indian 2013</li> </ul> <h6>reviewed by hannibal chew 09/2017</h6>.