Bjork - Modern Minimalists pt 1

[loonie209]

Traduction française (approximative ^^) :

Minimalistes modernes

avec

Björk

Ces derniers siècles, dans la musique européenne, les gens se sont dirigés très lentement mais très sûrement vers la complexité et l'ingéniosité. Et à la fin, à mon avis, ils créaient de la musique comme de la nourriture pour pensées, pour le cerveau.

Puis au milieu de ce siècle, depuis des angles totalement opposés, de la musique pop ou musique folk, peu importe comment vous décidez de l'appeler,

[BlowBackBenny]

2:46

"Ow do u disside wha ow much wata gows in each one"

I always laugh when bjork turns into a cockney

[djkero]

bjork is an alien™

[highclassnobody]

ITS JUST ORGANIZED NOISE NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT!!

[highclassnobody]

WHY IS IT,THAT EVEN THE MOST SIMPLISTIC IDEA, ARE COMPLICATED BY THOSE WHO TRY TO DISSECT THEM!!!YOUR TRYING TO SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAIN INSTINCT!!

[shaunmohagan]

"play us a bitta mozart, then"

[lolabirdlola]

interesting

[carsanookdotcom]

She lost that faux cockney accent she spoke in earlier. The "R''s are much more distinct in this interview.

Merci

Bangkok/CarSanook?Johnny

Royaume de Thailande

[lebannerfan65]

"Inside a note is a microcosmos, especially the textures". I am now in love with Bjork.

[juancito1114]

6:43 dice: 'Re loco' !

[darklyperfect]

I think this video is quite weird

[noudthe3rd]

The guy who plays the 'glass harmonica' didn't think about a guitar

[buasuda0]

"Shake of the heavy armor of the brain and start with simple things.."

[MaBu888]

Indigo vibraaaaational music.

[nightdreamer0000]

Oh, unbelievably enchanting.

[vaughangarrick]

Bjork is one of my heroes but I suspect that the hearkening back to simplicity was instigated by people who couldn't do the complex-I can't do like bach so I'm starting minimalism- a theory anyway although there is everything in just a single note

[oldlampsfornew]

@vaughangarrick

figured someone would write that. typical argument put forth by elitists who are disgruntled that no one is paying attention to their 10000000 note magnum opus. listeners arent that easily fooled.  people would be able to sense the insincerity of a performer who just thought "im going to pull the wool over their eyes and just loop one note over and over and call it art".

anyway at the end of the day, what exactly disgruntles you so much about music that isnt complex?

[vaughangarrick]

@oldlampsfornew not surer if you understood my post as I am a big fan of minimalism and even the music I write tends toward that but befor you write so simply you should prove you understand the intricacies of harmony much like in the art world you should prove you can draw befor you show us the alternative view---no need to get ugly-Part and Bjork are my faves

[oldlampsfornew]

@vaughangarrick

"you should prove you understand the intricacies of harmony much like in the art world you should prove you can draw befor you show us the alternative view"

thats total bs. for example, how is music or art made by little children (who have not received any of your oh so holy musical/art theory instruction) any less valid than that created by someone who toiled away at university or a conservatory for years? protip: its not.

[vaughangarrick]

@oldlampsfornew well firstly children don't and shouldn't come into the argument--it is the establishment that rules that before you show your piece of crap(for want of a better expression) one must prove that you can draw or compose---Picasso and everyone had to prove that before they went off on a tangent-Satie wasn't accepted by mainstream as he never went to any music academy and there was no way of knowing wether his music was childishly simple or masterfully tempered--

[oldlampsfornew]

@vaughangarrick

you just reworded your previous comment and didnt answer my question.

[BlueJaeya]

i love bjork so much,

such an inspiration for me,

and her perception can even help you with life in general,

music does not have to be so confined and limited so muchl, either does life.

[sneekz07]

The clothes she was wearing 13 years ago. People are only just starting to wear now.

Wayyy ahead of her time in fashion and in music.

[ifyouarenotdead]

lol, on a school trip we stopped for food and like all of us started rubbing our fingers around the wine glasses and loads of people got annoyed so some waiters had to come over and have a rant =P

[jabeoo1]

When I first saw the front cover to 'Post' in a music shop I could not believe my eyes. She is so amazing.

[LIGHTRONIX]

:33 ..look it's mickey mouse!!!

[iFLAGEDurVideo]

you modernest are all so weird

[BPandTyler]

@ video. the sound is not indefinite. it stops when your finger stops.

[mitzmic]

@BPandTyler What he meant is that as long as you keep moving your fingers it won't stop. If you blow an instrument (e.g. woodwinds) you'll run out breath in less than a minute. When you play strings the bow is quite short so you can't just go on with it and if you pluck it will sound for an even shorter amount of time. Pretty much the same thing with percussions, you "hit" them and it goes down from there. But with this glasses you can go on and on and on and on...

[capco777]

Everything vibrates......love Bjork's soul

[yourforte]

Great video.

[rindacul]

Why she doesn´t has collaborate with this people?

[tHoM0r]

lol he can't think about an instrument where the vibrations are caused by the player's touch?

Err... the guitar mate? :P

I saw amiina with sigur ros in 2006, they played glasses too. Was beautiful

[cowboystitching]

@tHoM0r the vibration is caused by plucking a guitar, not by touching it

[tHoM0r]

Yes, but the fretting hand has complete control of the pitch (by fretting and by using bends) and the tone of the sound (using vibrato, picking at different sections along the string) which all correspond to different vibrational modes. I remember David Dilmour saying thats why he likes guitar so much, it's very connected to the body

Thats what i mean by what i said. But sure, technically i suppose the infinite vibration caused by the glasses is different in a way :)

[socaughtwitharms]

@cowboystitching finger-picked guitar?

[cowboystitching]

@socaughtwitharms That's a plucked motion. You can't create sound from a guitar just by sliding your fingers up and down the strings, like he's doing with the wine glasses.

[cowboystitching]

@cowboystitching Actually, you will create sound, come to think of it, but it will be negligible and not really useful or musical.

[TheDeathGit]

@tHoM0r lol. or like, um, the hand drum? the first ever instrument?

[AnthonyVineMusic]

7:23

[MAX96MENDES]

Bjork is 100 years ahead of her time.

Great doc.

[nildurx]

she is like da vinci

[YUMMYngbird]

is she really 32 here?

[jaemoon2]

God, there's just so much about music they don't teach you at school. I'm actually learning from this!

[CapisViDs]

6:50 nice :D

[danielhl22]

MIKA!!! ES CHINGON

[icantfindanamethis]

i would so do Princess Leia Bjork

[54spiritedwill54]

This is incredible, I can't believe glasses sound like this

[VerilyMusic]

what a fantastic line to end on.

[k2head]

Public Enemy.

:-)

[OldSkewl101]

@k2head they would!

[thelimans]

Shprockets!

[icarrillos]

Yo creo que el sonido de la vida en general debe llevarse a cabo en armonia, hay que enfocarse en componerlos adecuadamente para que melodicamente suenen bien.

[Gaia1986]

I may not be the most novel and innovative stuff here but I like the passion in both Björk and the electronic dude there, I see how they breathe for the music in both their ways. It's beautiful and very innocent.

[Oneironaut3]

I find her so unusually attractive and cute. Plus you can tell she's smart and very passionate. God, I love Bjork!

[luvmuzik03]

wow ur ignorant

[ievaaveiieva]

you do know, that more than half of the people who is learning english is speaking with an accent? if you can't listen to it, you should stay home all your life with ears plugged.

[ievaaveiieva]

you sound like one person i know. and she listens to jonas brothers

[lirvana1]

She is so child-like. You can tell she is so enthusiastic about music, she is an inspiration! Every single person should listen to Bjork's music and her views on things.

[dpmduran]

there are plenty of Americans who love her, which is a nice surprise.

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

Bjork doesn't age, does she? I love it. :)

[Adian00]

bjork + arvo part = the height of musical imagination and artistry.

[djsize7]

She´s one of the most interesting and creative human beings ever! Wish I could talk to her sometime. And I hope this world have always at least one of your kind.

[wingl3ss]

anybody know what programm this was?

[VoltaalitaVoodoo]

You all should really try to play glass. I tried and it's amazing, it's not complicated or hard and the sound is absolutely gorgeous.

[MaryJamesMurdoch]

Amazing. People always make fun of Bjork's clothes.  But here she is 11 years ago in outfits considered perfectly stylish today!

[porkotube]

why you show gaudi's structures? thats no Minimalists at all..

[Luxgal]

they are located in barcelona, thats why

[123cristofori]

Didn't you hear her say of the musicians that they de-emphasized structure and in favor of texture? Does this not relate to Gaudi for you?

[sophiekraig]

you can't equate them in that way...

anyway they had shots of the powerstation when the other music was playing

[betolala]

she looks like leila

so much pretty of course

[fragilism]

next year i would like to listen to more minimalist music.but i dont know much about it

[minimalism]

like a glass hormonium...

[homegirrl]

And some people would say Arvo sucks.

[happyhead7]

i think this series of videos shows how gernerous Bjork is to other artists and how much she respects them and always willing to put her diva persona aside to learn something new. It truly shows how amazing a person Bjork truly is.

[terriers77]

ahaha cool i love bjork and her cute voice :)

[lot24]

This program is very surreal..but amazingly beautiful. Michael Glass got nuthin on these minimalists lol

[RonnieJ121]

A liked what Mika Vainio was doing, that is cool!

[bederk]

this glass guy is boring

guitar is also activated by the finger, for example

[broccoliboy98]

its not the activation he's describing, it is participating in the vibration.  with a guitar, the string is simply plucked or tapped, however, with the glasses, the finger vibrates with the glass.

[hasbeenshaken]

interesting videos, thanks for uploading

[foodafokkarez]

How many million seller female pop acts gets excited and put huge smile on their faces when they hear a single abstract note or noise.She must be one of the few mainstream pop star who can also dive deeper into the underground world of music.She IS really cool.(and cute ofcourse!).

[vacacionesenlaluna]

Hey que Björk estuvo en mi barrio (Poble Nou)(min 4:15)!!! Besaré el suelo cuando pase!!!!

[todd7416]

Alasdair Malloy played on Björk's MTV Unplugged performance.

[montecarlostar]

This is incredible, I can't believe glasses sound like this

[taz80]

I absolutely LOVE these two videos. Thanks!

[Stenheart]

ahhw Björk is SO cute :P

[tractorcito]

i loved your smile XD

[Lukey89]

what happened to her eyebrows

[mehua]

man, i'm from turku, finland and i didn't even know this. i wish björk could do an extensive scandinavian tour and come here, too. the sound of glass is heavenly as is also björk's.

[kirsti1984]

Yep. I'm from Estonia and I'd love this Scandinavian Tour idea ;) It'd ve even more perfect if she came to Estonia though :D

[Diatonic5th]

Awesome...

[sulemgothica]

Siempre se lame los labios mientras esta ablando porque??

[nurettin]

por que siempre esta bien papelosa... acidosa.. lsd

[Yorkee09]

queee? en q momento?

[pankonplatano]

pues por que crees que se lame lo labios????

obviamente porque se le cae la baba

[MrDonImus]

...i like being still

[dinuyo99]

superb

[barrankiya]

barcelona!!!!

[jarkkkoo]

thanx.. thanx.. thanx.. thanx..

[rj12345679]

this is very interesting, thank your for posting :-)

[maxim6032]

thank you for this!