Re: [microsound] zeena parkeens and bjork???

[andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> I just picked up the new bjork record becasue I was courious about the work
> she was doing with
> matmos and while reading the liner notes I noticed that zeena parkins does
> all the string type arrangments on the whole record and play harp on it for
> the most of it.

A correction:
Parkins is only credited with harp arrangements. Vince Mendoza is responsible
for the string arrangements, except on one track on which Bjork did the job
herself.

> According to the new issue of The Wire (which has Bjork on the cover)
> not only did Zeena Parkins and Matmos work with her on her new album,
> they all appeared with her as her backing band recently on _Top Of The
> Pops_!  (The mother of all top-40-related TV music programmes in the UK.)

And I assume they will also appear with her on the Dave Letterman Show on
September 4th. It's really kind of amazing to think that Matmos will appear
on such high profile shows. I'm really happy for them. And they're really
nice guys too.

> I thought that Matthew Herbert (aka Dr. Rockit) contributed on select
> production,

He's credited with programming on 2 tracks, along with 4 or 5 other people.
Hard to tell which part(s) he's responsible for.

> but I believe Thomas Knack (aka Opiate, on Hobby Industries) and
> Bjork herself were responsible for the majority of the tracks' production.

> Thomas knak did most of the programming on the album with her,

Thomas Knack is only credited for co-writing and production duties on 2
tracks. His name doesn't show up anywhere else in the credits. Bjork is
credited for production on pretty much the whole album.

> matmos were mostly only part of the post-production.

I talked to Drew & Martin and they said that Bjork just gave them tapes of
her singing along with the string and choir parts and I guess told them
to do
whatever they'd like. They're actually only mentioned in the credits for 4
tracks on the album. It looks like some of their contributions were relegated
to B sides and remixes.
I guess Bjork's touring band is just Matmos, Zeena Parkins and a choir made
up of women from Greenland. Matmos is also the opening act on the tour. How
about that ?

> But, due to the fact, that matmos and
> björk now share a flat , they compose all her tracsk for the next album
> together.

That was just a temporary arrangement so they could work on the album. That
NY loft has been vacated.


Andrei
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