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Petrolatum:
Presumably, the title is derived from the
hot petroleum jelly that fills the vessel.
This song is included on the Surrounded
boxset as a bonus track (track 2) on the DR9 CD.
Beat
programming by Mark Bell, written by Mark Bell and Björk, produced by Mark Bell,
Björk and Valgeir Sigurðsson, knifes & feet rhythms by Valgeir Sigurðsson. Published by Universal Music/ Warp-EMI Music
During the movie, the song plays as a
massive open mold is built which will later encase the hot petroleum jelly
to the ship. A Procession of dancers leads a truck loaded with the jelly
to the ship.
You can listen to and watch the excerpt
from the movie on YouTube.
Bjork.com Surrounded
special.
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Haf:
Three songs similar to North: Host,
Haf and Repose, were used in DR9. An improvised version of it, dubbed
Ice Song, appears in the Medúlla dvd.
Haf
consists of humming sounds like North. But unlike
North, it does not have the crackling/crying
sounds.
Written
and produced by Björk. Vocals and programming by Björk.
The
word haf, means ocean.
During
the movie a the boat picks up Björk and takes her to the
ship Nisshin Maru. Matthew Barney is picked up
separately, and pearl divers prepare and start their
first dive of the day.
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Nisshin
Maru:
This
title is the name of the whaling boat on which the movie takes
place.
Written and produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson,
keyboard by Valgeir Sigurðsson,
drones by Mark Bell. Published by Pollination Music
During
the movie, the song plays as the ship departs the harbor.
You
can listen to the song on Valgeir's
Myspace page
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Host:
Three songs similar to North: Host,
Haf and Repose, were used in DR9. An improvised version of it, dubbed
Ice Song, appears in the Medúlla dvd.
Host
consists of humming sounds like North. But unlike North, it
does not have the crackling/crying sounds.
Written by Mark
Bell, programming by Mark Bell, produced by Björk and Mark Bell
Host
is played twice in the movie, once as Bjork arrives to the ship and once during the credits.
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Aposiopesis:
Written
by Akira Rabelais and Björk, piano by Akira Rabelais, arranged, edited
and produced by Björk.
Aposiopesis
sounds like Bath, except without the vocals.
During
the movie, this song plays as Matthew Barney arrives to the ship and is
given a haircut and beard trim.
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Repose:
Three songs similar to North: Host,
Haf and Repose, were used in DR9. An improvised version of it, dubbed
Ice Song, appears in the Medúlla dvd.
Repose
consists of humming sounds like North. But unlike North, it
does not have the crackling/crying sounds.
During
the movie, this song plays as the tea ceremony is finished and Matthew
Barney and Björk sit in the room feeling silently and strangely drawn to
each other.
Programming
by Valgeir Sigurðsson, written and produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson.
Published by Pollination Music.
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Field Inversion:
This
song is a noh score. Noh is a is a major form of classic Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century.
The song sounds similar to Holographic Entrypoint.
Written and produced by Björk,
Celeste by Jónas Sen, Harp by Zeena Parkins, Crotales by Samuel Solomon, Percussions & Chanting
by Shonosuke Okura, programming by Björk and Valgeir Sigurðsson,
arranging and editing by Björk.
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No
North
North was used in Gabríela Friðriksdóttir's
album Tetralogía. Björk and dancer Erna Ómarsdóttir contributed to the song. The album was first released as a bonus CD
at the 2005 Venezia festival.
Three songs similar to North: Host,
Haf and Repose, were used in DR9. An improvised version of it, dubbed
Ice Song, appears in the Medúlla dvd.
North
is often referred to as a humming song because in the
background there is a loop of Bjork's humming. There is
also a crackling/crying sound in the forefront.
The album, Tetralogía, is a
musical accompaniment to a much larger work called Versations/Tetralogia,
involving cinema, sculpture, dance, drawings etc. This work examines
traditions, myths and origins. Thus, the names of the video components of
the work, North, South, East and West, reflect our earthly origin.
Gabríella
took a piano melody which she improvised and has been composing since she was a teenager, and asked four musicians – Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson, Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Borgar
Þór
Magnússon and Jónas Sen – to compose a piece based on the melody. The video and musical works are then edited together to form the Tetralogia, which as a whole forms a quartet, although each video is
autonomous. The word, tetralogia, means a series of four related dramas, operas, novels,
etc, which fits the composition of this work.
North: Björk Guðmundsdóttir
& Erna Ómarsdóttir
South: Borgar Þór Magnason - upright bass
East: Aurélie Charneux- bass clarinet, (Daníel
Ágúst
Haraldsson-composer)
West: Jónas Sen - piano
You may have heard the name Gabríela Friðriksdóttir
before. She directed the video for Björk's Where is the Line.
There are similarities between this work and a video
that was shown in Gabríela's exhibit.
Links: A
small article of her first exhibition of this work, CIA's
review, Gabriela's
website , DR9 myspace
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The Ice Song:
Three songs similar to North: Host,
Haf and Repose, were used in DR9. An improvised version of it, dubbed
Ice Song, appears in the Medúlla dvd.
The
Ice Song consists of humming sounds like North. But unlike North,
it does not have the crackling/crying sounds. It also contains vocals.
Bjork.com Medúlla
DVD special
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Ink:
Also known as Ink (The Ice Song).
No one knows what Ink really is. There has been a song found
on soulseek with this title. Or, Ink could be a made up name for The
Ice Song. Possibly this name came from the working title of Medúlla,
which was Ink.
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