Björk has shared “Atopos,” the first single from her upcoming album Fossora, which arrives September 30 via One Little Independent. It sounds like classic Björk, and the video features Björk, a bass clarinet section, and Gabber Modus Operandi’s DJ Kasimyn in a psychedelic mushroom forest. Check it out below.
Speaking about the album recently, Björk said:
each album always starts with a feeling
that i try to shape into sound
this time around
the feeling was landing
on the earth and digging my feet into the ground
( after my last album utopia which was all island in the clouds element air and no bass )it was also woven into how i experienced the “now”
this time around 7 billion of us did it together
nesting in our homes quarantining
being long enough in one place that we shot down rootsmy new album “fossora” is about that
it is a word i made up
it is the feminine of fossore ( digger, delver, ditcher )
so in short it means “she who digs” ( into the ground )so sonically it is about bass , heavy bottom-end ,
we have 6 bass clarinets and punchy sub
Björk also refers to the album as “biological techno,” and it features guest vocals from serpentiwthfeet and Björk’s son Sindri and daughter Ísadóra.
