BJORK

Bjork Gudmunsdottir was born on November 21, 1965 in Reykjavik, Iceland. She kept her first name as her stage name. Raised in a hippie community, she was immersed in music from a very young age. She began singing at the age of 3, and two years later, she discovered the flute and piano in her first music school. She released her first album in 1977, a record of nursery rhymes for children. As a teenager, she searched for her register and turned to several genres. She scoured several groups, but struggled to find her style.
In 1983, she joined the band Kukl, in which she finally expressed herself as she saw fit. The band would eventually become "The Sugarcubes" and the most famous Icelandic band in the world.

After three albums, the lead singer decided to pursue her solo career. In 1992, Sugarcubes ended. She moved to England to produce her first album "Début" in 1993 in collaboration with Nellee Hooper. The album was a success and earned her a solo tour.

In 1995, she returned to Iceland to record her second album: "Post", resolutely trip hop oriented. Bjork then became known throughout the world and even surpassed fans of the genre. She ventured even further into experimentation with her album produced as a duo with Mark Belle (techno band LFO)

The singularity of her music is probably partly due to her Icelandic roots. She offers glacial melodies, a more personal album and undoubtedly one of the most accomplished in her discography.
Bjork met Lars von Trier in 2000, she played the main character in his film "Dancer in the Dark", which won her the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, for which she composed the soundtrack: Selmasongs.
In 2001, the little Icelandic girl released a fourth solo album "Vespertine", with cold sounds, but softer and more intimate than "Homogenic", where Bjork expresses her sensitivity. In 2002 and 2003, she released her Greatest Hits and Live Box, a box set consisting of 4 CDs and a DVD of songs recorded during her concerts.

Bjork then moved to New York, where she decided to focus on the human voice in her album Medulla, released in 2004. where the sound of instruments is almost absent. In 2005, she decided to work with her partner, and composed the music for the film DR9 (Drawing restraint 9). Two years later, she returned for a new album more in line with the tone of the moment with "Volta" by inviting Antony Hegarty and Timbaland for some songs.
In 2009, she released “Voltaic”, a box set containing live performances, remixes, and clips of “Volta”.