Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min · 3 segments
Cover image: BjörkCoachella.jpg by Paul Familetti licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Björk is releasing Björk Orchestra with the Hamrahlíð Choir and to the wo- world on November 27 through One Little Independent.
And let me give you, uh, a back- backstory.
And it's not just any choir.
It's a 50-person choir that, uh, she herself was once a member of.
Their conductor is Björgvin Guðmundsson, dear.
It's very hard to pronounce his name.
Who founded the group, and Bergur Þórarinsson was the musical director playing, uh, organ and electronics.
Proceeds from the original concert series were donated to a women's shelter in Reykjavik, which is just so sweet.
Until now, the album was only available as a limited edition in Iceland at the National Gallery of Iceland.
Fan sources say it came out on May 31 of this year, timed with an exhibition and a celebration for the total solar eclipse over Iceland, and the 40 anniversary of her label's, uh, piece of, mm, label's partner, SMEXIS.
The track list has, uh, 11 songs.
A lot of them come from her experimental vocal album, Medúlla, and the rest are from Vespertine, Biophilia, Volta, and Selmasongs.
So we are talking about Show Me Forgiveness, Pleasure Is All Mine, Hidden Place, Cosmogony, Mouth Cradle, Where Is The Line, and a closing version of New World from Selmasongs.
Some of those are the most beautiful, strange songs in her whole catalog.
And hearing them with a choir sounds unreal.
And Spin had a quote from Björk herself that I loved.
She said she's so happy and proud of this concept and that everybody put an enormous amount of love, energy, and time into it.
She also talked about how she has been learning from years about the combination of voices and electronics, and described it as a question of, uh, how nature and technology can live together in harmony.
Honestly, that's such a Björk way to say, and it makes perfect sense for a show with human voices on one side and electronic textures on, uh, another.
So a real question for you is, is, um, Björk better with choir and strings or with beats and electronics? Are you Team Choir or Team Beats? Drop it in the comments.
Björk is releasing Björk Orchestra with the Hamrahlíð Choir and to the wo- world on November 27 through One Little Independent.
And let me give you, uh, a back- backstory.
And it's not just any choir.
It's a 50-person choir that, uh, she herself was once a member of.
Their conductor is Björgvin Guðmundsson, dear.
It's very hard to pronounce his name.
Who founded the group, and Bergur Þórarinsson was the musical director playing, uh, organ and electronics.
Proceeds from the original concert series were donated to a women's shelter in Reykjavik, which is just so sweet.
Until now, the album was only available as a limited edition in Iceland at the National Gallery of Iceland.
Fan sources say it came out on May 31 of this year, timed with an exhibition and a celebration for the total solar eclipse over Iceland, and the 40 anniversary of her label's, uh, piece of, mm, label's partner, SMEXIS.
The track list has, uh, 11 songs.
A lot of them come from her experimental vocal album, Medúlla, and the rest are from Vespertine, Biophilia, Volta, and Selmasongs.
So we are talking about Show Me Forgiveness, Pleasure Is All Mine, Hidden Place, Cosmogony, Mouth Cradle, Where Is The Line, and a closing version of New World from Selmasongs.
Some of those are the most beautiful, strange songs in her whole catalog.
And hearing them with a choir sounds unreal.
And Spin had a quote from Björk herself that I loved.
She said she's so happy and proud of this concept and that everybody put an enormous amount of love, energy, and time into it.
She also talked about how she has been learning from years about the combination of voices and electronics, and described it as a question of, uh, how nature and technology can live together in harmony.
Honestly, that's such a Björk way to say, and it makes perfect sense for a show with human voices on one side and electronic textures on, uh, another.
So a real question for you is, is, um, Björk better with choir and strings or with beats and electronics? Are you Team Choir or Team Beats? Drop it in the comments.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.