Such is her disposition, a godly, unfamiliar, forward-thinking understanding of elemental artistic forces that shines in all aspects of her being, from her fashion-defining looks to her inventive discography. The following hurl back into a sharp, drum-driven assault on the senses toward the single’s finale further confirms that she holds a divine musical touch. As evidence of this fact, Björk builds up an early crescendo by amping her voice alongside the song’s baseline beat, only to segue into a calm respite mid-song. In any other musician’s hand, a fairy voice would never triumph against techno-type pummeling but Björk’s brilliant maneuvering of musical melting pots shows both a simple fusing of genre and an astute ability to play with the varying veins that make up music’s moldable configurations. The artist dives into new sonic territories with the same mastery of mixing she’s always held, one that allows her to compose whirlwind poesy out of the most divergent, violent musical arrangement. In “Atopos,” a preamble to her forthcoming album, Björk juxtaposes a thumping drumbeat against the undulating ethereality of her voice. “Atopos” by Björk featuring Kasimynījörk is back! Following up 2017’s brilliant “Utopia” - an album that retained the artist’s most dazzling sensibilities while also showcasing Arca’s immense production talent - Björk’s newest single, “Atopos” demonstrates the artist’s inventively seductive and paradoxical style. Welcome back to Listen To This! Our first edition of the fall semester starts off strong with plenty of excellent releases spanning artpop, Britpop, electropop … well, just all things pop. Yas Akdag, Candace Patrick, Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Abbie Thompson, and Amy Wang
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