Bjork - Medulla CDs • Vinyl Records • LPs • Music Albums

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On tracks such as "Oceania," clusters of voices swim by as if they were schools of brightly colored fish. "Desired Constellation" keeps things simple, with Bjork repeatedly wailing, "How am I going to make it right?" over a fluttering buzz. At the end of the surreal and vocally symphonic "Mouths Cradle," she concludes, "I need a shelter to build an altar away from all Osamas and Bushes." With this heavenly orgy of angelic choirs and gigabytes of technology, she has succeeded.

Latin for "marrow," Medulla uses all forms of the human voice to create an intimate sanctum. With minimal instrumental accompaniment (voices are her instruments), Bjork's clipped chirp swims among heavenly choruses, a human beatbox, and the kinds of sounds that might emanate from an asylum. Totally arresting.