Collaboration avec Jlin initialement prévue sur Fossora et finalement retravaillée pour l’album de Jlin Akoma.
Sortie : 22 Mars 2024
I was actually supposed to be on her last record, when she was sketching her last record (Fossora), she wanted me to produce one of the tracks. Me being me, my schedule was very busy, and I didn’t get a chance to finish and I felt so bad. I said, ‘sis, I’m so sorry I didn’t get this finished in time.’ She said, ‘don’t worry about it, I know how it is, we’ll pick it back up down the line.’ But I had started writing the piece from what she sent me, and I wondered if she’d be willing to be on my record, so I asked and she said ‘of course, go ahead.’ From the first day I met Björk, she was just super encouraging to me…whatever I needed, she’s been just right there. When i first came to Iceland for the first time, she picked me up from my hotel and gave me a tour.
Jlin - Treblezine
Akoma — named after a word in the Twi language of west Africa meaning “heart” — opens with an appearance from Björk. “Borealis” was originally produced by Jlin for the Icelandic singer, but it has been reworked for her own album. Björk’s singing has been processed so as to be unrecognisable — the pleasure of hearing her famous voice is withheld from us — but she also performs the chopped-up woodwind melodies that breeze through the track in an oddly catchy way.
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