Timbaland a composé un beat pour Hope, sur lequel j’ai chanté, et que j’ai ensuite hachuré puis réintégré au morceau : au final, cela sonne d’une manière beaucoup plus chaotique que prévu. Sur son beat initial, les sons les plus bas surgissaient d’une manière irrégulière, jouant avec la stéréo. J’ai ensuite écrit une ligne de basse, par dessus laquelle Toumani Diabaté a joué de la kora.
Björk - Interview pitchforkmedia, Mars 2007
Crédits
Ecriture : Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley & Björk
Production : Björk
Programmation, ingénieur du son : Damian Taylor
Clavichord, sine bass, programmation et édition : Björk
Kora : Toumani Diabaté
Bass drums : Nate Dangerhands
One of the most challenging songs is Hope, which describes issues raised by a pregnant Palestinian suicide bomber. It features Toumani Diabatéand more of Timbaland’s beats.
« We were due to record it and I imagined Toumani was thinking about setting up microphones and doing run-throughs. But then, at six o’clock, he brings out the prayer mat and goes down on his knees. Suddenly I’m thinking to myself, ‘Oh my God, what are you doing making a song about a pregnant suicide bomber with a Muslim in Mali ?’ »
She sat down with him to discuss this potential faux-pas. « Obviously, he’s a very educated man and he just said that these things needed to be addressed. So he says, ‘Great, do it.’ He’s an incredible person, so graceful and generous with a gentle spirit. »The Sun, 05/05/2007
