Vertebrae By Vertebrae

Vertebrae by Vertebrae
"The Beast Is Back," where did that come from ? It’s a long story. I hope I can squash it into a radio show, it’s a really long story. But part of it for me was having a daughter, because I had had a son before, and I heard from a lot of my friends that when you have a child the same sex as you suddenly a gate opens. Like I had a daughter, and suddenly I understood my mom better, and her mom, and her mom, and her mom. You get this kind of line. I’ve heard fathers say that about the first son they have, and they suddenly realize the relationship between them and their fathers, and back back back back. And suddenly you get this gate opening way to the beginning of mankind. And I started reading a lot of books sort of about that stuff, and again being slightly influenced the Iraq war,...

XFM Interview, April 2007

Vertebrae by Vertebrae
The drums on “Vertebrae by Vertebrae“ are equally compelling, a real rollercoaster of rhythm. Like most leaders, Björk knows when to farm out the work. I have to give Damian Taylor credit for that. He is an amazing drum programmer. First, I tapped on a table sort of where the main accents should be. It is a tricky song because it is in 9/8. He then programmed a beat and used a white noise, static micropallet for the beats. I felt the pattern was right but the noises were wrong and suggested he should change it into a marching beat. He then used the same pattern but changed the noises and sprinkled some magic dust on...

remixmag.com - 01.07.2007