MP3 Björk - Storm

From the forthcoming soundtrack to Matthew Barney's film Drawing Restraint 9.

Look, this is right before the part where the vaseline sculpture called The Field melts and floods the cabin of the ship, whereupon two Occidental Guests ritually slice off each other's lower bodies, revealing the tails at the beginning stage of their new forms—whales. I know, right? Total summer blockbuster!

If this sounds familiar, it's because I let you have a little sneak peak (though I didn't know it) back in '04. The studio version turns out to be even better, with ambient thunder and what I assume is the sound of the vaseline flood. I was a little concerned that the final recording of "Nameless" [Storm] wouldn't be able to capture the ecstasy of the improvised live versions, but that fear was unfounded. This is pure aural majesty, unhampered by Leila Arab's programming and unhinged by the gothic siren of Björk's vocal.

The Music from Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9 features a cross-culture-and-genre pantheon of artists: Björk, Will Oldham, sho master Mayumi Miyata, noh performers Shiro Nomura and Shonosuke Okura, piano (and score preparation and conducting) by Nico Muhly, throat singing from Tagaq, harp and celeste by Zeena Parkins, and more programming from Akira Rabelais. The album hits stores July 26th.


+ Pre-order it from One Little Indian. You can download mp3 samples, too.

+ Read Drew Daniel's wonderfully thorough sermon-slash-press-release for Drawing Restraint 9.

+ Read Momus's take on the Barney-Björk team.