Lost in Björk’s wonderland
Listening to Björk’s Vespertine album, I’m flooded with feeling. It’s not like memory, as that implies the memories are mine. The feelings (or maybe, emotions?) I’m writing about are inextricably linked to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials. While reading the books, Northern Lights in particular, her fragile Vespertine was my soundtrack. Usually, I’m not one to listen to music whilst reading, yet the landscape of both is so full of icy wonder, I’m frozen in those feelings; like the snow-flake that reflects in your palm for those fleeting few seconds before melting away, it’s a wonder of the moment, a passionate affair, here today and gone tomorrow.
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I feel rather much the same about Takako Minekawa’s Maxi On. I could go on and on about that, but it’s long out of print and I wouldn’t want to make you jealous. Though there do seem to be few second-hand copies of it going for a relatively reasonable price… If anyone is thinking of getting it, try to go for the USA Emperor Norton release, as this has a (very significant) bonus track which isn’t available anywhere else.
You read His Dark Materials!?, those have to be close to my fave books of all time, I could go on forever about how good they are, have you read Ruby in the Smoke or Tiger in the well from Pullman?
@Jordan S.
I’ve just looked her up on Wikipedia and she seems quite interesting. Any particular song recommendations I should check-out? Just listening to ‘Plash’ on YouTube right now and it’s quite nice!
@Outlawstar
Nope, my experience of Pullman’s work is limited to His Dark Materials, which I unconditionally loved. How do they compared to HDM? Also, as a side, I’m still yet to see the Golden Compass movie. I know I should, but all the rather middling reviews I’ve read have damped my enthusiasm, that and they removed all references to religion, which seems like a massive mistake to me.
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