Bjork: "I first sent timbaland some of the brass stuff i was working on but he felt it was too weird"




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The Corsair is so into Bjork right about now you don't even know. It's sick. She's so "creative" that we'd like to collabo on her with a prohject, namely: The Corsair's firstborn child (Exaggerated cough suggesting feigned detachment).

But enough about all that. Bjork's Apollo show in May is a done deal for us. Brooklynvegan -- via Papermag -- interviewed Bjork via email and asked her:

"How did you end up picking Timbaland? What did he bring to the table?

"I have said this before but he was a big fan of venus as a boy , the bollywood strings and i remember him coming up to me at a party and saying he loved the bassline in that song and i felt pretty chuffed because i wrote that ! He also sampled 'jóga' for a missy elliott track so we have had an eye on each other for a while . We were always going to work together one of those days . So i wasn´t really after a hip hop thing , i am just into him as a musician . It was kinda weird after we did that stuff together some hot hip hop producers contacted me thinking i was going to do a hip hop album . I was really flattered but that was not what i had in mind . I first sent timbaland some of the brass stuff i was working on but he felt it was too weird ( one of it was in 9/8 ) I walked into the studio with timbaland and he immediately played a rhythm and i sang on top even though i had a throat problem that day and 5 minutes later 'earth intruders' was ready . Two hours later we had 3 tracks . I then walked away with the mutlitrack and edited it for a year and added other musicians on top . 'Earth intruders' and 'innocence' kinda happened in the studio with him and nate but 'hope' i added on bassline later and then took it to mali , africa and toumani diabate played on top."

Basta! More (Brooklynvegan)