Episode notes

The Album: Björk: Homegenic (1997)

Josiah Wise aka serpentwithfeet joined us to talk about one of his biggest influences: Björk and 1997 album, Homogenic. First introduced to her as a child, serpentwithfeet found a kindred spirit in the eclectic creativity of the Icelandic star. That especially extends to Homogenic, which, thanks to Björk and producer Mark Bell, would mark a hard turn from the more pop-friendly sounds of Post towards a new, baroque, electronic majesty. Our conversation touched on the mesmerizing nuances of Björk’s voice, the album’s heavy embrace of dance music, and what it’s like to be a fan of an artist when you don’t even know what they look like.

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Show Tracklisting (all songs from Homogenic unless indicated otherwise):

All is Full of Love

Björk: Bænin

All Neon Like

Björk: Human Behaviour

Joga

serpentwithfeet: blisters

Unravel

serpentwithfeet: whisper

All is Full of Love

Björk: Hidden Place

Hunter

Immature

Bells Atlas: Bachelorette

Unravel

Erykah Badu: On & On

Radiohead: Exit Music (For a Film)

Janet Jackson: Got Til it’s Gone

Missy Elliott: The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

Roni Size: New Forms

Unravel

Björk: Pagan Poetry

serpentwithfeet: blisters

serpentwithfeet: bless ur heart

Here’s the Spotify plalist of as many songs as we could find on there

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