New Bjork video - Crystalline

Before the heavily-anticipated release of Bjork's ultimo (the only word suitable) album/app/show/thing, Iceland's icon released the first video from Biophilia for "Crystalline." Famed director Michel Gondry directed the video (his eighth for Bjork), in which, well, it's hard for me to explain.

"Shot on 16mm Bolex cameras, “Crystalline” feels more like an experimental sci-fi film than a typical music video. Lighting effects were achieved through multiple exposures that involved backwinding or capping the lens to painstakingly capture numerous passes on one frame of film. To ensure repeatable but modifiable actions, servo controlled LED rigs were custom designed and built.

Bjork’s performance was initially recorded against black on multiple cameras and then projected into the set against a spinning disc hovering above a cratered moonscape. Three projectors, arrayed along an arc at 30 degree intervals with synched performance create perspective shifts when the camera moves around the disc giving Bjork an ethereal, holographic presence.

Additionally, fabricated ice crystals, streaking comets, hammered metal drums nestled in moon craters, concentric sand patterns, and Gondry’s abstract 2D drawings all contribute to the cosmic vibe."

Biophilia will be released in multiple forms late September.

Bjork - Crystalline