Aftonbladet  1996-06-14

By ???


"[unknown title]"


HULSTSFRED. Björk is in love, she's happy and she's defenitive runnig on
overdrive. The main reason: Goldie

 - I would love to marry him, but nothing is planned yet, she states. A
king is no where to be seen. Maybe its the man with the square firstname
Iggy? But the queens name is Björk. And when Aftonbladet gets audience 
she talks and eagerly gesticulates about literally anything. And most 
about her new musically friend and love, Goldie:

 - What's brilliant about us is that we come from completely diffrent 
directions. I'm from the classic punk, pop, jazz, kraftwerk... That 
school. Goldie is more hiphop, rap, funk... Everything we talked about
when he traveled as opening act was music. We should have been 
arrested... All the time, music. Togheter we can cover evert music style
ther is.

 In the gossipmagazines you read that you are going to get married...
 Is it true?

 - Well...It's like the fact that if you kiss a person in the city, the
next day you have five twins. I would love to marry him. But we havn't 
discussed that yet. It's doesn't honestly feels so important...

 Will you record any music togheter?

 - As the freak I am I can talk about music a half day. The good thing 
about Goldie is that I can do that and we're not boring eachother. But 
if we should spend the other half of the day recording if would be to 
much. And when it comes to music today its much something I want to keep
between me and myself.

 What new music are you working on?

 - I have several experiment that I'm working on. I have been obsessed 
with playing on glass. Mozart made a glassorgan with big bowls made of 
glass immersed in water. When you play on it it sounds like you rubbing
a brandy glass. I'm working with Howie B on these songs.

 - But I also do electric rhythems. Pure electric rhythems. I like it 
when the electric is true, when it's not pretending. A keybord shall not
pretend it is a violin, it shall be proud to be a keybord.

 - And I'm working with a string quartet. This is experimental things 
I'm what you would call a workoholic. I have a big appetite on life.

 What of all that is going to be the next record? And how will it be 
 diffrent from "Debut"and "Post"?

 - I'm 30 years now and it feels like I have cought up with myself. So 
now I'm doing music in the present. I have written eight new songs and 
five is recorded.

 We have all seen the dramatic picure from the airport in Bangkok when
 you're hitting a reporter... What happen really?

 - We had decided to do all interviews the day after our arrival at the
hotell. But when I and my son landed all of a sudden all these reporters
are there and starts asking questions. "Tomorrow", I answer politely. 
But then they start to interview my nineyear old son, asking him how 
it's like to have a so "strange mother". And then...I don't know. I saw
in front of me how the showed this on TV, and something broke inside 
me.... I only saw red. I should finish her. I don't know it's hard to 
explain, but the feeling to defent the things you love can be enormously
strong, she says seriously. Sctratches herself on the calf and adds:

 - In Island we don't have any insects that bites. The are more 
harmless, at most the run at you.