After playing through the album on her stereo, she conversed volubly about the music across her kitchen table, over cups of strong coffee. It’s more like floating in the air.”The album concludes with “Future Forever,” with shimmering chords and Björk’s voice floating above silences; she invokes a benign matriarchy. The songs are akin to chamber music and to the electronic experimentation of Björk’s collaborator throughout the album, the electronic musician Arca (Alejandro Ghersi), who grew up on Björk’s music. While Björk’s many previous co-producers have been enlisted to help execute her ideas, “Utopia” is closer to a full partnership. There was alto flute, bass flute, tenor flute.

Source: New York Times November 14, 2017 20:03 UTC