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Voltaïc is a 2009 compilation of material related to the 2007 album Volta by the Icelandic musician Björk.The full version of the release includes a CD of eleven songs performed live at the Olympic Studios, a DVD of Björk's live performances in Paris and Reykjavík during the Volta tour, a second DVD of the Volta music videos as well as videos of the top ten runners-up from the "Innocence ...
Volta is the sixth studio album by the Icelandic singer Björk, [nb 1] released on 1 May 2007 by One Little Independent Records.It features contributions from multiple artists, including Björk's longtime collaborator Mark Bell and the producers Timbaland and Danja.
On the CD sides, it includes the original albums, while the DVD sides contain each album remastered in Dolby Digital and DTS 96/24 5.1 surround sound. The corresponding music videos are also featured on the discs and are in PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1.
Voltaic may refer to: Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist, chemist, and electricity pioneer Voltaic pile, the first electrical battery; Electricity from an electrochemical cell or battery; Voltaïc, releases from Björk's album, Volta; Volta River, a river in west Africa; Upper Volta, a colony and nation now known as Burkina Faso
The Volta tour was the sixth concert tour by Icelandic artist Björk.It supported her sixth studio album, Volta (2007). Preceded by an appearance in a benefit concert in Iceland, the 18-month tour began on April 9, 2007 at the Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík and concluded in the same city with a special acoustic showcase at the Langholtskirkja on August 26, 2008.
The EP, totaling 41 minutes and 41 seconds in length, consists of six remixes of four different tracks from Björk's 1993 album Debut.The collection begins with the English electronic group Underworld's remix of "Human Behaviour", where, according to AllMusic's Neg Raggett, the swing "stutter" of the original recording's percussion is replaced by "crisp disco" beats and high tempo funk loops.
"All Is Full of Love", the closing track of Homogenic, was the album's last song to be written and recorded. Produced by Björk, the original version of the song was replaced "at the last minute" with a remixed version by Howie B. [3] It was inspired by the spring while producing the album in Málaga, Spain. After living in the mountains among ...
The genesis of what would become Mount Wittenberg Orca began in 2008, when Stereogum created a tribute album for Björk's 1995 studio album, Post, entitled Enjoyed: A Tribute to Björk's Post [3] New York indie band Dirty Projectors covered the song "Hyperballad" and wrote of their love of the Icelandic singer: "She writes these classic melodies but breaks them apart so that it’s sort of up ...