Where did bjork get her asian eyes? Reply to author. Report message as abuse. Show original message. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message. I love her beautiful eyes, but I've noticed most Icelandic people have a more european look.
She's icelandic through and through, but can anyone tell me does her family history extend back somewhere else? My family heritage is primarilly Norwegian.. When I was younger everyone thought I was Oriental!! Apparently, it must be a Scandanavian trait!
Olve Askim. On 26 Sep GMT, cybercow The Wasteland. She has no eskimo blood in her at all Her mom has those same eyes so thats where she got them. Lil GoDrex skrev i meddelelsen New Messiah. Yeah, those trademarked Bjork squinty eyes are stunning, aren't they?
I have heard that when Iceland was first being settled around CE, many Irish slaves were taken there, and the Celtic quality has remained in Iceland ever since. Bjork does look rather Irish, don't you think? The Wasteland fl Mark Andrew Miles. On Wed, 27 Sep , The Wasteland wrote:. Sigvaldi Eggertson. On Sun, 1 Oct , Sigvaldi Eggertson wrote:.
Royce Lerwick. Remember Iceland is one of the most Homogenic peoples on earth. Probably even more so than the Japanese. Homo- Genic- Same Peopled. Ive heard that word before, but i cant say where! Lapps are the Sami. Timbo t Maybe it should be cleared up what is meant by ancestry, that is the time frame. The vikings that came to Iceland came from norway, and brought slaves from ireland, that was years ago, its obvious that we can in no way claim to know what they looked like and furthermore there have been numerous nations that have had ships sail to iceland for fishing through the ages.
For instance among ppl on the west coast of Iceland there are relatively many with dark complexion and dark brown hair and eyes, that is couse many a french sailor met with icelandic hospitalilty But we are talking about something that lies centuries back, and i guess that what im trying to say here is that we dont know and have no way of.
PS But Its important that you all are clear on that there have never been. Den svarte Viking geirmund heljarskin. That may settle it--but I'm not sure if they recognize alien DNA yet. Can you send me a pic? She began working with producer Nellee Hooper who was, amongst others, famous for producing Massive Attack. The video was directed by Michel Gondry and they were to work a lot together in the following years.
It varied greatly in instrumentation yet maintained a dancy rhythm throughout. Tracks include:. The album was a total hit, landing a place on any top album list during that time. Not too shabby! This album marked a noticeable shift in styles and never before had she been this personal, emotional and experimental which many would still say was her style. She was later quoted as saying this would be her only musical she would ever do. The soundtrack, however, went even further and was released with the title Selmasongs.
The album is called Vespertine. This was her biggest project jet, bringing in artists from a wide spectrum and need acoustics at the highest level for her following shows. The album featured chamber orchestras, hushed vocals, harpists, DJs, choirs, household-made micro beats, and personal, vulnerable themes.
The album consisted of songs such as:. In the CD box set Family Tree was released. It consists of selected rare material which had never-seen-before compositions, including her work with the Brodsky Quartet. They were together from The album received a Grammy nomination!
As she sang her dress slowly started spreading out revealing a 10, sq foot map of the world. The map then blew over all the athletes competing creating a magical moment at the opening ceremony. Through the film they explored Japanese culture and in the film the couple turn into whales. The album was much more than just an album but it combined music with technological innovation and themes of both nature and science. The project also entailed an educational collaborations with specialized workshops for school children aged bringing together music and science.
The program was eventually bought by the Reykjavik City Board of Education to all schools in the city over the following three years.
They discussed the human relationship with music putting the main focus on Biophilia. There is a tradition of that in my family. The band was originally only supposed to play one gig but ended up performing together for some time eventually even recording a cassette with a few cover songs.
The band had played a mixture of pop and punk but now wanted to get more serious with the punk. The band was very active in their 18 months playing together and even toured to Britain. After spending time together writing and rehearsing the group decided to make it official and the band Kukl was formed.
The band ended up releasing two studio albums on the independent British Record Label Crass and one live one from the concert in Paris. The Sugarcubes or Sykurmolarnir as they are called in Iceland was an Icelandic alternative rock band which wrote and performed together from to , and a reunion in The album sparked an unexpected success and was the first Icelandic album ever to achieve such attention internationally.
Their music was a fresh breeze into the scene and was often described as a mix of The B and the Talking Heads, an avant-pop with a psychedelic post-punk character.
Even with all this suggests the band decided to call it quits in December That was until their reunion in , a get together to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of their debut single Birthday. They all still remain friends and are involved in the record house Smekkleysa. The video was a directed by Michel Gondry who was to become an active collaborator with Bjork. The album was produced in conjunction with Nellee Hooper, Tricky, Graham Massey and Howie B and like with the first album she kept trying out new and different sounds.
This album had been regarded as one of her most experimental and extroverted work and marked a bit swift from her first two solo albums. Her connection to her home country, Iceland, is very evident on the album which received positive feedback and went Gold in the US in The filming began in and debuted in in Cannes. The soundtrack from the film was released with the title Selmasongs and on it was a duet with Thom Yorke from Radiohead.
The album brought new collaborations and even a coffee table book displaying prose and photographs.
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