May 2, 2005: Army of Me hits the shops today
The charity record of 'Army of Me' hits most of European record shops today, after having been available for on-line ordering for a few weeks. Now is the time to support UNICEF and get some great versions of the track. There are two dates for the 'Army of Me' release in the USA. The street date will be the 31st of May, but the online ordering has just gone live in the U.S.A. I expect that not all can wait until then, so by going to this AOM special page you can order your copy now and have it delivered sooner than you think. This is the time to make that difference.

April 14, 2005: More on new video from Gabríela
From Gabríela's website, gabriela.is, we get further enlightenment about her videowork with Björk, as 'Where Is The Line', is an integral part of the Versations Tetralogia she is exhibiting at the Venice Bienniale 2005: In Versations Gabríela also addresses the chaos, the disintegration and disorder of today. She explores our perceptions, emotions, longings, the boundaries of emotion and the unification or tension between different art forms. ''Where is the line?'' asks Björk on her latest album, Medúlla, in which the human voice is the basis of expression, and its palette of color is explored to the utmost. Gabríela and Björk joined forces, together with dancer Erna Ómarsdóttir, and created the idea for a video for Björk's song; Gabríela uses the same material in one of the videos of Tetralogia, in which she addresses imbalance of emotions and their expulsion from the body, or catharsis, as she did in the video Catharsis of 2004. Björk becomes an upholstered host, a sort of Venus of Willendorf, who gives birth to a demon coated in a white stickiness (dancer Erna Ómarsdóttir) who, after a wild dance, withdraws back inside the host. In the final scene everything explodes, and hay-wraiths emerge from the background, as if a mutation has occurred in the electrifying atmosphere, and plunge down on the host, who vanishes and is absorbed into the whole. The primal energy of the narrative, the desperation and claustrophobic atmosphere, are intensified by the rough, raw texture, strong visual contrasts and the bizarre hay-scape of the barn. More visuals here.

April 12, 2005: Live & Television archive DVDs
Björk said in conversation with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2 (March 30th, 2005) she regards these as the ''archives'' of her work. Not everybody has access, or the inclination, to watch MTV and these are an opportunity for people to enjoy the extraordinary lavish unleashings of her own bold imagination and those of the teams of artists she assembles around her.

Television ‘DVD’ archive
5 DVD bundle
Björk527DVD
£34.04
1. MTV Unplugged & MTV Live 1994-1998 (inc. trks from ‘Debut’, ‘Post’, and ‘Homogenic’)
2. Later 1995-2001 (five performances from BBC/UK TV show ''Later With Jools Holland'')
3. Miniscule 2001 (behind the scenes of the Vespertine tour from opera houses around the world)
4. Inside Björk 2003 (the definitive profile, a documentary spanning the early formative Icelandic associations to collaborations with Thom Yorke, the RZA, Missy Elliot et al.)
5. The Inner or Deep part of an Animal or Plant Structure 2001 (the making of Medulla inc. bonus DVD-Audio 5:1 version of the album).
NTSC Version region Zero (compatible with most PAL players).
Stereo Dolby Digital and 5.1 sound
Video Aspect ratio 4.3 and 16.9

Live ‘DVD’ archive
4 DVD bundle
Björk526DVD
£34.04
1. Vessel 1994: 11-track full concert DVD of her multi-million selling album ‘Debut’
2. Shepherds Bush Empire 1997: a special fan-club only free show in London during the ‘Post’ tour.
3. Cambridge 1998: recorded on the ‘Homogenic’ tour.
4. Royal Opera House 2001: the first performance by a rock artist at this historic venue. Includes interview footage.
NTSC Version region Zero (compatible with most PAL players).
Stereo Dolby Digital and 5.1 sound
Video Aspect ratio 4.3 and 16.9

April 7, 2005: Two Tracks to download at WarChildMusic
WarChildMusic will on the 12th of April have 2 exclusive Björk tracks available for download from their site, but this download website raises cash money to support War Child’s programs working with children affected by conflict around the world. Let us dip into their information sheet: ''Björk has offered warchildmusic TWO remixes of tracks from her epic, entirely vocal album Medúlla. Björk is the first artist to give WarChild two exclusive tracks in the same month, and quite frankly they are mental. The first mix is a relatively restrained version of ‘Who Is It’ manipulated by Ukrainian - by way of Berlin - Vitalic. The second will blow your feet off. Bjork has let loose Fantomas (Mike Patton to his friends) on the track ‘Where Is The Line’. Amazingly, Radio One have already played this belter of a musical pileup. About www.warchildmusic.com: www.warchildmusic.com is a not-for-profit company set up by War Child. For every £1 you spend downloading exclusive tracks at the site War Child will receive around 70pence to continue their work in some of the world's most troubled regions. The charity is currently active in rehabilitating child soldiers in The Democratic Republic of Congo, removing children from adult prisons in Afghanistan and building safe play areas in Iraq. War Child continues to work with children in the former Yugoslavia in their music therapy centre almost 10 years after the war there subsided. www.warchildmusic.com is a unique proposition. Not only will the majority of the money raised be going directly to the relief work undertaken by War Child, but it is also different than other music download sites. Where other sites offer a huge selection of tracks off the peg, we offer a bespoke service. Each exclusive track downloaded raises around 70p for the War Child’s work with children affected by war.''