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Alone in the Dark: Björk on Vespertine

David Toop, The Wire, September 2001

Björk's eerie night songs are infused with the mythological landscapes of her native Iceland and the concrete fjords of Manhattan. She tells David Toop about her new Vespertine album's gestation, the joys and perils of collaboration, and how the Internet is creating a more human music.

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