Once a Sugar Cube

Last year, my wife curated an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei.  She was fortunate enough to gain the support of Björk, or at least Björk’s record company (One Little Indian), and the show included a screening of Wanderlust.  It’s not the most commercial of her recordings, but the video is well worth a look, especially if you can get it in 3D.

This choice probably marks the moment at which I became aware of this unusual young woman with the very distinctive voice, although (as has often been the case) I imagine The Sugar Cubes may well have featured on John Peel’s show over the years.  This has an underlying groove that I like, tying everything together at that nice gentle pace.  The video is a bit bonkers – as you’d expect, perhaps – but I enjoyed watching it and for the handful of other brilliant Björk tracks that were thrown up when searching and browsing.  I could well include a second entry before the year is out.

I can hardly play an Icelandic musician without being drawn to a single referring to that country.  Tune in tomorrow, Gordon.