Episode 49: serpentwithfeet on Björk’s “Homogenic” (1997)

Episode notes

The Album: Björk: Homegenic (1997)

Josiah Wise aka serpentwithfeet joined us to talk about one of his biggest influences: Björk and 1997 album, Homogenic. First introduced to her as a child, serpentwithfeet found a kindred spirit in the eclectic creativity of the Icelandic star. That especially extends to Homogenic, which, thanks to Björk and producer Mark Bell, would mark a hard turn from the more pop-friendly sounds of Post towards a new, baroque, electronic majesty. Our conversation touched on the mesmerizing nuances of Björk’s voice, the album’s heavy embrace of dance music, and what it’s like to be a fan of an artist when you don’t even know what they look like.

More on serpentwithfeet

• The Fader cover story
• Björk’s “Blissing Me” remix feat. serpentwithfeet
• “serpentwithfeet Crafts His Own Language For Queer Life” (NPR)
• Bandcamp | Twitter

More on Homegenic

• Album review (Pitchfork)
• “Put A Björk In It: How A 14-Year-Old Album Is Still Influencing Music” (Deadspin)
• “Homogenic Turns 20″ (Stereogum)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Homogenic unless indicated otherwise):

• All is Full of Love
• Björk: Bænin
• All Neon Like
• Björk: Human Behaviour
• Joga
• serpentwithfeet: blisters
• Unravel
• serpentwithfeet: whisper
• All is Full of Love
• Björk: Hidden Place
• Hunter
• Immature
• Bells Atlas: Bachelorette
• Unravel
• Erykah Badu: On & On
• Radiohead: Exit Music (For a Film)
• Janet Jackson: Got Til it’s Gone
• Missy Elliott: The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
• Roni Size: New Forms
• Unravel
• Björk: Pagan Poetry
• serpentwithfeet: blisters
• serpentwithfeet: bless ur heart

Here’s the Spotify plalist of as many songs as we could find on there
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