Bjork's Follow-Up to Medulla ==> VOLTA

Prior to the announcement by Bjork's official website , this is what I have searched and extracted from Wikipedia

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Björk's sixth full-length studio album "Volta", a follow-up to 2004's Medúlla, will be released on May 7, 2007. It has been written and produced entirely by Björk herself and will feature ten new tracks. It will feature input from:

• Timbaland (R&B and hip hop producer)


• Antony Hegarty (Frontman and lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons


• Brian Chippendale (Drummer/vocalist in the band Lightning Bolt)


• Chris Corsano (Drummer)


• Toumani Diabate (Malian kora player)


• Mark Bell (Musician and record producer. Previous Björk collaborator since album Homogenic)


• Sjón (Lyricist, has previously written the songs "Bachelorette" and "Oceania")


• Konono N°1 (Musical group from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo


• Min Xiao-Fen (Chinese pipa player and vocalist)


• A ten-piece female brass section consisting of Icelandic musicians.^[3]

Björk will also be touring for the first time in four years in support of the upcoming album; the majority of confirmed performances so far are at festivals. Drummer Darrin Costin has been working with Björk on her forthcoming tour.^[4]

Björk has also collaborated on tracks with the following artists, the status of which are as yet unknown.

• Michael Pärt has been "assisting at writing stages and involved in production and recording".^[5]


• Damian Taylor, programmer on Vespertine, has worked with Björk on material for her new album.^[6]


• Meredith Monk and Björk have worked together on a collaborative piece.^[7]

Björk is also contributing songs to several forthcoming releases by other artists, the majority of which are to be released in early 2007.

• Björk is also contributing vocals to Valgeir Sigurðsson's new album, titled Equilibrium Is Restored. [14]
  
• Björk's long-rumoured cover of Joni Mitchell's song "The Boho Dance" will finally surface on a tribute album due on March 5 in the USA. [15]

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This is great !!! My guess is, this album will have a somehow similar "musical jumble" as "Post". High possibility that the music should be more pop-oriented and slightly more commercial compared to "Medulla".

Timbaland and Tagaq (her throat-singer collaborator in "Medulla") mentioned she was producing some strange hip-hop music. In fact, Timbaland produced for 7 trakcs. As for the rest of the involved, there was no information leakage.

Bjork and Hip-hop? Sounds interesting... A hip-hop album written entirely by Bjork with Timbaland helming the beats. Will it sound like Nelly Furtado? I hope not. Hmmnn, curious, curious.. Weirdly interested.

After all, it is a Bjork and in my opinion, there will always be something different than the rest.

Regards....