Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

as much as I understand the genres (mostly via simon reynolds), bjork has done the most to drag microhouse and clicks-and-clacks into the mainstream - well, as close as she gets to the mainstream, anyway - much like madonna has done for house and electronica. "it's in our hands" combines elements of both (somehow, I never tire of music which sounds like a skipping cd) with subsonic bass and lush, enveloping keyb chords, and strings, too. the icelandic queen does this while still working one of her most beautiful melodies through the song, and singing her ass off; bjork's voice seems to strengthen with each record she makes. "it's in our hands" is the obligatory new track on her greatest hits disc, the tracklisting of which was chosen by fans on her website. ain't democracy grand? her website, btw, is one of the most content-rich of all artist websites I've ever seen, and comes highly recommended (by me). bjork is one of the most consistently forward-thinking and -moving artists of the last decade; greatest hits is a fine testament to that, and her.