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on my new album , fossora , i wrote 2 songs to my mother . this one , ancestress , is written just after her wordly funeral and is probably a common musician´s reaction , the impulse of making your version of the story , later . this song is a letter to my mother , her story seen from my point of view it is written in chronological order , the first verse is my childhood and so on only recently did i discover that this song is probably somehow inspired by an icelandic song “grafskrift“ which is somehow a very direct and patriarchial account of someones life i probably wanted to approach this in a more feminine way her biological and emotional story not her professions , partners or dates of birth and death i am very grateful to my son , sindri eldon , to arrange and sing vocals for the verses as he has a delicious voice and was very close to her . for 20 years i have not been able to attend funerals as something in them rubbed me the wrong way . possibly a big part of it is after having lived a life of thousand concerts , i probably have too strong ideas on how a ritual should be , what kinda sound , musical structure , words and it took me all this time to discover that for me all funerals should be outside . probably what was offending me most was how can one set off the spirit in such a claustrophobic environment as a church ? when the soul sets off , it needs to be outside so there is room for how enormous it becomes when it merges with the elements warmth björk taken from new album ‘fossora’ out 30th september DIRECTOR: Andrew Thomas Huang CO - CREATIVE DIRECTORS: Björk & James Merry PRODUCTION COMPANY: Object & Animal EP: Dom Thomas PRODUCER: Alex Chamberlain PRODUCTION COMPANY ICELAND: Go to Sheep PRODUCER ICELAND: Sara Nassim PRODUCER ICELAND: Hrönn Kristinsdóttir DOP: Andrew Yuyi Truong PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: Heimir Sverrisson & Dóra Hrund Gísladóttir WARDROBE BY: Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli MASKS & CEREMONIAL SPOON: James Merry STYLIST: Edda Guðmundsdóttir BJÖRK MAKE UP: Johannes Jaruaak (Hungry) CHOREOGRAPHER: Erna Ómarsdóttir EDITOR: Mengyao Mia Zhang VFX: Wolf & Crow VFX Producer: Kevin Shapiro COLOUR: Dante Pasquinelli @ Ethos Studio Cast and Crew: Performers SPIRIT DANCER: Shota Inoue DANCER: Saga Sig DANCER: Charmene Pang DANCER: Emilía Gísladóttir DANCER: S. Andrean Sigurgeirsson VIOLINIST: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir VIOLINIST: Geirþrúður Ása Guðjónsdóttir VIOLINIST: Helga Þóra Björgvinsdóttir VIOLINIST: Laura Liu VIOLINIST: Ingrid Karlsdóttir VIOLIST: Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir VIOLIST: Lucja Koczot CELLIST: Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson CELLIST: Júlía Mogensen CONTRABASS PLAYER: Xun Yang PERCUSSIONIST: Soraya Nayyar Production and FX PRODUCTION MANAGER: Gagga Jónsdóttir PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Anna Björk Hilmarsdóttir KEY PA: Ólöf Birna Bjarnadóttir PA: Búi Fannar Ívarsson LOCATION PA: Birkir Kristinsson SET ASSISTANT: Daníel Bóasson ARTIST ASSISTANT: Hilma Kristín Sveinsdóttir ARTIST ASSISTANT: Rosemary Llagostera 1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Sigurður Kjartan Kristinsson 2nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Arngunnur Hinriksdottir 3rd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Anný Björk Árnadóttir LOCATION MANAGER: Birkir Grétarsson B CAM OPERATOR: Baltasar Breki Samper 1st AC: Goði Már Guðbjörnsson 2nd AC: Almar Blær Bjarnason 2nd AC: Bjartur Ragnarsson 1st AC B CAM: Eva Rut Hjaltadóttir 2nd AC B CAM: Svava Lovísa Aðalsteinsdóttir STEADICAM OPERATOR: Þór Elísson CAMERA TRAINEE: Sigurjón Þór Guðmundsson VTR: Rútur Skæringur Sigurjónsson DIT: Arnór Einarsson GAFFER: Arnaldur Kári Valdemarsson ELECTRICIAN: Steingrímur Ingi Stefánsson SWINGER: Helgi Jóhannsson KEY GRIP: Viktor Davíð Jóhannsson BEST BOY: Tómas Freyr Jóhannsson PLAYBACK: Bergur Þórisson ART DIRECTOR: Sunna Svavarsdóttir PROPS MASTER: Sigrún Perla Gísladóttir PROPS MASTER: Melkorka Embla Hjartardóttir STANDBY PROPS: Kolbeinn H. Bambus Einarsson SFX SUPERVISOR: Haukur Karlsson SFX ASSISTANT 1: Frosti Jón Runólfsson SFX ASSISTANT 2: Gunnar Gunnarsson CERAMIC JUG: Jón Einar Björnsson 3D PRINTING: Halldór Snorrason TALENT DRIVER: Helgi Guðmundsson HMU TRUCK DRIVER: Snorri Þórsson CHEF: Atli Ottesen CHEF: Númi Thomasson CHEF’s ASSISTANT: Úlfur Stígsson MEDIC: Hulda COLOUR PRODUCER: Nat Tereschenko VFX COMPOSITORS: Travis Button, Andrew Nishida BTS FILMING: Edda Kristín Óttarsdóttir BTS EDIT & POST: Ali Gill SPECIAL THANKS: Gabríela Friðriksdóttir
