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Bjork - Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu (English: "Verses by Rosa of Vatnsendi") is a traditional Icelandic song. The lyrics are a poem written by Rósa Guðmundsdóttir (...
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- Denilson Santos
Chansons des mers froides (French: Songs from the Cold Seas) is a 1994 album by French musician Hector Zazou. Zazou enlisted several singers for the recording, such as Siouxsie, Björk, John Cale, Suzanne Vega and Jane Siberry among others, and native singers of the Arctic.
One of the highlights is the second track with Björk's voice alternating with a superb clarinet. Something both divine and tragic emanates from this sweet and sad piece. In the third, The Long Journey, we find the voices of Suzanne Vega and John Cale on lyrics inspired by a poem by Oscar Wilde.
- (5)
- Canada
- 2
- CD, Album
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1999 CD release of "Songs From The Cold Seas" on Discogs.
- (4)
- ArsNova-8-219, ArsNova-AN-2002
- Russia
- 1999
In 1994, he released the album Chansons des mers froides (called Songs from the Cold Seas for the anglophone market). The album was based on ocean-themed traditional folk songs from northern countries, such as Canada, Finland, Iceland, and Japan.
A blueprint for Zazou’s later masterpieces such as ‘Sahara Blue’ (which featured the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gérard Depardieu, John Cale, Khaled etc) and ‘Songs From The Cold Seas’ (with Björk & Suzanne Vega).
The song is most famous for its performance for Hector Zazou's album Chansons des mers froides (Songs from the cold seas) by Icelandic singer Björk; it also appears on Björk's third Possibly Maybe single CD.
