Biophilia Project

Avant-gard and experimental music

Biophilia is the eighth studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. It was released on October 5, 2011, by One Little Indian Records and distributed by Nonesuch Records in North America and by Universal Music Group in the rest of the world. It can be categorized as avant-garde music, alternative dance and experimental music. Björk composed it as a concept album during the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis, exploring the links between nature, music and technology. Billed as the first “app album”, Biophilia is a multimedia project released alongside a series of apps linking the album’s themes to musicology concepts. It was followed by a series of educational workshops in four continents.