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# Björk releases her tenth studio album, ‘fossora’ – a reflection on roots, grounding, love and family in the context of an underground mushroom world
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/bjork-releases-her-tenth-studio-album-fossora-a-reflection-on-roots-grounding-love-and-family-in-the-context-of-an-underground-mushroom-world/
- Published: 2022-09-30T15:05:21.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-30T15:05:21.000Z
- Description: The new album finds Björk nesting at home in Iceland through the pandemic long enough to set down roots – both literally in her hometown Reykjavík and symbolically.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, Music, Bjork, fossora, music, new music, pop

**Björk** continues to inspire and experiment with the release of her tenth studio album, and first in five years, ***fossora***, via **One Little Independent Records**.

*fossora*, a word created by Björk, is the feminised version of the Latin word for ‘digger,’ and a reflection on roots, grounding, love, and family in the context of an underground mushroom world. The album is produced by Björk and recorded by **Bergur Thorisson**.

The new album finds Björk nesting at home in **Iceland** through the pandemic long enough to set down roots – both literally in her hometown **Reykjavík** and symbolically. While Björk’s last album, 2017’s critically acclaimed *Utopia*, was a city in the clouds, fossora is the sonic opposite: an earth-focused, natural eco-system of bass clarinets and punchy sub-bass.

***“each album always starts with a feeling*** ***that i try to shape into sound*** ***this time around*** ***the feeling was landing*** ***on the earth and digging my feet into the ground*** ***(after my last album utopia which was all island in the clouds element air and no bass )*** ***it was also woven into how i experienced the “now”*** ***this time around 7 billion of us did it together*** ***nesting in our homes quarantining*** ***being long enough in one place that we shot down roots*** ***my new album “fossora” is about that*** ***it is a word i made up*** ***it is the feminine of fossore ( digger, delver, ditcher )*** ***so in short it means “she who digs” ( into the ground )*** ***so sonically it is about bass , heavy bottom-end ,*** ***we have 6 bass clarinets and punchy sub”*** ***björk”***

The album features contributions from **serpentwithfeet**; Björk’s son, **Sindri**, and daughter, **Ísadóra**; clarinet sextet **Murmuri**; the **Hamrahlíð Choir**; **Emilie Nicolas**; **Kasimyn** of **Gabber** **Modus** **Operandi**; **sideproject**; **El Guincho**; many of Björk’s Icelandic acoustic musical collaborators; and bass clarinets, strings, trombones and more.

The album also deals with legacy, with two tracks paying tribute to her late mother, **Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir**, who died in 2018.