Björk 808 State

Manchester / Reykjavik Following the breakup of the Sugarcubes, Björk moved to London, where she began pursuing a dance-oriented solo career. Bjork knew that if her solo ventures were going to be truely representative of her varied aesthetic tastes, she would need to eventually step out and find a way to involve herself with the rave scene. Ooops Meeting in London, 808 State's Graham Massey invited Bjork to Manchester to spice up recording sessions for 808's forthcoming album, Ex:El. The pair worked on a number of tracks together but the one they kept coming back to was a throbbing minor-key banger named "Q-Mart." With its bulging synth lines and frantic, staccato percussion it wasn't the most obvious candidate for a vocalist but Bjork had come up with an equally rhythmic scat that seemed to fit perfectly. QMart Once a successful take on "Qmart" was in the bag, the duo moved on to the other 808 state song that piqued Bjork's interest. "Ooops" had a more conventional verse-cho