Bjork has finally decided to come down from the realms of non-linear noise experiments, to create, in her words "a fun dance album" called Volta. Personally, I was expecting her to release an album of collaborations with Tuvan throat singers, backed by the sounds Greeks smashing plates, and overdubbed with off-kilter oboe chords. But instead Bjork's first single from Volta is "Earth Intruders", produced by Timbaland. It gets a digital release April 9th. You can download the MP3. The full ‘Volta’ track listing is:

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Hmm...Tom Jenkinson, Herbie Hancock and Brian Eno have a jam session. This bodes well for quite a metaelite album. I found a first-hand report of the session over at S*T*U*F*F* Reloaded by Steve Jones (who was also at the session but I don't know who he is):

There it was. A text from Brian Eno saying “We’re on for 12 at … Brondesbury Villas”. The day had finally come - I was going to be in an all-day freeform recording session with the legendary Herbie Hancock. Almost amazingly, the fact that he is such a legend put me completely at ease - he has worked with the best musicians of the 20th century, so there is just no point in trying to impress (not that I would anyway) - the only thing was to make music.

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