Björk | Rosalía - Oral


Format: Vinyl 12"
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We’re thrilled to announce the limited edition 12” vinyl release of
Björk’s captivating collaboration with Rosalía, featuring a
stunning remix by Olof Dreijer from The Knife!

But this release is more than just music—it’s a “call to arms” .
Like the digital launch earlier this year, Björk, Rosalía, and their
labels (Columbia Records & OLI Records) are waiving all
commissions and royalties. That means 100% of the profits will
go directly to AEGIS, the charity founded by Björk, dedicated to
fighting intensive fish farming in Iceland and protecting our
oceans and environment.

Be part of something bigger. Support this cause by owning a
piece of this special edition vinyl and joining us in making a
difference.

‘Oral’ dates back two decades - first written by Björk between 1997’s
Homogenic and 2001’s Vespertine, the track was lost to her archives after
feeling like it wasn’t the right fit for an album. Björk rediscovered the song
after being reminded of its name whilst on tour in Australia in March 2023,
the same month a report was released about the devastating impact of poorly
regulated, Norwegian-owned commercial salmon farming operations on
Iceland’s native ecosystems.

After deeply resonating with the cause, and as a passionate campaigner and
protester for much of her life, Björk enlisted Rosalía to help bring the song to
life and in turn raise awareness of the issue. The cruel practice of open-pen
farming, introduced to Iceland after Norwegian businessmen began
purchasing fish farms in the country’s fjords, involves intensively farming fish
by penning them into open water nets that are anchored in natural
waterways, where the fish are kept enclosed until they reach marketable size.
This accelerates the fish’s development and in many cases creates genetic
mutations in the salmon’s DNA, as well as being a breeding ground for a
number of parasites and diseases. The industry in Iceland has grown tenfold
since 2014, producing under 4,000 tones to 45,000 in 2021, with it now
estimated that the annual production could be up to 106,500 tonnes. Iceland
has the largest untouched natural area in Europe, and the waste and pollution
associated with open-pen farming threatens to permanently damage its entire
ocean ecology. Lack of regulation and the industry being largely unsupervised
has also meant that thousands of these genetically altered, diseased salmon
regularly escape the pens and swim upriver to Iceland’s highlands, where
devastating genetic mixing occurs and endangers the future of Iceland’s wild
salmon population.

All proceeds from “Oral” will be used to support a legal case against the
fisheries, brought forth by residents of the town of Seyðisfjörður on the
eastern side of Iceland.

Tracklisting
Oral
Oral (Olof Dreijer Remix)

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