There's a good reason to love today's oldie video, besides the fact that it stars Björk and was directed by Michel Gondry. "Declare Independence" was co-written and produced by Mark Bell, who passed away last week. Mark was a founder of the influential UK band LFO and a mainstay of Warp Records. He produced several of the seminal 90s acid and techno tracks, and remixed and produced tunes for everybody from Depeche Mode to Radiohead. He originally recorded and performed an instrumental version of this song in 2006, and Bjork later added the vocals and released it on her Volta album. Gondry shot the video here in NYC in October 2007 and Mark has a cameo -- he's the guy suspended from the ceiling, plucking the strings of a giant, fantasy instrument.
There's a good reason to love today's oldie video, besides the fact that it stars Björk and was directed by Michel Gondry. "Declare Independence" was co-written and produced by Mark Bell, who passed away last week. Mark was a founder of the influential UK band LFO and a mainstay of Warp Records. He produced several of the seminal 90s acid and techno tracks, and remixed and produced tunes for everybody from Depeche Mode to Radiohead. He originally recorded and performed an instrumental version of this song in 2006, and Bjork later added the vocals and released it on her Volta album. Gondry shot the video here in NYC in October 2007 and Mark has a cameo -- he's the guy suspended from the ceiling, plucking the strings of a giant, fantasy instrument.
