{"product_id":"bastards","title":"Bastards","description":"\u003cp\u003eBastards is a remix album by Björk, released on November 19, 2012, that collects 13 remixes of songs from her 2011 multimedia project Biophilia. It serves as an “official” Biophilia remix companion, gathering tracks that had previously appeared across The Crystalline Series and the Biophilia Remix Series 12-inches, all newly remastered by engineer Mandy Parnell and sequenced to play as a cohesive album rather than a loose compilation. The record features contributions from a broad set of producers—among them Omar Souleyman, Death Grips, Hudson Mohawke, Matthew Herbert, These New Puritans, 16bit, Alva Noto, Current Value, and The Slips—each reworking material from songs like “Crystalline,” “Virus,” “Sacrifice,” “Thunderbolt,” “Mutual Core,” “Solstice,” “Moon,” and “Hollow.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBjörk has described Bastards as a way of “gather[ing] together the essence of the remixes,” explaining that she handpicked roughly a quarter of the available reworks so that listeners who weren’t “sassy downloaders” did not have to hunt down scattered digital releases. In doing so, she emphasized remixes that gave the Biophilia songs “more beats, legs to dance on,” effectively shifting the material laterally into a more club‑oriented and rhythmically driven space while preserving its experimental core. Critics note that, as with many remix albums, it can feel non‑essential for completists who already own the 12-inches, yet it stands as a “largely impressive and eclectic” document of how Biophilia’s nature‑themed, app‑linked compositions can be exploded and reassembled: from Death Grips’ noisy, chopped‑up take on “Sacrifice” and Omar Souleyman’s dabke‑infused “Crystalline” and “Thunderbolt” to Matthew Herbert’s structurally adventurous “Mutual Core” reconstructions and Current Value’s intense “Solstice.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":53785142264122,"sku":"39439","price":18.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-07-23_at_3.35.30_PM.jpeg?v=1784835442","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/bastards","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}