Family (Remix By Katie Gately)
Björk
There is no standalone Björk album titled Family (Remix By Katie Gately); instead, “Family (remix by Katie Gately)” is a prominent remix of the song “Family” from Vulnicura, released as part of the Vulnicura Remixed project and on a limited 12-inch single. The remix was issued in 2015 on One Little Independent as one of a series of 12-inch records, each with a single remix on the A-side and an etched B-side, and later appeared on digital/streaming releases of the Vulnicura remix series. On vinyl, it comes as a single-sided, translucent 12-inch in a die-cut sleeve, emphasizing its status as a collectible artifact rather than a full-length album.
Musically, Katie Gately’s version radically reshapes “Family,” taking the original’s long, string-heavy narrative of heartbreak and restructuring it into a dense, sculpted sound design piece that pushes Björk’s vocals through layers of processed textures, percussive jolts, and cinematic swells. Gately, known for experimental work built from processed field recordings and post-punk-informed sound collage, leans into that palette here, turning the track into something more claustrophobic and surreal while still preserving the emotional core of Björk’s performance. Björk herself has highlighted this remix as one of the most transformative in the project, noting that Gately “took it most somewhere else while keeping true to the core of the song,” making it a standout example of how Vulnicura’s material could be reimagined without losing its underlying narrative of loss and healing.
Family (Remix By Katie Gately)
Björk
There is no standalone Björk album titled Family (Remix By Katie Gately); instead, “Family (remix by Katie Gately)” is a prominent remix of the song “Family” from Vulnicura, released as part of the Vulnicura Remixed project and on a limited 12-inch single. The remix was issued in 2015 on One Little Independent as one of a series of 12-inch records, each with a single remix on the A-side and an etched B-side, and later appeared on digital/streaming releases of the Vulnicura remix series. On vinyl, it comes as a single-sided, translucent 12-inch in a die-cut sleeve, emphasizing its status as a collectible artifact rather than a full-length album.
Musically, Katie Gately’s version radically reshapes “Family,” taking the original’s long, string-heavy narrative of heartbreak and restructuring it into a dense, sculpted sound design piece that pushes Björk’s vocals through layers of processed textures, percussive jolts, and cinematic swells. Gately, known for experimental work built from processed field recordings and post-punk-informed sound collage, leans into that palette here, turning the track into something more claustrophobic and surreal while still preserving the emotional core of Björk’s performance. Björk herself has highlighted this remix as one of the most transformative in the project, noting that Gately “took it most somewhere else while keeping true to the core of the song,” making it a standout example of how Vulnicura’s material could be reimagined without losing its underlying narrative of loss and healing.