Drawing Restraint 9
Album by Björk
Released	July 25, 2005 (U.K) August 23, 2005 (U.S)
Recorded	???
Genre	Soundtrack, Japanese
Length	52 min 02 sec
Label	One Little Indian
Producer(s)	Mark Bell, Björk, and Valgeir Sigurðsson
Professional reviews
The Guardian 7/15/05 Rolling Stone 7/08/05 All Music Guide ?/??/??
Björk chronology
Army of Me: Remixes and Covers (2005)	Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)

Drawing Restraint 9 is a music album created by Björk in collaboration with her boyfriend Matthew Barney for his film of the same title. For this project Björk traveled to Japan to study ancient Japanese music. Several tracks are made with the sound of the shō, a Japanese instrument which contains 16 various reeds; the sho performances are from Mayumi Miyata, one of the world's greatest sho players. She also appears in the film, playing her instrument. The song "Holographic Entrypoint" features a Noh score and vocal performance by Shiro Nomura. Björk brought "Nameless" back from her 2003 tour, and, with the help of Leila, looped and edited it to create the track "Storm." Alternative folk singer Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) is featured on the first track, "Gratitude," singing a letter from Japanese fisherman to General Douglas MacArthur set to a melody by Björk. 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Track listing

All songs written by Björk unless otherwise noted

1. "Gratitude" (Barney, Björk)- 4:59
2. "Pearl" - 3:43
3. "Ambergris March" - 3:57
4. "Bath" (Björk, Akira Rabelais)- 5:07
5. "Hunter Vessel" - 6:36
6. "Shimenawa" - 2:48
7. "Vessel Shimenawa" - 1:54
8. "Storm" (Björk, Leila) - 5:32
9. "Holographic Entrypoint" (Barney) - 9:57
10. "Cetacea" (Barney, Björk) - 3:12
11. "Antarctic Return" - 4:18

Peaked at #141 in the UK

External links

• Drawing Restraint 9 Special on bjork.com
• Drawing Restraint 9 at the Internet Movie Database