Minuscule is an official DVD

DVD

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 released by Björk

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

 on November 3, 2003. The DVD contains a documentary

Documentary film

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 offering a behind-the-scenes look at Björk and her touring entourage for the 2001 Vespertine tour. It includes interviews with harpist Zeena Parkins

Zeena Parkins

Zeena Parkins is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. Parkins plays standard harps, as well as several custom-made one-of-a kind electric harps; she also plays piano and accordion...

, the Inuit choir from Greenland

Greenland

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, electronic duo Matmos

Matmos

Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore signed to the Matador Records label. M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances, including...

, and an ongoing conversation with Björk herself about her recordings and her tours. The documentary is interspersed with live footage of songs from the tour shot by Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir, which themselves correspond to the performances chosen for the Vespertine Live album. A work-in-progress version of this documentary is to be found as a bonus feature on the Live at Royal Opera House

Live at Royal Opera House

Live at Royal Opera House is an official DVD released by Björk on November 18, 2002. It contains a live performance by Björk on the Vespertine tour, recorded live at the Royal Opera House in London, England on December 7, 2001. It was amongst one of the last of the concerts performed on that tour...

 DVD, which includes some material that is not included on Minuscule, such as the short interviews with composer Simon Lee

Simon Lee

Simon Lee, is a conductor and musical supervisor and is a longtime associate of Andrew Lloyd Webber.Lee served in June and July, 2008, as the How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? judge on the Canadian version of the television reality show, and was responsible for the musical aspects of the...

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Songs

The following partial live performances are featured, which correspond to the live tracks chosen for Vespertine Live.

1. "All Is Full of Love
   All Is Full of Love
   "All Is Full of Love" is a song by Björk, released as the fifth and final single from her album Homogenic. The version of the song used in the video is actually the original version of the song, while the version on Homogenic is a remix by Howie B...
   
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2. "An Echo, a Stain"
3. "Generous Palmstroke"
4. "Aurora"
5. "It's Not Up to You"
6. "Cocoon"
7. "Unison"
8. "It's in Our Hands
   It's in Our Hands
   "It's in Our Hands" was a single released along with Björk's Greatest Hits CD in late 2002. The song was previously heard during her Vespertine Tour in 2001. The song relies heavily on a sample taken from To Rococo Rot's song Die Dinge Des Lebens from the album The Amateur View...
   
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