Home / Music / Microbeats, music boxes, and harps gave Vespertine its crystalline soundMusic linernotes album music björkMicrobeats, music boxes, and harps gave Vespertine its crystalline soundBjörk built Vespertine’s intimate sound world from microbeats, music boxes, harps, and digital manipulation — a deliberate shift from her earlier work. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHomogenic reached No. 4 on the UK Albums ChartBjörk's Homogenic fused electronic beats with strings as a tribute to Iceland.Vespertine is Björk's intimate portrait of domestic lifeOne Little Indian released Björk's Homogenic in 1997Björk recorded Vespertine's strings in an Icelandic churchExploreStevie Wonder's Innervisions was driven by T.O.N.T.O.Virgin Records' advance bought the Moog that made PhaedraJoni Mitchell brought Moog and ARP to The Hissing of Summer LawnsEno's tape loops on Musik für Flughäfen never exactly repeatAn Electric Storm fused Musique concrète with popPrevious Quelqu'un m'a dit was Carla Bruni's debut, released in 2002Next Michelle Zauner released Crying in H Mart the same year as Jubilee