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"Mutual Core" is a song recorded by Icelandic singer Björk for her eighth studio album ''Biophilia'' (2011). It was written and produced by Björk herself, while programming and beats were made in collaboration with Matthew Herbert and the English dubstep band 16bit. "Mutual Core" is an uptempo experimental song. Its music includes Pipe organ, electronica-tinged sounds and features the Choir Graduale Nobili, the choir featured on ''Biophilia''. The song's lyrics are a metaphor for human relationships, compared to the structure of the Earth and Plate tectonics. The song was well received by contemporary music critics, who praised its production and beats, moreover appreciating Björk's voice on the track. As with all the songs on ''Biophilia'', an app was made for the song, which features a video game in which the player have to move geological layers as an accordion to play chords. Though the song wasn't released as a single, a music video was produced, directed by Andrew Thomas Huang. The video was critically applauded and received further attention when it got projected for one month in Times Square in 2013, and then across the 7 continents. Björk promoted the song by performing it throughout her Biophilia Tour. Three remixes by Matthew Herbert, 16bit and These New Puritans were released as part of ''Biophilia Remix Series''. The Matthew Herbert's and the These New Puritans remixes were later included on ''bastards'' (2012). On July 2012, the online music store Beatport announced a fan contest in which "Mutual Core" had to be remixed, to be released afterwards on a remix package. ==Background== At the end of 2010, Björk confirmed she was working on a new album. In an interview published on ''Fréttablaðið'', the singer stated that the project was midway through the completion and that she hoped to go on tour before the end of 2011. The project was officialised in March 2011, with the announcement of Björk performance at Manchester International Festival. The project, called ''Biophilia'', comprises a series of live performances, a new website, a documentary and a series of apps, besides the release as a music album〔 which is partly composed on an iPad. The Biophilia Tour was said to be touring eight cities for three years〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/bjork-unveils-biophilia-lead-single-crystalline-available-now-apps-come-2011-06-29 )〕 and to be including a series of workshops for children in collaboration with local schools.〔 The first details about "Mutual Core" came regarding its app, which was described to allow users to "arrange geological layers to form chords".〔 "Mutual Core" was written and produced by Björk, while the beat of the song was made in collaboration with Matthew Herbert and 16bit. The song was engineered by Damian Taylor and Sveinn Kjartansson, with mixing provided by Taylor and Björk.〔 "Mutual Core"'s lyrics were inspired by human relationships and by Björk's family decisions, who had to decide where her daughter, Ísadóra, would go to school between New York City and Reykjavík. Björk felt that the song is "the most personal (the album ) for me".〔 David Fricke of ''Rolling Stone'' noted that "Björk likens the human emotions – love, physical obsession, changing moods, violent hurt – in songs such as "Mutual Core", "Moon" and "Virus" to natural phenomena: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, lunar phases and contagious disease". Three official remixes of the song have been released. The first one was released on ''Biophilia Remix Series VI'' on 25 June 2012,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bjork.com/#/news/remixseries6outnow! )〕 and it is a remix by long time-collaborator Matthew Herbert.〔 Björk stated about Herbert's remixes: "He has taken it full on and made it into his version but still true to the heart of the song and, more than once, improved it".〔 RJ Cubarrubia of ''Rolling Stone'' commented that the remix "builds slowly with background bleeps and opaque textures before erupting into a cacophonous rumble".〔 The second one is a remix by 16bit, which was released as part of ''Biophilia Remix Series VII'' on July 9, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bjork.com/#/news/remixseries7outnow )〕 This version had already been released as part of a promo for Icelandair flights, playing the song in flights to Iceland during Björk's concert residency in Reykjavik in Summer 2011. Other two remixes of "Crystalline" and "Sacrifice" were played. The last remix by These New Puritans has been on November 12, 2012 on ''Biophilia Remix Series VIII''. The remix includes samples from the Traditional composition "Funeral Song (Solomon Islands 1978)", as extracted from the album ''Spirit of Melanesia'' by David Fanshawe. On October 8, 2012, the tracklist for ''bastards'' was announced, and the Matthew Herbert's and the These New Puritans remixes were included. On late July 2012, Beatport announced a contest in which the participants had to remix "Mutual Core".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bjork.com/#/news/remixmutualcore! )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.noisemademedoit.com/bjork-remix-competition/ )〕 The winner would have their remix released on One Little Indian Records in a remix package to be sold on the website.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://play.beatport.com/contests/bjork-mutual-core/ )〕 The winner was announced on 18 September 2012, as "Breakwave".〔 This remix, later renamed "Waxx Crooks Remix", was released on December 10, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】EXCLUSIVE )">url=http://www.beatport.com/release/mutual-core-waxx-crooks-remix-beatport-exclusive/1010002 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mutual Core」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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