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With her native country in economic and social upheaval, Iceland's most famous pop iconoclast is doing her best to spur the country with hefty investments in environmentally responsible companies, among other well-thought-out tactics. (Not bad for a giggling pixie-sprite.) But Björk isn't the Prime Minster of Iceland (yet)-- there's only so much she can do. So she's back at doing that other thing she does well: re-purposing her own material in beautiful (and sometimes worthwhile) packages. Hence, the 2xCD/2xDVD Voltaic, a box set originally alluded to in our interview back in October.

This isn't some half-assed deluxe edition of a record you probably never loved in the first place-- in fact, the disappointing album from which this set stems isn't even represented in its original form. But even if much of Volta left you a bit cold, the tour was a top-notch, brass-band-enhanced spectacle, and it's well represented on Voltaic. The main draw: A live DVD taped in Paris and Reykjavík featuring a whole bunch of Volta songs that sounded a lot better live than on record, along with some old classics. Also: the long-rumored Live at Olympic Studios CD, recorded in London on June 25, 2007. The bundle is rounded out with a DVD filled with Volta's (admittedly sub par) videos and a CD filled with Volta's (refreshingly above par) remixes.

The package-- available in standard, deluxe, and deluxe vinyl editions-- is out in March, but you can pre-oder it now.