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Telegram is the first remix album by Icelandic musician Björk, released on 5 November 1996 on One Little Indian.

Background
Björk released her third studio album Post in July 1995. Mostly produced by Björk and Nellee Hooper, the set explored an eclectic range of genres, such as jazz, electronica and trip-hop. It enjoyed positive reviews and shipped three million copies. Following the release of Post's lead single "Army of Me", the possibility of a Post remix album started being mentioned, for which One Little Indian announced a tentative release in 1996. The project was referenced by Björk in several 1995 interviews, such as with Q, where it was said to include six tracks of Post, "performed by a variety of musicians." According to the artist, the recording of Post saw her working on various versions of a song simultaneously. The artist would envision potential remixers to work on the songs, saying, "I would think 'O.K., this guy could do a brilliant remix... like go that way with the song which means I could go completely the other way with it."

The first contact Björk had with remixing was when she moved to London in 1993, establishing ties with the local club culture. She expressed in a Billboard interview that remixing required "creativity and experimentation", lamenting that its results were often seen as low-quality products with commercial intentions, which she affirmed were opposite to the nature of Telegram. Describing remixing as a "modern way of working", she added, "It would not be honest for me to make a drum n' bass record. It's not where I came from. (...) But I can go to a drum n' bass person and say, "Hello, my name is Björk, this is my voice and my song,' and they can make what they want from it. She confessed she "felt liberated and honored by the results" found in Telegram. The artwork featured on the cover and inner sleeve of Telegram was shot by Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.

Composition
Björk stated that she devised "the kind of record I'd listen to in my own house"; she has deemed it the "core" of Post and characterised it as "stark" and "naked". She confessed she "felt liberated and honored by the results" found in the remix album. Alongside the remixes found in the album, it contains a new song titled "My Spine". The song, a collaboration between Björk and British percussionist Evelyn Glennie, was recorded spontaneously at the latter's home, in 1994, and was mostly improvised.