Video: MOUNT WITTENBERG ORCA

This is a pairing you would never think could ever come to fruition, but the story of how this collaborative mini-LP came together makes it seem fairly simple enough.  After performing together at a benefit show last year in NYC, the two sides deciding to come together and record almost exactly a year later at the Rare Book Room in Brooklyn (this past April), with seven tracks written by DP frontman Dave Longstreth.  This joint effort culminated in what is supposed to be a concept album that tells a story of a family of whales, which according to Longstreth is [...]

NEW RELEASE // Dirty Projectors and Bjork  - Mount Wittenberg Orca First off, I want to thank Sterogum’s Brandon Stosuy for making this happen.  As the story goes, he asked the Dirty Projectors and Bjork to both perform for a benefit show in NYC.  He then asked if they wanted to collaborate and both parties agreed. “In April 2009, Brandon Stosuy from Stereogum.com asked me if we wanted to play a benefit concert at a bookstore in New York. I said yes.” Dirty Projector frontman Dave Longstreth says. “He asked Björk the same thing, [...]

by Andrew Frisicano Dirty Projectors & Bjork @ Housing Works in April 2009 ( more by Ryan Muir ) Dirty Projectors and Bjork will be releasing a recorded version of Mount Wittenberg Orca , the suite they debuted at their Housing Works benefit in April 2009 . The seven songs run 20 minutes total and are being released online on June 30th. Stereogum points out ... "The Projectors and Björk recorded the new [...]

Let's start with some videos. An explanation will follow. And now an explanation courtesy of the Dirty Projectors/PR people... Letter from David Longstreth, Dirty Projectors: In April 2009, Brandon Stosuy from Stereogum.com asked me if we wanted to play a benefit concert at a bookstore in New York. I said yes. He asked Björk the same thing, and she said yes. Then [...]