Album
Mount Wittenberg Orca
2011 · Electronic, Pop
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Mount Wittenberg Orca is an Electronic album by Dirty Projectors + Björk, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
About
<i>Mount Wittenberg Orca</i> is a seven-track album born from a 2010 charity concert that raised funds for protected marina areas. The collaboration makes a certain amount of sense, since both Dirty Projectors and Björk have built their sounds on innovative song arrangements and pushing the boundaries of using vocals as an instrument. The ladies from Dirty Projectors christen the opening “Ocean,” approximating the mysterious underworld sounds of whalecalls over analog drones, before Björk takes the lead on “On and Ever Onward,” where Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle’s backing vocals sound bred to accompany Ms. Guðmundsdóttir’s inimitable inflections. “When the World Comes to an End” is built in Dirty Projectors’ trademark stop-animation style of production, accented by guitarist Dave Longstreth’s off-kilter, romantic croons.
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Tracklist
Side I
- IOcean2:10
Side II
- IIOn And Ever Onward2:02
Side III
- IIIWhen The World Comes To An End3:09
Side IV
- IVBeautiful Mother2:17
Side V
- VSharing Orb2:49
Side VI
- VINo Embrace4:15
Side VII
- VIIAll We Are4:44
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Ambient & Downtempo
- dreamy
- ethereal
- cerebral
Self-released digitally on June 30th, 2010 via mountwittenbergorca.com to benefit the National Geographic Society. Released by Domino on CD and Vinyl on October 24th 2011.
This EP was written by David Longstreth in 5 days in May 2009 following a conversation with Björk about the small theaters in Italy where opera was born in the 1500’s, and the suite was originally performed unamplified in Manhattan bookstore Housing Works the following month.
Björk collaborative releases:
‹ Gling-Gló (opens in a new tab) ▪ All Is Full Of Love (opens in a new tab) ▪ Mount Wittenberg Orca ▪ Country Creatures (opens in a new tab) ›
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Amber Coffman
- Angel Deradoorian
- Björk
- Brian McOmber
- David Longstreth
- Haley Dekle
- Nat Baldwin
Production & Engineering
- BjörkMIXED BY
- BjörkMIXED BY [MIXED WITH]
- BjörkMIXED BY [WITH]
- David LongstrethMIXED BY
- David LongstrethMIXED BY [MIXED WITH]
- David LongstrethMIXED BY [WITH]
- David LongstrethPRODUCER [PRODUCED BY], WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY
- David LongstrethPRODUCER, WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY
- David LongstrethWRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY, PRODUCER
- David LongstrethWRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY, PRODUCER [PRODUCED BY]
- David LongstrethWRITTEN-BY, PRODUCER
- Nicolas VernhesMIXED BY
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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