It's always nice when great musicians come together not just to make something beautiful, but to also help raise money for a good cause. Today marks the release of the Dirty Projectors' collaboration with Björk entitled Mount Wittenberg Orca. The music for the 7-track, 21-minute collection was first conceived to be performed unamplified in a small Manhattan bookstore. The direction of the material was guided by a conversation between band mastermind David Longstreth and Björk about the small theaters in Italy where opera was born in the 1500s.
Mount Wittenberg Orca was rehearsed for three days at the Rare Book Room in Brooklyn before the Dirty Projectors and Björk laid the album to tape. They recorded as quickly as possible and recorded live as much as they could, only overdubbing lead vocals and solos.
Hear "All We Are" from Mount Wittenberg Orca after the jump.
Mount Wittenberg Orca Info:
Written by David Longstreth
Performed by Nathaniel Baldwin, Björk, Amber Coffman, Haley Dekle, Angel Deradoorian, David Longstreth and Brian McOmber
I Ocean
II On and Ever Onward
III When the World Comes to an End
IV Beautiful Mother
V Sharing Orb
VI No Embrace
VII All We Are
BUY: It is currently a digital-only release with proceeds to the National Geographic Society Ocean Initiative. Pick it up here.
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