Over a year after Björk and Dirty Projectors’ one-off collaboration at the Housing Works Bookstore in NYC, Dave has announced that the music specially written for that show has been recorded and is to be released next Wednesday (30 June). It’s a seven song affair, called Mount Wittenberg Orca, available as a download only, with profits going to the National Geographic Society’s Oceans Initiative, a campaign to establish international marine protected areas. The full story, including an explanatory letter from Dave is at Stereogum, whose Brandon Stosuy made it all happen. And five teaser clips for MWO are on the new Dirty Projectors YouTube channel.
Buy Mount Wittenberg Orca ($7)
Also this week, The Roots album How I Got Over, which features Amber, Haley and Angel performing on an interlude track, is streaming on the band’s MySpace, ahead of its release next week.
The third ever, first ever in Europe, Getty Address show takes place tomorrow at the Barbican, London, with Alarm Will Sound, then it’s on to the Glastonbury Festival for a slot on Sunday. For anyone in the UK, BBC2 and BBC3 are covering Glastonbury, so maybe there will be some DPs on tv this weekend.
Lastly, Dave has consented to a few more interviews in support of the groups current round of live dates…
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