Mount Wittenberg Orca

Mount Wittenberg Orca
EP by Björk and Dirty Projectors
Released	30 June 2010
Recorded	28 April–1 May 2010
Genre	Alternative experimental[1] pop[1]
Length	21:19
Label	self-released
Producer	David Longstreth
Dirty Projectors chronology
Bitte Orca (2009) Mount Wittenberg Orca (2010) Swing Lo Magellan (2012)
Björk chronology
Voltaïc (2009) Mount Wittenberg Orca (2010) Biophilia (2011)

Mount Wittenberg Orca is a 2010 EP by Dirty Projectors and Björk, released on 30 June 2010 in digital-only format and released on CD and Vinyl by Domino Records on 24 October 2011.^[2] News of the album was announced on Björk's official website on 26 June 2010, four days before its release.

The vocals are dominant on all the tracks, which form an experimental and pop continuum.^[1]

Recording

In May 2009, Björk and Dirty Projectors wrote a musical suite entitled Mount Wittenberg Orca and performed it at a Manhattan benefit concert for the Housing Works nonprofit organization.^[3][4] In April 2010, Björk and Dirty Projectors recorded the suite at Brooklyn studio Rare Book Room.^[4]

Mount Wittenberg is located at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. The inspiration for the EP came when Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors saw a pod of whales off the coast while hiking at that spot.^[3][5]

Release

All digital sales proceeds were donated to the National Geographic Society Oceans Initiatives, which helps create international marine protected areas.^[4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ocean"	2:09
2.	"On and Ever Onward"	2:01
3.	"When the World Comes to an End"	3:08
4.	"Beautiful Mother"	2:16
5.	"Sharing Orb"	2:48
6.	"No Embrace"	4:14
7.	"All We Are"	4:44

Personnel

The following people contributed to Mount Wittenberg Orca:^[5]

• Written by: David Longstreth
• Performed by: Nathaniel Baldwin, Björk, Amber Coffman, Haley Dekle, Angel Deradoorian, David Longstreth and Brian McOmber
• Recorded at the Rare Book Room, 4/28 – 5/1/2010 by Nicolas Vernhes
• Assisted by Tom Gloady
• Produced by David Longstreth
• Mixed by Nicolas Vernhes with David Longstreth and Björk
• Mastered by Joe Lambert
• Mount Wittenberg trailers directed by Matthew Lessner, montelomax.com
• Björk thanks:
  James Merry
  Damian Taylor
  David Beal
  Derek Birkett
  Scott Rodger
  Mat Whittington
• Dirty Projectors thank:
  Jake Longstreth
  Niles Baldwin
  Jake Friedman
  Alec Bemis
• Special Thanks:
  Laurence Bell, Peter Berard, Jonny Bradshaw and Morgan Lebus at Domino Records
  Loren Chodosh
  Steve Choo
  Matthew Lessner
  Erin Potts and Air Traffic Control
  Ian Rogers and TopSpin
  Eric Sala and the National Geographic Society
  Brandon Stosuy and Stereogum
  Jonathan Sulkow and Prod4Ever

References

1. Phares, Heather. "Björk / Dirty Projectors - Mount Wittenberg Orca". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
2. "Domino USA | News | Dirty Projectors & Björk - Mount Wittenberg Orca - Physical Release". Domino Records. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
3. Dombal, Ryan (11 May 2010). "Report: Björk and Dirty Projectors (New York, NY; 05/08/09) - The avant-pop acts combine forces in a NYC bookstore.". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
4. Dombal, Ryan (23 June 2010). "Björk and Dirty Projectors to Release Collaboration Mount Wittenberg Orca". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
5. Mount Wittenberg Orca website. Retrieved 7 December 2012.