Mount Wittenberg Orca

Mount Wittenberg Orca
EP by Björk & Dirty Projectors
Released	30 June 2010
Recorded	28 April–1 May 2010
Genre	Alternative
Length	21:19
Label	self-released
Producer	David Longstreth

Mount Wittenberg Orca is a 2010 EP by Björk and Dirty Projectors, released on 30 June 2010 in digital-only format and released on CD and Vinyl by Domino Records on October 24 2011.^[1] News of the album was released on Björk's official website on 26 June 2010, four days before its release.

From Bjork.com:

"In May 2009, Björk and Dirty Projectors, asked by Brandon Stosuy from Stereogum.com, performed a charity concert of seven songs written just for this occasion. Read more about that on Stereogum. A year later they have finally come about to record it in a studio and is set to release the outcome - Mount Wittenberg Orca - at the end of this month. Also more on this @ Stereogum. This is exhilarating news!"

All proceeds from the digital sales (website http://www.mountwittenbergorca.com/) will go to the National Geographic Society for the project of creating international marine protected areas.

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.^[2]

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:^[3]

• 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
• The 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. ^ http://dominorecordco.us/usa/news/02-09-11/dirty-projectors--bjork---mount-wittenberg-orca---physical-release/
2. ^ http://www.mountwittenbergorca.com/
3. ^ [1]