Bjork + Dirty Projectors = Nat Geo Ben!

Mount Wittenberg Orca EP picks up thread from last year's live happening.

By Fred Mills

Pitchfork and Stereogum bring us news about a recording collaboration between Bjork and Dirty Projectors - it's a brief (20-minute) 7-song EP titled Mount Wittenberg Orca, and it's an outgrowth of a project the two artists debuted a little over a year ago in NYC in front of a small audience at the Housing Works Bookstore Café as a benefit for Housing Works.

Turns out they wanted to get some of this down for posterity, so near the end of April they all convened at Rare Book Room studio to record the Dave Longstreth-penned tunes, and it is now set to arrive as a digital release next week (June 30). Tracks include

1 Ocean
2 On and Ever Onward
3. When the World Comes to an End
4 Beautiful Mother
5 Sharing Orb
6 No Embrace
7 All We Are

You can go here to preorder it, and it's kind of a no-brainer since it's also a benefit for the National Geographic Society.

Suggested minimum donation: a mere 7 bucks. Pony up, kids. The EP cover is displayed above. Incidentally, follow the Stereogum link to read comments from Longstreth about how the whole thing came together. Hey, how about a physical release for all us fans out here that are more down with permanent, not fleeting, artifacts, Dave?