Dirty Projectors
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| Dirty Projectors | |
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| Origin | Brooklyn, New York |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label(s) | Domino Records Dead Oceans Marriage Records Western Vinyl States Rights Records |
| Website | Official Site |
| Members | |
| Dave Longstreth Nat Baldwin Amber Coffman Angel Deradoorian Haley Dekle Brian Mcomber |
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| Former members | |
| Rostam Batmanglij Sam Bernstein Alex Farrill Adam Forkner Will Glass Spencer Kingman Ezra Koenig Charlie Looker Wes Miles Hank Miller James Sumner Susanna Waiche |
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Dirty Projectors is an indie rock collective led by Dave Longstreth accompanied by a shifting cast of band members.
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[edit] Biography
Longstreth's first album, The Graceful Fallen Mango, was released under his own name and introduced his distinctive arrangements of both lo-fi and hi-fi production[1]. The next year Longstreth fully minted the "Dirty Projectors" moniker with the release of The Glad Fact on the Western Vinyl label. In 2005, the band released The Getty Address, a concept album about musician Don Henley that features extensive orchestral and choral accompaniment. The diverse, more stripped-down New Attitude EP followed in 2006 and featured inklings of the band's later vocal interplay and use of intricate guitar work reminiscent of Ali Farka Touré's.
In 2007 the band released Rise Above, an album of Black Flag songs as reimagined from memory. The album introduced the band's distinctive contrast between Longstreth's soaring vocals and the tight harmonies of Amber Coffman and Susanna Waiche (later replaced by Angel Deradoorian). In 2007 the band also performed songs from that album for a Take-Away Show acoustic video session shot by Vincent Moon.
In April 2008, Dirty Projectors signed with Domino Records, and the label announced the release of Bitte Orca for June 9, 2009. That year also found the band collaborating with David Byrne on the song "Knotty Pine" for the compilation album, Dark Was the Night. Byrne joined the Dirty Projectors onstage to perform this song, along with "Ambulance Man," another collaborative track not included on the compilation, at the "Dark Was the Night Live" concert at New York City's Radio City Music Hall on May 3, 2009.
On May 8, 2009, members of Dirty Projectors collaborated with Björk to perform an original composition by Longstreth, written for five voices and acoustic guitar, as part of a charity concert to benefit Housing Works, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing shelter for homeless men, women, and children suffering from AIDS. The concert was held at the Housing Works Bookstore & Café in downtown New York City.[2]
[edit] Discography
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2002 | The Graceful Fallen Mango | This Heart Plays / Western Vinyl |
| 2003 | The Glad Fact | Western Vinyl |
| 2003 | Morning Better Last! | States Rights Records |
| 2004 | Slaves' Graves and Ballads | Western Vinyl / Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records |
| 2005 | The Getty Address | Western Vinyl |
| 2006 | Highlights from the Getty Address | Bad Vugum / BV2 Produktions (Finland) |
| 2006 | New Attitude EP | Marriage Records |
| 2007 | Rise Above | Dead Oceans |
| 2009 | Bitte Orca | Domino Records |
[edit] References
- ^ Dirty Projectors Allmusic Bio
- ^ Dombal, Ryan. "Report: Björk and Dirty Projectors (New York, NY; 05/08/09) - The avant-pop acts combine forces in a NYC bookstore.". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/news/35294-report-bjork-and-dirty-projectors-new-york-ny-050809/. Retrieved on 2009-05-11.
