Latest Release
- JUN 16, 2023
- 27 Songs
- Bitte Orca · 2009
- Bitte Orca · 2009
- Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) · 2009
- Lamp Lit Prose · 2018
- Swing Lo Magellan · 2012
- Bitte Orca · 2009
- Bitte Orca · 2009
- Swing Lo Magellan · 2012
- Swing Lo Magellan · 2012
- Bitte Orca · 2009
Essential Albums
- After spinning heads with Rise Above, an album that reimagined Black Flag’s Damaged purely from memory, Dirty Projectors drove home everything that made them special with Bitte Orca, sweetening their tense, knotty tunes with a sinuous, almost-R&B feel. Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian’s spectacular backing vocals are pushed to the fore, taking the lead to great effect on “Stillness Is the Move,” with Dave Longstreth’s meticulous arrangements now serving his most direct and unselfconsciously lovely songs to date.
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Artist Playlists
- The world's best, and maybe only, punk/classical/worldbeat/indie rock band.
- This band looks to everything but traditional guitar rock.
Compilations
More To Hear
- Dave Longstreth and wes miles share early demo recordings.
- Ezra, Jake, and Dave Longstreth share high school-era demos.
- King Princess picks the 5 Best Songs in Apple Music.
- David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors picks the 5 Best Songs on Apple Music.
- The British band pick their 5 Best Songs on Apple Music.
- Ezra and Jake are joined by Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors.
- The Danish singer talks her "Sun In Our Eyes" single with Diplo.
About Dirty Projectors
Formed in 2002, Dirty Projectors emerged from the Brooklyn indie boom of the aughts with a unique sound that oscillated between stripped-down acoustic productions and textural chamber music. The project is the brainchild of singer/songwriter David Longstreth, who began crafting songs focused on dreamy narratives and layered vocal arrangements while studying at Yale the year prior. After a string of small, independent releases, Dirty Projectors evolved into a full-fledged band with singer/bassist Angel Deradoorian for 2007's Rise Above, which reimagined songs from Black Flag's 1981 LP, Damaged, as baroque, shape-shifting memories. (Longstreth is the band's sole permanent member, although the lineup has at times included his brother Jake, vocalist and guitarist Amber Coffman, and Vampire Weekend cofounders Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig.) Their 2009 breakthrough LP, Bitte Orca, included indie and R&B crossover hit “Stillness Is the Move,” and also established the adventurous vocal experimentation later showcased on their 2011 Björk collab, Mount Wittenberg Orca. In 2020, Dirty Projectors released 5EPs, harnessing creative spontaneity and spotlighting the work of band members other than Longstreth.
- ORIGIN
- Brooklyn, NY, United States
- FORMED
- 2002
- GENRE
- Alternative