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Brooklyn, New York, United States (2002 – present)
Dirty Projectors are an experimental pop group led by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dave Longstreth which formed in 2002 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The current lineup of Dirty Projectors is Dave Longstreth (vocals, multiple instruments), Amber Coffman (vocals, guitar), Angel Deradoorian (vocals, keyboard, guitar), Nat Baldwin (bass), Brian McComber (drums) and Haley Dekle (vocals).
Based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with connections to the Portland, OR music scene, the group has produced a distinctive sound of electronic experimentation, melded with traditional instruments and harmonically complex vocals. Their recordings range from Prince-style one-man-recording-studio productions (The Glad Fact), to arranged orchestrations (the “Slaves’ Graves” half of Slaves’ Graves & Ballads), to basic voice over nylon-string guitar (the “Ballads” half of the aforementioned) to an amalgamation of all these tactics (the ‘glitch opera’ of The Getty Address and the mixed nature of New Attitude EP). Throughout, Longstreth’s aggressively melodic vocals provide a consistent identity for otherwise widely divergent approaches to pop music. Longstreth claims influences ranging from Don Henley to Mariah Carey. The former’s influence is most easily seen in The Getty Address album, which is a conceptual opera written from the point of view of Henley as a Spanish Conquistador, though the latter’s vocal gymnastics clearly provide a clue to Longstreth’s approach.
Based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with connections to the Portland, OR music scene, the group has produced a distinctive sound of electronic experimentation, melded with traditional instruments and harmonically complex vocals. Their recordings range from Prince-style one-man-recording-studio productions (The Glad Fact), to arranged orchestrations (the “Slaves’ Graves” half of Slaves’ Graves & Ballads), to basic voice over nylon-string guitar (the “Ballads” half of the aforementioned) to an amalgamation of all these tactics (the ‘glitch opera’ of The Getty Address and the mixed nature of New Attitude EP). Throughout, Longstreth’s aggressively melodic vocals provide a consistent identity for otherwise widely divergent approaches to pop music. Longstreth claims influences ranging from Don Henley to Mariah Carey. The former’s influence is most easily seen in The Getty Address album, which is a conceptual opera written from the point of view of Henley as a Spanish Conquistador, though the latter’s vocal gymnastics clearly provide a clue to Longstreth’s approach.
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The Getty Address
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The Glad Fact
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DoobieSnacks wrote:
fuckin hipsters
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Gdethf wrote:
terrible terrible terrible
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Madvillain626 wrote:
fuck up dude you either like it or you dont
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CosmicFugue wrote:
I guess I'm not hipster enough to "get" this band. :(
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tweeassfuck wrote:
i heard dave longstreth has a strong right hook
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mrshmearo wrote:
The Getty Address was a real grower for me. It's pretty damn good.
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marillchu789 wrote:
say, "say yeah!!!"
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Perhaps_Toast wrote:
TEMMMEMEMEMEM CUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLA SUNRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISE
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imeanseriousbiz wrote:
<3
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LePlatypope wrote:
I don't care if they're the most hipster thing ever-- their last two albums have been freakin' rockin' in a beautiful, beautiful pretentious way.
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Ozols wrote:
Slaves' Graves is my fave DP album.
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nigel_vs_shark wrote:
The Glad Fact and The Getty Address are also awesome! [3]
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MrDaniel_UK wrote:
Though it's all good... I WANNA GUIDE YOU TOWARDS THE GIFT... SHAWWWPPP
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MrDaniel_UK wrote:
Post-Rise Above >>>> Pre-Rise Above
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bomb_shoes wrote:
The Glad Fact and The Getty Address are also awesome! [2]
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ISeeYouPan wrote:
Hey thanks!
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justsheryl wrote:
Agree with ISeeYouPan Amazing vocals and their drummer is the best I've ever seen live
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IchbinPABLO wrote:
did anyone record that radio session?
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Cone-Bone69 wrote:
OMG! Did you guys know that the DP have albums that AREN'T Bitte Orca! It's true! The Glad Fact and The Getty Address are also awesome!
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ISeeYouPan wrote:
Hey wampa_borg, go fuck yourself.
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Clash, São Paulo, Brazil
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The Allen Room, New York, NY, New York, United States
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