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What started as a mutual admiration uncovered by Dirty Projectors' cover of "Hyperballad" for Enjoyed crystallized into an unforgettable evening of Bitte Björka at Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo on Friday. Our very own Brandon Stosuy worked tirelessly to conceive and bring it to reality (Brandon is a HW board member and this event was a benefit for the charity). There was a balcony for those designated VIP; there were tables and chairs for the most charitably generous with their ticket money; and there was every other space in the store, filled with some 250 others -- from M.I.A. to St. Vincent to David Byrne to Vampire Weekend to Battles to Four Tet to Kría Brekkan to the National to, uh, Haley Joel Osment -- milling about and cramming the stage. Dirty Projectors' four-song set from Bitte Orca was tailored to the evening, and to maximizing the evening's setup: all the voices, none of the drums, Dave on guitar and Nat Baldwin on upright bass. This meant acoustic versions of songs that were generally electric -- "Temecula Sunrise," "Cannibal Resource," "No Intention," "Remade Horizon" -- and no "Two Doves," because as beautiful and acoustic as it is, it is only one voice, and Longstreth was trying to acclimate and prepare four of them. As warmup material, songs from Bitte Orca are embarrassingly rich drill bits. But Friday night they were in fact warmup material, for Dirty Projectors, and for the crowd. After those songs, Dave introduced the piece he composed for this evening, and its star:Continue reading Björk & Dirty Projectors @ Housing Works Bookstore, NYC 5/8/09...
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