This week, I’m joined by David Longsreth (of Dirty Projectors and musical collaborator with David Byrne, Bjork, Solange, and Rihanna) to talk about his life in music, and the experience of composing his first soundtrack for A24's The Legend of Ochi.

We discuss the head-bending Dirty Projector’s take on the Black Flag Damaged LP, punk rock mix tapes, touring with Xiu Xiu and going 'method' on that tour, David making his early records in basement bedrooms on 4-track cassette recorders, embarrassing imperfections in music, an early eureka moment while opening for Broken Social Scene, working solo vs. collaborating with others, the different modes of Neil Young, John Cale’s touch and attack, how they did the vocal gymnastics live with Bjork, Einstein On The Beach and Phillip Glass, slowing down songs to half speed, being fans of people you collaborate with, the soundtrack to Rumblefish, David's early work on Ochi and the film's 10-year gestation period, vocal hocketing, creating the creatures’ voices in the film, how it feels to hear your music played by an orchestra, my video store colliding with David creating his 1st record while sleeping in a hallway in Portland, and more...

So come find out if I put a bag over my head for asking naive questions on this episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!

DAVID LONGSTRETH/DIRTY PROJECTORS:

https://www.davidlongstreth.com/

https://www.dirtyprojectors.net/

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

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