Jonathan Rado

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Jonathan Rado
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Jonathan Rado performing with Foxygen in 2017
Background information
Origin Westlake Village, California, U.S.
Genres Indie rock
Occupation(s)Musician, producer, engineer
Instrument(s) Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
Years active2005–present
Labels

Jonathan Rado is an American musician, record producer and engineer, best known as a multi-instrumentalist in the indie rock duo Foxygen. Rado is a native of Westlake Village, California, where he formed Foxygen with his classmate Sam France in 2005. [1] [2] [3]

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After releasing four albums with Foxygen, Rado began producing albums for other artists, including The Killers, [4] The Lemon Twigs, Tim Heidecker, Whitney, Alex Cameron, Father John Misty and Weyes Blood. [5] In 2018, Billboard called Rado "one of indie rock's most in-demand producers". [5] Rolling Stone called him an "analog fetishist who's become a producer of choice for a particular breed of like-minded indie-pop artists." [6]

Rado is married to singer-songwriter Jackie Cohen. [7] He also appeared in a 2008 episode of the television series Weeds [8] and a 2009 episode of the sitcom Community . [9] Rado is of Hungarian descent. [10] He studied screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts in New York. [11]

Discography

Solo

with Foxygen

Credits

YearArtistAlbumCredits
2013 Foxygen We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic Performer, Songwriter
2014 Foxygen ...And Star Power Producer, Performer, Songwriter
Dub Thompson 9 SongsProducer
2015Dante ElephanteAnglo-Saxon SummerProducer
2016 Tim Heidecker In Glendale Additional Production
Whitney Light Upon the Lake Producer
The Lemon Twigs Do Hollywood Producer
2017 Foxygen Hang Producer, Performer, Songwriter
Los Angeles Police Department Los Angeles Police DepartmentProducer
Beach Fossils Somersault Producer
Trevor SensorAndy Warhol's DreamProducer
Alex Cameron Forced Witness Producer
2018 Cut Worms Hollow Ground Producer
Father John Misty God's Favorite Customer Producer
Matt Maltese Bad ContestantProducer
Jackie CohenTacoma Night Terror, Part 1: I've Got the BluesProducer
Houndmouth Golden AgeProducer
Jackie CohenTacoma Night Terror, Part 2: Self-Fulfilling ElegyProducer
2019 Weyes Blood Titanic Rising Producer
Foxygen Seeing Other People Producer, Performer, Songwriter
Houndmouth "Talk of the Town" from California Voodoo Part IIProducer, Songwriter
Jackie CohenZaggProducer, Songwriter
Tim Heidecker What the Brokenhearted Do... Producer
Cuco "KeepingTabs" and "Far Away From Home" from Para Mi Producer
Whitney Forever Turned Around Producer
Alex Cameron Miami Memory Producer
Jungle GreenRunaway with Jungle GreenProducer
Adam Green Engine of ParadiseProducer
2020 Purr Like NewProducer
Alex Izenberg"Caravan Château" from Caravan ChâteauProducer
Matt Maltese "Queen Bee", "Madhouse", "Leather Wearing AA" from Madhouse EPProducer
The Lemon Twigs Songs for the General Public Additional Production
The Killers Imploding the Mirage Producer, Songwriter
Tim Heidecker Fear of Death Additional Production
2021 Crumb Ice Melt Producer
SilvertwinSilvertwinProducer
The Killers Pressure Machine Producer, Performer, Songwriter
Oberhofer SmotheredProducer, Performer
2022 Diane Coffee With PeopleProducer, Performer
Jackie CohenPratfallProducer
Weyes Blood And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow Producer
2023 Whitney "For a While"Producer, Performer
Purr Who is Afraid of Blue?Producer
Whitney "Kansas"Producer
2024 Beyonce & Miley Cyrus "II Most Wanted" from Cowboy Carter Additional Production, Performer

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