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 active | 2005–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, Matt Maltese, 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]
