![]() ![]() Side projects and non-Doomtree collaborations ĭessa is a founding member of The Boy Sopranos, an almost all-female a cappella group, with frequent collaborators Jessy Greene, Aby Wolf and others. ĭessa's work has also been published in periodicals, including a 2009 poem in Ars Medica and a 2017 article about visiting New Orleans as a tourist in The New York Times Magazine. The book is an uncompromising and candid account of her life in motion, in music, and in love, and was listed by NPR in their guide for 2018's Best Reads. Īfter having been scouted by the Francis Golden Literary Agency, in 2018 Dessa signed a book-publishing deal with Dutton Penguin, which released her collection of creative non-fiction essays entitled My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love on September 18, 2018. Following that, in 2013, she released a book of poems called A Pound Of Steam, in partnership with Rain Taxi. Writing works Īt the fourth annual Doomtree Blowout in 2008, and via Doomtree Press, Dessa released Spiral Bound a seventy-page collection of fiction and poetry. The IDES series is a project to release a new single on each 15th for the first half of 2021. On January 15, 2021, Dessa released "Rome”, the first title in her IDES Series. On March 26 and 28, 2019, she recorded concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra the collaboration led to a live album released in November 2019. Chime was listed as one of NPR Music's 40 Favorite Albums of 2018 (so far). On February 23, 2018, Dessa released her third full-length album Chime, that made its debut in Billboard's Top 200, and at #3 on Billboard's Independent Charts. The singles from this album are "Warsaw" and "Call Off Your Ghost”. In 2013, Dessa released her second full-length album Parts of Speech that made its debut in Billboard's Top 200. The original production in the remixed tracks was replaced with live instrumentation. In 2011, Dessa released Castor, the Twin, a remix album featuring new arrangements of songs released on previous projects, primarily A Badly Broken Code. The album featured production from Paper Tiger, MK Larada, Lazerbeak, Cecil Otter and Big Jess. The album’s tracks "Dixon's Girl" and "The Chaconne” were released as singles. ĭessa's first solo album, A Badly Broken Code, was released on January 19, 2010. Despite being only fifteen minutes long, it was listed as one of the top local albums of the year by Star Tribune. Solo career ĭessa's debut solo EP, False Hopes, was released in 2005. She was the CEO of Doomtree however, she relinquished that post to her label mate, Lazerbeak, to focus on her own career. ![]() Since 2005, Dessa has toured with and appeared on all Doomtree albums, as well as on the other members' solo albums. Soon after, she was asked to join the crew and did so. ![]() Initially drawn to their raw aesthetics and unique sound, Dessa forged a friendship with Doomtree. Before becoming an artist full-time, she waited tables and worked as a technical writer for a medical manufacturer. She attended the University of Minnesota, where she earned a B.A. Dessa went to Southwest High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduating from the IB Diploma Programme in 1999. Her father is white and her mother Puerto Rican. ![]() and Sylvia Burgos Toftness, and has a younger brother, Max. She is a member of the indie hip hop collective Doomtree.ĭessa was born to Robert Wander Jr. Dessa Margret Wander (born May 23, 1981), better known by her stage name Dessa, is an American rapper, singer, writer, and former record executive. ![]()
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