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American rapper and writer

Dessa
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Background information
Birth proper noun Margret Wander[i]
Also known as Maggie Wander, Dessa Darling
Born (1981-05-23) May 23, 1981 (age forty) [2]
Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.South.
Genres
  • Hip hop
  • culling hip hop
Occupation(due south)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • producer
  • writer
  • record executive
Years active 2005–present
Labels Doomtree Records
Associated acts
  • Doomtree
  • Cecil Otter
  • P.O.S
  • Mike Mictlan
  • Sims
  • Newspaper Tiger
  • Lazerbeak
  • Gayngs
  • The Male child Sopranos
Website dessawander.com

Musical artist

Margret Wander (born May 23, 1981), better known past her stage name Dessa, is an American rapper, singer, author, and former record executive. She is a member of the indie hip hop collective Doomtree.

Early life [edit]

Dessa was built-in to Robert Wander Jr. and Sylvia Burgos Toftness,[three] and has a younger brother, Max.[4] Her father is white and her mother Puerto Rican.[five] [6] Dessa went to Southwest Loftier School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduating from the IB Diploma Program in 1999. She attended the University of Minnesota, where she earned a B.A. in philosophy.[seven] Before condign an artist total-time, she waited tables and worked equally a technical author for a medical manufacturer.[8]

Career [edit]

Doomtree [edit]

Initially drawn to their raw aesthetics and unique sound, Dessa forged a friendship with Doomtree. Soon after, she was asked to join the crew and did so. Since 2005, Dessa has toured with and appeared on all Doomtree albums, as well as on the other members' solo albums. She was the CEO of Doomtree;[9] however, she relinquished that post to her characterization mate, Lazerbeak, to focus on her own career.[x]

Solo career [edit]

Dessa's debut solo EP, Simulated Hopes, was released in 2005. Despite beingness simply fifteen minutes long, it was listed as i of the top local albums of the year by Minneapolis Star Tribune.[ citation needed ]

Dessa's beginning solo album, A Badly Broken Lawmaking, was released on January 19, 2010. The singles from this album were "Dixon'due south Girl" and "The Chaconne." The album features product from Paper Tiger, MK Larada, Lazerbeak, Cecil Otter and Big Jess. MK Larada besides designed the anthology art.[11]

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 original production in the remixed tracks was replaced with alive instrumentation.[12]

In 2013, Dessa released her 2nd full-length album Parts of Oral communication that made its debut in Billboard's Top 200.[xiii] The singles from this album are "Warsaw" and "Phone call Off Your Ghost."

On Feb 23, 2018, Dessa released her 3rd full-length album Chime, that fabricated its debut in Billboard'south Tiptop 200, and at #iii on Billboard's Independent Charts.[xiii] Chinkle was listed as one of NPR Music's 40 Favorite Albums of 2018 (so far).[fourteen]

On March 26 and 28, 2019, she recorded concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra; the collaboration lead to a alive album released in November 2019.[15]

On Jan fifteen, 2021, Dessa released "Rome," the first title in her IDES Series.[16] The IDES series is a project to release a new single on each 15th for the starting time half of 2021.[17]

Writing works [edit]

At the quaternary annual Doomtree Blowout in 2008, and via Doomtree Press, Dessa released Spiral Spring a seventy-page drove of fiction and poetry.[18] [19] Following that, in 2013, she released a book of poems chosen A Pound Of Steam, in partnership with Rain Taxi.[20]

After having been scouted by the Francis Golden Literary Agency,[21] in 2018 Dessa signed a volume-publishing bargain with Dutton Penguin, which released her drove of artistic non-fiction essays entitled My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Scientific discipline, and Senseless Love on September 18, 2018.[22] [23] The book is an uncompromising and candid account of her life in motion, in music, and in love,[24] and was listed by NPR in their guide for 2018's All-time Reads.[25]

Dessa'due south work has also been published in periodicals, including a 2009 poem in Ars Medica [26] and a 2017 article about visiting New Orleans equally a tourist in The New York Times Magazine.[27]

Side projects and not-Doomtree collaborations [edit]

Dessa is a founding member of The Boy Sopranos, an well-nigh all-female a cappella group, with frequent collaborators Jessy Greene, Aby Wolf and others.[ citation needed ] She also taught at the Institute of Production and Recording and the McNally Smith College of Music.[28] She was also a fellow member of the indie super-grouping Gayngs founded by Ryan Olson (of Poliça fame), in 2010, forth with 22 other musicians including Justin Vernon.[29] [xxx]

On March two, 2012, Dessa presented "Mic Lines: Art, Ethics, and their Contested Connections" at Augsburg Higher in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as function of the three-day Nobel Peace Prize Forum .[31] [32]

Dessa was the host of Twin Cities Public Idiot box's The Lowertown Line, a live music series, from 2012 to 2014.[33]

In 2012, she partnered with the "artisan cosmetic business firm" from Minnesota, Elixery, to create her own shade of lipstick, all of the gain of which were donated to Care (relief bureau).[34]

She was a contributing artist on the 2015 Saint Paul-based "Plume Projection", a public art installment in which images and colors were projected onto steam rise from a smokestack in downtown Saint Paul and music and spoken-give-and-take pieces could be accessed by calling a telephone number. Dessa read her verse form "Circumvolve Games".[35]

She had a flavor of ice cream named after her on July 27, 2016, by Izzy's Ice Cream, "Dessa's Existential Crunch".[36] The same year, she contributed to The Hamilton Mixtape with her embrace of the song "Congratulations."[37]. Dessa collaborated with RockFilter Distillery in Bound Grove, MN, to release two bourbons, Dessa's Time and Distance and Dessa's Paw Shadow.

Dessa has been involved with the popular fiction podcast Welcome to Night Vale as both a contributing author and musical guest. Her start appearance was on the "Weather" segment of Episode 27, "Showtime Date," which featured Doomtree's "Team The Best Team." She was the musical guest for Welcome to Night Vale's second anniversary live show, performing "Telephone call Off Your Ghost" for its weather segment. She appeared again as function of Doomtree for episode 61, "Briny Depths", which featured "The Bends" every bit its Weather; her single "Burn down Drills" was the Atmospheric condition for episode 122, "A Story of Love and Horror, Part two: 'Spire.'" In 2017, she co-wrote and acted in episode 113, "Niecelet," lending her phonation to the character Sabina.[38]

Notable performances [edit]

In April 2017, she headlined a show with the Minnesota Orchestra, which featured new arrangements of her songs besides as a story performed in prose.[39] She followed that gear up of performances with some other two sold-out performances in October 2018, this fourth dimension premiering new fabric from her album Chinkle.[40] In December 2018, it was announced that Dessa would return for an boosted two performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, on March 26 and 28, 2019; both performances were recorded to exist released at a later date in collaboration with Doomtree Records.[41]

Dessa sang the National Anthem at the Minnesota Twins home opener on April v, 2018.[42] And on July 28, 2018, she sang the National Anthem at the 2018 WNBA All-star game held in Minneapolis.[43]

In Baronial 2018, Dessa traveled with the Minnesota Orchestra as they went on a 2-week, five-end tour through S Africa, reportedly the commencement tour of an American orchestra to the state, and helped document the trip for Minnesota Public Radio alongside MPR journalist and cultural critic Euan Kerr.[44]

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar used Dessa's song "Bullpen" as her campaign rally walk-on song during her 2020 run for the presidency.

Deeply Human [edit]

Dessa is the host of the podcast Deeply Homo.[45] The bear witness explores questions about the inner self and takes a deep swoop into the psychological, biological, and anthropological explanations of our common traits.[46] Episodes are anchored in her experience discovering the details of her own thoughts and deportment. Deeply Human launched in March 2021 and is a coproduction of the BBC World Service, American Public Media, and iHeartMedia. It is available on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts and all major podcast platforms.

Discography [edit]

Solo studio albums [edit]

with Doomtree [edit]

  • Doomtree (Doomtree Records, 2008)
  • No Kings (Doomtree Records, 2011)
  • All Easily (Doomtree Records, 2015)

EPs [edit]

  • Apple Southward Apple Z (2003) (with Medida)
  • Medida (2004) (with Medida)
  • False Hopes (Doomtree Records, 2005)
  • Parts of Speech, Re-Edited (Doomtree Records, 2014)
  • I Already Like You (Doomtree Records, 2021)
  • Ides (Doomtree Records, 2021)

Live albums [edit]

  • Sound the Bells: Recorded Alive at Orchestra Hall (Doomtree Records, 2019) (with the Minnesota Orchestra)

Singles [edit]

  • "Matches to Paper Dolls ('Castor, the Twin' Mix)" (2013)
  • "Warsaw" (2013)
  • "Call Off Your Ghost" (2013)
  • "Quinine" (2016)
  • "Proficient Grief" (2017)
  • "Fire Drills" (2017)
  • "five Out of 6" (2018)
  • "Grade School Games" (2019)
  • "Salubrious" (2019)
  • "Tyranny" (2020)
  • "Rome" (2021)
  • "Who's Yellen Now?" (2021)
  • "Bombs Away" (2021)
  • "Life on State" (2021)
  • "Terry Gross" (2021)
  • "Talking Business organisation" (2021)
  • "I Already Like You" (2021)

Guest appearances [edit]

  • Sims – "No Homeowners" from Lights Out Paris (2005)
  • Kanser – "No D in Erogenous" from Kanser (2005)
  • Newspaper Tiger – "Speedmetal" from Fake Hopes (2007)
  • Mel Gibson and the Pants – "Flake of a Fizz" from Sea vs. Shining Sea (2007)
  • Heiruspecs – "Change Is Coming" from Heiruspecs (2008)
  • P.O.S – "Depression Light Low Life" from Never Better (2008)
  • Newspaper Tiger – "Palace" and "And the Camera" from Made Like Us (2010)
  • Lazerbeak – "Leap" from Legend Recognize Legend (2010)
  • Gayngs – "No Sweat" "Faded Loftier" from Relayted (2010)
  • p-teK – "This Span Is Called-for for You" from Oh! What a Miracle! (2011)
  • Hamilton Mixtape – "Congratulations" from Hamilton Mixtape (2016)
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda – "Almost Like Praying" – Benefit single for Hurricane Maria Relief (2017)
  • Joey Van Phillips – "Broken Arrow" (with P.O.Southward.) from Punch Basin (2017)
  • Cover version of the Mount Goats' vocal "Balance" for I Only Heed to the Mount Goats (2018)
  • Sims 10 Air Credits X Icetep – "Hologramme" from Artería Verité (2018)

Bibliography [edit]

  • Spiral Bound (2009)
  • Sleeping with Nikki (2011)
  • Are You Handsome (2013)
  • A Pound of Steam (2013)
  • My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Scientific discipline, and Senseless Dear (Dutton, 2018) ISBN 978-1524742294)[22]

References [edit]

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  2. ^ Wander, Margret (May 23, 2013). "Skillful morning, world. Today is my birthday, ..." Facebook. Archived from the original on Feb 26, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Eveland. "Dessa'due south mom, Sylvia Toftness, shows us around her Wisconsin cattle subcontract". Metropolis Pages.
  4. ^ "Dessa'south brother (Max Wander, run into "Children's Work from A Desperately Broken Lawmaking) has been singing "The Chaconne" with her this week". twitter.com.
  5. ^ Darling, Dessa. "Dessa reflects on her creative journey - Metropolis Pages".
  6. ^ "Best of What's Adjacent: Dessa".
  7. ^ "Making Music Series: Dessa on Coffman Memorial Union". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on November 1, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
  8. ^ "The Revolution Starts... Right Later on the Drinks". Urban center Pages. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011.
  9. ^ "Academy of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, 2012 Spring Showtime: Keynote Address by Dessa". University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts.
  10. ^ Utley, Tori. "Meet Dessa, The 35-Year-Old Internationally Touring Rapper, Author, And Social Entrepreneur". Forbes . Retrieved January five, 2019.
  11. ^ "A Badly Broken Code". Doomtree Store.
  12. ^ "Review: Dessa – Castor, the Twin (2011)". Mezzic. Oct six, 2011.
  13. ^ a b "Dessa Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved Jan 5, 2019.
  14. ^ "NPR Music's xl Favorite Albums Of 2018 (Then Far)". NPR.org. June 26, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
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  16. ^ "Dessa Announces New Unmarried Series Project IDES, Shares Beginning Unmarried "Rome" -". mxdwn Music. January fifteen, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  17. ^ Oechler, Meredith (March ii, 2021). "Q&A: Dessa On Recording During the Pandemic and Her New Podcast". Minnesota Monthly . Retrieved March 4, 2021.
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  19. ^ "Spiral Bound review". Civilisation Bully. Archived from the original on June 6, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  20. ^ Provenzano, Katie (Oct sixteen, 2013). "A Pound of Steam - Rain Taxi". Retrieved Jan v, 2019.
  21. ^ "Sam Stoloff - Frances Goldin Literary Bureau". Retrieved January v, 2019.
  22. ^ a b "My Own Devices: True Stories from the Route on Music, Science, and Sensele(ss Love, by Dessa". Penguin Random Business firm. 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  23. ^ "Rapper Dessa working on volume of essays, due in September - NY Daily News". nydailynews.com. Associated Printing. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  24. ^ "Press". Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  25. ^ "NPR's Book Concierge".
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  27. ^ Dessa (March 21, 2017). "Wandering New Orleans After Seeing It From the Stage". New York Times.
  28. ^ "dessa - McNally Smith College of Music President'due south Blog". web log.mcnallysmith.edu. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved Feb 3, 2017.
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  32. ^ "2012 Forum: "The Price of Peace"". Nobel Peace Prize Forum. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
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  34. ^ "Elixery presents: Dessa". www.elixery.com . Retrieved January v, 2019.
  35. ^ Kerr, Euan. "Plume Project aims to make fine art in St. Paul's sky".
  36. ^ "Izzy'due south announces 'Dessa'southward Existential Crisis' ice cream".
  37. ^ Johnson, Cecilia. "Hear Dessa'southward ferocious vocal on "The Hamilton Mixtape"".
  38. ^ "Welcome to Night Vale (RSS feed)". feeds.nightvalepresents.com . Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  39. ^ Riemenschneider, Chris. "Dessa gives a truly erudite performance with Minnesota Orchestra". Star Tribune.
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  41. ^ "Dessa and Minnesota Orchestra to make a live record together in March at Orchestra Hall". Star Tribune . Retrieved January v, 2019.
  42. ^ "Minnesota Scene: Dessa to sing, U.Southward. curlers to throw pitch before Twins' domicile opener". Star Tribune.
  43. ^ "Dessa to Perform National Anthem at Verizon WNBA All-Star Game 2018". Minnesota Lynx . Retrieved Jan 5, 2019.
  44. ^ Dessa; Kerr, Euan (August 2018). "Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa". Minnesota Public Radio.
  45. ^ "BBC World Service, iHeartMedia and American Public Media kickoff-ever podcast collaboration: Deeply Human being". American Public Media Group. February 12, 2021.
  46. ^ "Deeply Human". BBC Earth Service. March 7, 2021.

External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • Dessa on Doomtree
  • Dessa at AllMusic
  • Dessa discography at Discogs
  • Deeply Homo podcast site

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessa