Jonathan Rado is an American musician, record producer and engineer, best known as a multi-instrumentalist in the

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Foxygen Foxygen is an American indie rock duo from Westlake Village, California, formed in 2005. The band consists of multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Rado and vocalist Sam France. They have released six albums and a number of self-released EPs. History R ...

. Rado is a native of

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, where he formed Foxygen with his classmate Sam France in 2005. After releasing four albums with Foxygen, Rado began producing albums for other artists, including

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, Alex Cameron,

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. In 2018, ''

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'' called Rado "one of indie rock's most in-demand producers". ''

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'' called him an "

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fetishist who's become a producer of choice for a particular breed of like-minded indie-pop artists." Rado is married to singer-songwriter Jackie Cohen. He also appeared in a 2008 episode of the television series '' Weeds'' and a 2009 episode of the sitcom

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. Rado is of Hungarian descent. He studied screenwriting at the

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Discography

Solo *''Law and Order'' (2013) *''

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'' (2017) with Foxygen *'' Jurrassic Exxplosion Phillipic'' (2007) *''

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'' (2011) *''

We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic ''We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic'' is the third studio album by American indie rock duo Foxygen, released on January 22, 2013 through Jagjaguwar. The album was promoted pre-release with the singles "Shuggie" on October 4, 2 ...

'' (2013) *'' ...And Star Power'' (2014) *''

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'' (2017) *'' Seeing Other People'' (2019)

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Living people American rock guitarists American multi-instrumentalists American indie rock musicians American record producers American audio engineers American people of Hungarian descent People from Westlake Village, California School of Visual Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-rock-musician-stub