Aaron Dessner

American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer

Aaron Dessner is an American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He released High Violet and Sleep Well Beast with The National. Dessner co-wrote and produced Taylor Swift's Folklore and Evermore and appeared in the documentary Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions. He released C'mon C'mon with his sibling Bryce Dessner and Cyrano with the Cast of Cyrano and Bryce Dessner. Aaron Dessner has collaborated with Peter Dinklage on several songs, including Your Name featuring Bryce Dessner, No Cyrano featuring Haley Bennett, and Madly.

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Unexplainable The idea of a song Life Sciences ·
A few hundred milliseconds are often all you need to recognize a song, but a lot of recent hits have moved away from intros. Our friends at ⁠Switched on Pop⁠ (along with the National's Aaron Dessner) break down how song intros can shape our perception and what we lose when they disappear.To watch this episode on video, find us on ⁠Netflix⁠!Guests: ⁠Charlie Harding⁠ and ⁠Nate Sloan⁠, hosts of ⁠Switched on Pop⁠; ⁠Aaron Dessner⁠, producer, songwriter, and member of ⁠the National⁠; ⁠Grace Spelman⁠, music writerFor show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠And please email us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠unexplainable@vox.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We read every email.Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/members⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank you!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions Music · 2020
Mistaken for Strangers Documentary · 2014
Buke & Gase Documentary · 2023

Aaron Dessner on Apple Podcasts

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FROM: Cincinnati, OH, United States
BORN: April 23, 1976
GENRE: Soundtrack