Parts of Speech (Bonus track version)

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Credits from Bandcamp

Makers & Players
Dessa (pen, piano, voice)
Dustin Kiel (guitar, piano, sounds, and programming of all sorts)
Sean McPherson (bass)
Joey Van Phillips (drums, percussion, vibraphone)
Paper Tiger (production tracks 2, 3 and 8)
Lazerbeak (production tracks 4 and 7)
Joe Mabbott (magic—black & white)
Rebecca Arons (cello)
Nick Ogawa (cello)
Jessy Greene (violin)
Scott Agster (trombone)
Gabriel Douglas (voice)
Aby Wolf (voice)
Benjamin Burwell (voice)
Mayda (guitar, synth and drum programming, engineered by DJ Chris Neviator)
Bruce Springsteen (original writer of "I'm Goin Down")
Emily Dantuma of Daymoths (sampled cello)
Jake Wallenius of Taj Raj (sampled drums)
Brady Moen (additional engineering and editing)

Executive produced by Lazerbeak, Dessa and Dustin Kiel
Recorded at The Hideaway, The Birdcage, McNally Smith College of Music and Fleur de Tete
Mixed and engineered by Joe Mabbott at The Hideaway, Minneapolis, MN
Additional engineering by Brady Moen at The Hideaway
Mastered by Bruce Templeton at Magneto Mastering, Minneapolis, MN
Art Direction by Kai Benson and Dessa
Photography by Bill Phelps
Design by Kai Benson

Annotation last modified on 2024-12-25 22:39 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1The Man I Knew
bass:
Sean McPherson (bassist)
performer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist), Dustin Kiel and Joey Van Phillips
recording of:
The Man I Knew
writer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist), Dustin Kiel, Sean McPherson (bassist) and Joey Van Phillips
3:35
2Call Off Your Ghost
producer:
Paper Tiger (Minneapolis hip hop producer & DJ)
violin:
Jessy Greene
vocals:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist)
recording of:
Call Off Your Ghost
composer:
Jessy Greene
3:38
3Warsaw
producer:
Paper Tiger (Minneapolis hip hop producer & DJ)
vocals:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist)
recording of:
Warsaw
writer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist) and Paper Tiger (Minneapolis hip hop producer & DJ)
publisher:
Lorem Ipsum and Skip Steps One and Three
3:11
4Skeleton Key
producer:
Lazerbeak
vocals:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist)
additional performer:
Dustin Kiel
recording of:
Skeleton Key
3:34
5Dear Marie
contains samples by:
Jake Wallenius (membranophone)
performer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist) and Dustin Kiel
recording of:
Dear Marie
writer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist) and Dustin Kiel
4:00
6I’m Going Down
additional producer:
Mayda
bass:
Sean McPherson (bassist)
performer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist) and Dustin Kiel
cover recording of:
I’m Goin’ Down
publisher:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1982)
publisher:
Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
3:45
7Fighting Fish
producer:
Lazerbeak
additional trombone:
Scott Agster
vocals:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist)
additional performer:
Scott Agster and Dustin Kiel
recording of:
Fighting Fish
writer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist)
3:02
8The Lamb
producer:
Paper Tiger (Minneapolis hip hop producer & DJ)
additional vocals:
Joe Mabbott
vocals:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist)
recording of:
The Lamb
3:43
9Beekeeper
violin:
Jessy Greene
performer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist) and Joey Van Phillips
recording of:
Beekeeper
writer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist), Jessy Greene and Joey Van Phillips
3:56
10Annabelle
additional cello:
Rebecca Arons (cellist)
additional trombone:
Scott Agster
contains samples by:
Emily Dantuma (cello)
performer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist), Dustin Kiel and Joey Van Phillips
recording of:
Annabelle
writer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist), Dustin Kiel and Joey Van Phillips
4:01
11It’s Only Me
cello:
Takénobu (stage name for Nick Ogawa)
recording of:
It’s Only Me
writer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist)
3:49
12Sound the Bells
additional cello:
Rebecca Arons (cellist)
bass:
Sean McPherson (bassist)
additional vocals:
Benjamin Burwell and Aby Wolf
additional performer:
Gabriel Douglas and Joey Van Phillips
performer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist), Dustin Kiel and Joey Van Phillips
recording of:
Sound the Bells
writer:
Dessa (American rapper, singer, spoken word artist), Dustin Kiel, Sean McPherson (bassist) and Joey Van Phillips
4:20
13Icing Burns
3:02