Dessa
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Margret Wander (born May 23, 1981), better known by her stage name Dessa, is an American singer, rapper, musician, writer, and former record executive. She is a member of the indie hip hop collective Doomtree.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Omega Defiant
- Omega Required
- Surrendered to the Sea
- Beta's Test
- Omega's Bodyguard
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Minneapolis
- Active from
- 1981-05-23
Discography
- False Hopes2005
- Cubano2007
- A Badly Broken Code2010
- Castor, the Twin2011
- Matches to Paper Dolls2013
- Warsaw2013
- Call Off Your Ghost2013
- Parts of Speech2013
- Quinine2016
- Good Grief2017
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 151,576
- Total plays
- 3,936,986
Tags
Born Margaret Wander, Dessa’s first release with Doomtree, False Hopes, introduced a unique sensibility to underground hip-hop: literary, bitter-sweet, and wry. She alternated between a clever, droll persona as an emcee and her earnest, unaffected delivery as a singer with a low, clear alto voice. Her a cappella arrangements delicate and expressive, full of sad, old world harmonies. False Hopes attracted a varied set of ferociously dedicated fans in the Midwest and beyond. <a href="https://www.l
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Mutations in progranulin cause tau-negative frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 17
· 2006 · cited 1,750x
- Sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in Canada: a longitudinal study
· 2006 · cited 716x
- Depression as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer Disease
· 2003 · cited 439x
- Expression of the Multiple Sclerosis-Associated MHC Class II Allele HLA-DRB1*1501 Is Regulated by Vitamin D
· 2009 · cited 425x
- Disclosure of<i>APOE</i>Genotype for Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
· 2009 · cited 425x
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.dessawander.com
- Image
- Dessa December 2010.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1981-05-23
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- pseudonym
- Dessa
- social media followers
- 57192
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Doomtree
- Solo career
- Writing works
- Side projects and non-Doomtree collaborations
- Notable performances
- ''Deeply Human''
- Discography
- Solo studio albums
- with Doomtree
- EPs
- Live albums
- Singles
- Guest appearances
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Margret Wander (born May 23, 1981), better known by her stage name Dessa, is an American singer, rapper, musician, writer, and former record executive. She is a member of the indie hip hop collective Doomtree.
==Early life== Dessa was born to Robert Wander Jr. and Sylvia Burgos Toftness, and has a younger brother, Max. Her father is white and her mother Puerto Rican. Dessa went to Southwest High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduating from the IB Diploma Programme in 1999. She attended the University of Minnesota, where she earned a B.A. in philosophy. Before becoming an artist full-time, she waited tables and worked as a technical writer for a medical manufacturer.