When you hear a Jon Brion production, you know it. Not because it sounds like “a Jon Brion record” — quite the opposite. It’s because the artist sounds more like themselves than they ever have before. That’s the paradox of working with one of alternative music’s most distinctive producers: he doesn’t impose a signature sound so much as he excavates one from the artist themselves.
Brion isn’t the loudest name in the industry (by choice), but among the artists who’ve worked with him — and the fans who follow his career — he’s considered one of the most imaginative producers in modern music. He turns songs into worlds.
This page is your entry point into those worlds — explore one, and you’ll end up exploring them all.
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Key artists produced by Jon Brion
Aimee Mann
A legendary partnership
Produced albums: Whatever (1993), I’m With Stupid (1995), and Magnolia (1999)
Intelligent, witty alt-pop with a melancholy undercurrent.
Extraordinary meets extraordinary
Produced albums: Tidal (1996), When the Pawn… (1999), Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Baroque pop, emotional fire, zero shortcuts.
Making intimate grand
Produced albums: XO (1998) and Figure 8 (2000)
Soft-spoken songs turned into widescreen heartbreak.