:In 2000, he released a solo album under the name Akito titled Hey Mister Girl! recorded with the members of The Sea and Cake, Tortoise and Wilco, and produced by John McEntire.
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In the early 2000s, they started collaborating with American musician John McEntire, who produced/engineered their albums May and December (2001), When You Were a Beauty (2002) and Climax (2003), When You Were a Beauty being recorded with the members of The Sea and Cake, Tortoise and Wilco.
John McEntire (born 1970), American recording engineer, drummer and multi-instrumentalist
The group then signed to Radioactive Records, and recorded their debut album The Slow Motion World of Snowpony with John McEntire in Chicago.
Man-Made was recorded in Chicago in 2004, and produced by John McEntire of Tortoise.
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The album features guest spots and co-production by John McEntire and vocals by Sam Prekop.
In 2007, the band returned to the studio with producer John McEntire to record their fourth full album, Qhnnnl.
They've chosen John McEntire – legend of Chicago's alternative scene – for producing third album Ombarrops!, which premiered in 2009.
Recordings took place in and around Chicago, at Clava Studios, Engine Music, (Tortoise's) John McEntire's Soma Electronic Studios & others, as well as at Tambourine Studios in Sweden, where Jorge laid down the string and horn arrangements alongside arranger Patrik Bartosch (Eggstone, The Cardigans).