Björn Yttling
Björn Yttling | |
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Background information | |
Born | Umeå, Sweden | 16 October 1974
Genres | Indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia |
Occupation(s) | Musician, producer, songwriter |
Instruments | Bass guitar, vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion |
Years active | 1995-present |
Associated acts | Peter Bjorn and John, , Lykke Li, Chrissie Hynde, Sahara Hotnights, Primal Scream, Anna Ternheim, Franz Ferdinand, Shout Out Louds, The Hives, LIV |
Björn Daniel Arne Yttling (born 16 October 1974 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and musician. His production and songwriting credits include Lykke Li, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Sahara Hotnights, Anna Ternheim. Yttling is the bassist of the indie rock trio Peter Bjorn and John. He is also a co-founder of the label and artist collective INGRID and a member of the band LIV.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Yttling was raised in Norsjö and started to create and record music in the age of eight.[1] He moved to Västerås to attend a high school with a music programme. At high school, he met Peter Morén.
Works and production[]
Yttling has a jazz band called , which released the album in 2007.
Yttling has produced the Peter Bjorn and John albums as well as several other albums, e.g. Sparks and What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing by Sahara Hotnights, Our Ill Wills by Shout Out Louds, Open Field by Taken by Trees, Youth Novels and I Never Learn by Lykke Li, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action by Franz Ferdinand and Beautiful Future by Primal Scream.
Yttling is Chrissie Hynde's chief collaborator on her 2014 release, Stockholm, on which he plays electric bass, celeste, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mellotron, organ, percussion, piano, and synthesizer. Yttling and Hynde co-wrote all but two of the songs on this album and he is the album's producer.[2]
Discography[]
Year | Artist | Work | Credit |
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2001 | Nicolai Dunger | Producer | |
2001 | Nicolai Dunger | Soul Rush | Producer |
2002 | Caesars Palace | Love For The Streets | Musician |
2002 | Marit Bergman | Producer | |
2002 | Peter Bjorn and John | Peter Bjorn and John | Producer, composer, musician |
2003 | International Noise Conspiracy | Armed Love | Arranger |
2003 | Moneybrother | Producer | |
2004 | Peter Bjorn and John | Falling Out | Producer, composer, musician |
2004 | The Hives | Tyrannosaurus Hives | String arranger |
2004 | Shout Out Louds | Producer | |
2005 | Caesars | Paper Tigers | Musician |
2005 | Moneybrother | Producer | |
2005 | Producer, writer | ||
2005 | Robyn | Producer | |
2005 | Shout Out Louds | Producer | |
2005 | Shout Out Louds | Howl Howl Gaff Gaff | Producer |
2006 | Peter Bjorn and John | Writer's Block | Producer, composer, musician |
2006 | Camera Obscura | Let's Get Out Of This Country | Arranger |
2006 | Deportees | Producer, writer (Missing You Missing Me) | |
2006 | Producer | ||
2006 | Robyn | Producer | |
2006 | Concretes | Producer | |
2007 | Sahara Hotnights | What If Leaving is a Loving Thing | Producer |
2007 | Shout Out Louds | Our Ill Wills | Producer |
2007 | Eldkvarn | Arranger | |
2007 | Davenport | Arranger | |
2007 | Nicolai Dunger | Producer | |
2007 | Taken By Trees | Open Field | Producer, writer |
2007 | Producer | ||
2007 | Robyn | Producer | |
2007 | The Shins | Producer | |
2008 | Peter Bjorn and John | Seaside Rock | Producer, composer, musician |
2008 | Lykke Li | Youth Novels | Producer, composer, musician |
2008 | Anna Ternheim | Leaving On a Mayday | Producer |
2008 | Primal Scream | Beautiful Future | Producer ("Can't Go Back") |
2008 | Caesars | Strawberry Weed | Musician |
2008 | Madrugada | Madrugada | Arranger |
2009 | Moneybrother | Producer, writer | |
2009 | Sarah Blasko | As Day Follows Night | Producer |
2009 | Camera Obscura | My Maudlin Career | Producer |
2009 | Peter Bjorn and John | Living Thing | Artist, producer, writer, musician |
2009 | Sahara Hotnights | Sparks | Producer |
2010 | Example | Won't Go Quietly | Writer |
2010 | The Suzan | Producer, writer | |
2010 | Natasha Bedingfield | Strip Me | Arranger (Little Too Much, Run Run Run) |
2011 | Producer, writer | ||
2011 | Lisa Miskovsky | Violent Sky | Producer, writer |
2011 | Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | Artist, producer, writer, musician |
2011 | Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Producer, writer, musician |
2011 | Teddybears | Producer | |
2012 | Producer | ||
2012 | Alex Winston | Producer, writer | |
2012 | Brandy | Two Eleven | Writer (Let Me Go) |
2012 | Writer | ||
2012 | Smile | Producer, writer, musician | |
2012 | Amanda Jenssen | Producer, writer | |
2013 | Johnossi | Executive producer | |
2013 | Sibille Attar | Sleepyhead | Producer, writer |
2013 | Producer, writer | ||
2013 | David Lynch | Producer | |
2013 | Franz Ferdinand | Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action | Producer (Treason! Animals.), co-producer (The Universe Expanded) |
2014 | Lykke Li | I Never Learn | Producer, writer, musician |
2014 | Chrissie Hynde | Stockholm | Producer, writer, musician |
2014 | Benjamin Clementine | Producer | |
2014 | The Fault in Our Stars (soundtrack) | The Fault in Our Stars (soundtrack) | Producer, writer "No One Ever Loved" by Lykke Li |
2015 | Cœur de pirate | Roses | Producer |
2015 | Producer, musician, artist | ||
2016 | Albin Lee Meldau | Lou Lou | Producer |
2016 | The Pretenders | Alone | Writer |
2016 | liv | "Wings of Love" | Writer, producer, artist |
2016 | liv | "Dream Awake" | Writer, producer, artist |
2016 | Primal Scream | Chaosmosis | Producer, writer ("Trippin' on Your Love", "(Feeling Like A) Demon Again", "Private Wars", "Where the Light Gets in", "Carnival of Fools", "Autumn in Paradise") |
2016 | Kygo | Cloud Nine | Writer ("Fiction" (featuring Tom Odell)) |
2016 | Peter Bjorn and John | Breakin' Point | Artist, producer, writer, musician |
2017 | liv | "" | Writer, producer, artist |
2017 | Ariel Pink | Dedicated to Bobby Jameson | Writer ("Another Weekend") |
2017 | Tove Styrke | Say My Name | Producer ("Say My Name" acoustic version) |
2017 | liv | "" | Writer, producer, artist |
2017 | Magnus_Lindgren | Writer | |
2017 | Thomas Stenström | Writer, producer | |
2018 | Neko Case | Hell-On | Producer, musician |
2018 | Neko Case | Hell-On | Producer, musician |
2018 | Writer | ||
2018 | Joe Janiak | Writer | |
2018 | Peter Bjorn and John | Darker Days | Artist, producer, writer, musician |
2019 | Peter Bjorn and John | Artist, producer, writer, musician | |
2019 | Anna Ternheim | writer | |
2019 | Producer, writer | ||
2019 | Taken by Trees | Producer |
References[]
- ^ http://www.nsd.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?ArticleID=3536230
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2014). "Chrissie Hynde: Stockholm". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- Swedish male musicians
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Peter Bjorn and John members
- People from Umeå Municipality