Björn Yttling

Swedish musician and producer

Björn Yttling

Björn Yttling (left) performing with Peter Bjorn and John

Background information
Born|  (1974-10-16) 16 October 1974 (age 49)
Umeå, Sweden
Genres| Indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia
Occupations| Musician, producer, songwriter
Instruments| Bass guitar, vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Years active| 1995-present
Labels| INGRID
Member of| Peter Bjorn and John, LIV

Musical artist

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[edit]

### Early life[edit]

Yttling was raised in Norsjö and started to create and record music at 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[edit]

Yttling has a jazz band called Yttling Jazz, which released the album Oh Lord, Why Can't I Keep My Big Mouth Shut 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[edit]

Year  | Artist  | Work  | Credit

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2001 | Nicolai Dunger | A Dress Book | Producer
2001 | Nicolai Dunger | Soul Rush | Producer
2002 | Caesars Palace | Love For The Streets | Musician
2002 | Marit Bergman | 3:00 AM Serenades | Producer
2002 | Peter Bjorn and John | Peter Bjorn and John | Producer, composer, musician
2003 | International Noise Conspiracy | Armed Love | Arranger
2003 | Moneybrother | Blood Panic | Producer
2004 | Peter Bjorn and John | Falling Out | Producer, composer, musician
2004 | The Hives | Tyrannosaurus Hives | String arranger
2004 | Shout Out Louds | Oh, Sweetheart (EP) | Producer
2005 | Caesars | Paper Tigers | Musician
2005 | Moneybrother | To Die Alone | Producer
2005 | Yttling Jazz | Oh Lord Why Can't I Keep My Big Mouth Shut | Producer, writer
2005 | Robyn | Be Mine (ballad version) | Producer
2005 | Shout Out Louds | Very Loud (EP) | 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 | Damaged Goods | Producer, writer (Missing You Missing Me)
2006 | Montys Loco | Man Overboard | Producer
2006 | Robyn | Rakamonie EP | Producer
2006 | Concretes | On the Radio | Producer
2007 | Sahara Hotnights | What If Leaving is a Loving Thing | Producer
2007 | Shout Out Louds | Our Ill Wills | Producer
2007 | Eldkvarn | Svart blogg | Arranger
2007 | Davenport | Slow Town | Arranger
2007 | Nicolai Dunger | Rösten och Herren | Producer
2007 | Taken By Trees | Open Field | Producer, writer
2007 | Taxi! Taxi! | EP | Producer
2007 | Robyn | Handle Me (Bjorn remix) | Producer
2007 | The Shins | Australia (PBJ remix) | 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 | Real Control | 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 | Golden Week for the Poco Poco Beat | Producer, writer
2010 | Natasha Bedingfield | Strip Me | Arranger (Little Too Much, Run Run Run)
2011 | Firefox AK | Color the Trees | 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 | Get Mama a House (Yttling Jazz Remix) | Producer
2012 | A Nighthawk | Until I Faltered I Wasn't Free | Producer
2012 | Alex Winston | King Con | Producer, writer
2012 | Brandy | Two Eleven | Writer (Let Me Go)
2012 | Lissy Truille | Lissy Truille | Writer
2012 | Smile | A Flash in the Night | Producer, writer, musician
2012 | Amanda Jenssen | Hymns For the Haunted | Producer, writer
2013 | Johnossi | Transitions | Executive producer
2013 | Sibille Attar | Sleepyhead | Producer, writer
2013 | Zacharias Blad | Zacharias Blad | Producer, writer
2013 | David Lynch | We Rolled Together (Yttling Jazz Remix) | 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 | Condolence (Yttling Jazz Remix) | 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 | Astropol | The Spin We're In | 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 | "Heaven" | 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 | "Hurts to liv" | Writer, producer, artist
2017 | Magnus Lindgren | Stockholm Underground | Writer
2017 | Thomas Stenström | Rör Inte Min Kompis | Writer, producer
2018 | Neko Case | Hell-On | Producer, musician
2018 | Neko Case | Hell-On | Producer, musician
2018 | Elias | No Deeper Can We Fall | Writer
2018 | Joe Janiak | Heaven Knows | Writer
2018 | Peter Bjorn and John | Darker Days | Artist, producer, writer, musician
2019 | Peter Bjorn and John | EPBJ | Artist, producer, writer, musician
2019 | Anna Ternheim | A Space For Lost Time | writer
2019 | Freja the Dragon | Tell Me I'm Wrong | Producer, writer
2019 | Taken by Trees | Carless Whisper (remix) | Producer

## References[edit]

1. ^ http://www.nsd.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?ArticleID=3536230 [dead link]
2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2014). "Chrissie Hynde: Stockholm". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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Peter Bjorn and John

* Peter Morén
* Björn Yttling
* John Eriksson

Studio albums|

* Peter Bjorn and John
* Falling Out
* Writer's Block
* Seaside Rock
* Living Thing
* Gimme Some
* Breakin' Point
* Darker Days
* Endless Dream

Singles|

* "Young Folks"
* "Let's Call It Off"
* "Nothing to Worry About"
* "It Don't Move Me"
* "Breakin' Point"

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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