Björn Yttling

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.

Björn Yttling
Björn Yttling (left) performing with Peter Bjorn and John
Background information
Born	(1974-10-16) 16 October 1974 (age 50) 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

Biography

Early life

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

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

Year	Artist	Work	Credit
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

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.