BJ Burton

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BJ Burton
Birth nameBrandon Joyner Burton
Born Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • engineer
  • mixer

BJ Burton is an American record producer, songwriter, engineer, and mixer. He is known for his work with Bon Iver, Francis and the Lights, Low, Charli XCX, and The Japanese House, and has also worked with the likes of Eminem, Lizzo and Mike Will Made It among others. [1]

Contents

Burton has been nominated for four Grammy Awards for his work with Bon Iver on their respective 22, A Million and i,i albums, [2] Sylvan Esso on their album What Now , [3] and Low on their album Hey What .

Career

From 2010 to 2013, Burton performed and served production duties as a member of the Love Language; he produced their albums Libraries and Ruby Red . [4]

Burton has worked extensively with Justin Vernon and Bon Iver. His collaborations with Vernon and Francis and the Lights have led to work with artists including Chance the Rapper, Eminem, Kanye West, Mike Will Made It, and more. [1] Burton has also performed as a member of Bon Iver, on the Come Through tour in 2018. [5]

Songwriting and production discography

YearArtistAlbum / song(s)Role(s)Label
2011 The Rosebuds Loud Planes Fly Low Production, recording, mixing Merge
2013 Lizzo Lizzobangers – "Lizzie Borden", "W.E.R.K. Pt. II", "Wat U Mean"Mixing Totally Gross National Product
POLIÇA Shulamith Engineering Mom + Pop
2014 Sylvan Esso Sylvan Esso Mixing, mastering Partisan
2015 The Staves If I WasMixing Atlantic
The Tallest Man on Earth Dark Bird Is Home Production, mixing, engineering Dead Oceans
Low Ones and Sixes Production, recording, mixing, mastering Sub Pop
Doe Paoro AfterProduction, mixing ANTI-
Lizzo Big Grrrl Small World – "Ain't I", "Betcha", "Ride", "Humanize", "Bother Me", "1 Deep", "The Realest"Production, executive production, vocals, vocoder, guitar, synthesizers, drum programmingSelf-released
2016 Allan Kingdom Northern Lights – "I Feel Ya"MixingSo Cold
Astronautalis SIKE! – "You Know What It Is!"Production, synthesizers, mixingSideOneDummy
Bon Iver 22, A Million – "10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄", "29 #Strafford APTS", "666 ʇ", "8 (circle)"Writing, production, C1 programming, C2 programming, saxophone, programming Jagjaguwar
James Blake The Colour In Anything – "Meet You In The Maze"Engineering Polydor
P.O.S. "Wave"ProductionDoomtree
"Woof"
Francis and the Lights Farewell, Starlite! Writing, production, mixingSelf-released
2017 Hippo Campus Landmark Production, mixingGrand Jury, Transgressive
Mike Will Made It Ransom 2 – "Burnin", "Y'all Ain't Ready", "Faith"MixingEar Drummer, Interscope
Sylvan Esso What Now Mixing Loma Vista
Har Mar Superstar Personal Boy EPWriting, production,Love OnLine
Francis and the Lights Just For Us Writing, production, mixingSelf-released
2018Mike Will Made It & Bon Iver Creed II: The Album – "Do You Need Power? (Walk Out Music)"WritingEar Drummer, Interscope
Hippo Campus Bambi Production, mixing, engineeringGrand Jury, Transgressive
Francis and the Lights"The Video In the Pool"ProductionSelf-released
Eminem Kamikaze – "Fall"Writing Shady, Aftermath, Interscope
Low Double Negative Production, recording, mixing, masteringSub Pop
Twin Shadow Caer – "Saturdays", "18 Years", "Too Many Colors", "Bombs Away"Production, mixing Warner Music, Reprise
Mallrat In the Sky – "Make Time"Writing, production, engineer Dew Process
Heart Bones"Disapearer"Writing, productionLove OnLine
2019Baby BoysI'm SetProduction, masteringGrand Jury
The Japanese House Good at Falling Writing, production Dirty Hit
Banks III – "Till Now", "Gimme", "Contaminated", "Stroke", "Godless", "Look What You're Doing To Me", "Hawaiian Mazes", "Propaganda", "The Fall", "If We Were Made Of Water"Writing, production, executive production, synthesizers, drums, programming, drum programming, arrangement, guitar, piano, bass, engineering Harvest
Chance the Rapper The Big Day – "Town on the Hill"WritingSelf-released
Francis and the Lights"Take Me To The Light"Writing, productionSelf-released
Miley Cyrus She Is Coming – "The Most"Writing, production, programming RCA
Yebba"Where Do You Go"ProductionSelf-released
Bon Iver i,i – "Yi", "iMi", "We", "Hey, Ma", "Naeem", "Jelmore", "Faith", "Sh'Diah"Writing, production, programming, arrangement, TR 8's, engineering, mixingJagjaguwar
Joy Again Piano – "I'm Your Dog"Production, mixingHoneymoon
2020 Empress Of I'm Your Empress Of Production, executive production, engineering, mixing Terrible
Bon Iver"PDLIF"Writing, production, mixingJagjaguwar
Charli XCX how i'm feeling now – "pink diamond", "forever", "claws", "7 years", "detonate", "enemy", "anthems", "visions"Writing, production, executive production, drum programming, synthesizers, Moog, bass, drums engineeringAtlantic, Asylum
Kacy Hill Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again – "To Someone Else", "Much Higher", "Just To Say", "Porsche", "I Believe In You", "Everybody's Mother", "Told Me", "Six"Writing, production, mixing, masteringSelf-released
Bon Iver"AUATC"Writing, production, stringsJagjaguwar
The Japanese HouseChewing Cotton Wool EPProductionDirty Hit
Jim-E Stack Ephemera – "Jeanie"Writing, productionSelf-released
Westside Gunn Who Made The Sunshine Recording Griselda, Shady
Buddy Ross "Bored Again!"WritingPLZ Make It Ruins
LupinLupinProduction, drum programmingTransgressive
Taylor Swift Evermore – "closure"Additional production Republic
Aero FlynnMadelineWriting, production, performanceSelf-released
2021CARMCARMMixing37d03d
Soccer Mommy "rom com 2004"ProductionLoma Vista
Kacey Musgraves Star-Crossed – "Justified", "Breadwinner"Writing MCA Nashville, Interscope
Low Hey What Production, recording, mixing, masteringSub Pop
Jon Bellion "I Feel It"Writing, production Capitol
Kacy Hill Simple, Sweet, and Smiling – "The Stars"WritingSelf-released
No Rome It's All SmilesProductionDirty Hit
2022 Alicia Keys Keys – "Come for Me"Writing, productionRCA
Empress OfSave Me EP – "Save Me", "Dance for You"Writing, productionSelf-released
2023Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation – "Island"Writing, production Columbia Records
Empress Of For Your Consideration (Empress Of album) - "Kiss Me"Writing Giant Music
Ilsey From the ValleyWriting, production Elektra Records
2024 Ani DiFranco Unprecedented Sh!t Production Righteous Babe Records
Father John Misty Mahashmashana - "Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose", "Screamland"Additional production, mixing Sub Pop

References

  1. 1 2 Swensson, Andrea. "BJ Burton, producer for Bon Iver, Low, Francis and the Lights, talks about setting up shop in Minneapolis". Local Current Blog | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. "Bon Iver". GRAMMY.com. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  3. "Sylvan Esso". GRAMMY.com. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  4. Lawrence, Jordan (2010-07-14). "The Love Language's summery pop builds from a backstory of recklessness and wrecked relationships". INDY Week. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  5. "'Come Through': Concert Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-09-29.