BJ Burton
Birth nameBrandon Burton
BornRaleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)
  • 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]

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

Year Artist Album / 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 Was Mixing 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 After Production, 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 programming Self-released
2016 Allan Kingdom Northern Lights – "I Feel Ya" Mixing So Cold
Astronautalis SIKE! – "You Know What It Is!" Production, synthesizers, mixing SideOneDummy
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" Production Doomtree
"Woof"
Francis and the Lights Farewell, Starlite! Writing, production, mixing Self-released
2017 Hippo Campus Landmark Production, mixing Grand Jury, Transgressive
Mike Will Made It Ransom 2 – "Burnin", "Y'all Ain't Ready", "Faith" Mixing Ear Drummer, Interscope
Sylvan Esso What Now Mixing Loma Vista
Har Mar Superstar Personal Boy EP Writing, production, Love OnLine
Francis and the Lights Just For Us Writing, production, mixing Self-released
2018 Mike Will Made It & Bon Iver Creed II: The Album – "Do You Need Power? (Walk Out Music)" Writing Ear Drummer, Interscope
Hippo Campus Bambi Production, mixing, engineering Grand Jury, Transgressive
Francis and the Lights "The Video In the Pool" Production Self-released
Eminem Kamikaze – "Fall" Writing Shady, Aftermath, Interscope
Low Double Negative Production, recording, mixing, mastering Sub 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, production Love OnLine
2019 Baby Boys I'm Set Production, mastering Grand 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" Writing Self-released
Francis and the Lights "Take Me To The Light" Writing, production Self-released
Miley Cyrus She Is Coming – "The Most" Writing, production, programming RCA
Yebba "Where Do You Go" Production Self-released
Bon Iver i,i – "Yi", "iMi", "We", "Hey, Ma", "Naeem", "Jelmore", "Faith", "Sh'Diah" Writing, production, programming, arrangement, TR 8's, engineering, mixing Jagjaguwar
Joy Again Piano – "I'm Your Dog" Production, mixing Honeymoon
2020 Empress Of I'm Your Empress Of Production, executive production, engineering, mixing Terrible
Bon Iver "PDLIF" Writing, production, mixing Jagjaguwar
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 engineering Atlantic, 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, mastering Self-released
Bon Iver "AUATC" Writing, production, strings Jagjaguwar
The Japanese House Chewing Cotton Wool EP Production Dirty Hit
Jim-E Stack Ephemera – "Jeanie" Writing, production Self-released
Westside Gunn Who Made The Sunshine Recording Griselda, Shady
Buddy Ross "Bored Again!" Writing PLZ Make It Ruins
Lupin Lupin Production, drum programming Transgressive
Taylor Swift Evermore – "closure" Additional production Republic
Aero Flynn Madeline Writing, production, performance Self-released
2021 CARM CARM Mixing 37d03d
Soccer Mommy "rom com 2004" Production Loma Vista
Kacey Musgraves Star-Crossed – "Justified", "Breadwinner" Writing MCA Nashville, Interscope
Low Hey What Production, recording, mixing, mastering Sub Pop
Jon Bellion "I Feel It" Writing, production Capitol
Kacy Hill Simple, Sweet, and Smiling – "The Stars" Writing Self-released
No Rome It's All Smiles Production Dirty Hit
2022 Alicia Keys Keys – "Come for Me" Writing, production RCA
Empress Of Save Me EP – "Save Me", "Dance for You" Writing, production Self-released
2023 Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation – "Island" Writing, production Columbia Records

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.
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