BJ Burton

BJ Burton is an American record producer, songwriter, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Bon Iver, Francis and the Lights, Mike Will Made It, Charli XCX, Banks, Miley Cyrus, Yebba, the Japanese House, Low, and Hippo Campus.[1] Burton has been nominated for Grammy Awards for his work with Bon Iver and Sylvan Esso on their studio albums I, I, 22, A Million, and What Now, respectively.[2][3]

BJ Burton
Birth name	Brandon Burton
Born	Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Record producer, songwriter, musician, engineer, mixer
Associated acts	Bon Iver, Francis and the Lights, Lizzo, Charli XCX, Eminem, Miley Cyrus, the Japanese House, Mike Will Made It, Banks, Hippo Campus, Low

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 across their albums 22 A Million and i, i. 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, most recently on the Come Through tour in 2018.[5]

Discography

songwriting, production, and mixing discography (2014 - present)

Year	Artist	Title	Album	Role
2020	Charli XCX	Forever	How I'm Feeling Now	Co-producer and co-writer
		Claws
		7 Years		Co-writer
		Enemy		Co-producer and co-writer
		Visions
	Empress Of	All songs	I'm Your Empress Of	Co-producer
	Kacy Hill	To Someone Else	Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again	Co-producer
		Much Higher		Co-writer and co-producer
		Just to Say
		Porsche
		I Believe In You (featuring Francis and the Lights)
		Everybody's Mother
		Told Me
		Six
2019	Bon Iver	Yi	I, I	Co-writer and additional production
		iMi [6]		Co-writer, additional production, additional engineering, programming and arrangement
		We		Additional production and mixing
		Hey, Ma		Co-writer, additional production and mixing
		Faith		Co-writer, additional production and additional engineering
		Naeem		Co-writer, additional production and additional engineering, and TR 8's
		Jelmore		Additional production and additional engineering
		Sh'Diah		Mixing
	Yebba	"Where Do U Go"[7]	single	Co-producer
	Miley Cyrus	"The Most"[8]	She Is Coming	Co-producer
	Francis and the Lights	"Take Me to the Light" (featuring Kanye West & Bon Iver)[9]	single	Co-writer and co-producer
	Banks	Till Now	III	Co-writer and co-producer
		Gimme		Co-producer
		Contaminated
		Stroke
		Godless
		Look What You're Doing to Me (featuring Francis and the Lights)
		Hawaiian Mazes		Additional production
		Propaganda		Co-producer
		The Fall
		If We Were Made of Water[6]
	The Japanese House	All songs	Good at Falling	Co-producer
		Chewing Cotton Wool	single	Co-producer
		Something Has To Change	single	Co-producer
2018	Mallrat	Make Time[10]	In the Sky	Co-writer and co-producer
	Twin Shadow	Album[6]	Caer	Co-producer and mixer
	Low	Album	Double Negative	Mixer
	Eminem	"Fall"[6]	Kamikaze	Co-writer
	Francis and the Lights	The Video In the Pool	single	Co-producer
	Mike Will Made It	"Do You Need Power? (Walk Out Music)"[6]	Creed II (soundtrack)	Co-writer
2017	Mike Will Made It	Burnin(featuring Andrea)	Ransom 2	Mixing engineer
		Y'All Ain't Ready (featuring 2 Chainz)
		Faith" (featuring Lil Wayne and HoodyBaby)
	Francis and the Lights	Album [11]	Just for Us	Co-writer, co-producer and mixer
	Sylvan Esso	Album [6]	What Now	Mixer
	Hippo Campus	Album [6]	Landmark	Producer and mixer
	Francis and the Lights	May I Have This Dance (Remix feat. Chance the Rapper)[6]	single
2016	Chance the Rapper	Summer Friends (featuring Francis and the Lights and Jeremih)[6]	Coloring Book (mixtape)
	Francis and the Lights	Album[11]	Farewell, Starlite!	Co-writer, co-producer and mixer
	Bon Iver	10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄	22, A Million[6]	Co-writer
		29 #Strafford APTS		Co-writer
		666 ʇ		C1 programming and C2 programming
		21 M◊◊N WATER		Saxophone
		8 (circle)		Co-writer and programming
2015	Low	Album [12]	Ones and Sixes	Co-producer and mixer
	Doe Paoro	Album[6]	After	Producer and mixer
	The Tallest Man On Earth	Album [13]	Dark Bird Is Home	Producer, mixer and engineer
	Lizzo	"Ain't I" "Betcha" "Ride' "Humanize" Bother Me" "1 Deep" "The Realest"[14]	Big Grrrl Small World
2014	Sylvan Esso	Album[6]	Sylvan Esso (album)	Mixer and mastering

production discography with the Love Language (2010-2013)

Libraries (2010), Merge Records

Ruby Red (2013), Merge Records

References

1. 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.
6. "BJ Burton". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
7. Spanos, Brittany; Spanos, Brittany (2019-08-09). "Hear Yebba's Ambient, Existential New Single 'Where Do You Go'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
8. "Miley Cyrus Can't Stop Getting In Her Own Way". Stereogum. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
9. "Francis and the Lights' New Kanye West and Bon Iver Collab "Take Me to the Light" Appears". Complex. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
10. "Mallrat - In The Sky". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
11. "ACE Repertory". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
12. "Low: Ones and Sixes". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
13. Langham, Matt (2015). "Dark Bird is Home review". Drowned In Sound.
14. "Lizzo - Big GRRRL Small World". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-02.