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BJ Burton
BJ Burton
Birth name	Brandon 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]

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
2013	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
	P.O.S.	"Woof"	Production	Doomtree
	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
2022	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
	Empress Of	For Your Consideration (Empress Of album) - "Kiss Me"	Writing	Giant Music
	Ilsey	From the Valley	Writing, production	Elektra Records
2024	Ani DiFranco	Unprecedented Sh!t	Production	Righteous Babe Records
2024	Father John Misty	Mahashmashana - "Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose", "Screamland"	Additional production, mixing	Sub Pop

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Bon Iver". GRAMMY.com. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
^ "Sylvan Esso". GRAMMY.com. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
^ 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.
^ "'Come Through': Concert Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-09-29.

[:0-1] 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.

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