Johan Lindström (musician)

Johan Lindström
Johan Lindström in concert with Tonbruket at Victoria Teater. The concert was part of Oslo Jazzfestival and took place on 15. August 2017
Background information
Born (1972-05-09) May 9, 1972 (age 52)
Stockholm, Sweden
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • piano
  • pedal steel

Johan Lindström is a musician, composer, arranger and record-producer based in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] He has worked professionally, since 1991, as a musician, playing guitar, piano and pedal steel. He has performed and collaborated with artists including Tonbruket, Rebecka Thörnqvist, Ane Brun, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Nils Petter Molvaer, Sly & Robbie, Loney Dear, Graveyard, Susanne Sundføer, Anna Ternheim, Freddie Wadling, Ebbot Lundberg, Edda Magnason, Christian Kjellvander, and Goran Kajfes.

History

Lindstrom is also a string/orchestral arranger.

As a composer, he writes instrumental music for the progressive jazz group Tonbruket and Johan Lindström Septett and other recording artists, including Rebecka Törnqvist (Home Secretary album) and Ane Brun (outro of the song "Last Breath"). He also started producing albums in the late 1990s.

In 1998, he joined Per "Texas" Johansson's band as a pedal steel player, where he met bass player Dan Berglund. They formed the band Tonbruket in 2009 along with piano player Martin Hederos and drummer Andreas Weerlin. Tonbruket have released six albums . Four of these albums received a Swedish Grammy Award in the Jazz category.

In 2017 he formed Johan Lindström Septett with Per "Texas" Johansson, Jonas Kullhammar, Konrad Agnas, Torbjörn Zetterberg, Mats Äleklint and Jesper Nordenström. The first album, Music for Empty Halls, came out in 2018. The second album, On the Asylum, came out in 2021.

In 2019, Lindstrom began composing a piece for trumpet, pedal steel and the Swedish wind ensemble called "Music for Valves and Pedals," commissioned by Swedish trumpet player Jonas Lindeborg.

In 2020, Lindstrom was made Composer in Residence for Norrbotten Big Band, for he composed 80 minutes of music. The music is inspired by Kurt Weill, Raymond Scott, Jan Johansson, Shostakovich, Perez Perado and was scheduled to be recorded in April 2021.

Discography

As musician/composer
Album artist Album title Release date Awards
Tonbruket Dan Berglund's Tonbruket 2010 Swedish Grammy Award (won)
Tonbruket Dig it to the End 2011 Swedish Grammy Award (won)
Tonbruket Nubium Swimtrip 2013 Swedish Grammy Award (won)
Tonbruket Forevergreens 2016 Swedish Grammy Award (won)
Rebecka Törnqvist with Johan Lindström Home Secretary 2017
Tonbruket Live Salvation 2018
Johan Lindström Septett Music for Empty Halls 2018 Swedish Grammy Award (nominated)
Tonbruket Masters of Fog 2019 Swedish Grammy Award (nominated)
Johan Lindström Septett On the Asylum 2021 Swedish Grammy Award (nominated)

Record producer

As record producer and co-producer

  • Johan Lindström Septett "Music for empty halls", "On the asylum"
  • Tonbruket "Masters of Fog", "Live Salvation", "Nubium Swimtrip", "Dig it to the end", "Forevergreens"
  • Rebecka Törnqvist "Home Secretary", "Melting into orange", "The cherry blossom"
  • Sofie Livebrandt "Emely and I", "Lighthouse Stories"
  • Edda Magnason "Woman travels alone"
  • Totta Näslund "In the basement", "7 - På Drift", "5 - Turnén", "6 - Bortom månen och Mars, "Dylan" * Nina Kinert "Pets & friends"
  • Freddie Wadling "Jag är monstret", "The dark flower"
  • Graveyard "Innocence and Decadence"
  • Kristofer Åström "Zinkadus"
  • Daniel Lemma "Dreamers and Fools"
  • Anders Widmark "Carmen"
  • Pugh Rogefeldt "Maraton"
  • Svante Thuresson "Vi som älskar och slåss"
  • Selfish "Wanting you would be"

Arranger

  • Tonbruket "The Enders", "Enter the Amazonas" (album)
  • Ane Brun "Last Breath", "Sonet 138", "Trust", "Undertow Orchestra version" (live)
  • Freddie wadling "Jag är monstret" (album)
  • Ebbot Lundgren with the Swedish Radio Orchestra
  • Anna Ternheim “Lovers Dream Naked” version with the Swedish Radio Orchestra
  • Rebecka Törnqvist “Melting into orange, The cherry blossom” albums
  • Edda Magnason with Norrbotten Big Band
  • Svante Thuresson “Vi som älskar och slåss” (album)

References

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  1. ^ Backman, Dan (26 February 2021). "En air av "Twin peaks" – osar av dekadent mystik". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

Sources

  • Sandberg, Patrik (27 February 2021). "De kosmopolitiska låtarna återspeglar Lindströms mångsidiga musiksmak. Han rör sig flytande utan skyddsnät över stilistiska gränser." OrkesterJournalen (in Swedish) Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021. https://orkesterjournalen.com/johan-lindstrom-septett-on-the-asylum/
  • Oscarsson, Kjell (16 July 2019) "Johan Lindström Septett - mångsidigt och nyfiket" SverigesRadio (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1323949