John Eriksson (musician)

This article is about the musician. For the footballer, see John Eriksson (footballer).

John Eriksson
Born	(1974-01-08) 8 January 1974 (age 51) Hortlax (Piteå), Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation(s)	Musician and composer
Years active	1994–present
Known for	Founding member of Peter Bjorn and John

John Eriksson (born 8 January 1974, Hortlax (Piteå), Sweden) is a Swedish musician and composer best known as a founding member of Peter Bjorn and John.[1][2]

Career

He was born in 1974 and raised in Hortlax (Piteå), Sweden.[3] In 1994, he founded the percussion quartet Peaux, for which he was also a musician and composer.[4] From 1995 to 1999, he was a musician in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra,[5][6] performing in concerts and recordings with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Myung-Whun Chung, Herbert Blomstedt and Evgeny Svetlanov. He was also in a percussion/trumpet duo with Tora Thorslund,[7][8] and in 1998 he was a marimba soloist during the Stockholm International Percussion Event.[9] From 1999 to 2008, he was a musician, arranger and composer in the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble.[10][11]

From 1999, he was one of the founding members, musician, composer, arranger and producer of the band Peter Bjorn and John.[12] More recently, he has recorded as dance music act Hortlax Cobra,[13] who produced 3 vinyl EPs.[14] Another side project is "disco-kraut" act Holiday For Strings.[15][16][17] He was also composer for projects with Teenage Engineering.[18] In 2012 he was one of the founding members of the artist collective INGRID, and Hortlax Cobra contributed a song to their Record Store Day compilation called Ingrid Volume 1.[19]

Discography

As composer, arranger

• Peter Bjorn And John: Gimme Some [20]
• Peter Bjorn And John: Living Thing (also producer)
• Peter Bjorn And John: Seaside Rock (also producer)
• Peter Bjorn And John: Writers Block
• Peter Bjorn And John: Falling Out
• Peter Bjorn And John: Peter Bjorn And John
• Peter Bjorn And John: Beats Traps and Backgrounds (EP)
• Hortlax Cobra: Night Shift (also producer)
• Hortlax Cobra: Everybody's Talking About Hortlax Cobra (also producer)
• Hortlax Cobra: Nobody Knows Hortlax Cobra (also producer)
• Hortlax Cobra: Stop and Smell the Hortlax Cobra (also producer)
• Holiday For Strings: CD
• Holiday For Strings: Two Of You (EP)
• Holiday For Strings: Favorite Flavor
• Peaux – Peaux [21]
• Kroumata – Encores [22]
• Depeche Mode – Fragile Tension (remix)
• First Floor Power – The Jacket (remix)
• Golden Filter – Hide Me (remix)
• The Temper Trap – Fools (remix)
• Peter Bjorn And John: Writers Block Remix (remix)
• Wildbirds and Peacedrums – My Heart (remix)
• Les Big Byrd – Zig Smile (remix)
• Neneh Cherry and The Thing: Accordion (remix)

As Musician: (excerpts)

• Lykke Li: Youth Novels [23]
• Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes [24]
• Teddybears: Musik ur teaterföreställningen Don Carlos
• Magnus Granberg & Skogen – Ist Gefallen In Den Schnee [25]
• Fibes Oh Fibes: Album
• Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby: I ljuset av Cornelis
• Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills [26]
• Shout Out Louds – Oh, Sweetheart E.P.
• Taken By Trees – Open Field [27]
• Sahara Hotnights – What if leaving is a loving thing [28]
• Existensminimum – Last night my head tried to explode and i wrote everything down
• Monty's Loco – Man Overboard
• Marit Bergman – I think it's a rainbow
• Moneybrother – To die Alone
• Deportees – Damage Goods [29]
• Sarah Blasko – As day follows night
• Smile – A flash in the night
• Smile – Satellite Blues (Vinyl Single)
• Nicolai Dunger – A Dress Book
• Nicolai Dunger – Here's my song
• Nicolai Dunger – Sjunger Edith Södergran
• The Concretes – In Colour [30]
• Yttling Jazz – Oh lord, why can't I keep my big mouth shut
• EP's Trailerpark – L'esperit d'escalier
• Folke – Folke
• Kroumata / Lahti Symphony Orchestra: Kalevi Aho – Symphony Nr 11 (Kroumata Symphony) [31]
• Kroumata / Oslo Philharmonic : Rolf Wallin – Act [32]
• André Chini / Kroumata / Norrbottens Kammarorkester – Eallin
• A Spirit's Whisper – selected works by Bo Nilsson [33]
• Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa Pekka Salonen: Dallapiccola – Il Prigionerio
• Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Evgeny Svetlanov: Shostakovitj v Symphony Nr 7
• Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam: Sven-David Sandström-High Mass
• Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam: Lutoslawski, Penderecki Cello concertos

References

1. Fragassi, Selena (23 April 2009). "Peter, Bjorn, and John drummer John Eriksson – INTERVIEWS – UR Chicago". UR Chicago. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
2. Eakin, Marah (5 May 2011). "Peter Bjorn And John's John Eriksson on the band's all-time favorite covers". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
3. "Hortlax Cobra Strikes from the Minds of Peter Bjorn and John". Thump. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
4. Strömdahl, Ingrid (April 11, 2002). "Recension: Peaux – Peaux (Övrigt)". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-11-13.
5. "JOHN ERIKSSON – You think the sounds of classical percussion and indie rock are worlds apart? Peter Bjorn And... – Modern Drummer : MD". Readperiodicals.com. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
6. Roberts, Michael (2009-08-26). "Q&A with John Eriksson of Peter Bjorn and John – Denver Music – Backbeat". Blogs.westword.com. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
7. "Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)". smdb.kb.se. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
9. "SR, P2 1998-11-18 | Svensk mediedatabas". SMDB. 1998-11-18. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
10. Kroumata-Ensemblen Archived August 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
11. "Slagverksorkester i världsklass – Nöje – Kristianstadsbladet – Nyheter dygnet runt". Kristianstadsbladet.se. 2006-03-03. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
12. "BIOGRAPHYPeter Bjorn and John". Peter Bjorn and John. 2011-02-15. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
13. Rich Juzwiak, "Today’s Song: Hortlax Cobra ‘Berlin’", Gawker, "Today's Song: Hortlax Cobra 'Berlin'". Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
14. Lydia Kellam, "CONVERSATION WITH JOHN ERIKSSON OF PETER BJORN AND JOHN", The Swede Beat, December 19, 2009, http://www.theswedebeat.com/music/interview_pbj^[permanent dead link‍]
15. "Peter Bjorn and John: Gimme Some" (Review), Drowned in Sound, http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16086 Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
16. Tom Breihan, "Peter Bjorn and John Drummer John Eriksson Busy With Side Projects", Pitchfork, March 31, 2010, http://pitchfork.com/news/38351-peter-bjorn-and-john-drummer-john-eriksson-busy-with-side-projects/
17. Goodman, William (October 26, 2010.) "Peter, Bjorn, & John's New 'Pure Pop Rock' Album." Spin Magazine.
18. "Scion Magazine 18: Teenage Engineering". YouTube. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
19. "Lykke Li/Peter Bjorn and John/Miike Snow Label Ingrid Announce Record Store Day Compilation |". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork. April 3, 2012. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
20. "Peter Bjorn And John – Gimme Some (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
21. "Peaux | Svensk mediedatabas". SMDB. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
22. "BIS Records". Bis.se. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
23. "Lykke Li – Youth Novels (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
24. "Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
25. "Magnus Granberg & Skogen – Ist Gefallen In Den Schnee (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
26. "Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
27. "Taken By Trees – Open Field (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
28. "Sahara Hotnights – What If Leaving Is A Loving Thing (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2007-04-18. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
29. "Deportees – Damaged Goods (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
30. "Concretes, The – In Colour (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
31. Kalevi Aho, Kroumata*, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä – Symphonic Dances / Symphony No. 11 (CD, Album) at Discogs
32. "Wallin: Act, Etc / Grubinger, Van Zweden, Axelrod, Et Al". ArkivMusic. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
33. A spirit's whisper by Bo Nilsson (f. 1937) | Vejle Bibliotekerne

Additional sources

• Halperin, Shirley (February 22, 2008). "In the Studio: Peter Bjorn and John". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
• Lucas, John (May 17, 2007). "Peter Bjorn and John". Georgia Straight. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
• Sterdan, Darryl (April 14, 2009). "No Writer's Block for Peter Bjorn and John". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2012.