Introduction
BJ Burton is an American record producer, songwriter, engineer, and mixer. He is best known for his work with Bon Iver, Francis and the Lights, Mike Will Made It, Banks, Miley Cyrus, Yebba, the Japanese House, Low, and Hippo Campus. 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.
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.
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. Burton has also performed as a member of Bon Iver, most recently on the Come Through tour in 2018.
Discography
songwriting, production, and mixing discography (2014 - present)
| Year | Artist | Title | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Charli XCX | "Forever" | How I'm Feeling Now |
| Empress Of | I'm Your Empress Of | album | |
| 2019 | Bon Iver | "Hey, Ma"
"Faith" "Naeem" "Sh'Diah" "Yi" "iMi" |
I, I |
| Yebba | "Where Do U Go" | single | |
| Miley Cyrus | "The Most" | She Is Coming | |
| Francis and the Lights | "Take Me to the Light" (featuring Kanye West & Bon Iver) | single | |
| Kacy Hill | "To Someone Else" | single | |
| Banks | "Till Now"
"Gimme" "Contaminated" "Stroke" Godless Sawzall "Look What You're Doing to Me" (featuring Francis and the Lights) "Hawaiian Mazes" "Propaganda" "The Fall" "If We Were Made of Water" |
III | |
| The Japanese House | "Chewing Cotton Wool", "Something Has To Change"
Good at Falling |
singles
album | |
| 2018 | Eminem | "Fall" | Kamikaze |
| Mike Will Made It | "Do You Need Power? (Walk Out Music)" | Creed II (soundtrack) | |
| Hippo Campus | "Mistakes"
"Anxious" "Doubt" "Bambi" "Why Even Try" "Think It Over" "Bubbles" "Honestly" "Golden" "Passenger" |
Bambi | |
| Francis and the Lights | "The Video In the Pool" | single | |
| Low | "Quorum"
"Dancing and Blood" "Fly" "Tempest" "Always Up" "Always Trying to Work It Out" "The Son, The Sun" "Dancing and Fire" "Poor Sucker" "Rome (Always in the Dark)" "Disarray" |
Double Negative | |
| Twin Shadow | co-producer, mixer, all songs | Caer | |
| Mallrat | Make Time | In The Sky | |
| 2017 | Mike Will Made It | "Burnin" (featuring Andrea)
"Y'all Ain't Ready" (featuring 2 Chainz) "Faith" (featuring Lil Wayne and HoodyBaby) |
Ransom 2 |
| Francis and the Lights | co-writer, co-producer, mixer, all songs | Just for Us | |
| Sylvan Esso | mixer, all songs | What Now | |
| Hippo Campus | producer, mixer, all songs | Landmark | |
| Francis and the Lights | "May I Have This Dance" (Remix feat. Chance the Rapper) | single | |
| 2016 | Chance the Rapper | "Summer Friends (featuring Francis and the Lights and Jeremih)" | Coloring Book (mixtape) |
| Francis and the Lights | co-writer, co-producer, mixer, all songs | Farewell, Starlite! | |
| Bon Iver | "10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄"
"29 #Strafford APTS" "666 ʇ" "21 M◊◊N WATER" "8 (circle)" |
22, A Million | |
| 2015 | Lizzo | "Ain't I"
"Betcha" "Ride' "Humanize" Bother Me" "1 Deep" "The Realest" |
Big Grrrl Small World |
| Low | co-production, mixing, all songs | Ones and Sixes | |
| Doe Paoro | production, mixing, all songs | After | |
| 2014 | Sylvan Esso | mixing, mastering, all songs | Sylvan Esso (album) |
production discography with the Love Language (2010-2013)
Libraries (2010), Merge Records
Ruby Red (2013), Merge Records