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

As Musician: (excerpts)

References

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. Retrieved May 23, 2012.