Andreas Öberg
Andreas Öberg | |
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 Andreas Öberg in June 2009 in Samois-sur-Seine, north-central France | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1978-08-06) 6 August 1978 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, jazz, soul |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Resonance |
| Website | Official |
Andreas Öberg (born 6 August 1978) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and music producer.
Music career
Öberg was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1978. At the age of seven, he began taking classical guitar lessons at school. By He twelve, he started playing electric guitar, influence by a teacher who specialized in blues and jazz fusion. He later studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.[1]
He began his professional career at eighteen, collaborating with Viktoria Tolstoy and Svante Thuresson. Between 2003 and 2006 he recorded six albums for Hot Club Records produced by Jon Larsen featuring Jimmy Rosenberg, Marian Petrescu and others. In 2006, he signed with Resonance Records, describing his music at that time as a blend of jazz, funk, soul, Latin, and Brazilian music. He recorded with the Resonance Big Band on an album that received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement. In 2009 he started a website, Andreas' Guitar Universe, where he offers online classes. He has worked with Barbara Hendricks, Hank Jones, Les Paul, Eros Ramazzotti, and Toots Thielemans.[1]
Öberg was hired to write a song for a commercial that appeared on Swedish television. Since then he has composed for Universal Music. He wrote a song with Andreas Carlsson, who encouraged him to write lyrics in addition to music. As a songwriter Öberg has collaborated with Melanie Fontana and Ludwig Göransson. He has written and produced pop music for the Swedish, American, and Japanese markets.[1]
In 2015 Shinee's album, Odd (including "Romance", co-written by Öberg), topped the Korean Gaon album chart for two consecutive weeks and the Billboard World Albums chart at the end of May 2015.[2]
In May 2016, Namie Amuro released her single "Mint" where both the A- and B-sides ("Mint" and "Chit Chat") were co-written and co-produced by Öberg. The song sold more the 250,000 digital copies in Japan and was certified Platinum. In June 2016, Exo released their album Ex'Act, which included "Stronger", cowritten by Öberg. The album was the most sold in the world according to Global Album chart[3] and has sold more than one million physical copies.[4]
Öberg won the Hagström Guitar Award and the Gevalia Music Prize in 2004[5] and the International Guitar Competition Prize in Montreux in 2006.[6] He has taught classes at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood.[7]
Discography
- Andreas Invites Yorgui & Ritary (Hot Club, 2004)
- Young Jazz Guitarist (Hot Club, 2005)
- Solo (Hot Club, 2006)
- Live in Concert (2006) (DVD)
- My Favorite Guitars (Resonance, 2008)
- Six String Evolution (Resonance, 2010)
- Thrivin' with Marian Petrescu (piano) (Résonance, 2010)
- Live (Hot Club, 2013)
Notable writing credits
| Year | Artist | Song | Appearance on album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | VIXX | "Starlight" | Super Hero |
| Girls' Generation | "Stay Girls" | Girls & Peace | |
| 2013 | Shinee | "Breaking News" | Boys Meet U |
| NU'EST | "Beautiful Ghost" | Sleep Talking | |
| BoA | "Message" | Who's Back? | |
| VIXX | "B.O.D.Y" | Voodoo | |
| Girls' Generation | "Gossip Girls" | Love & Peace | |
| "Motorcycle" | |||
| "Do the Catwalk" | |||
| "Linguafranc" | |||
| 2014 | After School | "Yes No Yes" | Dress to Kill |
| "in the moonlight" | |||
| Shinee | "365" | I'm Your Boy | |
| "Downtown Baby" | |||
| 2015 | Cross Gene | "Amazing (Bad Lady)" | Play With Me |
| Oh My Girl | "Hot Summer Nights" | Oh My Girl | |
| "Curious" | |||
| "Say No More" | Closer | ||
| "Round About" | |||
| BoA | "Love and Hate" | Kiss My Lips | |
| "Smash" | |||
| "Lookbook" | Watashi Kono Mama de Ii no Kana | ||
| Shinee | "Romance" | Odd | |
| "Black Hole" | |||
| "Chocolate" | Married To The Music | ||
| Gamaliel Audrey Cantika | "Terbang" | Stronger | |
| "Cinta" | |||
| Super Junior | "Forever With You" | Devil | |
| F(x) | "Glitter" | 4 Walls | |
| VIXX | "Stop it girl" | Chained Up | |
| Girls' Generation-TTS | "Dear Santa" | Dear Santa | |
| "Dear Santa (English Version)" | |||
| 2016 | Oh My Girl | "B612" | Windy Day |
| "Knock Knock" | |||
| "Windy Day" | |||
| Exo | "Stronger" | Ex'Act | |
| "Winter Heat" | For Life | ||
| "Coming Over" | Countdown | ||
| NCT 127 | "Once Again" | NCT #127 | |
| VIXX | "Butterfly Effect" | Hades | |
| Red Velvet | "One of These Nights" | The Velvet | |
| "Sunny Afternoon" | Russian Roulette | ||
| Shinee | "U Need Me" | 1 of 1 | |
| "Beautiful Life" | 1 and 1 | ||
| "Wishful Thinking" | D×D×D | ||
| "Sweet Surprise" | |||
| "Sing Your Song" | |||
| Twice | "One In A Million" | TWICEcoaster: Lane 1 | |
| Arashi | "Two to Tango" | Are You Happy? | |
| Hyolyn | "One Step" (featuring Jay Park) | It's Me | |
| Momoland | "Love Sick" | Momoland The Best ~Korean Ver.~ | |
| "Welcome to Momoland" | |||
| 2017 | Shinee | "Gentleman" | Five |
| Red Velvet | "Would U" | Non-album singles | |
| Arash | "Se Fue" (featuring Mohombi) | ||
| Oh My Girl | "Perfect Day" | Eternally | |
| "In My Dreams" | |||
| "Agit" | |||
| SF9 | "Hide and Seek" | Breaking Sensation | |
| Exo-CBX | "Tornado Spiral" | Girls | |
| "Girl Problems" | |||
| Taemin | "Flame of Love" | Taemin | |
| "Door" | |||
| Loona | "Puzzle" | Choerry | |
| Girls' Generation | "Only One" | Holiday Night | |
| Monsta X | "Dramarama" | The Code | |
| Gugudan | "Snowball" | Act. 3 Chococo Factory | |
| Taeyeon | "Christmas Without You" | This Christmas: Winter Is Coming | |
| 2018 | Oh My Girl | "Butterfly" | Secret Garden |
| "Love O'clock" | |||
| "Magic" | |||
| SF9 | "Midnight Road" | Mamma Mia! | |
| VIXX | "Scentist" | Eau de VIXX | |
| Exo-CBX | "Thursday" | Blooming Days | |
| "Playdate" | |||
| Super Junior | "Lo Siento"(featuring Leslie Grace) | Replay | |
| Monsta X | "#GFYL" | Piece | |
| Shinee | "Retro" | The Story of Light: Epilogue | |
| Gfriend | "Love In The Air" | Sunny Summer | |
| Super Junior-D&E | "Polygraph" | Style | |
| "Illusion (Obsessed)" | 'Bout You | ||
| Girls' Generation-Oh!GG | "Fermata" | Lil' Touch | |
| Yuri | "Butterfly" | The First Scene | |
| NCT 127 | "No Longer" | Regular-Irregular | |
| Exo | "Drop That" | Countdown | |
| "Wait" | Love Shot | ||
| BoA | "Mannish Chocolat" | Watashi Kono Mama de Ii no Kana | |
| NCT Dream | "Candle Light" | S.M. Station Season 3 | |
| 2019 | Monsta X | "Alligator" | Take.2 We Are Here |
| "Swish" | Phenomenon | ||
| "Follow" | Follow: Find You | ||
| "Monsta Truck" | |||
| NCT 127 | "Wakey-Wakey" | Awaken | |
| Everglow | "Moon" | Arrival of Everglow | |
| Taeyeon | "I Found You" | Voice | |
| Pentagon | "Summer!" | Sum(me:r) | |
| Super Junior-D&E | "Jungle" | Danger | |
| Got7 | "#Summervibes" | Love Loop | |
| Red Velvet | "Sappy" | Sappy | |
| "Umpah Umpah" | The ReVe Festival: Day 2 | ||
| "Ladies Night" | |||
| "La Rouge" (Special Track) | The ReVe Festival: Finale | ||
| WayV | "King of Hearts" | Take Over the Moon | |
| Exo | "Non Stop" | Obsession | |
| Super Junior | "Super Clap" | Time_Slip | |
| 2020 | Iz*One | "Eyes" | Bloom*Iz |
| The Boyz | "Whiplash" | Chase | |
| SuperM | "So Long" | Super One | |
| "Step Up" | |||
| "Better Days" | |||
| Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi | "Diamond" | Monster | |
| NCT | "Dancing in the Rain" | NCT 2020 Resonance | |
| Monster X | "Gasoline" | Fatal Love | |
| 2021 | Baekhyun | "Disappeared" | Baekhyun |
| The Boyz | "Hush" | Breaking Dawn | |
| Exo | "No Matter" | Don't Fight the Feeling | |
| Red Velvet | "Better Be" | Queendom | |
| D.O. | "Si Fueras Mia" | Empathy | |
| "It’s Love" | |||
| MCND | "H.B.C" | The Earth: Secret Mission | |
| NCT 127 | "Breakfast" | Sticker | |
| 2022 | Viviz | "Lemonade" | Beam of Prism |
| "Siesta" | Summer Vibe | ||
| Taeyeon | "Some Nights" | INVU | |
| Red Velvet | "Feel My Rhythm" | The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm | |
| "Bamboleo" | |||
| Girls' Generation | "Seventeen" | Forever 1 | |
| SF9 | "Scream" | The Wave of9 | |
| ATBO | "The Way" | The Beginning: 始作 | |
| INI | "Dramatic" | Awakening | |
| NCT 127 | "Playback" | 2 Baddies | |
| 2023 | "DJ" | Ay-Yo | |
| Viviz | "Love or Die" | Various | |
| "Day by Day" | Versus | ||
| Octpath | "Hot Thoughts" | Showcase | |
| Got the Beat | "Mala" | Stamp on It | |
| Aespa | "'Til We Meet Again" | My World | |
| Shinee | "10X" | Hard | |
| El7z Up | "Cheeky" | 7+Up | |
| INI | "Tag" | Tag Me | |
| MCND | "Pop Star" | Odd-Venture | |
| "W.A.T.1" (English ver.) | |||
| Mave: | "Milkshake" | What's My Name | |
| 2024 | N.SSign | "Funk Jam" | Happy & |
| Little Glee Monster | "Wonder Lover" | Unlock! | |
| Zerobaseone | "Sunday Ride" | You Had Me at Hello | |
| Seventeen | "Maestro" | 17 Is Right Here | |
| "1 to 13" | Spill the Feels | ||
| TWS | "First Hooky" | Sparkling Blue | |
| INI | "I'm a Dreamer (From The First Take)" | Non-album single | |
| &Team | "Illumination" | Yukiakari | |
| "Maybe" | |||
| Rescene | "Pinball" | Scenedrome | |
| 2025 | "Mood" | Non-album single | |
| HxW | "96ers" | Beam | |
| Zerobaseone | "Star Eyes" | Never Say Never | |
| CxM | "Fiesta" | Hype Vibes |
References
- ^ abc"Andreas Öberg Interview". Soundgraphics (in Japanese). September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^Jeff Benjamin (28 May 2015). "SHINee Earn Second No. 1 on World Albums With 'Odd'". Billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^"global album chart". allkpop.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^"million seller". soompi.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^"Gevalias musikpris till jazzgitarristen Andreas Öberg - Kraft Foods". News.cision.com (in Swedish). 19 November 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^"What's Hot With Jazz Guitar: Andreas Oberg". Guitar Site. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^Gold, Jude (June 2011). "Andreas Oberg Harnesses the Hypnotic Harmonies of the Whole-Tone Scale". Guitar Player. 45 (7): 108.
External links
- Swedish male songwriters
- Swedish jazz guitarists
- Swedish male jazz musicians
- Swedish male guitarists
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Swedish expatriates in the United States
- Jazz educators
- 21st-century Swedish educators
- Gypsy jazz guitarists
- 21st-century Swedish guitarists
- Resonance Records artists
- Musicians from Stockholm