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Gus Oberg is a Swedish
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and recording engineer. He is best known as the longtime engineer and a producer of American rock band
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, for whom he has worked since 2009. Oberg is also a close collaborator of Strokes guitarist
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and has worked on every one of his solo records. Since the late 2000s, Oberg has produced numerous indie rock albums and has often worked with Hammond Jr. or Johnny T Yerington as a producing partner. Oberg was awarded a
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in 2006 for his engineering work.


Career

Oberg moved from his native Sweden to New York City in 1997 to pursue audio engineering. His career took off in the early 2000s as an engineer at New York's Loho Studio. By the time the recording studio closed in 2007, Oberg had become chief engineer and studio manager, and had worked on records including Moby's ''Hotel'' (2005),
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's ''
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'' (2006), and
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' ''
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'', for which he was awarded the 2006
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for his work as engineer. During this period, Oberg also met Strokes' guitarist
Albert Hammond Jr. Albert Hammond Jr. (''born'' Hammond III; born April 9, 1980) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his role as rhythm and lead guitarist, as well as occasional keyboard player and backing vocalist ...
who, in 2005, was working on his debut solo record. The two quickly developed a strong creative relationship. Oberg engineered and produced Hammond Jr.'s records '' Yours To Keep'' and '' ¿Cómo Te Llama?'', released in 2006 and 2008, respectively. The two later developed Hammond Jr.'s One Way Studios together, located in
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. Following this early work with Hammond Jr., Oberg began recording sessions for The Strokes in January 2009 for what would become their 2011 album ''
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''. The Strokes had already written and demoed these songs, and Oberg recorded them at Avatar Studios with producer
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co-engineering. After a few months and eighteen songs, the band decided to rerecord a majority of the tracks exclusively with Oberg at Electric Lady and One Way studios. He ultimately co-produced and engineered most of the tracks on ''Angles''. In mid-2012, he produced and recorded sessions at Electric Lady and One Way studios for their 2013 album ''
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''. Oberg also mixed the entire record. Following this album, Oberg produced and recorded Hammond Jr.'s EP '' AHJ'', which was also released in 2013. In 2014, Oberg worked side by side with Hammond Jr. to produce his 2015 album ''
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'' as well as other artists' albums. Also in 2015, Oberg went back into the studio with The Strokes to produce their EP ''
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''. Released in 2016, Oberg produced and mixed the record in New York and
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. Following this, Oberg continued to work on Strokes-related projects. In 2016, Oberg mixed the debut album from Strokes bassist
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's project Summer Moon. He also engineered some of the tracks on the debut album '' New Skin'' by CRX, a group fronted by guitarist
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. The following year, Oberg went to work producing Hammond Jr.'s 2018 follow-up record ''
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'', which he also mixed. During this period, Oberg recorded demos for what would be The Strokes' 2020 album ''
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''. Throughout the 2010s, Oberg also produced a series of other albums by indie rock, punk rock, and post-punk revival bands. His earliest production credits outside of his work with Hammond Jr. include the 2011 albums '' Different Times'' by Five O'Clock Heroes and ''Mirrors'' by U.S. Royalty. He formed a creative partnership with musician Johnny T Yerington (
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,
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), producing the 2013 EP ''7 Minutes In Heaven'' by Yerington's project Pornography with Adams. That year, Oberg and Yerington produced
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' final album ''
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'' together and later produced songs for its spin-off band Public Access T.V. and the solo debut of lead singer Donald Cumming. They also produced
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' self-titled debut album and the 2017 album ''Primary Colors'' by singer-songwriter Kelsey Kerrigan. In 2014, Oberg produced albums for bands Walking Shapes, Loose Buttons, and Rathborne, the latter with Hammond Jr. Together, they also produced the 2015 album ''
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. In 2019, he was helping Hammond Jr. produce song for
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. As an engineer, he has also worked with artists like
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and The Postelles (again, with Hammond Jr.). Formerly based in New York City, Oberg now lives and works out of Austin, Texas.


Discography

Studio album discography Selected credits


References

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