Frans Joakim "Jocke" Åhlund (born 9 August 1970 in

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, Sweden) is a Swedish musician, producer and music video director. He is the lead guitarist and lead singer of the band Caesars, and a member of the bands Teddybears, Smile and Les Big Byrd. Joakim Åhlund is older brother to musician and Teddybears member

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, film producer Johannes Åhlund and illustrator Anna Åhlund. He was raised in

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in Stockholm.

Producer and songwriter

Aside from his artist career, Åhlund is also a songwriter and music producer. He has written and produced a number of international artists, such as

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(her UK #1 song " I Don't Care"),

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and Petite Meller (whose debut album he produced). Other collaborations include Sia,

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and songwriters

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and

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. He also produced the two albums ''

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'' and ''

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'' by Swedish artist

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. He collaborated with

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on her 2014 debut solo album

, co-writing two of the songs with Hynde, playing guitar, producing, and providing background vocals. Åhlund has also directed the music videos of "I'll Be Gone" and "When We Were Winning" by

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, "New Noise" by

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and "Black Mask" by

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. He is also one of the co-founders of artist collective and record label

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, with among others

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, Peter Bjorn & John, Christian Kalsson and

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. In 2014, Åhlund collaborated with Black Market Karma on two tracks ''Heady Ideas'' and ''War In The Streets'' which was released as an LP in 2023, ''

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''.

References

1970 births Living people Musicians from Stockholm Swedish male musicians Swedish record producers Teddybears (band) members {{Sweden-musician-stub