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Justin Meldal-Johnsen

Justin Meldal-Johnsen is credited on 1,521 releases across 225 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1990–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,521

Pressings credited

225

Albums

4

Decades active

797

In collections

Biography

Justin Meldal-Johnsen (born March 26, 1970) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter and musical director. He is best known for his work with artists such as Beck, Nine Inch Nails, M83, Air, St. Vincent, Wolf Alice, and Deafheaven. Meldal-Johnsen served as the touring bassist, guitarist, and keyboardist for Nine Inch Nails in 2008 and 2009, and was Beck's bassist and musical director from 1996 until mid-2016. In 2021, he began work as a bassist, keyboardist and musical director for St. Vincent, and in 2023 resumed occasional touring with Beck. Other artists Meldal-Johnsen has worked with include Garbage, The Mars Volta, Frank Ocean, Dixie Chicks, Tori Amos, Charlotte Martin, Dido, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Goldfrapp, Blood Orange, Pete Yorn, Turin Brakes, Marianne Faithfull and Ladytron. As a producer, Meldal-Johnsen has worked with M83, Paramore, Metric, Tegan and Sara, Deafheaven, Poppy, Jimmy Eat World, The Naked and Famous, School of Seven Bells, Neon Trees, Young the Giant, Ken Andrews, Division Day, and more.

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Credited work

1,521 releases · 225 albums · active 1990–2026

  • Performance · 5,710
  • Other credits · 1,142
  • Production · 367
  • Engineering · 216

Studios: Sunset Sound · Chez JMJ · Ocean Way Recording · Capitol Studios

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