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Swedish bassist, born November 9, 1973 in Botkyrka, Stockholm.

He also runs the Häpna record label together with Klas Augustsson since 1999.

He started playing the double and electric bass and underwent musical studies in Jönköping, Skurup and at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. After ending studies in 1998 he’s been working as a freelance musician with jazz, rock, improvised music and music for theatre.
He has worked with many notable musicians, including: Mats Gustafsson, Sten Sandell, Raymond Strid, Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata, Fredrik Ljungkvist, El Perro del Mar, Jonas Kullhammar, Mette Rasmussen, Goran Kajfes, Oren Ambarchi, Martin Küchen, Steve Noble, Andreas Werliin, Tenniscoats, Bill Wells, Stina Nordenstam and Jim O’Rourke and he has featured on more than 100 recordings.

He’s active in the groups Fire!, Fire! Orchestra, Tape, Angles 9, Nacka Forum, LSB, Arashi and Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra.
Berthling has also worked as a composer for film together with Andreas Söderström, working with swedish directors such as Anders Weidemann, Lisa Langseth, Amanda Adolfsson, Jonas Selberg Augustsén, Thomas Jackson and Axel Petersen and has been hired as a music producer by artists like Weeping Willows, Taxi Taxi, Idiot Kid, Little Children, Santa Maria, ASS, Tenniscoats and the Thing.

ALBUMS


Animes, David Stackenäs, Johan Berthling, Raymond Strid
Improvised Songs, 2003 poems from the book ”NOT ME” by Eilen Myles
2024, 17xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Raymond Strid Self-released)
Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
Ghosted II
2024
Johan Berthling
Björnhorn
2022
Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
Ghosted
2022
Johan Berthling / Martin Küchen / Steve Noble
Threnody, At The Gates
2017
Arashi (5) : Akira Sakata / Johan Berthling / Paal Nilssen-Love
Semikujira
2016, ,
Free Jazz
Pedro Sousa / Johan Berthling / Gabriel Ferrandini
Casa Futuro
2015, CD, Clean Feed
Martin Küchen, Johan Berthling, Steve Noble
Night In Europe
2015, CD, Album, NoBusiness Records
Oren Ambarchi & Johan Berthling
Tongue Tied
2015, LP, Album + CD, Album, Häpna, ,
Experimental
Akira Sakata / Johan Berthling / Paal Nilssen-Love, Arashi
Arashi
2014, ,
Free Jazz
Andreas Söderström & Johan Berthling
Hotell
2013, CD, Album, Kning Disk
Andreas Söderström & Johan Berthling
30° I Februari
2012, CD, Album, Ltd, Kning Disk, ,
Luk Thung/Soundtrack/Nordic/Folk
Kajfes*, Söderberg*, Berthling*, Österberg*
The Well Original Soundtrack
2005
Oren Ambarchi & Johan Berthling
My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights
2003, CD, Album, Häpna, ,
Drone/Minimal/Experimental
Johan Berthling, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Sten Sandell
Johan Berthling, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Sten Sandell
2000, CD, Album, LJ Records (2), LJ Records (2)
Freddie Wadling, Gunilla Johansson, Erik Gullbransson, Torkel Petersson, Stefan Sporsén, Staffan Sörenson, Johan Berthling
Spillror.Skärvor.Bilder.Trådar.Namn.Datum.Platser.Koder.
1998, CD, Single, Knösebocken,
Yokada
Stillness & Sirens
2018, CD, Album, Disorder (4)
The Thing
Again
2018
Anna Ternheim
All The Way To Rio
2017
Angles 9
Disappeared Behind The Sun
2017
Mats Gustafsson
This Is From The Mouth
2016
The Thing
Shake
2015, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
Weeping Willows
The Time Has Come
2014,
Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Little Children
Falling
2013, File, MP3, EP, Declared Goods
Ass
4
2013, ,
Folk
Weeping Willows
(We're In) Different Places
2013, ,
Country Rock/Soft Rock
Time Is A Mountain
Time Is A Mountain
2013
Little Children
In Hau
2013
Tenniscoats
Papa's Ear
2012
Little Children
In Silence
2010
Ass
Salt Marsh
2010
Tetuzi Akiyama, Gul 3
Nero's Expedition
2009, LP, Ltd, Num, Monotype Records
Taxi Taxi!
Step Out Into The Light
2009, 3xFile, FLAC, EP, Rumraket
Taxi Taxi!
Still Standing At Your Back Door
2009
Folke
Ordinary Extraordinary
2009
Matti Bye
Drömt
2008, CD, Album, Rotor Records (3)
Folke
Folke
2008, CD, Album, Finest Quality Recordings, ,
Indie Rock/Folk Rock
Idiot Kid
Darkness In Our House
2007, CD, Album, Slottet (2)
Santa Maria
Santa Maria
2007, CD, Album, Slottet (2)
Tenniscoats
Tan-Tan Therapy
2007
Various
Small Melodies
2005, CD, Comp, Spekk
Tape
Operette (Opera Remixes)
2004, CD, Cubicfabric
Sten Sandell Trio
Standing Wave
2001, CD, Album, Sofa, ,
Free Improvisation
El Rojo Adios
El Rojo Adios
2012
Fire!
(Without Noticing)
2013, ,
Free Jazz
Nacka Forum
Fee Fi Fo Rum
2012, CD, Album, Moserobie Music Production
Fire!
You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago
2009
Firehouse
Live At Glenn Miller Café
2004, CD, Album, Ayler Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Tape
Preludes
2025, 10", EP, Feral Child Records
Nacka Forum
Peaceful Piano
2024, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Fire!
Testament
2024
Tape
Refrains
2023, 10", EP, Feral Child Records
Fire! Orchestra
Echoes
2023
Angles
A Muted Reality
2022, CD, Album, Clean Feed
The Sounds Of VÖ
2022, 2xCD, Album, thanatosis produktion
Fire!
Defeat
2021
Tropiques
Into The Wild
2019, CD, Album, Headspin Recordings
Arashi
Jikan
2019, CD, Album, PNL
Angles 9
Beyond Us
2019, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Threnody
A Paradigm Of Suspicion
2019, CD, Album, Trost Records
Nacka Forum
Så Stopper Festen
2019, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Fire! Orchestra
Arrival
2019, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Fire!
The Hands
2018, ,
Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock
Arashi
Trost Live Series
2017, CD, Ltd, Trost Records
Tropiques
Enso
2017, CD, Album, Headspin Recordings
Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra
The Reason Why Vol. 3
2017, ,
Fusion
Angles 9
Equality & Death / Pacemaker
2016, 7", Ltd, Omlott
Fire! Orchestra
Ritual
2016, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Fire!
She Sleeps, She Sleeps
2016, Vinyl, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Nacka Forum
We Are The World
2016, ,
Free Jazz
Time Is A Mountain
II
2015, LP, Album, Num + CD, Album, Repeat Until Death, ,
Jazz-Rock
Fire! Orchestra
Second Exit
2014, LP, Album, Ltd, Rune Grammofon, ,
Free Jazz
Fire! Orchestra
Enter
2014, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra
The Reason Why Vol. 2
2014, CD, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Gypsy Jazz
Boots Brown
Dashes To Dashes
2014
Tape
Casino
2014, ,
Experimental/Minimal/Ambient
Angles 9
Injuries
2014
Pipeline
Pipeline
2013, CD, Album, Corbett vs. Dempsey
Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra
The Reason Why Vol. 1
2013
Fire! Orchestra
Exit!
2013, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Angles 9
In Our Midst
2013, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Angles 8
By Way Of Deception (Live In Ljubljana)
2012, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Tape
Revelationes
2011, ,
Leftfield/Post Rock
Angles
Epileptical West (Live In Coimbra)
2010, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
The Godforgottens
Never Forgotten, Always Remembered
2009, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Sten Sandell Trio
Face Of Tokyo
2009, CD, Album, PNL
The Tiny
Gravity & Grace
2009, CD, Album, DetErMine Records, The Tiny Music,
Ethereal
Angles
Every Woman Is A Tree
2008, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Tape
Luminarium
2008, ,
Leftfield/Acoustic/Field Recording/Folk
Sten Sandell Trio
Oval
2007, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Boots Brown
Boots Brown
2007, CD, Album, Slottet (2)
The Tiny
Starring; Someone Like You
2006, CD, ,
Indie Rock/Vocal/Art Rock/Ethereal/Acoustic/Ballad
Tape
Rideau
2005, ,
Leftfield/Acoustic/Folk
Nacka Forum
Leve Nacka Forum!
2005
Sten Sandell Trio
Flat Iron
2004, CD, Album, Sofa, ,
Free Improvisation
Vega
Sole Love
2004, CD, Album, A West Side Fabrication
The Tiny
Close Enough
2004,
Folk Rock/Vocal
LSB
Fungus
2003, CD, Album, Moserobie Music Production
Tape
Milieu
2003, ,
Leftfield/Acoustic/Field Recording/Folk
Nacka Forum
Nacka Forum
2002, CD, Album, Moserobie Music Production
Christer Bothén Acoustic Ensemble
7 Pieces
2002, CD, Album, LJ Records (2)
Tape
Opera
2002
Vega
What This Record Fails To Do
2001, 7", EP, Grace Recordings,
LSB
Walk, Stop, Look And Walk. (Live)
2000, CD, Album, Crazy Wisdom, Universal

APPEARANCES +


Angles + Elle-Kari*
The Death Of Kalypso
2024, ,
Opera/Avant-garde Jazz/Dark Jazz/Free Improvisation
Goran Kajfeš*, Tropiques
Tell Us
2024
Arashi (5) With Takeo Moriyama
Tokuzo
2024, ,
Free Jazz
Angles & Elle-Kari*
Kalypso Hypnos Drone
2023, CDr, Album, thanatosis produktion
La La Lars
La La Lars IV
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, <1000, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Fire!, Stephen O'Malley, David Sandström
Requiēs
2022, 12", S/Sided, EP, Ltd, Num, W/Lbl, Rune Grammofon, ,
Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Dark Jazz/Dark Ambient/Drone
Oren Ambarchi
Shebang
2022
Gabriele Mitelli, John Edwards, Mark Sanders
Three Tsuru Origami
2022
Eric Malmberg
Milda Döden Hämtar Oss Alla Till Slut
2021, 7", We Jazz
La La Lars
La La Lars III
2021, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, <1000
Oren Ambarchi
Live Hubris
2021
Andreas Söderström
Musiken Från Sveriges Radios Dramatisering Av Bröderna Lejonhjärta
2020, LP, Album, Flora & Fauna
La La Lars
La La Lars II
2019, LP, Album, Headspin Recordings
Angles 10 / Angles 9
Today Is Better Than Tomorrow
2019, LP, Album, Underflow Records
Nicolai Dunger
Raison D'etre
2018, LP, Album, Kning Disk
Anna Ternheim
The Winter Tapes
2018, Vinyl Yellow, ,
Indie Pop
Star Family
Star Family
2017, LP, Album, Rootsy, ,
Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock/Folk Rock
La La Lars
La La Lars
2017, LP, Album, Headspin Recordings, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Mariam The Believer
Love Everything
2017, Vinyl, ,
Avantgarde/Art Rock/Contemporary Jazz
Mats Gustafsson And Friends
MG 50 – Peace & Fire
2016, Box + 4xCD, Trost Records
Toni Holgersson
Nordic Noir
2016, CD, Album, Dig, Amigo
Alf Håkan Åkesson*
Andra Sidan Gatan
2016, CD, Album, Toomanynotes, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Alternative Rock/Spoken Word
Tenniscoats
Music Exists Disc 3
2016
El Perro Del Mar
KoKoro
2016
The Thing
Shake
2015
Nacka Forum Futuring Akira Sakata
Live In Tokyo
2014, LP, Album, Moserobie Music Production, ,
Free Jazz
Rutger Zuydervelt
Stay Tuned
2014, CD, ,
Modern
The Ex & Brass Unbound
Enormous Door
2013, ,
Experimental/Alternative Rock/Avantgarde
Various
La Grande Bellezza (Colonna Sonora Originale)
2013
Various
Rune Grammofon 2012 Preview
2012, CD, Comp, Promo, Rune Grammofon
Toni Holgersson
Sentimentalsjukhuset
2012, CD, Album, Amigo
Tomas Andersson Wij
Romantiken
2012
Fire! With Oren Ambarchi
In The Mouth - A Hand
2012, ,
Free Jazz/Noise/Psychedelic Rock
Fire! With Jim O' Rourke*
Released!
2011, 10", EP, Ltd, Num, Rune Grammofon
Andreas Mattsson
Kick Death's Ass
2011, CD, Album, Razzia,
Hans Appelqvist
Sjunga Slutet Nu
2011
Fire! With Jim O' Rourke*
Unreleased?
2011, ,
Jazz-Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation
Sonja Åkesson
Sonja Åkesson Tolkad Av
2010, CD, Ltd, Playground Music Scandinavia, ,
Folk/Spoken Word/Poetry/Political
Irma*
Blank Is (Sånger Av Joni Mitchell)
2010, CD, Album, Capitol Records,
Tape & Bill Wells
Fugue
2010, ,
Leftfield
Toni Holgersson
Ibland Kallar Jag Det Kärlek
2010
Balroynigress
Dress The Ship In Black
2010
Goran Kajfeš*
X/Y
2010
Various
Runeology 4
2009, CD, Comp, Smplr, Rune Grammofon, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental/Avantgarde
David Åhlén
We Sprout In Thy Soil
2009, CD, Album, Compunctio, ,
Acoustic/Ballad
Tore Berger
I Huset Långt På Landet
2009, CD, Album, Brus & Knaster, ,
Folk
Moneybrother
Real Control
2009
Nicolai Dunger
Nicollide And The Carmic Retribution
2008, CD, Album, Capitol Records,
Various
Majas Trädgårdsvisor - Lena Anderson Har Valt 24 "Evergreens"
2008, CD, Album, Comp, Gammafon
Koen Holtkamp
Field Rituals
2008
Hello Saferide
More Modern Short Stories From Hello Saferide
2008
Tenniscoats & Secai
Tenniscoats & Secai
2008
Sten Sandell Trio + John Butcher
Strokes
2007, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Improvisation
Tape & Minamo
Birds Of A Feather
2007, CD, Album, ex-po, Headz
Nicolai Dunger
Rösten Och Herren
2007, CD, Album, V2
Eric Oscarsson And The Perspectives
Free The Jazz
2007, CD, Album, Pap, Free The Jazz Discs
Various
Poem Ballader Och Lite Blues - Återbesöket
2007, 2x CD, ,
Ballad/Pop Rock/Poetry
Eldkvarn
Svart Blogg
2007, CD, ,
Pop Rock/Alternative Rock
Eric Malmberg
Verklighet & Beat
2007
Nicolai Dunger
Nicolai Dunger Sjunger Edith Södergran
2006, CD, Album, Copy Prot., EMI, ,
Pop Rock/Ballad
The Front Room Ensemble
Fylkingen Lightbox
2006, CDr, Album, Flying Aspidistra, ,
Free Improvisation
Matti Bye
Gösta Berlings Saga
2006, CD, Rotor Records (3)
Ed Harcourt
The Beautiful Lie
2006
Ed Harcourt
Visit From The Dead Dog
2006
Various
Barnens Älsklingar - Tipp Tipp Tapp
2006, ,
Audiobook/Holiday/Story/Nursery Rhymes
Toshiya Tsunoda
Ridge Of Undulation
2005, CD, Album, Häpna
Various
Manifest! Sveriges Oberoende Musikpris
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Fritz's Corner, SOM (4), Fritz's Corner, SOM (4), ,
Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Afro-Cuban Jazz/House/Broken Beat/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz/Glitch/Roots Reggae/Future Jazz/Acoustic/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Minimal
Various
Dubbeltrubbel
2005, 2xCD, Album, Copy Prot., Capitol Records, ,
Acoustic/Vocal
Jan Jelinek
Kosmischer Pitch
2005
The Concretes
Layourbattleaxedown
2005, ,
Indie Rock
No Artist
The Well Original Soundtrack
2005
Stephan Mathieu
On Tape
2004, CD, Häpna
Pita
Get Off
2004, CD, Album, Häpna, ,
Glitch/Noise/Experimental
Various
Moserobie Jazz Manifesto
2004, Box, Ltd, Num + 6xCD, Album, Moserobie Music Production
Stina Nordenstam
The World Is Saved
2004, ,
Leftfield/Future Jazz
Heikki
Heikki 2
2004
The Concretes
Lady December
2004
The Concretes
Warm Night
2004, ,
Indie Rock
Various
Macao Cafe - Balearic Lounge Collection Vol. 4
2004
Goran Kajfeš*
Headspin
2004
Nicolai Dunger
The Vinyl Trilogy
2004, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Blues Rock
Hans Appelqvist
Att Möta Verkligheten
2003, CD, Mini, Häpna, ,
Leftfield/Downtempo/Experimental
Ronnie Sundin
Morphei
2002, CD, Häpna
Nicolai Dunger
Sweat Her Kiss
2002, LP, Album, Hot Stuff
Sagor & Swing
Melodier Och Fåglar
2002
Andreas Berthling
Tiny Little White Ones (Like Handfuls Of Salt)
2001, CD, Album, Mitek, ,
Abstract/Electro/Minimal
Sagor & Swing
Orgelfärger
2001, CD, Album, Häpna
Pillow
Three Henries
2001, CD, Album, Häpna, ,
Experimental
Sheriff
Sheriff
2001, CD, Album, Häpna
Various
All Songs Are Sad Songs
2001, CD, Comp, Make It Happen
Various
European Improvised Music
2001, CD, Promo, Smplr, NORCD, ,
Free Improvisation
Nicolai Dunger
A Dress Book
2001, LP, Album, Hot Stuff, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Blues Rock
David Stackenäs
The Guitar
2000, CD, Album, Häpna
Rüdiger Carl & Sven-Åke Johansson
Djungelmusik Med Sång
2000, CD, Album, Häpna, ,
Free Improvisation
Nicolai Dunger
Blind Blemished Blues
2000, LP, Album, Hot Stuff,
Various
Sounds 99
1999, 3xCD, Blue Tower Records
Steinbrüchel*
Secret Thirteen Mix 066
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, ,
Ambient/Glitch/Minimal
Various
Kning Disk 2005-2012
2013, 4xCD, Comp, Kning Disk, ,
Ambient/Contemporary/Drone/Experimental/Minimal/Modern Classical
Anna Ternheim
The Winter Tapes
2018, CDr, Album, Promo, Unofficial, Pap, Universal Music, ,
Indie Pop
Jan Jelinek
Kosmischer Pitch
2005