Eivan "Ricco" Bj

Eivan Bjornstad (born May 6, 1976), is a record co-producer and Executive producer. Eivan "Ricco" Bj has been involved in albums and singles for a number of artists from the millennium to the present day. He has been contributing Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins with beats during his work with the album "Human" of Brandy. He is at present involved with the Stargate team and the new recordings of Amerie, Madcon and Pussycat Dolls. There is also expected an involvement in the next album of Mariah Carey not yet confirmed by her management.

Formative years

Eivan "Ricco" Bj started playing the piano and violin when he was 8 years old on the Norwegian highland. He was a listener to all kinds of music. After 3 years of violin lessons, he chose the piano and after 5 years of piano lessons, he could play the last part of moonlight sonata which was his goal in the beginning. Then he started to explore his improvisation and composing without any teacher. He liked most genres both listening and composing and his hobby would soon mean a greater influence to him. After college, he moved to Oslo, the capitol of Norway. The digitalization of the industry made him buy his own studio exploring at his room in Oslo I 1995. He continued exploring with new and bether equipment through the nineties. In 1999 he moved to London getting more serious and startet Eutopia studios along with tree other guys. Working with all kinds of projects this was a period making lots of connections and showing of. In 2000, he started traveling to South Africas BOP Recording Studios since the management headhunted him to execute a few productions. This started a lot of opportunities to work with people around the world. After millennium, he has been working in South Africa (Bop), Bahamas (Compass Point), Singapore, Thailand, France, London and Oslo with involvement in various productions and as an executive producer. The last few years he has been involved with Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels and now at last Stargate.