Lester Mendez






















Lester Mendez
Also known as
Lester
Genres
Pop, electropop, pop rock, electronica
Occupation(s)
Producer, songwriter
Instruments
Piano, keyboards, programming, guitar

Lester Mendez is a Grammy award winning record producer and songwriter. His production/writing credits include a multitude of successful hits with Shakira, Jewel, Nelly Furtado, Jessica Simpson, Enrique Iglesias, and others.


Starting out professionally as a session musician / programmer, he worked on a variety of music and genres, including hip-hop, freestyle, house music/garage, world music, latin pop, ect. Mendez's programming, arranging, and remixing credits include artists such as: Jimmy Page, David Byrne, Spice Girls, Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones, PM Dawn, Bee Gees, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Martika, Chris de Burgh, Johnny Mathis, Will Smith, Collective Soul, Angélique Kidjo, Byron Stingily, Exposé, Gloria Estefan, Regina Belle, Jaydee, Haddaway, Lonnie Gordon, the seminal freestyle band Will To Power, and many others.


His early production / songwriting career saw him working with Chris Blackwell's Island Records artists Grace Jones, Angélique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Dominican-born rapper Mangu (rapper) (fr), and others.


As his career continued to grow as a producer & songwriter, he went on to work with a number of artists, including: Carlos Santana, Jason Mraz, Josh Groban, Dido, Sia, Nelly Furtado, Shakira, Seal, Donna Summer, Anastacia, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Jem, Kerli, Oh land, Ladyhawke, Mike Posner, Sam Sparro, Mr Little Jeans, Adam Lambert, PlayRadioPlay!, Tarkan, Markus Feehily, Skylar Stecker, She Is We and others. Most recently, he launched his own musical project called Gemini Rising alongside collaborators Fiora (musician) and Tensnake.



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Artist
Song
Album
Producer
Co-Writer

Gemini Rising

Best Case Life
Gemini Rising-EP
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Sunrise Boulevard
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Stellaris
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Better Days
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Svala

Paper
Eurovision 2017
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Skylar Stecker

Everlasting
This is me
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Kerli

Feral Hearts

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Walking on Air

Love is Dead
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Hurt Me
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She is We

Blue
War
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Marcus Feehily

Find My Way

Fire
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Coco Morier

No Pressure
Dreamer
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Dreamer
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World on Fire
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No Stranger(To Love)
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Walking In Our Sleep
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All Cats Are Grey
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Blood Moon
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Dido

Stoned

Life For Rent

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Just Say Yes

Girl Who Got Away

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Santana


Corazón
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Cry Baby Cry Feat. Joss Stone & Sean Paul

All That I Am
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Brown Skin Girl Feat. Bo Bice
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I Am Somebody Feat. Will.I.AM
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Amore (Sexo) Feat. Macy Gray

Shaman
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Satellite Feat. Marc Anthony
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Why Don't You & I Feat. Chad Kroeger
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You Are My Kind Feat. Seal
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Shakira

Antes De Las Seis

Sale El Sol
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Lo Que Más
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Illegal feat. Carlos Santana

Oral Fixation, Vol.2
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Don’t Bother
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How Do You Do
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Dreams For Plans
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Your Embrace
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Costume For A Clown
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Timor
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La Tortura” feat Alejandro Sanz

Fijación Oral, Vol.1
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La Pared
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No
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Obtener Un Si
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Escondite Inglés
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Las de la Intuición
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Dia De Enero
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Lo Imprescindible
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Underneath Your Clothes

Laundry Service
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Objection (Tango)
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Rules
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Ready For The Good Times
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The One
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Fool
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Te Dejo Madrid
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Octavo Dia

Dónde Están los Ladrones?
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Ciega, Sordomuda
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Tu
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Moscas En La Casa
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Que Vuelvas
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Nelly Furtado

Más

Mi Plan
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Como Lluvia
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Silencio feat. Josh Groban
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Vacación
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Te Busque” feat. Juanes

Loose
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Undercover
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What I Wanted
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For Sure
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Enrique Iglesias

Quizás

Quizás
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Para Qué La Vida
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Josh Groban

Un Alma Mas” feat Arturo Sandoval

All That Echoes
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E Ti Prometerro feat Laura Pausini
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False Alarms

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Voce Existe Em Mi

Illuminations

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Sam Sparro

Return To Paradise

Return To Paradise
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Adam Lambert

Broken English

Trespassing
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Shady feat Nile Rodger & Sam Sparro
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PlayRadioPlay!

Loco Motion
Texas
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Madi
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Pirate & Princess
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See U Soon
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Tooth Decay
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Attendance
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Texas
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Jason Mraz

Mr.Curiosity
Mr.A-Z

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Madi Diaz

Ghost Rider
Phantom
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Jewel

Drive To You

Goodbye Alice In Wonderland

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0304
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Jessica Simpson

A Public Affair

A Public Affair
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Paulina Rubio

Algo De Ti

Causa y Efecto
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A Contra Luz
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Escaleras De Arena
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Rittz

Switch Lanes” feat Mike Posner

The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant
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Oh land

Helicopter

Oh land
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Ladyhawke

Human

Anxiety

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Mr Little Jeans

Back To You
Pocketknife
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Far From Home
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Anastacia

You’ll Be Fine

Heavy Rotation
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Naughty
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Same Song
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All Fall Down
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The Way I See It
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Wyclef Jean

Three Nights In Rio feat. Carlos Santana

The Preacher’s Son
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Mýa

Do You Only Want To Dance

Dirty Dancing : Havana Nights
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Sia

Everyday

We Are Born
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Jem

It’s Amazing

Down To Earth
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I Want You To
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I Always Knew
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On Top OF The World
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Once in Every Lifetime

Eragon
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Jeffree Star

Get Physical

Beauty Killer
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Gorgeous
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External links


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