Lester Mendez

Lester Mendez
Also known as	Lester
Genres	Pop, electropop, pop rock, electronica
Occupation(s)	Producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	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), 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.

Discography

Artist	Song	Album	Producer	Co-Writer
Gemini Rising	Best Case Life	Gemini Rising-EP	×	×
	Sunrise Boulevard		×	×
	Stellaris		×	×
	Better Days		×	×
Svala	Paper	Eurovision 2017	×	×
Skylar Stecker	Everlasting	This is me	×	×
Kerli	Feral Hearts		×	×
	Walking on Air	Love is Dead	×	×
	Hurt Me		×	×
She is We	Blue	War	×	×
Marcus Feehily	Find My Way	Fire	×	×
Coco Morier	No Pressure	Dreamer	×	×
	Dreamer		×	×
	World on Fire		×	×
	No Stranger(To Love)		×	×
	Walking In Our Sleep		×	×
	All Cats Are Grey		×	×
	Blood Moon		×	×
Dido	Stoned	Life For Rent		×
	Just Say Yes	Girl Who Got Away		×
Santana		Corazón	×
	Cry Baby Cry Feat. Joss Stone & Sean Paul	All That I Am	×	×
	Brown Skin Girl Feat. Bo Bice		×
	I Am Somebody Feat. Will.I.AM		×
	Amore (Sexo) Feat. Macy Gray	Shaman	×	×
	Satellite Feat. Marc Anthony		×	×
	Why Don't You & I Feat. Chad Kroeger		×
	You Are My Kind Feat. Seal		×
Shakira	Antes De Las Seis	Sale El Sol	×	×
	Lo Que Más		×
	Illegal feat. Carlos Santana	Oral Fixation, Vol.2	×	×
	Don’t Bother		×
	How Do You Do		×
	Dreams For Plans		×
	Your Embrace		×
	Costume For A Clown		×
	Timor		×
	La Tortura” feat Alejandro Sanz	Fijación Oral, Vol.1	×
	La Pared		×	×
	No		×	×
	Obtener Un Si		×	×
	Escondite Inglés		×
	Las de la Intuición		×
	Dia De Enero		×
	Lo Imprescindible		×
	Underneath Your Clothes	Laundry Service	×	×
	Objection (Tango)		×	×
	Rules		×	×
	Ready For The Good Times		×	×
	The One		×
	Fool		×
	Te Dejo Madrid		×
	Octavo Dia	Dónde Están los Ladrones?	×	×
	Ciega, Sordomuda		×
	Tu		×
	Moscas En La Casa		×
	Que Vuelvas		×
Nelly Furtado	Más	Mi Plan	×	×
	Como Lluvia		×	×
	Silencio feat. Josh Groban		×	×
	Vacación		×	×
	Te Busque” feat. Juanes	Loose	×	×
	Undercover		×	×
	What I Wanted		×	×
	For Sure		×	×
Enrique Iglesias	Quizás	Quizás	×	×
	Para Qué La Vida		×	×
Josh Groban	Un Alma Mas” feat Arturo Sandoval	All That Echoes	×	×
	E Ti Prometerro feat Laura Pausini		×	×
	False Alarms			×
	Voce Existe Em Mi	Illuminations		×
Sam Sparro	Return To Paradise	Return To Paradise	×	×
Adam Lambert	Broken English	Trespassing	×	×
	Shady feat Nile Rodger & Sam Sparro		×	×
PlayRadioPlay!	Loco Motion	Texas	×
	Madi		×
	Pirate & Princess		×
	See U Soon		×
	Tooth Decay		×
	Attendance		×
	Texas		×
Jason Mraz	Mr.Curiosity	Mr.A-Z		×
Madi Diaz	Ghost Rider	Phantom	×	×
Jewel	Drive To You	Goodbye Alice In Wonderland		×
		0304	×	×
Jessica Simpson	A Public Affair	A Public Affair	×	×
Paulina Rubio	Algo De Ti	Causa y Efecto	×	×
	A Contra Luz		×	×
	Escaleras De Arena		×	×
Rittz	Switch Lanes” feat Mike Posner	The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant	×	×
Oh land	Helicopter	Oh land	×	×
Ladyhawke	Human	Anxiety		×
Mr Little Jeans	Back To You	Pocketknife	×	×
	Far From Home		×	×
Anastacia	You’ll Be Fine	Heavy Rotation	×	×
	Naughty		×	×
	Same Song		×
	All Fall Down		×
	The Way I See It		×
Wyclef Jean	Three Nights In Rio feat. Carlos Santana	The Preacher’s Son	×
Mýa	Do You Only Want To Dance	Dirty Dancing : Havana Nights	×	×
Sia	Everyday	We Are Born	×	×
Jem	It’s Amazing	Down To Earth	×	×
	I Want You To		×	×
	I Always Knew		×	×
	On Top OF The World		×	×
	Once in Every Lifetime	Eragon	×	×
Jeffree Star	Get Physical	Beauty Killer	×	×
	Gorgeous		×	×

External links

• EMI Music Publishing