Federico Vindver

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Federico Vindver
Born (1982-08-18) 18 August 1982 (age 42)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Federico Vindver (born 18 August 1982) is an Argentine record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer based in Los Angeles, California.

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Vindver has produced along with Timbaland and worked with artists such as Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Coldplay, Yung Tory, Beto Cuevas, Tee Grizzley, Nathy Peluso, Meghan Trainor, Pablo Alborán, Brockhampton, Ludacris, The Blossom, New City and Wisin among others.

He has worked on records that have earned him Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, and he was named Top 5 producer and writer by Billboard.

Early life

Vindver was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a young man, he left the country during its financial crisis in 2002, visiting Spain and Mexico before receiving a full piano scholarship to the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Florida. While he studied jazz at college, he learned other musical genres elsewhere. He was playing in a practice room at UM when he was approached and asked if he would play in a local African-American church. There he learned about gospel, R&B and soul. He then became interested in technology and production.

"I was living in a practically destitute situation, because my parents couldn't help me financially and even though I had the full scholarship, I lived in a place where I didn't even have a bed," Vindver said. "At that time, an Argentine friend who lived in Miami gave me a computer that he didn't use, and there I downloaded cracked software to make music, and I started putting together the backing tracks for these gospel groups. As I did that, I started to like that a lot and I started to get more interested in producing, at first with the bands I played in." [1]

Music career

In 2008, while still in college, he briefly became keyboardist and show producer for Lauryn Hill. [2]

After graduation in 2008, Vindver met Ricky Martin’s musical director who connected him with Franco De Vita, and he worked with him as arranger and keyboardist. Then he co-wrote the song "Basta Ya" for Martin's Música + Alma + Sexo album, and toured to support it. [3] Vindver continued to tour, playing keyboards with Latin artists Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, then joined his wife to live in Los Angeles, California. At that time, he decided to focus full-time on production. In 2017, through manager/music executive Gary Marella, Vindver met Timbaland and both started working together. They made tracks for rock band Muse, pop vocalist Noah Cyrus, R&B singer Zayn.

In December 2018, Vindver and Timbaland were producing rap artist Saweetie [4] and Lil Mosey, [2] when Kanye West came to the studio. The next summer Vindver and West met again, and bonded over their mutual Christian faith. [5] His early experience playing gospel in Miami churches appealed to West, and they decided to work together on the latter's next album, Jesus Is King. [1]

In October 2019, Kanye West released Jesus is King, which featured 10 out of 11 songs produced by Vindver. Those 10 songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100. A month after the release of Jesus is King, four songs he co-wrote and produced appeared on the Coldplay album, Everyday Life. West's album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, while the Coldplay album entered the UK Album Chart at No. 1. Of the songs Vindver wrote on Everyday Life, two were released as singles and charted: "Orphans" went to No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Airplay chart, while "Everyday Life" hit No. 14 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. [6]

In the following years, Vindver wrote and produced for Pharrell Williams, Chance the Rapper, Armin Van Buuren, Tee Grizzley, [7] A$AP Ferg, [8] Brockhampton, [9] Missy Elliott, [2] Ant Clemons, [6] among others.

In 2020, Vindver released an online platform for producers called BeatClub, that permits them to sell their music online and network with other producers and artists. [10]

Vindver continued working with Timbaland, and that year the two producers joined Shucati, Rance, Angel Lόpez, and Sucuki, in working with Chance the Rapper on his track, "Found You", featuring Ludacris. [11]

In November 2020, Josh Groban’s album, Harmony, was produced by Bernie Herms, but Vindver produced an additional song for the project—"The Fullest (Feat. Kirk Franklin)." [12]

In 2021, Vindver co-wrote the single, "Higher Power" for Coldplay. The song was produced by Max Martin. [13] Also that year, he wrote and produced "We’re In This Together" for Justin Bieber's Freedom EP. [14] ‘

Throughout his career, Vindver maintained a foothold in the Latin community, producing and writing for artists Ricky Martin ("Basta Ya"), Pablo Alborán ("Hablemos de amor"), [15] C. Tangana ("Te Olvidaste feat. Omar Apollo"), [16] Lali ("Fascinada", [17] "Laligera"), [18] YEИDRY ("Ya"), [19] and many more.

Awards

AwardYearRecipient(s) and nominee(s)CategoryResultRef.
Grammy Awards 2021 Jesus Is King Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Won [20]
2022 Donda Album of the Year Nominated
2023 Music of the Spheres Album of the Year Nominated
Latin Grammy Awards 2021 El Madrileño Best Engineered Album Won [21]
2022 "El Día Que Estrenaste El Mundo" Best Alternative Song Won

Discography

[14] [22]

YearAristAlbumSingleLabelCredit
2011Ricky MartinMás Música + Alma + Sexo"Basta Ya"Sony LatinWriter
2013 Wisin El Regreso del Sobreviviente"Adrenalina" (featuring Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin)Sony LatinProducer
2014 Sensato On The Rise"Que Lo Que"Mr. 305 RecordsWriter
2015WisinLos Vaqueros La Trilogia"Que Se Siente El Deseo"Sony LatinProducer
PitbullDale"Que Lo Que" (Sensato featuring Pitbull, Papayo and El Chevo)Mr. 305 RecordsProducer
2016 Brian Cross Darkness to Light"Faces & Lighters"Sony EspañaProducer
Tyron HapiYour Fool"Your Fool"Hussie RecordingsProducer
CNCOPrimera Cita"Primera Cita"Sony LatinProducer
2017 Thomas Gold Dreamer"Dreamer"Amada Music B.V.Producer
Alx Veliz Higher"Higher"Universal Music CanadaProducer
Vintage Trouble Chapter II - EP II (Live)"Knock Me Out"McGee EntertainmentWriter, producer
New City "Dirty Secrets", "Coachella"Universal CanadaWriter, producer
2018 Mariah Carey Caution"8th Grade"EpicWriter
Muse Simulation Theory"Propaganda"Warner Music UKWriter, producer
Natalia Oreiro Mi Pobedim"Mi Pobedim"Warner Music ArgentinaWriter, producer
Noah CyrusTeam"Team" (A Timbaland Productions Remix)ColumbiaProducer
Los Unidades / Pharrell E-Lo"E-Lo" (featuring Jozzy)Parlophone RecordsProducer
Bruno MartiniYoungr (Remixes)"Youngr"AfterCluvWriter, producer
Little Mix LM5"More Than Words"SycoWriter
The InternetHive Mind"Come Over" (Timbaland Remix)ColumbiaProducer
2019Kanye WestJesus is King"Every Hour," "Selah", "Closed on Sunday," "On God", "Everything We Need," "Water," "God Is", "Hands On," "Use This Gospel," "Jesus is Lord"GOOD Music/Def JamWriter, producer
Coldplay Everyday Life"Orphans", "Everyday Life", "Champion of the World", "Church"Parlophone UKProducer
Missy Elliott Iconology"Why I Still Love You"Goldmind/AtlanticWriter, producer
Chance The Rapper The Big Day"Big Fish"IndependentProducer
SharleneViaje"Yo Pago Lo Mio"UMG LatinoWriter, producer
MayraVoices"Monster"AfterCluvWriter
Yung Tory Still Here"Lola", "Me & You", "Picture Me", "Said You Love Me"Mosley Music Group/Def JamWriter, producer
Carson LuedersLonely"Lonely"Mosley Music Group/Def JamWriter, producer
Fitz and the TantrumsAll the Feels"Ready Or Not"ElektraProducer
Beto Cuevas Colateral"Rosas En El Lodo", "La Señal", "Por Donde Vas", "La Mitad"Warner Music MexicoWriter, producer
For King & Country Burn The Ships"God Only Knows" (Timbaland Remix)Curb/WordWriter
Tee GrizzleyScriptures"God’s Warrior", "Sweet Things", "Million Dollar Foreign", "Locksmith", "Heroes", "More Than Friends", "Scriptures"300 EntertainmentWriter, producer
Dean Lewis A Place We Knew"Waves Remix’Universal AustraliaProducer
Lali Libra "Laligera"SonyWriter, producer
2020Josh GrobanHarmony"The Fullest" (featuring Kirk Franklin)Reprise RecordsProducer
Nathy Peluso Calambre"Sana Sana", "Trio", "Business Woman", "Delito"SonyProducer
SaweetieBack to the Streets"Back to the Streets" (featuring Jhené Aiko)WarnerWriter, producer
Meghan Trainor A Very Trainor Christmas"The Christmas Song", "Sleigh Ride", "My Only Wish"Epic RecordsProducer
Teyana Taylor The Album"Boomin"Def JamProducer
Don Diablo Kill Me Better"Kill Me Better"HexagonProducer
Ludacris (featuring Chance the Rapper)Found You"Found You"DTP RecordsProducer
Pablo AlboranVertigo"Hablemos de amor", "Corazon Descalzo", No esta en tus planes"Warner SpainProducer
Teyana TaylorThe Album"Boomin" (featuring Missy Elliott)Def JamWriter, producer
Lali Libra "Fascinada"SonyWriter, producer
Ludacris S.O.L.T. (Silence of the Lambs)"S.O.T.L." (featuring Lil Wayne)Disturbing Tha Peace RecordsProducer
A$AP FergFloor Seats"Hummer Limo"RCA RecordsWriter producer
2021 Trippie Redd Pegasus"Leaders"1400Writer, producer
C. TanganaEl Madrileno"Te Olvidaste" (featuring Omar Pello)SonyWriter, producer
BrockhamptonRoadrunner: New Light New Machine"The Light Pt. II", "I’ll Take You On" (featuring Charlie Wilson)SonyWriter, producer
The Blossom97 Blossom"Hardcore Happy" "Black Eye"Video StoreWriter, producer
Coldplay"Higher Power"ParlophoneProducer
Justin Bieber Freedom EP"We’re in This Together"Def JamProducer
YEИDRY"Ya"RCA/Sony LatinProducer, writer
Alicia Keys "Underdog Remix" (featuring Nicky Jam, Rauw Alejandro)SonyProducer
2022 Paulo Londra Back to the Game "Noche de Novela"Warner Music Latina/Asylum RecordsProducer
2023 Lauv Love U Like ThatUniversal Music GroupWriter, Producer
2024 Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was "Fuckin' Up the Disco", "No Angels", "Technicolor", "Infinity Sex", "Love & War", "What Lovers Do", "Paradise"RCA RecordsWriter, Co-producer

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