Jr Blender
{{Short description|German songwriter and procuer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Philip Meckseper
| origin = Hamburg, Germany
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| genre = {{hlist|Reggae|dancehall|pop|hip hop|moombahton|EDM|electropop}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Record producer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 2009–present
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| associated_acts = {{hlist|Diplo|Major Lazer|LSD|Silk City|Damian Marley|King Henry|Fuse ODG|Chronixx|Sia|Labrinth|Stargate|Damian Marley|Mark Ronson|Ty Dolla Sign|Wizkid|Stylo G|Camila Cabello|Travis Scott|Sean Paul}}
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Philip Meckseper, known professionally as Jr Blender (sometimes stylised as Jr. Blender or Junior Blender), is a German record producer and songwriter from Hamburg.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jr-blender-the-producers/pl.77f698bcacb044f3963f9c898797c630|title=Behind the Boards: Jr Blender by Apple Music Reggae|website=Apple Music|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-28}}
He is notable for his collaborations with American dance music group Major Lazer. His credits include the singles Lean On (with DJ Snake and MØ), Cold Water (with Justin Bieber and MØ), Run Up (with Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor), Light It Up (with Nyla and Fuse ODG) and All My Love (with Ariana Grande and Machel Montano).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7616664/dancehall-charts-producers|title=Meet the Producers Who Brought Dancehall Back to the Charts In 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-07-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/writer/607297535/MECKSEPER%20PHILIP|title=ACE Repertory|last=ACE|website=www.ascap.com|access-date=2018-07-28}}
Meckseper started his career as a member of the German sound clash group Supersonic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.supersonic-sound.de/index.php/about-us|title=About Us|last=Uzzla|website=www.supersonic-sound.de|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-07-28}} He came to the attention of Diplo during this time, thanks to remixes of tracks by Rihanna and Bruno Mars.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/348d9656-7db6-4efc-92c9-69615bd580d8|title=Jr Blender - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-07-28}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7616664/dancehall-charts-producers|title=Meet the Producers Who Brought Dancehall Back to the Charts In 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-07-28}}
In addition to his pop music credentials, Meckseper has a history of collaborating with reggae and dancehall artists; acting either as a writer or producer, or both. To date, his reggae and dancehall credits include songs by Damian Marley, Sean Paul, Protoje, Chronixx, Gyptian, Lutan Fyah, Romain Virgo, Stylo G, Burro Banton, Exco Levi, Christopher Martin, Jah Vinci, Perfect Giddimani, Tony Rebel, Beenie Man and Luciano.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/writer/499079785/MECKSEPER%20PHILIP|title=ACE Repertory|last=ACE|website=www.ascap.com|access-date=2018-07-28}}
In 2019, Meckseper won a Grammy award for "Best Dance Recording" for the Silk City & Dua Lipa Song "Electricity".{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/Jr--Blender/37079|title=Jr Blender|website=grammy.com|language=en-US|access-date=2025-05-30}}
Songwriting and production credits
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| Title ! scope="col" style="width:160px;" |Year ! scope="col" |Artist(s) ! scope="col" |Album ! scope="col" style="width:180px;" |Credits ! scope="col" |Written with ! scope="col" |Produced with |
scope="row"| "Smile Jamaica"
| 2013 | Chronixx, Silly Walks Discoteque | Smile Jamaica | Producer | - | rowspan="2" | - |
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scope="row" | "Lean On" {{small|(featuring MØ)}} | rowspan="8" |2015 | rowspan="7" |Peace Is the Mission |Co-writer |Thomas Pentz, Marie Ørsted, William Grigahcine, Steve Guess |
scope="row" | "Light It Up Remix" {{small|(featuring Nyla & Fuse ODG)}}
| rowspan="2" |Major Lazer | rowspan="7" | Co-writer/Producer |Thomas Pentz, Nailah Thorbourne, Nana Abiona, Sydney Swift, T-Baby, David Malcolm |
scope="row" | "Thunder and Lightning" {{small|(featuring Gent & Jawns)}}
|Thomas Pentz, Long Phung, William Bennet, Clifton Gibbs, Coxsone Dodd |Diplo, Gent & Jawns |
scope="row" | "Boom" {{small|(featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Wizkid and Kranium)}}
|Thomas Pentz, Timo Romme, Kemar Donaldson, Tyrone Griffin Jr., Ayodeji Balogun |
scope="row" | "Wave" {{small|(featuring Kali Uchis)}}
| rowspan="4" |Major Lazer |Thomas Pentz, Karly-Marina Loaiza, Victor Axelrod |
scope="row" | "All My Love Remix" {{small|(featuring Ariana Grande and Machel Montano)}}
|Thomas Pentz, Karen Marie Ørsted, Boaz de Jong, Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Ariana Grande, Machel Montano, Gamal Doyle |
scope="row" | "Blaze Up the Fire" {{small|(featuring Chronixx)}}
|Jamar McNaughton, Thomas Pentz, Leighton Walsh | |
scope="row" | "Cold Water" {{small|(featuring Justin Bieber & MØ)}} | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |Edward Christopher Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Karen Marie Ørsted, Thomas Pentz, Justin Bieber, Jamie Scott, Henry Allen |
scope="row"| "Love Me Long" {{small|(featuring Major Lazer, Gyptian)}}
| 2016 |Living Life Golden | rowspan="8" | Co-writer/Producer |Ellinor Olovsdotter, Windel Edwards, Andy Price, Erik Hassle, Thomas Pentz | Pfannenstill, Diplo |
scope="row"| "Know No Better" {{small|(featuring Travis Scott, Camila Cabello, and Quavo)}}
| rowspan="7" | 2017 | rowspan="2" |Major Lazer |Brittany Hazzard, Thomas Pentz, Henry Allen, Jacques Webster, Camila Cabello, Quavious Marshall |
scope="row" | "Run Up" {{small|(featuring Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor}}
|Thomas Pentz, Onika Maraj, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Jahron Anthony Brathwaite |
scope="row" | "Tip Pon It"
|Ashanti Reid, Thomas Pentz, Sean Henriques, Boaz de Jong |
scope="row" | "Waterfall" {{small|(featuring P!nk and Sia)}}
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} | Thomas Pentz, Sia Furler, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen |
scope="row" | "Stone Cold Lover"
|Ten Years Later EP |Jason McDermott, Vania Khaleh-Pari | - |
scope="row" | "Particular" (feat DJ Maaphorisa, Nasty C, Ice Prince, Patoranking & Jidenna)
| - |
scope="row" | "Window Seat"
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} |Yannick Rastogi, Zacharie Raymond, Adam Baptiste, Nana Abiona |
scope="row" | "Get It Right Remix" {{small|(featuring MØ and GoldLink)}} | rowspan="9" |2018 | Diplo | California EP |Co-producer | - |
scope="row" | "Audio"
| rowspan="2" |LSD | {{n/a|Non-album single}} | rowspan="3" |Co-writer/Producer |Thomas Pentz, Sia Furler, Gustav Rudman, Timothy McKenzie, Henry Allen |
scope="row" | "Genius"
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
scope="row" | "Stay Open" {{small|(featuring MØ)}} | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |Thomas Pentz, Henry Allen, Ilsey Juber, Karen Marie Orsted |
scope="row" | "Let Me Live" (feat Anne-Marie & Mr Eazi)
|Toast To Our Differences |Co-writer |Thomas Wesley Pentz, Jasper Helderman, Kesi Dryden, Piers Aggett, Amir Amor, Will Grands, Alvaro, Leon Rolle, Cesar Ovalle Jr., Bas van Daalen, Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, Anne-Marie | - |
scope="row" | "Feel About You" (featuring Mapei)
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} |Co-writer/Producer |Thomas Pentz, Mark Ronson, Jacqueline Mapei Cummings |
scope="row" | "Miss You"
|Major Lazer, Tory Lanez and Cashmere Cat |{{TBA}} |Co-producer | - |
scope="row" | "Thunderclouds"
|LSD | {{n/a|Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present... LSD}} |Co-writer |Thomas Pentz, Sia Furler, Henry Allen, Timothy McKenzie | - |
scope="row" | "Electricity"
|Co-writer/Producer |Mark Ronson, Thomas Wesley Pentz, Romy Madley Croft, Diana Gordon, Dua Lipa, Jacob Olofsson, Rami Dawod, Maxime Picard, Clément Richard |Silk City, The Picard Brothers, Jarami, Riton, Alex Metric |
scope="row" | "Don’t Lie to Me"
| rowspan="3" |2019 | Lena | Non-album single |Producer | Chima Ede, David Hofmann, Joachim Piehl, Jonas Lang, Lena Meyer-Landrut, Levin Dennler, Martin Willumeit, Matt James, Vania Khaleh-Pari | Jugglerz |
scope="row" | ! (Exclamation Mark)
|! |Co-Producer | - |
scope="row" | "Lonely"
| Diplo ft. Jonas Brothers | Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil |Producer | Thomas Pentz, Joseph Jonas, Nicholas Jonas, Kevin Jonas II, Ryan Tedder, Henry Allen |
scope="row" | "Dance With Me" (feat Thomas Rhett & Young Thug)
| rowspan="4" |2020 |Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil |Co-Producer | - |Thomas Pentz, King Henry, Ryan Tedder, Zach Skelton |
scope="row" | "Titans" (feat. Sia & Labrinth)
| rowspan="3" |Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded) |Co-Writer |Sia Furler, Boaz Van De Beatz, Thomas Wesley Pentz, Timothy McKenzie, Yonatan Goldstein | |
scope="row" | "Hell and High Water" (feat Diplo & Alessia Cara)
|Co-Producer | - |Thomas Wesley Pentz, Jasper Helderman, Bas Van Daalen |
scope="row" | "Trigger" (feat Khalid, Death Standing & TimeFall)
|Co-Producer | - |
scope="row" | "Looking for Me" (feat Diplo & Kareen Lomax)"
|2021 |Co-Writer |Naija Kareen Lomax, Paul Woolford, Thomas Pentz | - |
References
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External links
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/348d9656-7db6-4efc-92c9-69615bd580d8 BBC Music: Jr Blender]
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Category:German record producers
Category:German male songwriters