Who am I?

Hi there, my name is Ivan Mendez! I am a Icelandic-Colombian musician, songwriter, audio engineer, and voice actor. Currently I am based in Berlin, Germany where I have been studying audio production for the last 3 years.

I have a deep passion for creating music, performing, singing, making voices, and developing concept projects.

Since 2018, I have released a substantial catalogue of music and explored a variety of genres (commercial pop, folk-rock, indie pop, ambient, world music, and meditational music), both under my name and pseudonyms. During these years I have also had opportunities to perform with many wonderful artists in Iceland, Germany, Latvia, and other places.

Click here to check out my musical work.

As a vocalist, I have sung with bands, as a solo artist, with gospel choirs, and even a traditional Icelandic men's choir as a tenor. But even before I became a vocalist I was fascinated with the human voice. As a kid I loved producing strange sounds and pretending I was characters I had seen on television or heard on the radio. I never intended to get into voice acting, but already being a vocalist and audio engineer the role came to me naturally. Today I have been fortune enough to use my voice for animation, video games, advertisements, documentaries, explainer videos, on-hold greetings, Instagram content, and more!

Click here to hear some of my voice acting.

In 2022 I received a first class honours degree from my B.A studies in "Sound Engineer and Audio Production" at Catalyst: Institute of Modern Arts, in Berlin. My passion for music lies in creating it, but as I developed as a songwriter and composer, I began to realize one very important point: you can write amazing music, but if it doesn't sound great and come through clearly from the speakers, no one will understand what you are trying to convey! 

Once I realised this, a new obsession took hold of my brain. Learning and understanding the art of mixing music. Till this day I have mixed most of my own musical projects, along with projects for other musicians and clients.

If you are an artist who is looking to carve out your own unique sound, I can help you.

Click here to hire me as your mixing engineer