Charin Mendes
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| Born | December 1986 (age 34) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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| Labels | EIQ Records |
| Associated acts | Brian McKnight Jr., NFRTAY |
| Website | charinmendes |
Charin Mendis or Mendes (Sinhala: /චරින්/; born December 1986), is a Sri Lankan singer-songwriter, musician, producer, audio engineer, and entrepreneur. His first single with EIQ Records, “About Us” was released in March 2018. In April 2019, he premiered one of five songs “Satellites”, which featured Brian McKnight Jr. of the McKnight family.
Early life[edit]
Charin began his education at St. Peter’s College, Colombo. He later joined Royal College, Colombo, to study for the GCE Advanced Level Examinations.[1]
Charin grew up in a musical family.[2] He took piano lessons from his grandmother at a young age. He also taught himself to play the guitar and compose on his father’s piano during his teenage years.[3]
Career[edit]
In the early 2000s, Charin was the lead singer of the band ‘JADA’.[4] The band performed at festivals and concerts in his hometown Colombo, before he went solo. He later moved to Singapore to study Performing Arts at LASALLE College of the Arts. In Singapore he performed with and fronted jazz ensembles.[3] In 2009, while he was still an undergraduate of LASALLE at the age of 23,[5] he was featured as a lead soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka (SOSL) for its 52nd season, at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo.[6]
His family moved to England, where he qualified as an audio engineer and producer at the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford, Surrey.[7] While studying at ACM, he learned the ropes of the UK music industry and studied under Chad Jackson.[8] He is a B.A. Jazz (Honours) graduate of Leeds Conservatoire.[7] He has worked with international artistes as a producer, engineer and writer,[9] and became a voting member of the ‘Songwriters Hall of Fame’ (New York).[10][11]
In 2016, he signed with Universal Arts (UK).[12] In May 2017, in an interview with Cosmopolitan Magazine, Charin mentioned that his musical success is owed to a combination of talent, hard work, studying different areas of the music industry.[8] In December 2017, Charin released the single "Never Give Up" which featured Brian McKnight Jr. of the McKnight family.[2]
In March 2018, his first single "About Us", was released through 'EIQ records'. In April 2019, he premiered the song “Satellites”, which featured Brian McKnight Jr.[3] In October 2019, Charin's album “Retrograde Brigade” was released.[citation needed] Following this release, he recorded and released two more songs with Brian McKnight Jr.; “Heart of The Problem” in December 2019, and “I Wanna Love You Again” in July 2020.[citation needed]
Charin also released his jazz-funk song “Purple People" in 2020.[7] Charin's first Sinhalese language single “Aalakam” was released in August 2020.[13] In September 2020, Charin appeared on YES FM's Home Grown Top 15 radio show as a guest host with Yasmin Yousuf.[3] In November 2020, Charin released his first international duet “Nothing” with NFRTAY.[14]
In July 2021, Charin recorded a duet with Brian McKnight Jr. titled "Marry Your Daughter (Aradhana)" which was released under ABS-CBN Corporation's Tarsier Records.[15] The track was produced by Tarsier Record’s manila-based superstar producer Moophs. The song debuted on Spotify's official NMF Playlist in two countries at once, both in India and Sri Lanka. It has since been trending for over 8 weeks on Spotify's official playlist 'Sinhala Pop'.[16]
Discography[edit]
Singles
- Popsycle (2015)
- Curls (2016)
- Nevermind (2016)
- Clocks (2016)
- About Us [Acoustic Version] (2018)
- Purple People (2020)
- Aalakam (2020)
- Angel (2020)
- Wonderful Tonight (2020)
- Fire Sonata (2020)
- About Us [EDM Version] (2020)
- Finally Feeling Again (2020)
Featuring Brian McKnight Jr.
● Never Give Up (2017)
● Satellites (2019)
● Heart of the Problem (2019)
● I Wanna Love You Again (2020)
● Marry Your Daughter (Aradhana) (2021)
Featuring NFRTAY
● Nothing (2020)
Solo albums
| Album | Track list |
| Retrograde Brigade (2019) | Deimos Natini |
| Phobos Watukana | |
| Aphrodite Maskanda | |
| Ares Rah i444 | |
| Ares Rah i636 | |
| Ares Rah i828 | |
| 20 TWENTY (2021) | [To Be Released] |
References[edit]
- ↑ Johnson, Ryan (18 March 2017). "Charin Mendis To The Top". sunday439.rssing.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Charin Mendes Releases Four New Hit Songs with the Iconic Brian Mcknight Jr". NewsWire. 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 YES 101 Sri Lanka (24 September 2020). "The YES Home Grown Top 15 with Guest Host Charin Mendes (24th Sep)". Retrieved 27 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ The Sunday Times (8 March 2015). "Fresh initiative to harvest local talent". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 8 March 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Perera, Mahes (15 November 2009). "SOSL seasonal concert and sing-a-long". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 25 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Daily News Online Edition - Sri Lanka :: Print Page". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Pilapitiya, Sureshni (23 February 2021). "10 from '20 TWENTY'". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 23 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hassanali, Shihaam (30 May 2017). "Cosmo Guy, Charin Mendis, Shares The Story Behind His Music Biz". Cosmopolitan Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Illankoon, Panchali (28 January 2016). "Success." Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 17 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Life Online (21 July 2015). "Songwriters Hall of Fame". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 17 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Sunday Observer (7 February 2016). "Sri Lankans at the Grammys". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 2 March 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Nicolle, Stephanie (14 December 2016). "Sri Lankan Musician Charin Covers Coldplay's Clocks". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 22 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Yousuf, Yazmin (11 July 2020). "New Music : Charin Mendes – Aalakam [LT Remix] (Official Audio)". Decibel.lk. Retrieved 27 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Yousuf, Yazmin (2 November 2020). "New Music : Charin Mendes feat NFRTAY – Nothing {Duet} [Acoustic Version]". Decibel.lk. Retrieved 24 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Corporation, ABS-CBN. "Brian Mcknight Jr. and Sri Lankan Charin Mendes team up for "Marry Your Daughter (Aradhana)" | ABS-CBN Corporate". ABS-CBN. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "Sinhala Pop". Spotify. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
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