Kieron Menzies is a Canadian producer, songwriter and sound engineer. He has worked with Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels since 2012 on mixing and engineering. He served as co-producer with Nowels on Del Rey's third major-label studio album Honeymoon (2015), as well as on her fourth major-label studio album, Lust for Life (2017). Menzies is also credited as a producer on one track from Del Rey's fifth major-label studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019). As well as production, engineering, mixing and instrumentation, Menzies also has writing credits on a few of Del Rey's songs; most notably "High By The Beach" and "Get Free".
Work with Lana Del Rey[]
Menzies has worked with Rick Nowels since 2001, and his credits are very wide-ranging and include not only co-production, engineering and mixing but also instrumentation; drums, tape loops, percussion, keyboards, synth pads, strings, bass, electric guitar, vocoder and more. His production and engineering credits are listed below.
Credits[]
Songs from Born to Die (2012)[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Lucky Ones" | No | No | Engineer | |
Songs from Paradise (2012)[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "American" | No | No | Engineer, recorder | |
| "American" | No | No | Engineer, recorder, drum programming | |
| "Body Electric" | No | No | Engineer, mixer, recorder | |
Songs from Ultraviolence (2014)[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Sad Girl" | No | No | Vocal engineer | |
| "Black Beauty" | No | No | Vocal engineer | |
| "Guns and Roses" | No | No | Vocal engineer | |
| "West Coast" (Radio Mix) | No | No | Engineer, drum programming | |
Songs from Honeymoon (2015)[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Honeymoon" | No | Yes | Drums, effects | Engineer, mixer |
| "Music to Watch Boys To" | No | Yes | Drums, percussion, sampler | Engineer, mixer |
| "Terrence Loves You" | No | Yes | Effects | Engineer, mixer |
| "God Knows I Tried" | No | Yes | Drums, bass, sampler | Engineer, mixer |
| "High by the Beach" | Yes | Yes | Drums, bass, sampler, synthesizer, effects | Engineer, mixer |
| "Freak" | No | Yes | Drums, percussion, 808 bass | |
| "Art Deco" | No | Yes | Drums, percussion, synthesizer | Engineer, mixer |
| "Burnt Norton (Interlude)" | No | Yes | Engineer, mixer | |
| "Religion" | No | Yes | Drums, loops | Engineer, mixer |
| "Salvatore" | No | Yes | Percussion | Engineer, mixer |
| "The Blackest Day" | No | Yes | Drums, bass, synthesizer, sampler | Engineer, mixer |
| "24" | No | Yes | ||
| "Swan Song" | No | Yes | Drum loops | Engineer, mixer |
| "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | No | Yes | Engineer, mixer | |
Songs from Lust for Life (2017)[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Love" | No | No | Additional producer, engineer, mixer | |
| "Lust for Life" | No | Yes | Drums, percussion, keyboards, synthesizer, strings, tape loops | Engineer, mixer |
| "13 Beaches" | No | Yes | Keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, bass, modem sounds | Engineer, mixer |
| "Cherry" | No | Yes | Strings | Additional producer, engineer, mixer |
| "White Mustang" | No | Yes | Synthesizer, strings, drums, percussion | Engineer, mixer |
| "Summer Bummer" | No | No | Engineer, mixer | |
| "Groupie Love" | No | Yes | Synthesizer, keyboards, drums, percussion | Engineer, mixer |
| "In My Feelings" | No | Yes | Piano, synthesizer, keyboards, percussion | Engineer, mixer |
| "Coachella - Woodstock in My Mind" | No | Yes | Keyboards, drums, percussion, tape loops | Engineer, mixer |
| "God Bless America - and All the Beautiful Women in It" | No | Yes | Keyboards, drums, percussion, field recordings | Engineer, mixer |
| "When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing" | No | Yes | Synthesizer, keyboard, drums, percussion | Engineer, mixer |
| "Beautiful People Beautiful Problems" | No | Yes | Percussion | Engineer, mixer |
| "Tomorrow Never Came" | No | No | Engineer, mixer | |
| "Heroin" | No | Yes | Engineer, mixer | |
| "Change" | No | Yes | Keyboards, drums, percussion | Engineer, mixer |
| "Get Free" | Yes | Yes | Synthesizer, percussion, field recordings | Engineer, mixer |
Songs from Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "California" | No | No | Mellotron | |
| "The Next Best American Record" | No | Yes | Drums, effects | Engineer, mixer, programmer |
| "Bartender" | No | No | Synthesizer | Engineer, mixer |
Songs from Chemtrails over the Country Club (2021)[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Yosemite" | No | No | Engineer, mixer | |
Songs from Blue Banisters (2021)[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Thunder" | No | No | Additional producer, engineer, mixer | |
Songs from soundtracks[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Young and Beautiful" | No | No | Engineer, programmer, recorder | |
| "Young and Beautiful" (DH Orchestral Version) | No | No | Recorder | |
| "I Can Fly" | No | No | Percussion | Engineer, mixer, recorder |
Songs currently unreleased[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Angels Forever, Forever Angels" | No | No | Mixer | |
| "Come with Me" | No | No | Mixer | |
| "Dragonslayer" | No | No | Engineer | |
| "Hollywood" | No | No | ||
| "JFK" | No | No | Mixer | |
| "Lake Placid" | No | No | Mixer | |
| "Starry Eyed" | No | No | Mixer | |
Demos[]
| Title | Credited as | Instrumentation | Other credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| "Black Beauty" | No | No | Mixer | |