Stephen Kozmeniuk
Stephen Kozmeniuk, known professionally as Koz, is a Canadian record producer, songwriter, engineer and instrumentalist. Production and writing credits include Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, and Dua Lipa. Koz received 3 Grammy nominations at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
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Stephen Kozmeniuk
- Name
- Koz
- Birth Name
- Stephen Kozmeniuk
- Occupation
- * Record producer
- Nationality
- Canada
- Fields
- indie rock
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• Name — Koz • Birth Name — Stephen Kozmeniuk • Alias — Koz • Origin — Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada • Genre — * Indie rock • punk rock • hip hop • pop • dance • Occupation — * Record producer • songwriter • musician • remixer • Instrument — * Drums • bass • guitar • keyboards • percussion
Songwriting and production credits
Songwriting and production credits
• Title — Year — Artist(s) — Album — Credits — Written with — Produced with • "Gang Bang" — 2012 — Madonna — MDNA — Co-writer — Madonna Ciccone, William Orbit, Priscilla Hamilton, Keith Harris, Jean-Baptiste Kouame, Michael Penniman Jr., Demacio Castellon — - • "Up in Flames" — Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up — Onika Maraj, Matthew Samuels, Zale Epstein, Brett Kurger — - • "Kiss Goodnight" — Tyler Shaw — Yesterday — Co-writer/Producer — Tyler Shaw, Todd Clark — Tubin Thakkar • "Jesus Piece" (featuring Common & Kanye West) — The Game — Jesus Piece — Jayceon Taylor, Matthew Samuels, Brett Kurger, Zale Epstein, Kanye West, Lonnie Lynn Jr. — The Maven Boys • "We Them Niggas" — 2013 — Ace Hood — Trials & Tribulations — Co-writer — Antoine McColister, Matthew Samuels, Zale Epstein, Brett Kurger — - • "God Is Great" — Rockie Fresh — Self Made Vol. 3 — Donald Pullen, Matthew Samuels, Zale Epstein, Brett Kurger — - • "Lil Nigga Snupe" — Meek Mill — Dreamchasers 3 — Robert Williams, Matthew Samuels, Zale Epstein, Brett Kurger — - • "Dangerous" — 2014 — Jennifer Hudson — JHUD — Co-writer/Producer — Paul Jefferies, Daniel Daley, Vanessa Kalala, Zale Epstein — Nineteen85, Jim Beanz • "Bow and Arrow" — Reuben and the Dark — Funeral Sky — Producer — - — Chris Hayden • "Devil's Time" • "Rolling Stone" • "Shoulderblade" • "Standing Still" • "Marionette" • "A Memory's Lament" • "The River" • "Can't See the Light" • "Funeral Sky" • "Black Water" • "The Gates" — 2015 — Young Empires — The Gates — Co-writer/Producer — Matthew Vlahovich, Jacob Palahnuk, Taylor Hill — - • "Sound of Your Heart" — Shawn Hook — Analog Love — Shawn Hlookoff, Todd Clark — Shawn Hook, Todd Clark • "Uncover Your Eyes" — Young Empires — The Gates — Matthew Vlahovich, Jacob Palahnuk, Taylor Hill, Sandy Johnston — - • "Life Without You" — Tyler Shaw — Yesterday — Tyler Shaw, Todd Clark — Todd Clark • "Criminal" — Producer — - — Todd Clark • "Shine a Light" — Banners — Banners EP — Co-writer/Producer — Michael Nelson — Banners • "Ghosts" — Producer — - — Banners • "Mercy" — Young Empires — The Gates — Co-writer/Producer — Matthew Vlahovich, Jacob Palahnuk, Taylor Hill, Nathan Ferraro — - • "So Cruel" — Matthew Vlahovich, Jacob Palahnuk, Taylor Hill — - • "Ghosts" — Matthew Vlahovich, Jacob Palahnuk, Taylor Hill — - • "Never Die Young" — Matthew Vlahovich, Jacob Palahnuk, Taylor Hill — - • "Sunshine" — Matthew Vlahovich, Jacob Palahnuk, Taylor Hill — - • "Crazy Love" (featuring Tarrus Riley) — R. City — What Dreams Are Made Of — Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas, Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter, Mitchum Chin, Dwayne Chin-Quee — Dr. Luke, Cirkut, Chin-Quee • "Way Back When" — Ben Haenow — Ben Haenow — Benjamin Haenow, Andrew Jackson — - • "Start a Riot" — Banners — Banners EP — Michael Nelson, Todd Clark — Banners • "Gold Dust" — 2016 — Michael Nelson — Banners • "Back When We Had Something" — Michael Nelson — Banners • "Last Dance" — Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa, Talay Riley — - • "Try/Effortless" — Dvsn — Non-album single — Co-writer/Co-producer — Daniel Daley, Paul Jeffries, Daniel Talevski, Noel Cadastre — Dvsn, Noel Cadastre • "Paradise" (with Chris Brown) — Benny Benassi — Danceaholic — Co-writer — Alessandro Benassi, Christopher Brown, Daniel Daley, Marco Benassi — - • "Hotter than Hell" — Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa — Producer — - — Jay Reynolds, Ten Ven • "Half Light" — Banners — Non-album single — - — Banners • "Into the Storm" — Empires on Fire EP — Co-writer/Producer — Michael Nelson, Todd Clark — Banners • "Thinking 'Bout You" — 2017 — Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa — Producer — - — - • "Someone to You" — Banners — Empires on Fire EP — Co-writer/Producer — Michael Nelson, Samuel Hollander, Grant Michaels — Banners • "Empires on Fire" — Michael Nelson, Todd Clark — Banners • "Firefly" — Michael Nelson — Banners • "Holy Ground" — Michael Nelson — Banners • "Lost in Your Light" (featuring Miguel) — Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa — Producer — - — Miguel, Lorna Blackwood • "IDGAF" — - — Larzz Princpiato, Lorna Blackwood • "Garden" — - — Greg Wells • "No Goodbyes" — - — Grades • "Begging" — Additional producer — - — James Flannigan, Suzy Shinn • "We Were Here" — Lights — Skin & Earth — Co-writer/Producer — Lights Poxleitner, Todd Clark — Ben Rice • "Kicks" — Lights Poxleitner, Todd Clark — Ben Rice • "Fight Club" — Lights Poxleitner, Todd Clark — - • "Deep End" — 2018 — Lykke Li — So Sad So Sexy — Co-writer — Li Zachrisson, Jeff Bhasker, James Ryan Ho, Tyler Williams, Ilsey Juber — - • "Wrong Direction" — 2020 — Hailee Steinfeld — Non-album single — Co-writer/Producer — Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Hailee Steinfeld, Skyler Stonestreet — - • "Physical" — Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia — Producer — Jason Evigan • "Levitating" — Co-writer/Producer — - • "Love Again" — Co-writer/Producer — - • "Boys Will Be Boys" — Producer — - • "Vertigo" — 2021 — Alice Merton — S.I.D.E.S. — Co-writer/Producer — Alice Merton — - • "Space Man" — 2022 — Sam Ryder — There's Nothing but Space, Man! — Producer • Midnight Dreams — 2023 — Ellie Goulding — Higher Than Heaven — Writer — - • By the End Of the Night — 2023 — Writer — - — -
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