MR.D

Right after a tour in Brazil, MR.D set up shop in Los Angeles a couple of years ago. He has since produced songs with a cast of international musicians, both underground and Top 40, while his latest and most buzzed about project is Tigarah, who is currently making noise in Europe, Japan and America with her unique style.
Way before MR.D ever became MR.D, he was born Manuel Stagars, a second generation Swiss and enthusiastic piano player. But after winning a couple of local classical piano contests by age 14, he quickly became uninterested in piano when he discovered the world of synthesizers and studio wizardry. Right then it became clear to Manuel: instead of a surgeon he wanted to become a music producer. Before he knew it, he became the go-to producer for the next thing in music, juggling film scoring and songwriting projects for airlines, cell phone companies and makers of soft drinks. And it didn't take long for the labels to pound on his door as well.
Manuel is currently producing in his studio in Venice, California. It was his sixth sense for hooks as well as his ability to fuse musical genres that quickly earned him respect on the West Coast, resulting in a growing number of songwriting and production credits. To keep himself out of trouble, Manuel is constantly experimenting with innovative and original sounds, in the process reinventing pop music with eccentric beats under fat keyboards - always fresh and dirty. At this moment, he is wrapping up the much-anticipated Tigarah album, out in Spring 2008 on Universal... stay tuned!