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Mannik Dara

About Me

If you haven’t heard of Mannik Dara, you’ve been missing a music super-power. Dominating mp3 players, podcasts and airwaves across the Atlantic and beyond, Mannik Dara has rapidly become a household name in the international music scene. With a unique blend of vivid imagination and unmatched technical ability, he creates instrumental “motion pictures” that appeal to all the senses. Like many of the best producers, Mannik uses his own special formula when he’s in the lab.
His love for music began early in life as he studied several instruments throughout his grade school years. He officially began his career as a professional DJ in college and with an increased desire to spin his own music, started recording his original sound shortly thereafter. As a live performer that began touring across the western and mid-western U.S., he’s expanded his reach into international markets.
His latest offering, “Headphone Nectar: Volume 1,” a flavorful mix of styles including dance, classic hip-hop, electronic and world genres, has won many fans in the European, African and Asian markets. From fitness music to film/tv soundtracks, he has earned a solid reputation as the world’s most versatile music producer.
Ad creatives, music supervisors and forward-thinking entertainment executives are acknowledging Mannik Dara as music’s next pioneer.
There’s music…and then there’s MANNIK DARA.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.mannikdara.com
Band Members: Mannik Dara a.k.a "El Gigante" :
I play :Bass /Acoustic/Electric Guitar + Piano/Organ/Synths + Djembes + Congas + Bongos + Tablas + Timbales + Various Percussion + Trap Drums + Drum Programming + Vocals/ Voice Characterizations + Scratches/Cuts/Vinyl Manipulation + Original Sound FX + Mixing Engineer + Session Musician + Live P.A. + Professional D.J. ------------Horns: Willis Jackson, Dave Seville, Teddy Seville, Mike Knight

Influences: RECORDING/MIXING ENGINEERS:(Eddie Kramer,Tommy Dowd, Bob Power, King Tubby, Scientist, Mad Professor, Prince Jammy, Lee Perry, Bill Laswell, Rick Rubin)...OL' SCHOOL DUB/ROOTS REGGAE :(waay too many to name!)...JAZZ : ( Samba, Bossa Nova, Afro-Cuban, Big Band, BeBop) OL' SCHOOL HIP HOP DJ's/PRODUCERS: (Afrikaa Bambaataa, Magic Mike, Prince Paul, Jam Master Jay, Mike Smooth,Tat Money, The Bomb Squad, Paul C, Teddy Ted, Diamond D, Eric B, Showbiz, Sir Scratch, K-Kut, Erick Sermon, Primo)...CLASSIC ROCK/POP (Jimi Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, America, Can, The Association, The Mamas and The Papas, The Doors, Doobie Brothers)....ROCK (Steely Dan, The High Llamas, Stereolab, Fleetwood Mac, Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Pantera, Anthrax, Monade)..... CLASSIC SOUL (Sooo Many)....FILM MUSIC COMPOSERS: ( Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Stan Kenton)---FUNK: (James Brown, George Clinton, Roger Troutman, Curtis Mayfield)... So many kinds of DANCE MUSIC.....NATIVE AMERICAN/AFRICAN DRUMMING ...in fact, music from ALL over the world....Martin Luther King, Traveling, Films, Nature, Dreams...The Creator...Jah Jah...The Most High...
Sounds Like: Headphone Nectar
Record Label: Dara's Drum Music Publishing
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SPECIAL THANKS...ALBUM CREDITS!!!!!!

Headphone Nectar:Volume1:Recorded 2006-2008: in Atlanta , GA.....Athens, GA.....Columbus,OH....Austin, TX.....SanFrancisco, CA.....Tucson, AZMixing /Recording Engineer: "Mannik" DaraMastering Engineer...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Straight From The Lab To Your MP3 Player !

  Your MP3 player isn't complete until you've downloaded some of that sweet "Headphone Nectar" that only Mannik Dara can give ya. Get your piece of music's future history TODAY!  DOWNLOAD s...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:16:00 GMT

What makes a woman sexy ?

-her scent.....mmmmm-her eyes-her style ....you know, some ladies don't follow trends when it comes to fashion and that can be sexy in and of itself----they play by their own rules of style and make i...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:24:00 GMT