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