MNDR
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MNDR and Peter Wade in Los Angeles in April 2013
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| Birth name | Amanda Lucille Warner |
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September 12, 1982 Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
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| Associated acts | Peter Wade |
| Website | www |
Amanda Lucille Warner (born September 12, 1982), better known by her stage name MNDR, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. She rose to prominence after being featured on Mark Ronson & The Business Intl's 2010 single "Bang Bang Bang", which peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart.
Warner was born and raised on a farm in Fargo, North Dakota. Her father built a four-track reel-to-reel in the basement of their farmhouse, and when Warner was about nine or 10 years old, he taught her how to record on it. In 1998, when Warner transferred to Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from Portland, Oregon, she met Brian Tester through Susan Lindell, a mutual friend, and the three formed the electronic pop band Triangle. A few months after the trio's self-titled four-track debut EP was released in 1999 on their own label, Smoke + Mirrors, Lindell left the band to join the touring musical The Buddy Holly Story as a guitar tech.
As a duo, Triangle released a second EP titled Peek Meeter in 2000 on Smoke + Mirrors, and after signing to the Philadelphia-based label File 13 Records, they released their full-length debut album, *, on October 16, 2001. Warner graduated from Macalester College in 2001 with a minor in chemistry and a major in double bass. In 2006, Triangle released their second album, Decimal Places, through Chicago's Essay Records.
Warner relocated from Oakland, California, to New York City in mid-2009 to work as a songwriter for hire, after a publishing company scout offered her a deal to write songs for mainstream artists. She soon met producer Peter Wade, and after months of writing with him, he suggested that she release an album under her own name. At the time, Warner designed a touring keyboard rig and played bass for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs while they were making the It's Blitz! album (2009). MNDR has since opened for bands such as Yacht, Massive Attack, Deerhoof, Miike Snow, Chromeo, The Ting Tings, and Duran Duran, and frequently collaborates with visual artist Jamie Carreiro, who provides visual effects for her live shows. Warner and Wade uploaded four tracks to Myspace in 2009, which eventually became MNDR's debut EP, E.P.E., released on April 6, 2010 on Wade's WonderSound Records. The EP was preceded by MNDR's debut single, "C.L.U.B.", released on March 24, 2009.
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