Robert Haggett was a British record producer, songwriter and

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. He has worked with some of the world's most successful artists including

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, James Morrison and

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. In 2002, Haggett was employed by EMI as an audio engineer and worked with international mixer producer,

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. at

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in Barnes, London. From 2001 to 2005 he worked alongside Stent and other producers including

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and

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on Madonna's '

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' album

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and

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on New Order's 2005 album 'Waiting for the Sirens' Call',

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and

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on Gwen Stefani's 2004 album ' Love.Angel.Music.Baby'. During this time Haggett has been credited on over 50 commercial albums including,

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, Keane,

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and

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. It was during this time Haggett was credited working on series 2 of the

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Haggett continued working at Olympic Studios and other recording studios including

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and

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in London and Henson Studios in Los Angeles. Regularly working with Richard 'Biff' Stannard,

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, Ash Howes and Martin Harrington, Haggett received further credits for his involvement with

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and James Morrison. In 2006, Haggett co-wrote, produced and mixed two albums in the 'Popstyles' series with fellow producer and writer David Treahearn, under the production name DNR for UK Music distribution company

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. DNR's song, taken from Popstyles (track 8), 'Talk to Me/Ice Cream', was picked up as the main theme musi
for Hong Kong's high rating TV series

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and featured on the Asian

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double CD compilation Strawberry Love. Additionally, Haggett worked and was credited on the feature film 'The Butterfly' featuring

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He is credited with

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on the Soundtrack to the UK Musical TV Series Brittania High. Haggett worked again French producer Mirwais Ahmadzaï, co-writing and co-producing the track 'Da' for French-Arabic project

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on the debut album Arabology. Haggett also worked with producer

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in the UK on series 7 of

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and on the UK Number One track 'Heroes' by The X Factor Finalists. Haggett continued to mix and produce under DNR, who are credited with producing and mixing established and breaking Australian artists such as

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, ABC Radio

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'un-earthed' artist Cullen and Faker.

External Links & References

* Rob Haggett Album Credits in Ful

* Rob Haggett Discogs in Ful

* Rob Haggett All Music in Ful

* Robert Haggett, Programming / Engineering Credit on X-Factor Finalists 2010 track 'Heroes' available on Physical CD inside cover sleeve {{DEFAULTSORT:Haggett, Robert British record producers British male songwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people)