DARRELL JAMES - born in Manila, Philippines April 8, 1973 as James Darrell Coligado Laxamana, is a Professional Record Producer, Composer, Actor, Model, Voice Talent, and a Sales and Marketing Entrepreneur.

He came from a family of artists. Among his relatives are some of the Philippines' well known icons. Nephew of Alma Moreno (Vanessa Lacsamana) and Zsa Zsa Padilla (and the other Padilla's in the industry). He is also one of the grandson of award-winning Movie Director/Screenplay Writer Emmanuel "Maning" Borlaza.

Darrell grew up half of his life in the City of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. At the age of 14, his family relocated to Quezon City (said to be the central district for the Philippine entertainment industry) after his late grandfather,  Col. Dominador Estacio Coligado died in 1987. In these years,  Darrell started building his modest career.

As an A&R (Artists & Repertoire), Record Producer, and Marketing Manager at EMI Philippines in 1997, he was partly responsible for the Philippine market success of international artists such as Blue, C21, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Norah Jones, Coldplay, D'Sound, Gorillaz, Fra Lippo Lippi, Jump 5, Atomic Kitten, Baha Men, Michael Learns To Rock, Beverley Knight, The Vines, 30 Seconds To Mars, Matthew Jay, Too Phat, and David Usher just to name a few. To date, he has A&R-ed and produced over a dozen albums both for local repertoire and international special projects. He resigned in 2003 to concentrate for E-C Mix Records.
  
He is an Eight (8) time AWIT Awards Nominee for Best Producer. Some of his notable projects were Truefaith’s Platinum selling album "Memories Are Cheap" which sprung the hit single "Kung OK Lang Sa'Yo", Melody’s "First Joy" album, H-Bom’s AWIT Awards Best Produced Rap Album Nominee "D' Real Side", and Renz Verano’s Gold record album "Basta’t Mahal Kita". All his local works has been nominated and won in the AWIT Awards, the most prestigious music awards giving body in the Philippines and is the equivalent of the Grammy in the USA. One of his biggest achievements was to be the product manager for Fra Lippo Lippi’s album "In A Brilliant White" which produced the hit single "Later" and contains a duet recording with R&B Princess Kyla called "Wish We Were Two".

As a Professional Composer, he has written and published songs for then upcoming artists and contributing to enrich the Philippine Music Industry. He is an active member of the elite association of composers and producers at FILSCAP (Filipino Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers).

Modeling alongside his corporate works, he has done several product endorsements for Jag Jeans & Shirts, Mossimo, Skechers Sports just to name a few; and a couple of TV ads for Coca-Cola and Jolibee. Darrell is also doing event hosting in malls and corporate events, including Voice Over Talent for several ad campaigns and visual presentations.

He is also the founder of his own company, E-C Mix Records Production & Management, a Digital Media Services Record Production Company and Direct Dealership Sales & Marketing entity for computers and electronic gadgets. Boasting on its 14th year of establishment as of 2011.

NAME TRIVIA:

DARRELL is a derivation from Norman French d'Airelle which means "of Airelle" originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France. It also means "darling child" in English.

JAMES is derived from the same Hebrew name as Jacob, meaning "He who supplants"; "to take the place of and serve as a substitute for especially by reason of superior excellence or power".

COLIGADO is a Spanish word for "allied" or "in league".

LAXAMANA came from the famous Mahabharata, Lakshman or Lakshmana. In some Hindu traditions, he is worshiped as an avatar of Shesha. He is regarded as Superior and God. The name may also be written as Lakshman or Laxman.
 
So if you put the names together, it could mean an almighty and powerful god. :)