Dominique Trenier, the former manager and producer of D’Angelo, has died.
He was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Friday morning (August 5). No cause of death has been revealed as yet.
As Billboard reports, Trenier produced D’Angelo’s Number One album ‘Voodoo, while he also was behind the mixing desk for Seal‘s cover of Steve Miller‘s ‘Fly Like An Eagle’. The track was co-produced by R Kelly and featured on the Space Jam soundtrack.
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The producer also worked with Mark Ronson on ‘Here Comes The Fuzz’ and the Billboard 200 hit ‘Everybody Got Their Something’ by Nikka Costa.
Among those paying tribute to Trenier on social media were Questlove, who posted a photo of his friend on Instagram alongside the caption: “Trenier. So Much Wisdom. So Little Time.”
Ronson also posted a photo with a lengthy caption. In it, he said: “I can trace most every important thing that happened in my career back to his hand”.
He added: “For a good chunk of my life, Dominique Trenier was one of my very closest friends. He was also my musical mentor, my most trusted set of ears and my earliest champion.”