Could ‘Gangster Love’ revive career of this Old Harbour artiste?

But the recent release of Gangster Love – a song done more than 15 years ago, perhaps could be the turning point for the artiste who goes by the moniker Brano The Dan.

Berry, now 46, is surprised by recent reactions after giving the green light to United Kingdom-based Karbon Knight Movement Promotions to put his song over the airwaves.
“It’s all about a different vibe of reggae mix with a little afro genre,” Berry told Old Harbour News.

The Spring Village native said Gangster Love “come off a real feelings because that’s how we deal with the music, real experience”.

So we just put on the headphones, go into the studio; and a riddim drop… Carthy Music clock the riddim; and Cabbage, who is the keyboard player for Nick Cannon, he did the keyboard in it and we flow with it,” he recalled.

“That tune was done over 15 years ago,” he then revealed. “Right now is Karbon Knight from ‘I Told You So Radio Show’ in England, he liked it and decided to put it out and it just blew the internet and people keep requesting it.”

Many years ago, Berry was among a group of impressionable artistes, included at the time one Richie Loop, who were working on their craft with Gal A Rush Productions.  While Richie Loop got his big break with his mega hit ‘My Cup’, Berry had to turn to graphic designing to feed himself – his musical career placed on ice for the time being.

Bad experiences in the music industry discouraged him a lot from pushing through a wall of suppression, he said.

During a recent chat inside the studio of Mystic5  Multimedia Services in Old Harbour, Berry said: “I’m a loyal person and I find out that in the music business you have to be disloyal fi really reach anywhere. So mi just weigh mi scale, stayed with my personality… but I see that good people are still out there, because somebody took it (my song) and run with it.”

The positive reactions to the song has been very encouraging, he said and is keen to release other lyrical pieces of substantive quality that’s been gathering dust in his musical vault.  

“I haven’t voiced anything for a long time. But I voiced a lot of tune 15 years ago,” he told Old Harbour News.

But he’s not disappointed in himself that he possibly could have done better and be farther ahead.

“A so it guh! Music alone shall live and never shall die, and people will always find good music and put it out there,” he said.

“I have been getting some crazy calls and some deals but as far as deals are concern wi naa sell out, wi affi keep it real. So ano everything we ago jump to. So we’ll gravitate towards the people who are loyal.”

Berry said he’s not in any rush to go back to the studio because he has a catalogue of unreleased content that is still current even though they were voiced years ago.

“I was way ahead of my time,” he said.

So, could this be the time for Brano The Dan? Only time will tell.