BRIAN.D

Brian Dwayne Alexander Dekkers was born and raised on the island of Curaçao. His father is Dutch and his mother has a British Caribbean background.
At a young age, Brian was very active in sports. He started playing baseball at the age of six in a team called “Marchena Hardware” and it did not take long for him to be one of the best in his position as second baseman. As he got older it became more difficult for him to succeed in his baseball career because of his height. He was shorter than what was required for professional baseball.
When he was fourteen, a few neighborhood friends asked Brian to join them in starting a new band, called Big Star. It was in this band that he did his first hit called “Destino tabata ke”, a song written by Plons Ramazan (Two by Two).
At this point, he was busy with baseball, singing in a band and school. Brian attended the pre-university school Maria Immaculata Lyceum, which is the highest stream in the secondary educational system of Curaçao and the Netherlands.
The turning point in his life began at the age of seventeen. Due to a misunderstanding he was not selected to play in the baseball team that would have represented his island internationally that year. He was so heartbroken that he decided to never more put a step on a baseball field.
This made him lose his interest in the sport and he started to focus more on his music. At that point Big Star wasn’t enough for Brian. He wanted to achieve more that what they had to offer him. So he left the band to sing alongside a rap group, New Generation. There he met MC Chriss, Yen and Nau, who where the group members. With this group he wrote his first song “Ban Duru Awo” and started calling himself Brian.D. After a couple of months he realized that New Generation also wasn’t the thing he was looking for at that time.
Later that year, a local band No Game offered him a position as lead singer. He took this offer and made his debut on the 30th of July 2004. Entering this band was a good move by Brian because here he met good Antillean musicians such as Axel Pikero, Reinier Lijfrock and many more. With No Game he scored hits like “Laga mi biba”,“Nan no por kibra nos” and “Kurason of Konsenshi”.
He also won two awards at the 2005 “Karabela Awards” for singer of the year and best song.
After two years of success with No Game he had to part with the band as he decided to study in the Netherlands. Just before he left he composed a song called “Ik hou van jou” which means “I love you” in Dutch. This song was a major hit because the lyrics were a mix of four languages so that gave it a unique touch compared to the usual local songs.
In the Netherlands, he has decided not to be a part of any Antillean band, because he wants to focus on his solo-career and also to expand his knowledge in music. He made two hits accompanied by a band called Cache Deluxe, “Bo Faborito” and “ Ora Bo Tin’e”, although he is not a member of this band. Seeing the success of these songs it encouraged him more to proceed with his solo-career.
In January 2008 he launched his first solo-album in titled A.L.B.O.M. (A Little Bit Of Me). The name, A Little Bit Of Me, says it all so there is more to come.
Brian.D would like to thank all the fans for their support and for accepting his music in their hearts.
[*Thank you, and God BLESS!*]