DAVID BRANT
WRITER / PRODUCER
David signed his first publishing deal in 1996 to Reverb Music, built on his work with girl band N-TYCE, who were signed to Telstar Records.
After setting up his own studio, David built upon his production skills, developing
various artists and working with some of the best co-writers in the industry.
Collabrorations included Alan Glass (Aretha Franklin, George Benson) Michelle
Escoffery (Liberty X), Maryanne Morgan (Sugababes), Ron St.Louis (Mocha Soul),
Conner Reeves (Blue, Joss Stone).
David went on to co-write and produce a song called Why? with Ron St.Louis
and Alan Glass, which he then demo'ed with up and coming girlband Mis-Teeq.
A friend of his, DJ Darren Stokes (Tin Tin Out) heard the song and passed it
over to successful indie dance label Inferno Records who signed the girls up.
The eventual release gained a number ten UK chart position in January 2001.
On the back of that breakthrough song, David also penned and produced All
I Want with Alan Glass and Maryanne Morgan, which peaked at number two
in UK charts in July that same year. Subsquently Mis-teeq's album flew into
the top five of the UK album charts.
On the back of those two hit singles, David and his team were asked to write
with new V2 signing Liberty X. They wrote a track called I Got What You
Want on the album Thinking It Over which went top five in the
UK album charts and soon sold double platinum.
David's reputation as a songwriter and producer grew, but he still continued
to nurture new acts. In early 2003 David met up with Ipswich based artist Nate
James and worked for over two years developing his sound. The breakthrough single
Set The Tone (co-written with Nate James and Dawn Joseph) threw Nate
into the music industry's spotlight, gaining huge support from the top R&B
DJs in the UK. On the back of this single, Nate was signed to indie label ONETWO
records to record his debut album. David co-produced half the album alongside
one of his keyboard-player heroes, Peter John Vitesse (of Go West fame), and
co-wrote the material with his long time writing partners Ron St.Louis (Mis-Teeq),
Dawn Joseph (Sugababes) and Alan Glass (Mis-teeq, Liberty X).
David continues to build his profile as one of the UK's finest crossover R&B
producers working with the likes of Natalie Williams, Jamie Scott, Jay Sean,
Triple 8, Rhian Benson, Maria Lawson (X Factor), Javine and Louise Redknapp
(Eternal). He is currently nurturing up and coming UK Talent such as Madeleine
Wilson, Nosheen, Zarif and also pop / rock artist Stewart Mac.