BIOGRAPHY
Bright Ukpabi (born June 26, 1989), better known as ‘Mr. Dutch’ is a young afro-pop musician, record label executive and business man who at a young age had strong passion for music but never had the opportunity to live his passion. After his success from investments, he decided to establish Dutch Dreams Records, a South African based record company. Nov 15, 2017 Mr. Dutch made his music debut in Nigeria with the release of his first official single titled ‘Carry Go’, featuring Yung O.G and followed up with the release of the audio and video of his latest song “She Want”, released On Feb 14, 2018 to give lovers something to savour on St Valentine’s Day to spice up their romantic imaginations and expression. It is a love song expressed in street lyrics to express love for an African woman in a way that everyone can relate to. “SHE WANT” Conveys a cool piano strings, Subtle Music with that high note in between that chills the ears, Magical effects and sensational feeling. Produced by Kiddominant with a classic performance visuals Directed by SOS.
Mr Dutch I’ve been underground for a while now ; at the age of 7 he started of as a drummer boy for a local church at the age of 14 he recorded his first song, released around 2003 and it was in a group called ‘Basket Boys’ in Benue State, Nigeria. The group’s name later changed to ‘Three Tribes’ at that time there was no sponsor or a record deal to finance the music; which resulted to a split of the group. Mr. Dutch later moved to Owerri Imo State in 2006 to study. In 2012 Mr. Dutch relocated to Cape Town, South Africa for expansion of his investment and IT company, In 2013, he establish his own record company, from there the story continues.
Mr. Dutch is inclined to live music trend and ready to deliver his best at every live performance, he believes live performance goes with the reaction of the audience, he thinks as an artist you need to present yourself in a way that the people will want to listen to what you have to give to them.
Mr. Dutch thinks music is meant to pass a message, heal people, make people happy and feel good. He feels that music is life, it brings about unity and love amidst people from different regions, religions and cultures. His goal is to create sounds that come from deep inside of him to effect people around the world positively. He believes music is the art of creativity, the art of sending out a message and expressing oneself. Making music for him is like painting a picture for yourself and others.
