Great vibe from Tan Bad

Richard 'Breadback' Bramwell

From wanting to be an architect to masterfully crafting music beats, producer and music engineer Richard ‘Breadback’ Bramwell hopes to reenergize the current scene of dancehall and reggae through taking it back to its roots.

With his new dancehall rhythm dubbed Tan Bad “I just want to bring back the original dancehall vibe and atmosphere through this rhythm” Bramwell explained.

He further added that “while there’s a lot of fusion of dancehall with genres like hip hop that is now saturating the market, it is important to ensure that some of that which is going out for public entertainment has the sound of what we used to hear years ago”.

The Tan Bad rhythm boasts the likes of Vybz Kartel, Elephant Man, Sizzla, Erup, ZJ Liquid, and Delly Ranks among several others.

Bramwell, who has been in music production and engineering for the past 10 years, operates his own Breadback Production that was responsible for the soothing roots rock reggae rhythm dubbed 9 to 5 which feature the hit song Jamaican Girl by Lutan Fyah.

His ear for detail and dedication to the business of music was something he revealed he absorbed from international musician Sizzla.

“I am Sizzla’s engineer and he is someone who will voice 10 songs in one day and these are ten good songs not just something mediocre. His seriousness to the music is what I admire and it’s that same amount of unyielding effort that I put into each material I work on” the producer noted.

When asked as to whether or not he is considering being on the centre stage performing, he smiled during his response that “I like to be in the background helping to make the artiste’s material the best it should be, my talent is to produce and make beat”.

At age 30, this Vineyard Town resident has an optimistic view on his musical endevours as the Tan Bad rhythm has been scoring several radio and internet plays and positive responses.

Although touring around the world with Sizzla heightened his appreciate for Jamaica’s musical presence in the market his dream to be an architect still forms apart of his long term professional goal.

“There is no reason I can’t still be involved in music at the level that I am at and have an additional career in architect. It is possible and it’s still my dream to be an architect” a confident Bramwell concluded.