His early recordings were made in the mid-1990s at a Whanganui furniture warehouse that doubled as a rehearsal space. Augmented with solo recordings made at Palmerston North’s The Stomach they were released on the 1996 cassette album D W Browne. The following year, the CD Enter Me featured a selection of solo performances of original songs.
Derek Browne - vocals, guitar
David Hodkinson - bass
Chris Grant - drums, vocals
Anthony Hunt - keyboards
Andrew Hall - saxophone, vocals
Neil Cording - trumpet
Mike Young - trombone
Dixon Nacey - guitar
Steve Fulford - guitar, vocals
Matt Shanks - bass, vocals
Tala Ofamooni - drums
Duncan Taylor - trombone
Ben Campbell - saxophone, flute
Tim Atkinson - saxophone
Finn Scholes - trumpet
Jono Tan - trombone
Rota Barrington - drums
Andrew McDowall - trumpet
Andrew Watts - trumpet
Eammon Deverall - saxophone
James Toplis - keyboards, percussion, vocals
Haydn Godfrey - trombone
dDub founder Derek Browne records final songs, 2019
dDub gets back to its roots, 2012
Vunderchick Records