With over 50 platinum and gold disc awards and still counting in his career to date, maybe you already know the multi platinum album brands PURE R&B, EUPHORIA, and PURE GARAGE, Danny has had quite a remarkable career to this point and certainly already left his mark on the 'Music Industry' worldwide.
Dan Donnelly was the owner and creator of legendary 90's D&B/rave label Suburban Base Records (Sub Base), launching the careers of many D&B pioneers and delivering classic anthems from the likes of DJ Hype, DJ Zinc, DJ Rap & Aston Harvey (latterly of The Freestylers), Danny Breaks (Droppin Science), Remarc, DJ Swift (Mampi Swift), Pascal etc
Danny's Music Publishing arm Suburban Base Music also represented many of the Jungle/ Drum & Bass scene's leading players. He later launched his own TV advertised compilations label Breakdown Records, responsible for the successful 'DRUM & BASS SELECTION' series, becoming the first ever TV advertised Jungle Compilation album, which spawned many imitations.
Danny devised and created the entire range of albums for his Breakdown label covering all dance genres including Drum & Bass/ House/ Garage/ Techno and Trance with mix albums by the famous and infamous dance scene heroes including Grooverider, Andy C, DJ Hype, Kiss FM's Steve Jackson, Danny Rampling, Trevor Rockcliffe and DJ EZ to name a few.
Sub Base USA was opened with an office in Los Angeles and a distribution deal for North America. Sub Base USA was the first label to tap into the US scenes now firmly established home grown talent, with first mix albums from DJ's such as AK 1200, Diesel Boy, Phantom 45 etc. Danny secured the first label deals for a drum & bass record company in South America and Japan, helping pioneer this UK sound globally.
He also developed a new label called Fruit Tree which concentrated on the Garage sound coming out of New York and New Jersey, working with such heroes as Gerideau, Victor Simonelli, Booker T and DJ Camacho.
Danny had the foresight to give Rodney Smith aka Roots Manuva his recorded debut in 1994 as part of IQ Procedure through Suburban Base hip hop imprint Bluntly Speaking Vinyl, pleading with him to record solo, although at the time resolutely loyal to group members he did so only a year after leaving the label and went on to huge acclaim.
At the same time the publishing catalogue of Suburban Base Music Limited grew with acts signed to recording deals with labels such as Virgin/ BMG/ MCA/ RCA/ Junior Boys Own/ Strictly Rhythm to name but a few. Deals that were most often co-ordinated by Danny, including the teaming up of Suburban Base Music signed act Shelley Nelson with Virgin act Tin Tin Out, which resulted in a UK Top Ten with 'Heres Where the Story Ends' a number one airplay hit in 1998, only missing out to Robbie Williams 'Angels' as the largest airplay hit of the year! Tin Tin Out & Shelly then had a further top 20 placing later that same year with 'Sometimes'. Danny also controlled the publishing interest of hit garage anthem 'A Little Bit Of Luck' by DJ Luck & Mc Neat, a top ten hit in 2000
The UK underground Garage label Quench Recordings was set up in 1998 and quickly gained recognition with releases from its artists such as Ed Case, Underground Solution, Ray Hurley, DJ Lewi, Twice as Nice and resident studio engineer Mark Yardley (Stanton Warriors), with the K Warren mix of 'Something In Your Eyes' becoming a massive hit. And later releasing the first ever mix albums from The Heartless Crew, Shortee Blitz and from UK garage pioneer DJ EZ, making him a household name via the PURE GARAGE album brand.
In 2000 Danny joined forces with an acquaintance with a major label background in sales & marketing and together as Tailormade Music they conceived and compiled album brands that would become household names. Compilation albums that include titles such as DriveTime, All Woman, Pure Grooves, and Funky Divas... Their division went on to be one of the most successful in British music, licensing concepts to various major labels including Sony, Universal, and Warners and eventually heading up the compilation dept of Telstar/BMG for several years.
From this collaboration also grew publishing companies & record labels including Trance Euphoric label 'Liquid Asset' which has seen releases from Matt Darey, Moogwai, Solarstone and John '00' Flemming, who are all still notching up club and chart hits, as well as nationwide club events for the EUPHORIA brand and five successful seasons as the biggest Saturday night event in Ibiza.
In the following 5 years that company was responsible for some of the biggest selling album brands in the UK, PURE GARAGE (DJ EZ) and PURE R&B (Firin' Squad) have been the biggest selling urban album brands throughout that period and EUPHORIA has sold more than any other dance compilation since 2000.
Having sold up shares in this particular business strand to concentrate on his Music Publishing and Artist Management interests, the first of these new signings The Troubadours have already been tipped by Q Magazine as one of the best new bands to emerge in 2008, having completed a tour with The Enemy earlier this year, they are currently touring with Paul Weller ahead of their single release on A&M/ Universal in the UK and BMG Japan.
Other projects in development include 'Soapbox Story' aka songwriter Will Hunt, for whom Danny has recently concluded a deal with Pink Floyds Publishing Co.
And 'The Wonderfuls', amazing Brighton based bluesy three piece currently recording and writing at EMI's studios with producer Blame, who is also represented by the company and whose own latest single 'Stay Forever' has turned out to be the Drum & Bass hit of the year, with playlisting on Radio 1, BBC 1 Xtra, Ministry, XFM etc
Danny is now dedicated to concentrating fully on working with a small roster of special artists aiming at global success.
