Danny Donnelly is the founder of

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/rave label

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Records. He is the creator/owner of many album brands, having collected over 50 platinum and gold disc awards to date. He is currently the chairman and founder of Pure Film Productions, and has written, directed and produced numerous British featured films. One of his biggest achievements came in the shape of his influential drum and bass label Suburban Base and the

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brands Pure Garage, Pure DnB and Pure Euphoria.

Album brands

In 2000, after leaving the

Records, Danny joined an acquaintance with experience in sales and marketing to form Tailormade Music. Tailormade specialises in

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, including titles such as

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, All Woman, Pure Grooves, and

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. Some of their concepts are licensed to labels such as

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, and

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. The collaboration has also spawned several publishing companies & record labels, including Trance Euphoric label ‘Liquid Asset’. In the following 5 years, the company was responsible for album brands including Pure Garage, (

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), and Pure R&B ( Firin' Squad), and Euphoria.

Film industry

Donnelly founded Pure Film Productions in 2010, co-producing the films ''The Tapes'' and ''The Magnificent Eleven'' in 2011. Donnelly has also taken on more of a creative role in his film productions, writing a number of

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and directing the movie ''Payback Season''.

References

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