Danny Red

b. Daniel Clarke, c.1962, London, Britain. Clarke’s formative years in London had been accompanied by an adolescence in Jamaica where he became familiar with reggae, blues, R&B, gospel, nation and jazz. In 1980 he came back to the united kingdom where he was presented to the Jah Marcus audio system by his cousins. Originally performing being a DJ, he became a member of the town Dread audio system, resulting in further notoriety when he became a member of the Fine Design Crew. His popularity as a ethnic DJ flourished when he toured European countries alongside General Kelly as Danny Dread. It had been under this appellation that in 1986, he documented his debut ‘Duppy Conqueror’, a moderate strike, accompanied by ‘Skateboard’. A go back to Jamaica led to a program at Music Hill alongside the Bloodfire Posse, who provided the rhythms to ‘Blackness Understanding’ and ‘Who State Jah Jah’. Danny transformed his surname to Crimson to avoid dilemma with two various other Jamaican DJs utilizing the Dread banner. The name transformation coincided along with his initial singing monitor, ‘Jah Jah Me’. By 1991 he was solidly established being a root base performer, enjoying strikes with ‘Armageddon’, ‘Primary Formulation’, ‘Don Gorgon’ and ‘Dance Obtain Overload’. In 1993 Crimson’s mixture of root base and dancehall demonstrated a considerable achievement, with releases such as for example ‘Sons Of Jah’ for Surzima Selassie and ‘Jah Is normally Right here’ for Abba Jahnoi and Dredbeat. He documented several paths for Dredbeat including a tribute to Big Youngsters, ‘Warn Them’, along with a display compilation, Rebirth, with Ras Tyah, Ras Organic, and of Lidj Integrated, Lidj Ishu and Lidj Xylon. In 1994 he documented ‘Riddimwize’, merging his vocal and DJ abilities, followed by a mixture with Gospel Seafood, ‘Teaser’. His achievement resulted in a agreement with Columbia Information, who released ‘Smart Up’, which presented Top Cat in addition to remixes from Mafia And Fluxy as well as the Mad Teacher. The single demonstrated a moderate achievement and in 1995 he came back with ‘Rolling Rock’, made by Sly And Robbie offering Starkey Banton. The solitary, promo video and an appearance on the air One Roadshow led to a crossover strike, although it designated the finish of Crimson’s association with Columbia. He came back towards the origins market with a solid compilation, and caused several top makers, including Donovan Germain, Mikey Bennett and Steely And Clevie, carrying out ‘Maintain On Shifting’, ‘Jah Can be Right here’ and ‘I Don’t Treatment’.