Dan Man A K A Sunny Voice

Claston Brooks: stage name Dan Man: is a veteran musician and singer who has covered the music scene on a local: regional and national basis for over 20 years. Born in St. Elizabeth: Jamaica: he migrated to the UK in 1967 at the tender age of 11. The first stop in the UK for the young artist was London: where he lived and attended the Slay Brook High School in Harlsden: for 4 years before moving to Huddersfield and finished schooling at Fartown High. Dan man played bongo drums for revival church in Jamaica: during his childhood and is no new comer: when it comes to music. However it wasn’t until 1995 that he got his first experience of working in a recording studio. Upon enquiring about an advertisement: he was given the opportunity to record two of his own tracks free of charge: in a recording studio at the Hudawi Centre in Huddersfield. One of the songs recorded during Dan Man’s first studio experience: placed him in third place in a Talent Competition: held at the Deighton Centre: Huddersfield in 1995. Yorkshire Television captured the particular show on camera and a video has been made as a result. In late 90s Dan Man met Andy Black from Big Noise Productions: Yorkshire UK and recorded a number of tracks with him over a few years. A limited edition Album featuring Dan Man was compiled by Big Noise and a few copies were sold. Not much were happening for neither Dan Man nor Big Noise and Dan Man felt that it was necessary for him to venture out into the world of music in order to make more use of his talent. Iration Steppaz Sound System was the next adventure for Dan Man and this adventure has lead to the releasing of the artist’s first 12-inch vinyl: entitled ‘Too Much War.’ Dan Man is still working with Iration Steppaz with the intention of making an album and he also works closely with The Rootsman (Third eye music: Bradford UK.) and Abdul (Celtic Islam Production: Huddersfield UK. Since 2002 Dan Man has been working alongside fellow artist Bongo Chilli and they have been sharing contacts and getting work for each other whenever they can. The two artists were recently featured in a live drama called ‘Steepin Out’: held at the Deighton Centre in November of last year. Dan Man was also one of the creators of the ‘Steppin Out’ drama. He has also participated in a number of music workshops.