Dan Donovan (keyboardist)

Daniel Donovan is an English keyboardist, composer, photographer and remixer. He was a founding member of Big Audio Dynamite^[1] and of Dreadzone.

Dan Donovan
Donovan (left) with fellow Big Audio Dynamite member Don Letts (right) in 1987
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Donovan
Born	London, England
Genres	Post-punk alternative dance dance-rock funk rock hip-hop reggae fusion
Occupations	Musician composer photographer remixer
Instruments	Keyboards vocals
Years active	1984–present
Formerly of	Big Audio Dynamite Dreadzone
Website	dan-donovan.com

Career

Following a brief touring stint with the Sisters of Mercy in 1990, he became a founding member of Dreadzone. Although he officially left Dreadzone during the development of Zion Youth, he returned in 1996.

He took the album cover photograph for Big Audio Dynamite's debut studio album, This Is Big Audio Dynamite (1985), which also meant that he wasn't featured in it. It was the same with their debut single "The Bottom Line".

Family

Donovan was named after his grandfather, Daniel Donovan through his father, also called Terence Daniel Donovan, a photographer and film director. Through his father he is related to half sister Daisy Donovan and Rockstar Games co-founder Terry Donovan. He was married to the actress and singer Patsy Kensit, from 1988 to 1991.

Discography

With Big Audio Dynamite

• This Is Big Audio Dynamite (1985)
• No. 10, Upping St. (1986)
• Tighten Up Vol. 88 (1988)
• Megatop Phoenix (1989)

With Screaming Target

• Hometown Hi-Fi (1991, Island Records)

With Dreadzone

• 360°
• Second Light (1995, Virgin Records)
• Zion Youth (1995, Virgin Records)
• Moving On (1997, Virgin Records)
• Biological Radio (1997, Virgin Records)
• The Radio 1 Sessions (2001, Strange Fruit)
• Sound (2002)
• Once Upon a Time (2005)
• Eye on the Horizon (2010)