Adrian Sherwood (1958, London, UK) is an English record producer best known for his work with dub music as well as for remixing a number of popular acts such as
Coldcut,
Depeche Mode, The Woodentops,
Primal Scream,
Pop Will Eat Itself,
Sinéad O'Connor, and
Skinny Puppy.
He is co-founder of
Carib Gems and
Pressure Sounds, and founder of
Hitrun Records as well as
Green Tea Records and Sound Boy Records. His most well-known label is
On-U Sound Records. He is also the fourth member of industrial hip-hop outfit
Tackhead, credited as "mixologist."
During the early 80's he brought together many Jamaican artists under the collective name of Singers and Players including
Prince Far I,
Mikey Dread,
Bim Sherman and many others, this helped promote the individual artists at the same time as promoting the record label, On-U Sound Records.