English record producer (born in 1958 in London) 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 and Sound Boy. His most well-known label is [l2409] (= label page). Sherwood sometimes also operates as
On-U Sound (= artist credits page). 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 & 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.