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Steve Barrow

76 releases  ·  172 collaborators  ·  18 labels

Real name
Stephen Leigh Barrow
Date active
1984 – 2023
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Medium, weak ties with the core cluster, here because linked to roots dub, the Jamaican sound dub techno grew out of
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Bio

British reggae historian, archivist, journalist, writer, promoter, sound system operator, label owner, and producer, born 29 September 1945 - died 27 May 2026.

He began his career running the London record shop Daddy Kool in the mid-1970s. He worked freelance for Island Records compiling Reggae and Jamaican music releases. In 1993 he was one of the founders of the highly respected Blood & Fire re-issue label, and later Equalizer Music.

Barrow's extensive knowledge of reggae was the catalyst for the creation of the Jamaican Reggae Archive Project, funded and owned by Chris Blackwell with Barrow as de facto curator. He wrote The Rough Guide to Reggae with Peter Dalton (2). He also started and ran the Hot Pot label from 2004 to 2007. His work includes writing liner notes, compiling re-issues and other contributions for labels like Pressure Sounds and Trojan Records.

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Blood & Fire

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