Philip "Fatis" Burrell

Philip "Fatis" Burrell (b. Kingston, Jamaica) is a prolific Jamaican record producer, who runs the Xterminator record label. He has been one of the most successful producers of the digital reggae era.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter:"Reggae: The Rough Guide", 1997, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-247-0]

Biography

Born in Trenchtown, Burrell spent part of his childhood in England before returning to Jamaica as a teenager.Larkin, Colin: "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", 1998, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9] His first production was Sugar Minott's "More Dogs To The Bone" in 1984, starting the "Kings & Lions" record label in the same year. In 1986 he started the "Vena" label, releasing early works by new artists that he had discovered such as Sanchez, Pinchers and Thriller U, and established artists including Frankie Paul, Gregory Isaacs, and Charlie Chaplin.Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6] By 1989, Burrell had founded the "Exterminator" (later "Xterminator") label, which in the early 1990s released records by Ninjaman, Ini Kamoze, Admiral Tibet, Cocoa Tea, Beres Hammond, and Johnny Osbourne.

More recent successes have come with releases from Luciano, Sizzla, Everton Blender, and Ras Shiloh. Burrell's house band includes drummer Sly Dunbar and The Firehouse Crew.

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External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Philip+%22Fatis%22+Burrell Philip "Fatis" Burrell at discogs.com]