On-U Sound Records

{{Short description|English record label}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}

{{infobox record label

| image = File:On - U Sound logo.png

| founded = May 1979

| founder = Adrian Sherwood and Pete Holdsworth

| country = UK

| location = London

| genre = Dub, reggae, experimental, electronic

| url = http://www.on-usound.com

}}

On-U Sound Records is an English record label known for releasing its own unique flavour of dub music since the 1980s.{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10769656 | title=Adrian Sherwood: Strange Turn | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=2011-11-29 | access-date=2013-04-16 | author=Stinky Jim}} The label was founded by Adrian Sherwood in 1979/1980{{cite web|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Melissa|title=Pay It All Back: Adrian Sherwood on 30 Years of On-U Sound|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/06115-adrian-sherwood-interview|website=The Quietus|access-date=3 January 2018|date=19 April 2011}}{{cite web|last1=Garratt|first1=Sheryl|title=It's my turn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/feb/24/artsfeatures.popandrock|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2018|date=24 February 2003}}{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/On-U%20Sound |title=On-U Sound – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs |access-date=2013-12-09}} and is home to acts such as Tackhead, Dub Syndicate, African Head Charge, Akabu,{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/40541-Akabu-2| publisher= Discogs | access-date=2021-06-21}}{{cite web|title=Skysaw.org|url=http://www.skysaw.org/onu/artists/akabu.html | work="Introducing the faces behind many an On-U Sound 'vocal harmony'" | access-date=2021-06-21}} The London Underground, Little Annie, Creation Rebel, Mark Stewart, Gary Clail (who would have a number of Top 40 hits, like "Human Nature", credited to Gary Clail On-U Sound System),{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26333/gary-clail-on-u-sound-system/|title = GARY CLAIL ON-U SOUND SYSTEM | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|publisher = Official Charts Company}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xp0h|title = BBC One – Top of the Pops, 11/04/1991}} New Age Steppers, Audio Active, Asian Dub Foundation, and the dub collective Singers & Players.{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10768708 | title=Adrian Sherwood is feeling the riddim | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=2011-11-26 | access-date=2013-04-16 | author=Coleman, Nick}}