Xterminator

Philip "Fatis" Burrell's label, and the engine room of the 1990s roots revival — the house that carried Luciano, Sizzla, Capleton and Beres Hammond through their most fertile period. Fatis' productions gave the conscious turn of the decade its sound: heavy, live-feeling and unmistakably his. Fatis Burrell's Xterminator sound system is reported, by his own account, to have been the first major Jamaican sound to incorporate a CD player, although it continued to play mostly off vinyl.

On record, Burrell paired his dancehall-rooted cultural artists, chiefly Sizzla, Ras Shiloh, Mikey General and Luciano, with veteran session musicians including Sly and Robbie, Dean Fraser, Robbie Lynn and Steve "Cat" Coore, giving the productions more musical depth than typical dancehall of the period, and produced Spanish-language reggae aimed at South American markets, reflecting Burrell's stated view that reggae needed to succeed internationally without losing its roots character.