Dom Blood & Fire – Artist Profile
July 3rd, 2006 by rui
The first time Dom heard reggae on a sound system was at a street party in 1977. He was hooked from then on.
After making a move to Manchester in 1983 he started to DJ more and more. He had weekly at Ten Bar with loads of local Manc DJ’s and then he started the crazy “DUBism” club nights @ The Roadhouse and the Music Box with Guy Morely and Mr. Scruff.
By now the sounds of Jamaica had taken prevalence in his sets and he was known as a reggae specialists going from strength to strength.
By 1997 he had taken a job at the esteemed Manchester reggae label, Blood and Fire and embarked on a live sound system tour with original Jamaican deejays and Steve Barrow, an internationally known author, compiler, selector and reggae historian.
The Blood and Fire Sound System has since toured all over Europe, North America even Moscow, playing at major international festivals, parties and clubs.
