Freeze Records

House, hip hop and dancehall record label founded in 1991 by Todd Terry and Will Socolov (who had established Fresh Records and Sleeping Bag Records in the mid-1980s). Freeze's label manager and executive producer was Steve Oaklander aka Steve-O. Manufactured and distributed early Roc-A-Fella Records including Jay-Z's first album. The label folded around 1997. Oaklander went on to run Playland Records. Freeze was revived in January 2013 in collaboration with Dutch label Clone. Former parent label: Freeze Records, Inc. Sister label to Moon Roof / Moonroof Records.