Sweatbox

UK label founded by Rob Deacon, who later founded Volume and Deviant Records. Rob Deacon died September 8 2007 in a canoeing accident. Conceived in the early half of 1986, building on the euphoria of Abstract Magazine Issue 5, Sweatbox has grown from being a part-time, bedroom based obsession, to full time occupation. In 1988 employing three full time staff, coping with a roster of six active artists, world-wide distribution an reputation.