John Fryer is een Brits producer en geluidstechnicus die sinds begin jaren tachtig furore maakt als producer van elektronische pop, industrial en alternatieve rock. Hij is bekend om zijn samenwerkingen met Cocteau Twins, Xmal Deutschland, Nine Inch Nails, Fear Factory, HIM, Depeche Mode, Clan of Xymox, Fad Gadget, Yazoo en Alison Moyet.
Fryer begon zijn carrière als assistent-geluidstechnicus in Eric Radcliffe’s Blackwing Studio in Southwark en leerde er de knepen van het vak. In die periode werkte hij samen met Mute, 4AD, Beggars Banquet en Cocteau Twins. Na 9 jaar besliste hij Blackwing te verlaten om zich als zelfstandig producer te profileren. Zijn eerste klanten waren Lush en Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor vroeg hem “Pretty Hate Machine” (1989) te producen.
Sinds de jaren ’90 is Fryer actief in de Verenigde Staten en produceerde hij er de bands Stabbing Westward, Raging Speedhorn en Cradle Of Filth.
In 2003 startte hij met een eigen platenlabel, Something To Listen To Records.
Discografie Soundtracks Mixing Se7en (1995) Mortal Kombat (1995) Faust (2001) Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Producer Clerks. (1994) Johnny Mnemonic (1995) Mortal Kombat: More Kombat (1996)
Albums Producer Tocsin (1984) - Xmal Deutschland Medusa [Bonus Tracks] (1987) - Clan of Xymox Three Times and Waving (1987) - Breathless Head Over Heels/Sunburst and Snowblind (1988) - Cocteau Twins One of Our Girls (1989) - A.C. Marias Love and Rockets [Compilation] (1989) - Love and Rockets Magic Seed (1990) - Easy Indie Top 20, Vol. 9 (1990) - Various Artists Nettwerk Sampler, Vol. 3 (1991) - Various Artists Cyber Core Compilation (1994) - Various Artists Heartburst (1995) - Breathless Metalmorphosis of Die Krupps: 81-92 (1996) - Die Krupps Sweet F.A. (1996) - Love and Rockets Before X (1997) - Various Artists Postpunk Chronicles: Left of the Dial (1999) - Various Artists 1980's New Wave (1999) - Various Artists Razorblade Romance (2000) - H.I.M. (His Infernal Majesty) Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years (2001) - Various Artists Modern Sound Files (2001) - Various Artists Sorted!: The Best of Love and Rockets (2003) - Love and Rockets Cradle Of Fear / Various (2003) - Various Artists Head Over Heels (2003) - Cocteau Twins Essential Stabbing Westward (2003) - Stabbing Westward Stars And Topsoil: A Collection 1982-1990 (Remastered) (2003) - Cocteau Twins Feedback to the Future (2003) - Various Artists Head Over Heels (Remastered) (2003) - Cocteau Twins Love Said No: Greatest Hits 1997-2004 (Bonus Dvd) (2004) - H.I.M. (His Infernal Majesty) MTV2 Headbangers Ball, Vol. 2 (2004) - Various Artists Louder Than the Crowd (2004) - Various Artists Hurry Home Early: The Songs of Warren Zevon (2005) - Various Artists Conspiritus (2005) - Ewigkeit Cradle of Filth Box Set (2006) - Cradle of Filth Lullabies to Violaine (2006) - Cocteau Twins Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box / Various (2006) - Various Artists Filthy Notes For Frozen Hearts (Bonus Tracks) (2006) - Lacrimas Profundere Lullabies To Violaine: Singles & Extended Plays 1 (2006) - Cocteau Twins Filthy Notes for Frozen Hearts (2006) - Lacrimas Profundere Uneasy Listening 1 (2006) - H.I.M. Uneasy Listening, Vol. 1 [Best Buy Exclusive] (2006) - Him From Brussels With Love / Various (Rmst) (2007) - Various Artists Construction Time Again (W/Dvd) (Rmst) (Dig) (2007) - Depeche Mode Cold (2007)- Alucard Dark romantism (2009)- Alucard
(Re)Mixing Pretty Hate Machine (1989) - Nine Inch Nails Sharks Patrol These Waters (1995) - Various Artists Supersexy Swingin' Sounds (1996) - White Zombie Plasticized (1997) - Pink Noise Test Single Collection (Box Set) (2002) - H.I.M. Lovecraft & Witch Hearts (2002) - Cradle of Filth Remixes 81-04 (2004) - Depeche Mode Remixes 81-04 (2005) - Depeche Mode Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2002) - H.I.M. Best of Fad Gadget (2001) - Fad Gadget Complete Sex Gang Children (2000) - Sex Gang Children Whirlpool (1991) - Chapterhouse Body of Work 1984-1997 [UK] (2006) - Nitzer Ebb Ciao! 1989-1996 (2001) - Lush Tribute to Metallica [Bonus Tracks] (1993) - Die Krupps Singles Box 4 (2004) - Depeche Mode Supersexy Swingin' Sounds [Clean] (1996) - White Zombie It's Beginning to and Back Again (1989) - Wire Postpunk Chronicles: Left of the Dial (1999) - Various Artists Broken Frame (2006) - Depeche Mode Best of De/Vision (2006) - De/Vision Telepathic Last Words (1998) - Course of Empire Driving A Million (2001) - Gwenmars Dr. Wu 2000 (2000) - Various Artists Manipulated (1997) - Gravity Kills Raging Speedhorn [UK Bonus Tracks] (2001) - Raging Speedhorn Home Is in Your Head [Rykodisc] (1991) - His Name Is Alive Blind (1992) - Sex Gang Children Blow (1992) - Swallow Words Become Worms (1998) - Love in Reverse Messiah Meets Progenitor (1998) - Messiah Dawnrazor (1987) - Fields of the Nephilim Livonia (1990) - His Name Is Alive Gravity Kills (1996) - Gravity Kills Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights [Bonus Tracks] (2001) - H.I.M. Take Care (1988) - He Said Unison (2007) - Angels & Agony Body Of Work 1984-1997 (Bonus cd) (Rmxs) (2006) - Nitzer Ebb ...smile's ok (1998) - The Hope Blister Dawnrazor [Bonus Track] (1999) - Fields of the Nephilim Corrode (2000) - Groundswell UK Never Enough: Best Of (Remastered) (2002) - Jesus Jones Doubt [2002 Reissue] (2002) - Jesus Jones Acoustek (2000) - Instrumental Storybook (1992) - The Beautiful England Made Me (1991) - Cath Carroll Doubt (1991) - Jesus Jones First Flower (1993) - Play Dead
Engineering Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 [cd/DVD] (2006) - Depeche Mode Speak & Spell (1981) - Depeche Mode Ungod (1993) - Stabbing Westward Best Of (2006) - Depeche Mode Very Special Christmas (1989) - Various Artists It'll End in Tears (1984) - This Mortal Coil Best of Yazoo (1999) - Yazoo Filigree & Shadow (1986) - This Mortal Coil Singles 81>85 (1998) - Depeche Mode Singles Box 1 (1991) - Depeche Mode Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996) - Stabbing Westward Anakin (1998) - Various Artists Glass Bead Game (Eng) (2003) - Breathless Children of God/World of Skin (1997) - Swans Believe in Nothing (2001) - Paradise Lost Pump Up the Volume (Remix) (1987) - M/A/R/R/S Ricochet Days (1984) - Modern English Blood (1991) - This Mortal Coil Hoodoo (1991) - Alison Moyet Raindancing (1987) - Alison Moyet Words for Our Years (1989) - Hugh Harris Chasing Promises (1990) - Breathless Mid-Eighties (1993) - Robert Wyatt Mzui (2003) - Gilbert/Lewis/Mills Broken Frame (2006) - Depeche Mode Love Said No: Greatest Hits 1997-2004 (Bonus Dvd) (2004) - H.I.M. (His Infernal Majesty) Everything Is Beautiful: 1983-1995 (2001) - The Wolfgang Press Singles Box 2 (1991) - Depeche Mode Speak & Spell [Rhino US cd/DVD] (2006) - Depeche Mode This Is Electroclash / Various (2003) - Various Artists Singles Box, Vol. 2 [Import cd][Limited Edition] (1998) - Depeche Mode Speak & Spell [Bonus Tracks] (1998) - Depeche Mode Fetisch (1983) - Xmal Deutschland Whilst Climbing Thieves Vie for Attention (1998) - P'O Legendary Wolfgang Press and Other Tall Stories (1985) - The Wolfgang Press Fad Gadget Singles - Frank Tovey Underarms & Sideways (2005) - The Hope Blister Mystery Of Faith (2005) - Jarboe Clan of Xymox [Import] (1989) - Clan of Xymox Clan of Xymox [Bonus Tracks] (1985) - Clan of Xymox Fad Gadget Singles (1985) - Fad Gadget Or So It Seems (1983) - Duet Emmo This Way to the Shivering Man (1990) - Bruce Gilbert Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (1986) - Peter Murphy Resurrection (1992) - Play Dead Singles 81>85 [Australia] (1998) - Depeche Mode Singles Box, Vol. 3 [Import cd][Limited Edition] (1998) - Depeche Mode Underarms (1999) - The Hope Blister Spring Hill Fair [Expanded] (2002) - The Go-Betweens Love & Rockets / Swing Ep (Remastered) (Dlx Ed) (2002) - Love and Rockets Yclept (2000) - Dome Fall: The Complete Singles (2001) - Sex Gang Children Spring Hill Fair (2002) - The Go-Betweens Terra Incognita (2004) - Non Singles Box 3 (2004) - Depeche Mode Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 [cd/DVD] (2006) - Depeche Mode Lonely At The Top + Extras (2006) - Hermine Spring Hill Fair [Bonus cd] (2006) - The Go-Betweens Speak & Spell [Bonus Track] (2006) - Depeche Mode
Samplen 80's Dance Gold / Various (Rmst) (2006) - Various Artists
Orkestraties Lonely Is an Eyesore (1987) - Various Artists Love and Rockets (1989) - Love and Rockets
Programmaties Standing Up Straight (1986) - The Wolfgang Press Head Down (1990) - Moev
Percussie Fireside Favorites (1980) - Fad Gadget Incontinent (1981) - Fad Gadget
Keyboards Figure One Cuts (1987) - Minimal Compact Messiah Meets Progenitor (1998) - Messiah
Externe links Biografie From 4AD To Nine Inch Nails
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