John Fryer (music)

:"Please see "John Fryer" for the Sailng Master of the Bounty""'Starting out at Legendary Blackwing Studio south London, John’s early career saw him working with seminal 4 A.D. Mute, Rough Trade & Beggars Banquite artists including Depeche Mode, Fad Gadget, Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil.

John has virtually defined several genres with his production work, like on the Ethereal Ambient Cocteau Twins & This Mortal Coil of 4AD. The Industrial Rock sound of Nine Inch Nails, Stabbing Westward & Gravity Kills as well as The Modern Day sound of Gloom Pops HIM & Lacrimas Profundere.

Not confining him self to one style however, John has Produced, Engineered and Mixed The Schools Spellemannspris (Norwegian Grammy) nominated album “Espionage”, mixed the US breakthrough album for Jesus Jones “Doubt”, produced Cradle of Filth’s “Midian” Album, HIM & Nine Inch Nails multi platinum selling albums and also mixed or re-mixed White Zombie, A-Ha, Anthrax, Sarah McLachlan and Ashbruy Heights amongst many others.

John Fryer has now started his own label “Something To Listen To” of Eccentric Dark Alternative Music as well as continuing in Production to give people a wide variety of musical styles for their listening PLEASURE.

Discography

Soundtracks

* Seven (1995)
* Mortal Kombat (1995)
* Faust (2001)
* (2004)
* Clerks (1994)
* Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
* Mortal Kombat: More Kombat (1996)

Albums

Producer

* Fireside Favorites (1980) - Fad Gadget
* Incontinent (1981) - Fad Gadget
* "Speak & Spell" (1981) - Depeche Mode
* "Upstairs at Eric's" (1982) - Yazoo
* Fetisch (1983) - Xmal Deutschland
* Or So It Seems (1983) - Duet Emmo
* From The Promised Land (1984) - Play Dead
* It'll End in Tears (1984) - This Mortal Coil
* Tocsin (1984) - Xmal Deutschland
* Ricochet Days (1984) - Modern English
* Legendary Wolfgang Press and Other Tall Stories (1985) - The Wolfgang Press
* Fad Gadget Singles (1985) - Frank Tovey
* Clan of Xymox [Bonus Tracks] (1985) - Clan of Xymox
* Fad Gadget Singles (1985) - Fad Gadget
* Filigree & Shadow (1986) - This Mortal Coil
* Standing Up Straight (1986) - The Wolfgang Press
* Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (1986) - Peter Murphy
* Lonely Is an Eyesore (1987) - Various Artists
* Pump Up The Volume (Remix) (1987) - M/A/R/R/S
* Figure One Cuts (1987) - Minimal Compact
* Medusa [Bonus Tracks] (1987) - Clan of Xymox
* Three Times and Waving (1987) – Breathless
* Raindancing (1987) - Alison Moyet
* Dawnrazor (1987) - Fields of the Nephilim
* Head Over Heels/Sunburst and Snowblind (1988) - Cocteau Twins
* Take Care (1988) - He Said
* One of Our Girls (1989) - A.C. Marias
* Love and Rockets [Compilation] (1989) - Love and Rockets
* Pretty Hate Machine (1989) - Nine Inch Nails
* It's Beginning to and Back Again (1989) - Wire
* Very Special Christmas (1989) - Various Artists
* Words for Our Years (1989) - Hugh Harris
* Clan of Xymox [Import] (1989) - Clan of Xymox
* Love and Rockets (1989) - Love and Rockets

* Magic Seed (1990) - Easy
* Indie Top 20, Vol. 9 (1990) - Various Artists
* Livonia (1990) - His Name Is Alive
* Chasing Promises (1990) - Breathless
* This Way to the Shivering Man (1990) - Bruce Gilbert
* Head Down (1990) – Moev
* Singles Box 2 (1991) - Depeche Mode
* England Made Me (1991) - Cath Carroll
* Doubt (1991) - Jesus Jones
* Blood (1991) - This Mortal Coil
* Hoodoo (1991) - Alison Moyet
* Nettwerk Sampler, Vol. 3 (1991) - Various Artists
* Whirlpool (1991) – Chapterhouse
* Home Is in Your Head [Rykodisc] (1991) - His Name Is Alive
* Singles Box 1 (1991) - Depeche Mode
* Resurrection (1992) - Play Dead
* Storybook (1992) - The Beautiful
* Blind (1992) - Sex Gang Children
* Blow (1992) - Swallow
* Ungod (1993) - Stabbing Westward
* Mid-Eighties (1993) - Robert Wyatt
* Tribute to Metallica [Bonus Tracks] (1993) - Die Krupps
* First Flower (1993) - Play Dead
* Cyber Core Compilation (1994) - Various Artists
* Heartburst (1995) – Breathless
* Sharks Patrol These Waters (1995) - Various Artists
* Supersexy Swingin' Sounds [Clean] (1996) - White Zombie
* Metalmorphosis of Die Krupps: 81-92 (1996) - Die Krupps
* Sweet F.A. (1996) - Love and Rockets
* Supersexy Swingin' Sounds (1996) - White Zombie
* Plasticized (1997) - Pink Noise Test
* Before X (1997) - Various Artists
* Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996) - Stabbing Westward
* Gravity Kills (1996) - Gravity Kills
* Children of God/World of Skin (1997) – Swans
* Manipulated (1997) - Gravity Kills
* Telepathic Last Words (1998) - Course of Empire
* Messiah Meets Progenitor (1998) – Messiah
* Singles 81>85 (1998) - Depeche Mode
* Words Become Worms (1998) - Love in Reverse
* Messiah Meets Progenitor (1998) - Messiah
* Singles 81>85 [Australia] (1998) - Depeche Mode
* Singles Box, Vol. 3 [Import CD] [Limited Edition] (1998) - Depeche Mode
* Whilst Climbing Thieves Vie for Attention (1998) - P'O
* Anakin (1998) - Various Artists
* ...smile's ok (1998) - The Hope Blister
* Speak & Spell [Bonus Tracks] (1998) - Depeche Mode
* Singles Box, Vol. 2 [Import CD] [Limited Edition] (1998) - Depeche Mode
* Postpunk Chronicles: Left of the Dial (1999) - Various Artists
* Underarms (1999) - The Hope Blister
* Best of Yazoo (1999) - Yazoo
* Dawnrazor [Bonus Track] (1999) - Fields of the Nephilim
* Postpunk Chronicles: Left of the Dial (1999) - Various Artists
* 1980's New Wave (1999) - Various Artists
* From The Cradle To Enslave (1999) - Cradle of Filth

* Acoustek (2000) – Instrumental
* Dr. Wu 2000 (2000) - Various Artists
* Corrode (2000) - Groundswell UK
* Yclept (2000) – Dome
* Midian (2000) - Cradle of Filth
* "Razorblade Romance (2000) - HIM
* Complete Sex Gang Children (2000) - Sex Gang Children
* Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years (2001) - Various Artists
* Driving A Million (2001) - Gwenmars
* Fall: The Complete Singles (2001) - Sex Gang Children
* Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights [Bonus Tracks] (2001) - H.I.M.
* Raging Speedhorn [UK Bonus Tracks] (2001) - Raging Speedhorn
* Believe in Nothing (2001) - Paradise Lost
* Everything Is Beautiful: 1983-1995 (2001) - The Wolfgang Press
* Modern Sound Files (2001) - Various Artists
* Best of Fad Gadget (2001) - Fad Gadget
* Ciao! 1989-1996 (2001) - Lush
* "The Single Collection" (2002) - HIM
* Lovecraft & Witch Hearts (2002) - Cradle of Filth
* Never Enough: Best Of (Remastered) (2002) - Jesus Jones
* Doubt [2002 Reissue] (2002) - Jesus Jones
* Spring Hill Fair [Expanded] (2002) - The Go-Betweens
* Love & Rockets / Swing Ep (Remastered) (Dlx Ed) (2002) - Love and Rockets
* Spring Hill Fair (2002) - The Go-Betweens
* "Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights" (2002) - HIM
* 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
* This Is Electroclash / Various (2003) - Various Artists
* Glass Bead Game (Eng) (2003) - Breathless
* Mzui (2003) - Gilbert/Lewis/Mills
* Head Over Heels (Remastered) (2003) - Cocteau Twins
* "" (2004) - HIM
* Singles Box 4 (2004) - Depeche Mode
* MTV2 Headbangers Ball, Vol. 2 (2004) - Various Artists
* Terra Incognita (2004) – Non
* Singles Box 3 (2004) - Depeche Mode
* Louder Than the Crowd (2004) - Various Artists
* Remixes 81-04 (2004) - Depeche Mode
* Remixes 81-04 (2005) - Depeche Mode
* Hurry Home Early: The Songs of Warren Zevon (2005) - Various Artists
* Conspiritus (2005) – Ewigkeit
* Underarms & Sideways (2005) - The Hope Blister
* Mystery Of Faith (2005) - Jarboe
* The Fool (2005) - Esoterica
* These Things Can't Hurt You Any More so Throw Them In The Fire (2005) Colt
* 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 Vol. 1" (2006) - HIM
* Body of Work 1984-1997 [UK] (2006) - Nitzer Ebb
* 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
* 80's Dance Gold / Various (Rmst) (2006) - Various Artists
* Broken Frame (2006) - Depeche Mode
* Best of De/Vision (2006) - De/Vision
* Body Of Work 1984-1997 (Bonus Cd) (Rmxs) (2006) - Nitzer Ebb
* Speak & Spell [Rhino US CD/DVD] (2006) - Depeche Mode
* Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 [CD/DVD] (2006) - Depeche Mode
* Best Of (2006) - Depeche Mode
* Tears, Love , Religion (2006) Sundealers
* Stain (2006) Everything On Black
* Espionage (2006) The School
* Press Fire To Continue (2006) LICKY
* Metodos Del Caso (2006) Rabia Sorda
* Rock & Science (2006) Ranheim
* From Brussels With Love / Various (Rmst) (2007) - Various Artists
* Construction Time Again (W/Dvd) (Rmst) (Dig) (2007) - Depeche Mode
* Unison (2007) - Angels & Agony
* Cold (single)(2007) - Alucard
* Three Cheers For The Newlydeads (2007) Ahsbury Heights
* "End of an Error" (2007) - DeathBoy
* The Sound Of Crash (2007) Din{A}Tod
* Songs for the last view (2008) - Lacrimas Profundere
* Morningstar In A Black Car (2008) - Ashbury Heights

External links

* [http://music.aol.com/artist/john-fryer/78119/biography Biography]
* [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan06/articles/johnfryer.htm From 4AD To Nine Inch Nails]
* [http://www.myspace.com/johnfryerproducer Official MySpace]