John Fryer (born 1958) is an English record producer. Best known for his production work, he has also performed as a musician, as one of the two constant members of
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil were a British music collective led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating ...
(along with
Ivo Watts-Russell
Ivo Watts-Russell (born 1954) is a British music producer and record label executive. He was joint-founder with Peter Kent of the indie record label 4AD. He has produced several records, although he prefers to use the term "musical director".
Ea ...
), providing keyboards, strings and synthesizer sequencing for the band, and its offshoot,
The Hope Blister
The Hope Blister were an ambient band that were active from 1997 to 1999.
History
The band was directed by 4AD Records founder Ivo Watts-Russell, with the music played by singer Louise Rutkowski, bass player Laurence O'Keefe and string arran ...
.
Career
Fryer started out at
Blackwing Studios
Blackwing Studios was an English recording studio, most notable for early Depeche Mode and Yazoo recordings in the early 1980s.
Background
The Blackwing Studios complex was housed inside a deconsecrated church in south-east London. All Hallows ...
in south London, working with bands on the
4AD,
Mute
Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak.
Mute or the Mute may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Mute'' (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart
* ''Mute'' (2018 film), a scien ...
,
Rough Trade and
Beggars Banquet record labels, including
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
,
Fad Gadget
Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured ...
and
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrum ...
. His work with the Cocteau Twins, helping to develop their ethereal and ambient sound, led Watts-Russell to recruit Fryer as his musical and producing partner for This Mortal Coil.
Fryer is also known for his production work in the
industrial rock
Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. It initially originated in the 1970s, and drew influence from early experimental and industrial acts such as Cromagnon, Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten a ...
genre, working with
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the band ...
,
Stabbing Westward and
Gravity Kills
Gravity Kills was an American industrial rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."Jacquie Kubin, ...
. He worked with the Italian band
Dope Stars Inc on their debut album, ''
Neuromance
''Neuromance'' (stylized as ''://Neuromance'') is the debut studio album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. and is also the first project by the band released under the Trisol Music Group label. Lyrically it focuses on traditional c ...
''.
He also produced, engineered and mixed
The Schools ''Espionage'', which was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy (Spellemannsprisen, the rock category), and mixed the US breakthrough album for Jesus Jones, ''
Doubt
Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, unable to be certain of any of them.
Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and disbelief. It may involve uncertainty, ...
''. More recently, Fryer has also started his own label, Something To Listen To.
In early 2010, Fryer began collaborating with
Stripmall Architecture vocalist Rebecca Coseboom under the name
Dark Drive Clinic.
The pair released their debut album, ''Noise in My Head'', in October 2011.
In 2013 Fryer formed the band Silver Ghost Shimmer with
Pinky Turzo, and their debut album ''Soft Landing'' was released on 1 May 2015. In 2014 Fryer started collaborating with
Louise Fraser in the band Muricidae, which released two EPs in 2015, "Tales From A silent Ocean" and "Tears Are Stronger Than Waves". In 2016 Fryer launched a music project named Black Needle Noise, collaborating with a vocalists from many genres of popular music, including
Jarboe
Jarboe Devereaux, known mononymously as Jarboe (), is an American singer and musician who came to prominence as a member of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans, were the two consta ...
(
Swans
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),
Ledfoot, Elena Alice Fossi of
Kirlian Camera, Betsy Martin of
Caterwaul,
Bill Leeb
Wilhelm Anton "Bill" Leeb (born 21 September 1966, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-Canadian electronic musician and record producer. He is best known for being a founding member of the industrial music group Front Line Assembly. Additional ...
(
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly (FLA) is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. FLA has developed its own sound incorporating elements of electronic body music and electro-industrial. The band's members ...
,
Delerium
Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act Front Line Assembly. Throughout the band’s history, their musical style has encompassed a ...
),
Mimi Page
Mimi Page (born February 2, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and composer.
Musical style
Page's original music blends ethereal vocals with piano-driven, atmospheric soundscapes. She attributes her ethereal sound to her u ...
,
Jennie Vee
Jennie Vee is a songwriter, guitarist and bassist from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She has played bass with Courtney Love, supported Echo and The Bunnymen and the Manic Street Preachers and played with Tamaryn.
Vee grew up listening to Hole, Th ...
,
Sivert Høyem and
Beca.
In February 2018, the single "I Am You" was released by No Devotion Records on a limited edition 7" vinyl, including remixes by The Blue Hour and Dave Parley from the band Prayers. It also has vocals from Bill Leeb and Tara Busch.
Discography
Soundtracks
* ''
Clerks
A clerk is someone who works in an office. A retail clerk works in a store.
Office holder
Clerk(s) may also refer to a person who holds an office, most commonly in a local unit of government, or a court.
*Barristers' clerk, a manager and adminis ...
'' (1994)
* ''
Seven
7 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
7 or seven may also refer to:
* AD 7, the seventh year of the AD era
* 7 BC, the seventh year before the AD era
* The month of
July
Music Artists
* Seven (Swiss singer) (born 1978), a Swiss recording artist ...
'' (1995)
* ''
Mortal Kombat
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'' (?)
* ''
Johnny Mnemonic
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'' (1995)
* ''
Mortal Kombat: More Kombat (1996)
* ''Faust'' (2001)
* ''
Resident Evil: Apocalypse'' (2004)
You Know The Way / Get Out 2019
Albums
* ''Noise In My Head'' (2011) — as DarkDriveClinic
* ''Noise In My Head reMix Album Part 1'' (2012) — as DarkDriveClinic
As Producer
*
Fad Gadget
Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured ...
- ''
Fireside Favorites'' (1980)
*
Dome
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- ''Dome'' (1980)
*
Dome
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- ''Dome 2'' (1980)
*
BC Gilbert /
G Lewis - ''3R4'' (1980)
*
Dome
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- ''Dome 3'' (1981)
*
Fad Gadget
Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured ...
- ''Incontinent'' (1981)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''
Speak & Spell'' (1981)
*
Yazoo - ''
Upstairs at Eric's
''Upstairs at Eric's'' is the debut studio album by English synth-pop duo Yazoo (known in North America as Yaz). It was released on 16 August 1982 by Mute Records. It was produced by the band and E.C. Radcliffe, with assistance from Mute labe ...
'' (1982)
* BC Gilbert / G Lewis /
Russell Mills - ''MZUI'' (1982)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''
A Broken Frame
''A Broken Frame'' is the second studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 27 September 1982 by Mute Records. The album was written entirely by Martin Gore and was recorded as a trio after the departure of Vince Cl ...
'' (1982)
*
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrum ...
- ''
Head Over Heels'' (1983)
*
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrum ...
- ''
Sunburst and Snowblind
''Sunburst and Snowblind'' is an EP by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. It was released on 18 November 1983 through the label 4AD. The EP features "Sugar Hiccup" from the album '' Head over Heels'', as well as three other tracks. ...
'' (1983)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Construction Time Again'' (1983)
*
Xmal Deutschland
Xmal Deutschland (pronounced: /ɪksmal ˈdɔʏtʃlant/), often written as X-Mal Deutschland, was a musical group from Hamburg, West Germany, which existed from 1980 to 1990. Founded in 1980 with a completely female line-up, they became chart hi ...
- ''Fetisch'' (1983)
*
Duet Emmo - ''Or So It Seems'' (1983)
*
Play Dead - ''
From The Promised Land'' (1984)
*
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil were a British music collective led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating ...
- ''
It'll End in Tears
''It'll End in Tears'' is the first album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell. The album was released on 1 Octob ...
'' (1984)
*
Xmal Deutschland
Xmal Deutschland (pronounced: /ɪksmal ˈdɔʏtʃlant/), often written as X-Mal Deutschland, was a musical group from Hamburg, West Germany, which existed from 1980 to 1990. Founded in 1980 with a completely female line-up, they became chart hi ...
- ''Tocsin'' (1984)
*
Modern English - ''Ricochet Days'' (1984)
*
Bruce Gilbert
Bruce Clifford Gilbert (born 18 May 1946) is an English musician. One of the founding members of the influential and experimental art punk band Wire (band), Wire,Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 180-182 ...
- ''This Way'' (1984)
*
The Wolfgang Press
The Wolfgang Press was an English post-punk band, active from 1983 to 1995, recording for the 4AD label. The core of the band was Michael Allen (vocals, bass), Mark Cox (keyboards), and Andrew Gray (guitar).
The group is best known for its 1 ...
- ''Legendary Wolfgang Press and Other Tall Stories'' (1985)
*
Frank Tovey
Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde music, avant-garde Electronic music, electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both New wave music, new wav ...
- ''Fad Gadget Singles'' (1985)
*
Clan of Xymox
Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band from Nijmegen formed in 1981 best known as pioneers of darkwave music. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of singers and songwriters – Ronny Moorings, Anka Wolbert, and Pieter Noot ...
- ''
Clan of Xymox
Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band from Nijmegen formed in 1981 best known as pioneers of darkwave music. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of singers and songwriters – Ronny Moorings, Anka Wolbert, and Pieter Noot ...
''
onus Tracks
Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility
Onus may also refer to:
* Blame
* Burden (disambiguation)
* Legal burden of proof (''onus probandi'')
As a surname
* Bill Onus (1906-68), Australian Aboriginal political activist, boo ...
(1985)
*
Fad Gadget
Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured ...
- ''Fad Gadget Singles'' (1985)
*
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil were a British music collective led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating ...
- ''
Filigree & Shadow
''Filigree & Shadow'' is the second album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily ...
'' (1986)
*
The Wolfgang Press
The Wolfgang Press was an English post-punk band, active from 1983 to 1995, recording for the 4AD label. The core of the band was Michael Allen (vocals, bass), Mark Cox (keyboards), and Andrew Gray (guitar).
The group is best known for its 1 ...
- ''Standing Up Straight'' (1986)
*
Peter Murphy - ''
Should the World Fail to Fall Apart
''Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'' is the debut album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy, formerly of the gothic rock band Bauhaus. The album contains Murphy's covers of Magazine's "The Light Pours Out of Me" and Pere Ubu's "Final Solu ...
'' (1986)
*
He Said - ''Hail'' (1986)
*
Bruce Gilbert
Bruce Clifford Gilbert (born 18 May 1946) is an English musician. One of the founding members of the influential and experimental art punk band Wire (band), Wire,Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 180-182 ...
- ''The Shivering Man'' (1986)
*
The Weathermen - ''The Black Album According To The Weathermen'' (1987)
*
Swans
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- ''
Children of God'' (1987)
* Various Artists - ''Lonely Is an Eyesore'' (1987)
*
M/A/R/R/S
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- ''
Pump Up the Volume'' (Remix) (1987)
*
Minimal Compact
Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s.
Biography
Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in the Europe ...
- ''Figure One Cuts'' (1987)
*
Clan of Xymox
Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band from Nijmegen formed in 1981 best known as pioneers of darkwave music. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of singers and songwriters – Ronny Moorings, Anka Wolbert, and Pieter Noot ...
- ''
Medusa
In Greek mythology, Medusa (; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress"), also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those ...
''
onus Tracks
Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility
Onus may also refer to:
* Blame
* Burden (disambiguation)
* Legal burden of proof (''onus probandi'')
As a surname
* Bill Onus (1906-68), Australian Aboriginal political activist, boo ...
(1987)
*
Breathless - ''Three Times and Waving'' (1987)
*
Alison Moyet - ''
Raindancing'' (1987)
*
Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984. The band's name refers to a Biblical race of angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim.
Career Early years (1984–1991)
Fields of the Nep ...
- ''Dawnrazor'' (1987)
*
Bruce Gilbert
Bruce Clifford Gilbert (born 18 May 1946) is an English musician. One of the founding members of the influential and experimental art punk band Wire (band), Wire,Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 180-182 ...
- ''This Way to the Shivering Man'' (1987)
*
BC Gilbert / G Lewis - ''8 Time'' (1988)
*
He Said - ''Take Care'' (1988)
*
Wire
Overhead power cabling. The conductor consists of seven strands of steel (centre, high tensile strength), surrounded by four outer layers of aluminium (high conductivity). Sample diameter 40 mm
A wire is a flexible strand of metal.
Wire is c ...
- ''
It's Beginning to and Back Again'' (1989)
*
A.C. Marias - ''One of Our Girls'' (1989)
*
Love and Rockets - ''Love and Rockets''
ompilation(1989)
* Various Artists - ''Very Special Christmas'' (1989)
*
Hugh Harris - ''Words for Our Years'' (1989)
*
Clan of Xymox
Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band from Nijmegen formed in 1981 best known as pioneers of darkwave music. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of singers and songwriters – Ronny Moorings, Anka Wolbert, and Pieter Noot ...
- ''Clan of Xymox''
mport(1989)
*
Love and Rockets - ''Love and Rockets'' (1989)
*
Nine Inch Nails
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- ''
Pretty Hate Machine
''Pretty Hate Machine'' is the debut studio album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by TVT Records on October 20, 1989. Production of the record was handled by NIN frontman
Trent Reznor and English producer Flood, amon ...
'' (1989)
*
Easy - ''
Magic Seed'' (1990)
* Various Artists - ''Indie Top 20, Vol. 9'' (1990)
*
His Name Is Alive
His Name Is Alive is an American experimental rock band/project from Livonia, Michigan. After several self-released cassettes, they debuted on 4AD Records in 1990, starting a long run at the label. Throughout the band's long history, leader Warre ...
- ''
Livonia
Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...
'' (1990)
*
Breathless - ''Chasing Promises'' (1990)
*
Moev
Moev is an electronic band based in Vancouver, British Columbia that recorded on Atlantic Records, Nettwerk Records, Go! Records and Cop International.
History
Moev was formed in 1981 by Tom Ferris and Cal Stephenson. The band released an EP in ...
- ''Head Down'' (1990)
*
Pale Saints
Pale Saints were an English alternative rock/shoegazing band formed in 1987 in Leeds by singer-bassist Ian Masters, guitarist Graeme Naysmith and drummer Chris Cooper.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 907 ...
- ''
The Comforts of Madness'' (1990)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Singles Box 2'' (1991)
*
Cath Carroll
Cath Carroll (born 25 August 1960)Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music'', Virgin Books, , pp. 96–7 is a British musician and music journalist.
Career
Carroll was born in Chipping Sodbury, England, but raised in Swa ...
- ''
England Made Me'' (1991)
*
Wire
Overhead power cabling. The conductor consists of seven strands of steel (centre, high tensile strength), surrounded by four outer layers of aluminium (high conductivity). Sample diameter 40 mm
A wire is a flexible strand of metal.
Wire is c ...
- ''The Drill'' (1991)
*
Jesus Jones
Jesus Jones are a British alternative rock band from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, formed in late 1988, who continue to record and perform, as of 2021. Their track " Right Here, Right Now" was an international hit, and was subsequently global ...
- ''
Doubt
Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, unable to be certain of any of them.
Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and disbelief. It may involve uncertainty, ...
'' (1991)
*
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil were a British music collective led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating ...
- ''
Blood
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the c ...
'' (1991)
*
Alison Moyet - ''Hoodoo'' (1991)
* Various Artists - ''Nettwerk Sampler, Vol. 3'' (1991)
*
Chapterhouse - ''Whirlpool'' (1991)
*
His Name Is Alive
His Name Is Alive is an American experimental rock band/project from Livonia, Michigan. After several self-released cassettes, they debuted on 4AD Records in 1990, starting a long run at the label. Throughout the band's long history, leader Warre ...
- ''
Home Is in Your Head''
ykodisc(1991)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Singles Box 1'' (1991)
*
Invisible Limits - ''familiar!'' (1991)
*
Play Dead - ''Resurrection'' (1992)
*
The Beautiful - ''Storybook'' (1992)
*
Sex Gang Children
Sex Gang Children are an early gothic rock and post-punk band that formed in early 1982 in Brixton in London, England. Although the original group only released one official studio album, their singles and various other tracks have been pack ...
- ''Blind'' (1992)
*
Swallow
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- ''Blow'' (1992)
*
Stabbing Westward - ''Ungod'' (1993)
*
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is a retired English musician. A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming para ...
- ''Mid-Eighties'' (1993)
*
Die Krupps
Die Krupps () ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/ EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf.
The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, including the percussive industrial '' ...
- ''Tribute to Metallica''
onus Tracks
Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility
Onus may also refer to:
* Blame
* Burden (disambiguation)
* Legal burden of proof (''onus probandi'')
As a surname
* Bill Onus (1906-68), Australian Aboriginal political activist, boo ...
(1993)
*
Play Dead - ''First Flower'' (1993)
* Various Artists - ''Cyber Core Compilation'' (1994)
*
Breathless - ''Heartburst'' (1995)
* Various Artists - ''Sharks Patrol These Waters'' (1995)
*
Die Krupps
Die Krupps () ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/ EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf.
The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, including the percussive industrial '' ...
- ''Metalmorphosis of Die Krupps: 81–92'' (1996)
*
Stabbing Westward - ''Wither Blister Burn & Peel'' (1996)
*
Gravity Kills
Gravity Kills was an American industrial rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."Jacquie Kubin, ...
- ''Gravity Kills'' (1996)
*
Love and Rockets - ''Sweet F.A.'' (1996)
*
White Zombie - ''
Supersexy Swingin' Sounds'' (1996)
*
Pink Noise Test - ''Plasticized'' (1997)
* Various Artists - ''Before X'' (1997)
*
Gravity Kills
Gravity Kills was an American industrial rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."Jacquie Kubin, ...
- ''Manipulated'' (1997)
*
Radio Iodine - ''Tiny Warnings'' (1997)
*
Course of Empire - ''Telepathic Last Words'' (1998)
*
Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; ,
; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of ''mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach'' ...
- ''Messiah Meets Progenitor'' (1998)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Singles 81>85'' (1998)
*
Love in Reverse - ''Words Become Worms'' (1998)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Singles Box, Vol. 3''
mport CDLimited Edition] (1998)
*
P'O - ''Whilst Climbing Thieves Vie for Attention'' (1998)
* Various Artists - ''Anakin'' (1998)
*
The Hope Blister
The Hope Blister were an ambient band that were active from 1997 to 1999.
History
The band was directed by 4AD Records founder Ivo Watts-Russell, with the music played by singer Louise Rutkowski, bass player Laurence O'Keefe and string arran ...
- ''...smile's ok'' (1998)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Singles Box, Vol. 2''
mport CDLimited Edition] (1998)
* Various Artists - ''Postpunk Chronicles: Left of the Dial'' (1999)
*
The Hope Blister
The Hope Blister were an ambient band that were active from 1997 to 1999.
History
The band was directed by 4AD Records founder Ivo Watts-Russell, with the music played by singer Louise Rutkowski, bass player Laurence O'Keefe and string arran ...
- ''Underarms'' (1999)
*
Yazoo - ''Best of Yazoo'' (1999)
*
Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984. The band's name refers to a Biblical race of angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim.
Career Early years (1984–1991)
Fields of the Nep ...
- ''Dawnrazor''
onus Track(1999)
* Various Artists - ''1980's New Wave'' (1999)
*
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...
- ''
From the Cradle to Enslave
''From the Cradle to Enslave'' is the second EP by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released on 30 October 1999 by record labels Music for Nations (Europe) and Metal Blade (US).
Recording and content
The EP was recorded during a ...
'' (1999)
* Instrumental - ''Acoustek'' (2000)
* Various Artists - ''Dr. Wu 2000'' (2000)
*
Groundswell UK - ''Corrode'' (2000)
*
Dome
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- ''Yclept'' (2000)
*
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...
- ''
Midian
Midian (; he, מִדְיָן ''Mīḏyān'' ; ar, مَدْيَن, Madyan; grc-gre, Μαδιάμ, ''Madiam'') is a geographical place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was in the "northwest Ar ...
'' (2000)
*
HIM - ''
Razorblade Romance
''Razorblade Romance'' is the second studio album by Finnish gothic rock band HIM. HIM initially began recording the album with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, who had helmed the group's 1997 debut album, however these sessions proved unsuccessful, ...
'' (2000)
*
Sex Gang Children
Sex Gang Children are an early gothic rock and post-punk band that formed in early 1982 in Brixton in London, England. Although the original group only released one official studio album, their singles and various other tracks have been pack ...
- ''Complete Sex Gang Children'' (2000)
* Various Artists - ''Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years'' (2001)
*
Gwenmars - ''Driving A Million'' (2001)
*
Sex Gang Children
Sex Gang Children are an early gothic rock and post-punk band that formed in early 1982 in Brixton in London, England. Although the original group only released one official studio album, their singles and various other tracks have been pack ...
- ''Fall: The Complete Singles'' (2001)
*
HIM - ''Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights''
onus Tracks
Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility
Onus may also refer to:
* Blame
* Burden (disambiguation)
* Legal burden of proof (''onus probandi'')
As a surname
* Bill Onus (1906-68), Australian Aboriginal political activist, boo ...
(2001)
*
Raging Speedhorn
Raging Speedhorn are a British Heavy metal music, heavy metal band, founded in Corby, Northamptonshire.
Career
Raging Speedhorn were formed in 1998 from the merging of the bands Soulcellar and Box. The band quickly established itself as a ...
- ''Raging Speedhorn''
K Bonus Tracks(2001)
*
Paradise Lost
''Paradise Lost'' is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse (poetry), verse. A second edition fo ...
- ''Believe in Nothing'' (2001)
*
The Wolfgang Press
The Wolfgang Press was an English post-punk band, active from 1983 to 1995, recording for the 4AD label. The core of the band was Michael Allen (vocals, bass), Mark Cox (keyboards), and Andrew Gray (guitar).
The group is best known for its 1 ...
- ''Everything Is Beautiful: 1983–1995'' (2001)
* Various Artists - ''Modern Sound Files'' (2001)
*
Fad Gadget
Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured ...
- ''Best of Fad Gadget'' (2001)
*
Lush - ''Ciao! 1989–1996'' (2001)
*
HIM - ''
The Single Collection'' (2002)
*
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...
- ''
Lovecraft & Witch Hearts
''Lovecraft & Witch Hearts'' is a compilation album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released on 13 May 2002 by record label Music for Nations.
Content
It is described in Dani Filth's sleeve notes as "a favoured grimoire of ...
'' (2002)
*
Jesus Jones
Jesus Jones are a British alternative rock band from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, formed in late 1988, who continue to record and perform, as of 2021. Their track " Right Here, Right Now" was an international hit, and was subsequently global ...
- ''Never Enough: Best Of'' (Remastered) (2002)
*
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only constant members throughout it ...
- ''Spring Hill Fair'' (2002)
*
HIM - ''
Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
''Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights'' is the third studio album by Finnish gothic rock band HIM, released 27 August 2001. The album was produced co-produced by the band, T. T. Oksala and Kevin Shirley. The record had a troubled production, ...
'' (2002)
*
Love and Rockets - ''Sorted!: The Best of Love and Rockets'' (2003)
* Various Artists - ''Cradle of Fear'' (2003)
*
Stabbing Westward - ''Essential Stabbing Westward'' (2003)
*
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrum ...
- ''Stars And Topsoil: A Collection 1982–1990'' (Remastered) (2003)
* Various Artists - ''Feedback to the Future'' (2003)
* Various Artists - ''This Is Electroclash'' (2003)
*
Breathless - ''Glass Bead Game'' (Eng) (2003)
*
Gilbert Gilbert may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Gilbert (surname), including a list of people
Places Australia
* Gilbert River (Queensland)
* Gilbert River (South ...
/
Lewis
Lewis may refer to:
Names
* Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Music
* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer
* "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...
/
Mills
Mills is the plural form of mill, but may also refer to:
As a name
* Mills (surname), a common family name of English or Gaelic origin
* Mills (given name)
*Mills, a fictional British secret agent in a trilogy by writer Manning O'Brine
Places Uni ...
- ''Mzui'' (2003)
*
HIM - ''
And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004'' (2004)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Singles Box 4'' (2004)
* Various Artists - ''
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
2 Headbangers Ball, Vol. 2'' (2004)
*
NON Non, non or NON can refer to:
* ''Non'', a negatory word in French, Italian and Latin
People
*Non (given name)
*Non Boonjumnong (born 1982), Thai amateur boxer
* Rena Nōnen (born 1993), Japanese actress who uses the stage name "Non" since July ...
- ''Terra Incognita'' (2004)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Singles Box 3'' (2004)
* Various Artists - ''Louder Than the Crowd'' (2004)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Remixes 81-04'' (2004)
* Various Artists - ''Hurry Home Early: The Songs of
Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon (; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician.
Zevon's most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and " Roland the Headless Tho ...
'' (2005)
*
Ewigkeit - ''Conspiritus'' (2005)
*
The Hope Blister
The Hope Blister were an ambient band that were active from 1997 to 1999.
History
The band was directed by 4AD Records founder Ivo Watts-Russell, with the music played by singer Louise Rutkowski, bass player Laurence O'Keefe and string arran ...
- ''Underarms & Sideways'' (2005)
*
Jarboe
Jarboe Devereaux, known mononymously as Jarboe (), is an American singer and musician who came to prominence as a member of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans, were the two consta ...
- ''Mystery of Faith'' (2005)
* Esoterica - ''The Fool'' (2005)
*
Dope Stars Inc.
Dope Stars Inc. is an Italian alternative and industrial rock band from Rome, formed in 2003. The band was founded by Victor Love, Darin Yevonde, Grace Khold and Brian Wolfram. They have five albums and three EPs released, with the latest being re ...
- ''
Neuromance
''Neuromance'' (stylized as ''://Neuromance'') is the debut studio album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. and is also the first project by the band released under the Trisol Music Group label. Lyrically it focuses on traditional c ...
'' (2005)
*
Colt
Colt(s) or COLT may refer to:
*Colt (horse), an intact (uncastrated) male horse under four years of age
People
* Colt (given name)
*Colt (surname)
Places
*Colt, Arkansas, United States
*Colt, Louisiana, an unincorporated community, United States ...
- ''These Things Can't Hurt You Now So Throw Them in the Fire'' (2005)
*
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...
- ''Cradle of Filth Box Set'' (2006)
*
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrum ...
- ''Lullabies to Violaine'' (2006)
* Various Artists - ''Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box'' (2006)
*
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrum ...
- ''Lullabies To Violaine: Singles & Extended Plays 1'' (2006)
*
Lacrimas Profundere - ''Filthy Notes for Frozen Hearts'' (2006)
*
HIM - ''
Uneasy Listening Vol. 1'' (2006)
*
Nitzer Ebb
Nitzer Ebb () are a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris (programming, synthesizers, drums, vocals), Douglas McCarthy (vocals), and David Gooday (drums).
History
Initial releases (1983–1987)
The g ...
- ''Body of Work 1984–1997'' (Bonus Cd) (Rmxs) (2006)
*
Hermine - ''Lonely at the Top + Extras'' (2006)
* Various Artists - ''80's Dance Gold'' (Rmst) (2006)
*
De/Vision
De/Vision is a German synthpop musical group formed in 1988. The band started as a quartet consisting of Thomas Adam, Steffen Keth, Stefan Blender, and Markus Ganssert. Blender left the band in 1991 and Ganssert departed in 2000. The name De/V ...
- ''Best of De/Vision'' (2006)
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
- ''Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1''
D/DVD(2006)
*
Sundealers - ''Tears, Love, Religion'' (2006)
*
Everything on Black - ''Stain'' (2006)
*
The School - ''Espionage ''(2006)
*
LICKY - ''Press Fire To Continue'' (2006)
*
Rabia Sorda
Rabia Sorda (translated: "Deaf Rage") is the side project of Erk Aicrag, lead singer of the Mexican aggrotech band Hocico. Rabia Sorda, like Hocico, is electronic music, though it is somewhat less aggressive and noisy than Hocico.
While his mai ...
- ''Metodos Del Caso'' (2006)
*
Ranheim
Ranheim is a neighbourhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Østbyen. The neighbourhood approximately to the east of the centre of Trondheim. It comprises Olderdalen, Væretrøa, Reppe, and ...
- ''Rock & Science'' (2006)
* Various Artists - ''From Brussels With Love'' (Rmst) (2007)
*
Angels & Agony
Angels and Agony are a Dutch futurepop band consisting of vocalist Reinier Kahle, guitarist Erik Wierenga, DJ Marco van Belle on synthesizer and backing vocals and Fried Bruggink as sound engineer and drummer. The band formed in 1995 and produced ...
- ''Unison'' (2007)
*
Alucard - ''Cold'' (2007)
*
Ashbury Heights - ''Three Cheers for the Newlydeads'' (2007)
*
DeathBoy - ''
End of an Error
''End of an Error'' is the second studio album released by DeathBoy. A successor to DeathBoy's debut release Music to Crash Cars To, End of an Error was a much more polished release. The second track in the album, Black Morning, was used in th ...
'' (2007)
*
DinTod - ''The Sound of Crash'' (2007)
*
Lacrimas Profundere - ''Songs for the last view'' (2008)
*
Ashbury Heights - ''Morningstar in a Black Car'' (2008)
*
Alucard - ''Dark Romantism'' (2009)
*
Rabia Sorda
Rabia Sorda (translated: "Deaf Rage") is the side project of Erk Aicrag, lead singer of the Mexican aggrotech band Hocico. Rabia Sorda, like Hocico, is electronic music, though it is somewhat less aggressive and noisy than Hocico.
While his mai ...
- ''Noise Diary'' (2009)
*
Ronni Le Tekrø
Ronni Le Tekrø (born Rolf Ågrim Tekrø, 5 October 1963) is a Norwegian guitarist best known for playing with the Norwegian hard rock band TNT and as a solo guitarist cooperating with guitarists Terje Rypdal and Mads Eriksen as "N3". LeTekrø ...
and
Augustin Granados - ''Social Experiment'' (2011)
*
Ulver
Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album '' Bergtatt'', were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band h ...
- ''
Wars of the Roses
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'' (2011)
*
Dark Drive Clinic ''Noise in My Head'' (2011)
*
Orient Xpress - ''Escape'' (2011)
*
Project Paperclip - ''The Veritable Path'' (2012)
*
Bruno Ferrari
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
(Czech new wave project) - ''Vaudeville'' (2012)
*
Vanessa Vanessa may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais
* ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole
* ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie ...
(Czech EBM/Industrial band) - ''Antidotum'' (2013)
*
The Foreign Resort - ''New Frontiers'' (2014)
*
Randolph's Grin - ''Dragon Road'' (2015)
*
Mortal Cabinet - ''Necrotica'' (2015)
*
Angels & Agony
Angels and Agony are a Dutch futurepop band consisting of vocalist Reinier Kahle, guitarist Erik Wierenga, DJ Marco van Belle on synthesizer and backing vocals and Fried Bruggink as sound engineer and drummer. The band formed in 1995 and produced ...
- Monument (2015)
*
Wintry - " Ausweg " (2017)
*
FAKEBA - System Bi (2017)
*
No Devotion Records- "I am you" (2018)
*
Palais Ideal. - Pressure Points (2019)
*
616
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- One Way To Love (2019)
*
616
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Year 616 ( DCXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 616 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
- Cinderella Valentine featuring Bam Margera and Gas Lipstick of "HIM" (2020)
*Maheekats - Money Bunny (2020)
*
FAKEBA - JOTNA (2020)
*
Eden Rayne - ''Lost In Artificial Reality-Fall'' (2021)
*
The Acharis - ''Blue Sky/Grey Heaven'' (2021)
References
External links
*
From 4AD To Nine Inch Nails
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fryer, John
1958 births
Living people
English record producers
Dream pop musicians
English songwriters
This Mortal Coil members