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John Fryer (producer)
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Years active
1980s – present
Name
John Fryer
Role
Record producer
Music group
This Mortal Coil
Associated acts
This Mortal Coil, The Hope Blister, Love and Rockets, Fritz Fryer, DarkDriveClinic
Albums
Blood, Filigree & Shadow, It'll End in Tears, Dust & Guitars, Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust
Similar People
Ivo Watts‑Russell, Eric Radcliffe, Fad Gadget, Rebecca Coseboom, Simon Raymonde
Project paper clip live feat ted parsons on drums and john fryer as a producer
John Fryer (born 1958) is an English record producer. Best known for his production work, he also branched out as a musician as one of only two constant members of This Mortal Coil (along with Ivo Watts-Russell), providing keyboards, strings and synthesizer sequencing for the band, and its offshoot, The Hope Blister.
Starting out at Blackwing Studios in south London, Fryer's early career saw him working with seminal bands on the 4AD, Mute, Rough Trade and Beggars Banquet record labels, including Depeche Mode, Fad Gadget and Cocteau Twins. It was his work with the last band, helping to develop their pioneering ethereal and ambient sound, that 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 genre, working with Nine Inch Nails, Stabbing Westward and Gravity Kills. He worked with Dope Stars Inc, the Italian industrial rock band, on their debut album, "//Neuromance". He also produced, engineered and mixed The Schools' Spellemannspris (which won a Norwegian Grammy), and mixed the US breakthrough album for Jesus Jones, Doubt. 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.
Soundtracks
Clerks (1994)
Seven (1995)
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Mortal Kombat: More Kombat (1996)
Faust (2001)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Albums
Noise In My Head (2011) — as DarkDriveClinic
Noise In My Head reMix Album Part 1 (2012) — as DarkDriveClinic
Fad Gadget - Fireside Favorites (1980)
Dome - Dome (1980)
Dome - Dome 2 (1980)
BC Gilbert / G Lewis - 3R4 (1980)
Dome - Dome 3 (1981)
Fad Gadget - Incontinent (1981)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)
BC Gilbert / G Lewis / Russell Mills - MZUI (1982)
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels (1983)
Cocteau Twins - Sunburst and Snowblind (1983)
Xmal Deutschland - Fetisch (1983)
Duet Emmo - Or So It Seems (1983)
Play Dead - From The Promised Land (1984)
This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears (1984)
Xmal Deutschland - Tocsin (1984)
Modern English - Ricochet Days (1984)
Bruce Gilbert - This Way (1984)
The Wolfgang Press - Legendary Wolfgang Press and Other Tall Stories (1985)
Frank Tovey - Fad Gadget Singles (1985)
Clan of Xymox - Clan of Xymox [Bonus Tracks] (1985)
Fad Gadget - Fad Gadget Singles (1985)
This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow (1986)
The Wolfgang Press - Standing Up Straight (1986)
Peter Murphy - Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (1986)
He Said - Hail (1986)
Bruce Gilbert - The Shivering Man (1986)
Swans - Children of God (1987)
Various Artists - Lonely Is an Eyesore (1987)
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume (Remix) (1987)
Minimal Compact - Figure One Cuts (1987)
Clan of Xymox - Medusa [Bonus Tracks] (1987)
Breathless - Three Times and Waving (1987)
Alison Moyet - Raindancing (1987)
Fields of the Nephilim - Dawnrazor (1987)
Bruce Gilbert - This Way to the Shivering Man (1987)
BC Gilbert / G Lewis - 8 Time (1988)
He Said - Take Care (1988)
Wire - It's Beginning to and Back Again (1989)
A.C. Marias - One of Our Girls (1989)
Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets [Compilation] (1989)
Various Artists - Very Special Christmas (1989)
Hugh Harris - Words for Our Years (1989)
Clan of Xymox - Clan of Xymox [Import] (1989)
Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets (1989)
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
Easy - Magic Seed (1990)
Various Artists - Indie Top 20, Vol. 9 (1990)
His Name Is Alive - Livonia (1990)
Breathless - Chasing Promises (1990)
Moev - Head Down (1990)
Depeche Mode - Singles Box 2 (1991)
Cath Carroll - England Made Me (1991)
Wire - The Drill (1991)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
This Mortal Coil - Blood (1991)
Alison Moyet - Hoodoo (1991)
Various Artists - Nettwerk Sampler, Vol. 3 (1991)
Chapterhouse - Whirlpool (1991)
His Name Is Alive - Home Is in Your Head [Rykodisc] (1991)
Depeche Mode - Singles Box 1 (1991)
Invisible Limits - familiar! (1991)
Play Dead - Resurrection (1992)
The Beautiful - Storybook (1992)
Sex Gang Children - Blind (1992)
Swallow - Blow (1992)
Stabbing Westward - Ungod (1993)
Robert Wyatt - Mid-Eighties (1993)
Die Krupps - Tribute to Metallica [Bonus Tracks] (1993)
Play Dead - First Flower (1993)
Various Artists - Cyber Core Compilation (1994)
Breathless - Heartburst (1995)
Various Artists - Sharks Patrol These Waters (1995)
Die Krupps - Metalmorphosis of Die Krupps: 81–92 (1996)
