Engineering · Production

John Fryer

London, United Kingdom

John Fryer is credited on 2,758 releases across 528 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,758

Credits

528

Albums

5

Decades active

770

In collections

Biography

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English producer, engineer and occasional musician, born 1958 in London.
Fryer started his career in 1979 as an assistant mixing engineer at Blackwing Studios (London). In 1981 he got the opportunity to produce Fad Gadget's "Incontinent". After that he has worked with numerous artists, including Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, M|A|R|R|S, Clan Of Xymox, Nine Inch Nails, Die Krupps, This Mortal Coil and Love And Rockets.
Started in 2003.
Black Needle Noise is the new musical project of John Fryer, launched in 2015.

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Credited work

2,758 releases · 528 albums · active 1980–2026

  • Engineering · 2,829
  • Production · 1,091
  • Performance · 618
  • Other credits · 210

Studios: Blackwing Studios · Hansa Tonstudios · The Garden · Palladium Studios

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