Where once there was music, now let there be noise
Where once there was music, now let there be noise

Dedication

Freq is dedicated to the memories of friends and artists who have inspired us collectively and individually, and who have died during our own years on the web:

  • Bryn Jones of Muslimgauze;
  • Drum & bass stalwart DJ Kemistry;
  • Dub maestro Augustus Pablo;
  • Teenage Rioter Carl Crack;
  • elliptical poet Andy Fairley;
  • arch-Loon Screaming Lord Sutch;
  • the not-quite-absent Septimus 7;
  • faddest of gadgets Frank Tovey;
  • intrepid voyager Gareth Williams of This Heat;
  • beloved Can guitar genius Michael Karoli;
  • harmonious Stereolab technician Mary Hansen;
  • electronic pioneer Oskar Sala;
  • the very spirit of Popul Vuh himself, Florian Fricke;
  • outsider supreme Wesley Willis;
  • punkest of punk rockers Joey Ramone;
  • the greatest Man in Black yet, Johnny Cash;
  • Studio One founder Coxsone Dodd;
  • Kaddish composer Richard Wolfson;
  • interstellar explorer Alice Coltrane;
  • Amon Düül II drummer Peter Leopold;
  • Faustian instigator Uwe Nettelbeck;
  • freakout tonsured banjo Monk, Dave Day;
  • NEU! man and boiler-suited hero, Klaus Dinger;
  • Multi-track inventor and guitar-maker Les Paul;
  • Pelt man and Dr Ragtime himself, Jack Rose;
  • Birthday Party boy, Roland S Howard;
  • The very Captain himself, Don van Vliet;
  • Tangerine Dreamer Conrad Schnitzler;
  • Anshu Asthana, Triplanetary space cowboy;
  • counterculture author and musician Mick Farren;
  • pedal-mangler extraordinary Leee Nite;
  • the original pot-head pixie and camebert extraordinaire, Daevid Allen;
  • artist, sculptor and audio mind-melter Graham Bowers;
  • maestro improviser Ornette Coleman;
  • the very embodiments of rock AND roll, Philthy Phil Taylor and the inimitable, seemingly indestructible imbiber Lemmy Kilminster;
  • The Starman Who Fell to Earth, David Bowie;
  • ghost rider Alan Vega;
  • space whisperer Gilli Smyth;
  • the very purple Prince;
  • Jaki Liebezeit, drummer beyond compare; and radio wave surfer Holger Czukay;
  • Mika Vainio, all the sound, all the bass… Pan Sonic;
  • guitar orchestrator Glenn Branca;
  • the original Night Tripper, Dr John;
  • Naked Goat and Miranda Sex Gardener from Club Hell, Ben Golomstock;
  • cover artiste Vaughn Oliver;
  • Brainticket collector Joel Vandroogenbroeck;
  • Kraftwerk robota Florian Schneider;
  • Freq contributor and Kontakte guitarist Stuart Low;
  • Oscillation controller and Can Project synthesist Tom Relleen;
  • original Silver Apples drummer Danny Taylor; and the Simeon himself;
  • (Editions) Mego mainstay Peter Rehberg;
  • Space Echo legend and duppy conqueror, Lee “Scratch” Perry;
  • Cabs driver and multifaceted Sweet Exorcist, Richard H Kirk;
  • Brightly shining from the Suns of Arqa, Michael Wadada;
  • bass leader Robbie Shakespeare;
  • Aphrodite’s very own child, Vangelis Papathanassiou;
  • Low‘s beating heart, Mimi Parker;
  • Hawkwind‘s Thunder Rider, Nik Turner;
  • Sound system selecta Jah Shaka;
  • Pop Group maestro Mark Stewart;
  • Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee;
  • Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Nervosa;
  • All-round enthusiast of Dethscalator, Dandelion, The Hells and many, many more, Philly Kev Morpurgo;
  • Amon DüüL 2 guitar and violin hero, Chris Karrer;
  • Experimentalist Phill Niblock;
  • Doyen of the Welsh musical underground, Emyr Ankst;
  • Motor City (5) revolutionary Wayne Kramer;
  • Unstoppable Networker Damo Suzuki;
  • Electrical engineer, Steve Albini;
  • Graham “Dids” Dowdall, ambient artiste Gagarin, and drummer for Nico and electronicist for Pere Ubu;
  • Force Inc and Mille Plateaux enabler Achim Szepanski;
  • and activist, DJ, bon viveur and friend, Gilly X.

These special dedications are made: to Robert Calvert; whose Freq album provided an inspiration for the name of the site; to the sadly missed alchemical spirits of Jhonn Balance of Coil and Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson of Coil and Throbbing Gristle; to the sparkling pioneer spirit of Dieter Moebius of Cluster, Harmonia and innumerable collaborations; and to John Peel, who for so many of the artists featured on this site and those of us who write it was a guiding spark into the furthest reaches of new and undiscovered music. Rest peacefully; but not in silence. The future has also been brightened considerably by Alice Andromeda; Frankie Harmonia; Augie Leon and Duncan Bennett; who are showing signs of transcending noise in their own different ways.