Fred Giannelli

{{short description|American electronic musician (born 1960)}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2012}}

Image:Fred.Giannelli.jpg Fred Giannelli (born 1960 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American electronic musician. He began experimenting with electronics{{cite web|title=Ableton Live and the death of the DJ|date=4 May 2005 |url=http://overstated.net/2005/05/04/ableton-live-and-the-death-of-the-dj|publisher=Overstated|accessdate=20 April 2012}} in the 1970s as Turning Shrines.{{cite web|title=Fred Giannelli|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fred+Giannelli|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=20 April 2012}}{{cite web|title=Tuning Shrines {{!}} Temple Records|date=18 March 2007 |url=http://haundbound.blogspot.com/2007/03/tuning-shrines-face-of-another_18.html|publisher=small room reverb|accessdate=20 April 2012}} In 1984, Giannelli met Psychic TV's Genesis P. Orridge{{cite web|title=Fred Giannelli|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fred+Giannelli|publisher=Discogs}} while the group was in Boston for a gig.{{cite web|title=hey there|url=http://telepathica.com/MetroMediaFanMail.html|publisher=In the Mix|accessdate=20 April 2012}} This led to Giannelli eventually travelling to London to join the band in 1988, arriving just in time for the acid house craze.{{cite web|title=Fred Giannelli|url=http://www.dustscience.com/live/artists/fred-giannelli|publisher=Dust Science|accessdate=20 April 2012}} He then left Psychic TV{{cite web|url=http://telepathica.com/IanCurtisDied4YourSins/ThereIsNoSin/FredFOPI.doc|title=There are a lot of fools in the world|publisher=telepathica.com}} for the Plus 8 label, working with Detroit DJ and producer Richie Hawtin as Spawn. Continuing under the Plus 8 label, he formed the Telepathic label{{cite web|url=http://www.swimhq.com/artists/Telepathic/fred.html|title=Telepathic (Fred Gianneli)|publisher=swimhq.com/}} for his own industrial/techno recordings as the Acid Didj, Giannelli, Deneuve and Mazdaratti.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fred-giannelli-p13043/biography|title=Fred Giannelli|last=Bush|first=John|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=19 August 2011}} The 1990s saw him release a number of records, including 1997's Unpopular Science under the alias of the Kooky Scientist.{{cite web|title=The Kooky Scientist|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/thekookyscientist/biography|publisher=Resident Advisor|accessdate=20 April 2012}}

Past projects and aliases include the Kooky Scientist, Acid Didj,{{cite web|title=Artist Biography: Acid Diji|url=http://www.mpiii.com/bio_view-9720.html|publisher=MP111.com|accessdate=20 April 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129083821/http://www.mpiii.com/bio_view-9720.html|archive-date=29 January 2013|url-status=dead}} The Kinky Scientist, Deneuve, The Kranky Scientist,{{cite web|title=Cranky Scientist, The|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Cranky+Scientist%2C+The|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=20 April 2012}} Mazdaratti, PTV, Sickmob,{{cite web|title=Sickmob|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sickmob|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=20 April 2012}} Splerge, Fred vom Jupiter, Fred vs. Fred, Fred Ex, Spawn (with Richie Hawtin and Daniel Bell){{cite web|url=http://telepathica.com/page2.html|title=Detroit Electronic Music Funeral|publisher=telepathica.com|accessdate=20 April 2012}} and Turning Shrines.