Dave Fridmann | |
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| Born | David Lawrence Fridmann |
| Origin | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | Record producer, audio engineer, musician |
| Instruments | Bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Formerly of | Mercury Rev |
| Website | davefridmann |
David Lawrence Fridmann is an Americanrecord producer and musician. He was the foundingbassist of the bandMercury Rev, which he was a member of from 1989 to 2001, although he stopped touring with the band in 1993.
As a producer, he is best known for albums such asThe Flaming Lips'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002),Sleater-Kinney'sThe Woods (2005) andMGMT'sOracular Spectacular (2007).
From 1990 onwards he co-produced most releases byMercury Rev andThe Flaming Lips. Other bands he has worked with includeWeezer,Saxon Shore,Neon Indian,Wolf Gang,Ammonia,Ed Harcourt,Sparklehorse,Creeper Lagoon,Café Tacuba,Creaming Jesus,Elf Power,Mogwai,Thursday,Longwave,Mass of the Fermenting Dregs,The Delgados,Low,OK Go,Phantom Planet,Gemma Hayes,Ava Luna,Tame Impala,Goldrush,Tapes 'n Tapes,[1]Baroness,[2]MGMT[3] andMagdalena Bay.
As a musician, Fridmann was the bassist and a founding member ofMercury Rev. He gave up his role as a touring member of the band in 1993 to concentrate on producing other artists.[4] In 2001, Fridmann was included onMOJO's100 Sonic Visionaries list and was described as "the Phil Spector of the Alt-Rock era".[5] In 2007, he received a Grammy for The Flaming Lips'At War With The Mystics at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical).[6] In 2010, three Fridmann-produced albums were listed on theRolling Stone 100 Best Albums of The Decade: MGMT'sOracular Spectacular, The Flaming Lips'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, and Sleater-Kinney'sThe Woods.[7]
Fridmann is an occasional faculty member ofSUNY Fredonia, teaching sound recording techniques in the Fredonia School of Music.
In 2017, Fridmann became the director for the Western New York Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps, where he plays the bass drum. The group disbanded in 2022.[8]
