With a musical fingerprint that shaped the sounds of labels 4AD, Mute, Rough Trade and BeggarsBanquet and bands as seminal as Cocteau Twins, Nine Inch Nails, HIM, Yaz, and Depeche Mode,John Fryer has been the sonic architect for 4 decades of alternative music. Currentlymasterminding the new artist BLACK NEEDLE NOISE, Fryer is creating a whole new direction foralternative music to forge ahead.