John Bennett, known as DJ Freak, is an English hardcore music DJ and producer. He is credited as one of the first pioneers of the industrial hardcore/speedcore sound.
Musical career DJ Freak has released over 50 albums to date. He was one of the early pioneers of hardcore and speedcore music in 1992. He has been released on his own two labels, Boneheddz and Hard of Hearing, and other labels such as Killout, Epitaph and Deadly Systems. In 2011, he began releasing side project material in a different style, dark spacey minimal looped abstract techno. He releases these as free downloads, on his pages on SoundCloud and Bandcamp. Freak released a track on Scottish label Motormouth Recordz compilation "Motörheadz - The Album" in 2012 and also a digital only EP on the same label in 2014.
Hard of Hearing In the early 1990s, DJ Freak founded the label Hard of Hearing. It was geared towards subgenres of electronic music such as gabber and hardcore. Practically every release on this label was a DJ Freak release, however, other artists did make appearances on these albums. His most recognised and seminal work was released on Killout. The Hard of Hearing label ended in 1998.
In 2009, DJ Freak released an album called Hard of Hearing Reloaded.
Discography YearReleaseAKA Noise Emission EP1994Abduction EP1995EP Vol. 11995EP Vol. 21995EP Vol. 31995EP Vol. 41995Heavy Metal Poisoning Pt.11995Heavy Metal Poisoning Pt.21995Industrial Trauma1995Behold The Dreamer1996EP Vol. 61996Dead on Arrival1996Natural Born Killa1996Wenn Wir Hart Bleiben, Ueberleben Wir...1996Alien Raves, Drug Crazed Rioters And Man Eating Machines E.P. 1997Untitled (vs Skullblower)1997DJ Misfoster Od Groedpistolen EP (vs Noize Creator)1997 The Anti Nazi Pack (vs Noize Creator)1997Untitled (vs Smarti)1998Le Freak Est Mort??1998Extreme Hardcore Shit (vs Extrement)1998Untitled (vs Senical)1998Untitled (vs Senical)1998Unknown Territories1999Fuck Denny Lee1999Hicks Rools Man1999Analogue Terror2000Hard Funk EP2000Untitled2000The Rapture EP2001Lost Worlds EP2004Killout Revisited2005World Collapse EP2008Rot in Hell E.P.2009High Supply E.P.2010Nuclear Fission EP2010The Beauty of Harmony Aka Dark Room Distorzion2011The Archion Intrusion EP2011Welcome to the Future EP2011Programmed To Destruct Ep (vs 5th Raider)2011Control The Infinite EP2011Big Time E.P.2011Deeper Darkness EP2014
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External sources
DJ Freak Fan Page on Myspace Hard Of Hearing B.E.A.S.T. Records