Ranked No. 46 in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs, with a UK hit featuring Fatboy Slim and sets from Glastonbury to Moscow's Olympic Stadium in 35+ countries, Freddy plays clubs and festivals worldwide and brings that same energy to Twin Cities weddings, private parties and corporate events.
Club night, festival or tour date? Check Freddy's availability
Shared stages with Prince, Björk, Daft Punk, Bob Dylan, Eminem, Metallica, Violent Femmes and Grandmaster Flash. Festivals and venues include Glastonbury, Creamfields, Reading-Leeds, T in the Park, Benicàssim, Festimad, Torquay Festival, Moscow Olympic Stadium, Jazz and Groove Germany, Liquid Room Shinjuku and Trans Musicales.
Track 01 Weddings ● Private Parties ● Corporate Events
$2,500 DJ + MC services
$3,500 DJ + MC services
$4,500 DJ + MC services
All packages include professional DJ equipment, wireless and/or hard-wired microphones, laser, strobes and dance lights. Venue parking and loading-zone requirements vary by package; see the full 2025 price list (PDF).
Track 02 Custom DJ Mixes
Freddy has performed over 200 radio shows worldwide, appeared on over 25 music television programs, produced the famed Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 and several Ministry of Sound sessions, and has judged the Red Bull Freestyle DJ Mixing Competitions.
Now he offers custom DJ master-mix blends tailored to your taste and song choices. Every song is blended on tempo to keep the dance floor packed. Pick songs by style or give an exact song layout.
Track 03 Born in Minneapolis
Ranked No. 46 in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs in 1999[DJ Mag], Freddy Fresh has performed in more than 35 countries at clubs and festivals including Glastonbury, Creamfields, Reading-Leeds Fest, T in the Park, Benicàssim, Festimad, Torquay Festival, Moscow Olympic Stadium, Jazz and Groove Germany, Liquid Room Shinjuku (Japan) and Trans Musicales (France).
He opened for The Orb at Moscow's Olympic Stadium and was featured on MTV Canada[W]. He has shared stages with artists such as Prince, Björk, Daft Punk, Bob Dylan, Eminem, Metallica, Violent Femmes and Grandmaster Flash, and has remixed songs for Delakota, Tito Puente, Gus Gus, KRS-One and Heaven 17, among others.
As a producer, Freddy has recorded on over 100 independent labels worldwide and for majors such as Sony, Virgin, BMG and Harthouse, scoring two international hits (UK Singles Chart #34 and #63 in 1999)[W]: “Badder Badder Schwing” featuring Fatboy Slim, and “What It Is”.
He produced the Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, hosted the late John Peel's sessions twice and Annie Nightingale's program. Born Frederick Schmid in Minneapolis, he founded the labels Analog Records, Electric Music Foundation and Howlin' Records, and co-founded Against The Grain with Krafty Kuts[W], and is a former faculty member at McNally Smith College of Music, where he started the DJ & Dance Music Production programs.
Track 04 Music productions & mixes by genre
Tap any track to play it in the SoundCloud player.
Track 05 For crate diggers
From 1992's Nu Groove and Experimental 12-inches through Harthouse, Eye Q and his own Analog, Electric Music Foundation and Howlin' labels to this year's digital drops: 304 artist releases plus remixes, productions and DJ mixes, each with label, catalog number, format and tracklist.
Track 06 Official Bandcamp players
288 releases on Freddy's official Bandcamp pages, from Big Beat hits to modular techno. Pick a record, press play, and buy the ones you love straight from the artist.
Now on the deck
Freddy Fresh Featuring Fatboy Slim · 1999
Players load from Bandcamp only when you press play. Freddy Fresh on Bandcamp · Modulator on Bandcamp
Side B · the crate
Every release in one bottomless crate: flip with a swipe or the arrow keys, pull a record onto the turntable and drop the needle. Filter by year, label, format or the rare crate-digger picks.
Track 07 Fresh on YouTube
Music television, Freddy style. Tap the screen to play, then turn the knob or pick a tape to change the channel. Programming comes straight from Freddy's YouTube channel.
Tap or turn the knob. Arrow keys work too.
CH 02 Freddy Fresh Bandcamp Megamix Part 2
Track 08 Live feed
Latest uploads from SoundCloud and YouTube, refreshed automatically.
YouTube · Oct 19, 2026Freddy Fresh Bandcamp Megamix Part 2
YouTube · Oct 19, 2026Freddy Fresh Bandcamp Megamix Part 1
SoundCloud · Oct 19, 2026Bandcamp FF mix
SoundCloud · Oct 17, 2026Invisible Man - Break-Fast (Don't get Left Behind)
SoundCloud · Oct 17, 2026Comatone - middle of the atlantic ocean (or something)
YouTube · Oct 5, 2026Dinosaur Techniques (Drum and Bass made with analog gear) Rat-A-Tat
SoundCloud · Oct 4, 2026Freddy Fresh (Freak of The Week Minneapolis)
SoundCloud · Sep 28, 2026Katch Wreck VideoTrack 09 Tour history
Club, festival and tour dates are listed on Resident Advisor. Want Freddy at your club night or festival? Check his date.
Track 10 Techno & electronic
Freddy started producing techno as “The Modulator” in 1992. His first release, Maximum Pulse, came out on 12" on New York's Experimental label alongside Damon Wild, Tim Taylor, Joey Beltram and Frankie Bones. A devoted modular and analog synth collector, he has worked with early techno labels in Germany, England and Japan, and has released on R&S, Hybrid, Harthouse, Drop Bass Network, Synewave, Missile, Earwiggle, Labworks and more.
He has shared stages with Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Aphex Twin, Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier, Luke Slater, 808 State, Felix Da Housecat and Carl Craig, and played legendary clubs such as Fabric and Tresor.
Track 11 Syncs: film, TV & advertising
Freddy's songs have been licensed for TV shows, commercials and films including:
Track 12 Author & crate digger
New
Over 800 breakbeats catalogued by artist and BPM, sampled from vinyl over 40 years of collecting, sampling and producing, with an introduction to sampling and beat-digging culture and the hardware (MPCs, SP-1200s) behind it.
Buy now
The critically acclaimed guide to independent rap record labels worldwide, new and revised, now expanded through 1994 and beyond.
Buy now
Few left
The first book to detail the independent labels that released rap music from 1979 to 1989, with catalog numbers, dates and rarity ratings. Winner of the Award for Excellence in Historical Sound Research, with reviews in the New York Times, Record Collector, Vibe, The Source and the Village Voice.
Buy nowRare vinyl for sale: Freddy's Discogs shop.
Track 13 Private tutoring & lectures
Freddy has lectured at educational institutions around the globe on DJing, hip hop and electronic music production, with hands-on demonstrations. He was a faculty member at McNally Smith College of Music and teaches DJing and dance-music production privately.
Pioneer CDJ basics, tempo matching and transitions, styles from hip hop and house to techno and drum & bass, basic scratching and effects, reading a crowd and music selection.
Finding beats in vinyl, looping and truncating samples for production, sample-clearance basics, with Ableton for looping plus an MPC walkthrough.
Track 14 Press
Press, interviews and booking: [email protected]. Photos and the full bio are available on request.
Track 15 Corporate & community clients
Track 16 Contact & bookings
Get in touch by email at [email protected], or use the form to start an email with your event details.
Booking a club night, festival or tour date? Choose “Club / festival” as the event type; the packages above are for weddings, private parties and corporate events.
Already booked on your date, or working with a limited budget? Contact Better DJs, Freddy's partner company for boutique DJ services, with one of the most experienced and professionally trained DJ teams in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota.
