Peter Freeman (musician)
American musician and record producer (1965–2021)
Peter Freeman
Freeman in 2015
Birth name Peter Shapiro Born (1965-05-29 ) May 29, 1965 New York City, U.S.Died March 16, 2021(2021-03-16) (aged 55)Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles , U.S. Genres Instruments Years active 1983–2021 Formerly of
Musical artist
Peter Freeman (May 29, 1965 – March 16, 2021) was an American bassist, composer, and record producer.[ 1] Based in his studio in Los Angeles, he worked on records, live performance, and film and television soundtracks. He was primarily known for his association with avant-garde composer and trumpet-player Jon Hassell .[ 2] He was also a regular contributor to Electronic Musician during the 80s and 90s.[ 2]
Biography
Freeman began his professional musical career in 1983 as a bassist with Indian electric violinist L. Shankar . From there, he became involved with mainstream musicians, touring with Seal and Pierce Turner , playing with John Cale , Alanis Morissette , Nile Rodgers , Shawn Colvin , Sussan Deyhim , Elliott Sharp . He was a close musical collaborator with Jon Hassell for over 25 years.[ 3]
He moved to Los Angeles in 2002, where he branched out into film and television as a musician and musical sound designer working with composers such as Thomas Newman , Cliff Martinez , Anton Sanko , Charlie Clouser , Jeff Rona and others.
He, along with David Zicarelli , had been the driving force behind the iPad music sampling and looping application, Looperverse.[ 4] [ 5]
Freeman was a licensed amateur radio operator for over 40 years, and held an Extra Class license.[ 6] He died on March 16, 2021, after a year-long battle with stomach cancer .[ 3] [ 7]
In March 2022, two of Freeman's solo albums were announced[ 8] by Elliott Sharp and posthumously released on zOaR Records as a digital download and a limited edition double-CD. This was released as a double album, titled K3CS .[ 7]
Discography
Solo works
Mercurial (zOaR Records, 2022) - originally recorded in 2000
Sinistar (zOaR Records, 2022)
Collaborations
As contributor
With Alanis Morissette
With D-Train
With Hipsway
With Jan Bang
...And Poppies From Kandahar (Samadhi Sound , 2010) – bass, electronics
With Jimmy Mbaye
With Jon Hassell
Dressing for Pleasure (Warner Bros. , 1994) – bass
Maarifa Street: Magic Realism Volume Two (Nyen, 2005) – co-producer, bass, percussion, programming, mixing
Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street (ECM Records , 2009) – co-producer, bass, guitar, samples, percussion, mixing
Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One) (Ndeya, 2018) – bass
Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two) (Ndeya, 2020) – bass
With Phoebe Legere
Phoebe Legere (Dead Dog Records, 1993) – bass
With Richard Horowitz and Sussan Deyhim
With Richard Shindell
With Rick Cox
Fade (Cold Blue Music, 2005) – co-producer, mixing
With Seal
With Shawn Colvin
As mixing engineer
With Erik Sanko
With Veruca Salt
Filmography
Peter in his studio in 2021, programming a LinnDrum
Collaborations
As contributor
Television
As contributor
References
^ "Spotlight: Peter Freeman" . Guitar Moderne. March 3, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2020 .
^ a b Yelton, Geary. "Jon Hassell: Ambassador from the Fourth World" . Electronic Musician . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .
^ a b Ndeya Records (March 22, 2021). "We were shocked and saddened to receive the news last week that Peter Freeman has passed away at the age of 55" . Twitter . Retrieved November 25, 2021 .
^ "Looperverse Guide" . Retronyms. April 4, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2020 .
^ Preve, Francis (July 2017). "Looperverse: Review". Electronic Musician : 60.
^ "Vanity License – K3CS – Freeman, Peter" . Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved May 24, 2021 .
^ a b Freeman, Peter. "K3CS" . Bandcamp . Retrieved April 2, 2022 .
^ Sharp, Elliott . "New zOaR album releases" . www.instagram.com . Instagram . Retrieved April 2, 2022 .
^ "Past Imperfect, Present Tense – Erik Sanko | Credits | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved November 3, 2020 .
^ "Veruca Salt – Lords Of Sounds And Lesser Things" . Discogs . October 2005. Retrieved November 3, 2020 .
External links
International National Artists