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Frédéric Scarfone

Copenhagen, Denmark

fredericscarfone.bandcamp.com

A lifelong fan of '70s and '80s synth music, Fred started out making industrial music in Montreal under the alias NORAD, before moving to Europe in 2011. Besides producing 3 albums with the Danish synth pop trio Neonsol, he has also been an accomplice to Canadian industrial acts Iszoloscope and Memmaker. Since 2018 he has returned to his first love: the Baroque synth sound of Wendy Carlos.

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Der Krawallmeister

Frédéric Scarfone

With his third synth baroque album, Frédéric Scarfone, the producer behind Copenhagen synth pop trio Neonsol, reveals his electro-industrial roots by incorporating heavier beats and darker sounds into the classic "Clockwork Orange" sound pioneerd by Wendy Carlos in the 1970s. A remarkably eclectic album, "Der Krawallmeister" (a pun on Bach's job title as Kapellmeister) takes the listener from a harpsichord-driven dubstep version of Robert de Visée to a mischievous, stomping, hard electro take on a Bach prelude and from solo classical guitar to foreboding crypt hop. There is also a hard-hitting remix by electro-industrial veterans Grendel, as well as Frédéric's own (more gentle) remix of a wonderful lute performance by the Polish virtuoso Klaudyna Żołnierek.

Added: 9/23/2026

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Let Them Eat Fake

Frédéric Scarfone

The hypnotic clockwork regularity of Berlin School synthesizers meets the ornate flourishes of Baroque composers in this 7-track psychedelic journey from the colorful gardens of Versailles to the grim scaffold where the guillotine awaits. Original compositions alternate with synth reinterpretations of pieces by Couperin, Händel and Bach. Parts of this album were featured on the Chapo Trap House podcast's historical series about the Thirty Years' War, 'Hell on Earth'.

Released: 2/1/2021

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