Sound Designer and Composer
Fred DeFaye
Fred learned his trade in Paris as a recording engineer at the Studio du Palais des Congres working on movie scores and top French artists, he became the personal assistant to producer Andy Scott and worked on the last two albums of Daniel Balavoine.
He moved to England to be the personal recording and mixing engineer of the
Eurythmics recording and mixing album: Savage, Revenge.
Throughout his career, he has mixed, recorded, and produced albums for the likes of Danny Wilson, The Prodigy, Depeche mode, Tom Petty, Paddy Casey, David Gray, Bob Dylan and was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
Previous Projects
Theatre & Contemporary Dance
Sound Designer and Live Sound Engineer | SCHRIT_TMACHER FESTIVAL | Choreographed by Dickson Mbi/Tellus and UK Touring| Theater Kerkrade Netherlands
Sound Designer| SHOBANA JEYASINGH DANCE: WE CALIBAN | Sadler's Wells/UK Touring
Associate Sound Designer/Producer| DEAD CENTRE: DEAF REPUBLIC |
directed by Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd | Royal Court downstairs
Associate Sound Designer/Producer | LANDMARK PRODUCTIONS: KRAPP’S LAST TAPE | directed by Vicky Featherstone| Barbican Theatre/Skirball Centre NYC
Mixing Engineer | MARKING TIME | Composer: Nico Muhly | Sadler’s Wells
Associate Sound Designer | QUIET SONGS | dir. by Finn Beames | Barbican Theatre/International Touring
Sound Designer/Producer | THE GATES OF KYIV | dir. by Roxana Silbert/UK Touring
Composer/Sound Designer| AU BORD | directed by Valentino Villa | Triennale Milano Festival
Sound Designer/ Live Sound Engineer/ Producer| GENI LOU | Choreographed Dickson Mbi/Enowate | Sadler's Wells and International Touring (Winner of the Olivier Award 2023)
Sound Designer | SHOBANA JEYASINGH DANCE: CLORINDA AGONISTE | Sadler's Wells and UK Touring
Sound Designer | FENGLING PRODUCTION: NINE SONGS| Producer: Farooq Chaudhry | International Touring
Live Sound Engineer | AKRAM KHAN COMPANY: PORTRAITS IN OTHERNESS | International Touring
Sound Designer | VIVIANA DURANTE DANCE: ISADORA NOW | Barbican Theatre and International Touring
Live Sound Engineer | UNDER SIEGE, RITE OF SPRING | Yang Liping Dance | International Touring
Composer | PULL ME CLOSER, RUSH PART 1/2, ALONE TOGETHER | Levy Dance | SF International Arts Festival and International Touring
Live Sound Engineer | SKETCHBOOKS OF EGON SHEILE | UK Touring
Live Sound Engineer | SHOBANA JEYASINGH DANCE | Working with composers Steve Reich, Michael Nyman, Gabriel Prokofiev, Kareem Roustom and Sk Shlomo
Composer | JOSE AGUDO DANCE: TIME DROPPER | UK Touring
Composer | LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION: MA COSTUME DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE | Lilian Baylis theatre
Sound Designer| PUNCHDRUNK: THE BLACK DIAMOND | Site specific
Member of the People Show Theatre
Sound Designer | PEOPLE SHOW ‘119: GHOST SONATA | Oscar-nominated composer Mike Figgis | Site specific
Live Sound Engineering
David Gray: Glastonbury Mainstage
Patti Smith: Royal Festival Hall
Richard Reed Parry: O2 Festival
Andrew Poppy: International
KLF
The Barbican Theatre
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Fashion & Commercial
Composer: PHILIPP PLEIN fashion show in Milan, Women's Fall-Winter show
Sound Designer: TOD'S | BURBERRY LONDON & PARIS | GOOGLE | MICROSOFT | SAMSUNG UK
Sound Designer/Mixing in VR and 5.1 surround for Valve Corporation on acclaimed video game titles:
HALF-LIFE 1&2 | PORTAL 1&2 | LEFT FOR DEAD 1&2 | TEAM FORTRESS1&2
Education & Teaching
Guest tutor at Montview University for site-specific theatre practice
Guest lecturer at the Scandinavian University of Art
Guest lecturer at SAE College London