ArtistInfo

Freelance Hellraiser

voc, GB, Billericay
Producer of Electronic and Rock
A.k.a. Roy Kerr Lalula

Roy Kerr, aka the Freelance Hellraiser, is one of the creators of the UK bootleg (mashup) scene.He gained fame with a mashup in 2001 called "A Stroke of Genius", which combined an instrumental edit of The Strokes' track "Hard To Explain" with Christina Aguilera's pop hit "Genie in a Bottle". James Hyman who, along with Eddy Temple-Morris, championed mash-ups and the song in particular on the Xfm show The Remix, described it as "so musical. It was the result of a sick mind, and a trainspotter's mind, and a musician's mind." Although originally greeted by a cease and desist order by RCA (the label which both Aguilera and The Strokes are signed to), The Freelance Hellraiser went on to remix Aguilera's single "Fighter", as well as tracks for Placebo and ex-Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft. "A S

Genres

• Electronic
• Rock
• Dance
• Pop