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'''Roy Kerr''', also known as the '''Freelance Hellraiser''', is an English DJ, producer, remixer and one of the creators of the UK bootleg ([[Mashup (music)|mashup]]) scene.
==Career==
Under the Freelance Hellraiser name, Kerr 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]]". Although originally greeted by a [[cease and desist]] order by [[RCA]] (the label which both Aguilera and the Strokes are signed to), he went on to remix Aguilera's single "[[Fighter (Christina Aguilera song)|Fighter]]", as well as tracks for [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] and ex-[[The Verve|Verve]] frontman [[Richard Ashcroft]]. "A Stroke of Genius" was later dubbed as "the song that defines the decade" by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/26/songs-of-the-decade-a-stroke-of-genius |title= When Christina met the Strokes: the song that defines the decade|website= [[TheGuardian.com]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908071101/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/26/songs-of-the-decade-a-stroke-of-genius|archivedate=September 8, 2013|date=November 26, 2009 |accessdate=February 25, 2013}}</ref>
In 2006, he released his album ''Waiting for Clearance'', featuring such artists as [[Jan Hammer]], [[Iain Archer]] and [[Snow Patrol]] frontman [[Gary Lightbody]]. The following year, he formed Kid Gloves with Anu Pillai, writing and producing two songs for [[Ladyhawke (musician)|Ladyhawke]]'s gold-selling [[Ladyhawke (album)|eponymous debut album]], including the single "Paris Is Burning".
===Collaborations===
In 2004, he was commissioned by [[Paul McCartney]] to remix some lesser-known McCartney tracks as preshow entertainment for his tour of that year. Those tracks, and several more, were released under the name [[Twin Freaks]]. In 2009, Kid Gloves contributed to [[Little Boots]]' gold-selling debut album, ''[[Hands (Little Boots album)|Hands]]'', writing and producing her duet, "Symmetry", with [[the Human League]]'s [[Phil Oakey]].
==Discography==
===Albums (as The Freelance Hellraiser)===
* ''Waiting for Clearance''
===Singles (as The Freelance Hellraiser)===
* "Want You to Know"
* "We Don't Belong"
* "Weightlessness"
* "You Can Cry All You Want"
===Remixes (as The Freelance Hellraiser)===
* [[Richard Ashcroft]] - "Check the Meaning"
* [[Christina Aguilera]] - "[[Fighter (Christina Aguilera song)|Fighter]]"
* [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]] - "Glow"
* [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] - "English Summer Rain"
* [[The Reindeer Section]] - "Your Are My Joy"
* [[Ian Brown]] - "Northern Lights"
* [[Editors (band)|Editors]] - "[[Blood (Editors song)|Blood]]"
* [[Just Jack]] - "Triple Tone Eyes"
* [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] - "Girlfriend"
* [[Snow Patrol]] - "Hands Open"
* Iain Archer - "When It Kicks In"
* [[Siouxsie Sioux]] - "[[Here Comes That Day]]"
* My Robot Friend - "Rapture"
* Cuban Friends - "My Love Is Alive"
* [[Shakira]] - "Objection"
* [[The Verve]] - "[[Love Is Noise]]"
* [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] - ''[[Wanderlust (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)|Wanderlust]]'' (remixed the whole album)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alive-ag.de/index.php?page=artikel&ArtikelNr=4332546 |title=AL!VE AG - Vertrieb - Entertainmentbranche |access-date=2014-10-06 |archive-date=2014-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010215833/http://www.alive-ag.de/index.php?page=artikel&ArtikelNr=4332546 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===DJ mixes===
* ''[[Mixmag]]'' 50 Big Tunes 2003 Cover CD
* 45 Special 2001 Bootleg Mix
===Singles (as Kid Gloves)===
* "Music Power" (2011)
* "Bare Knuckle" (2010)
===Production (as Kid Gloves)===
* [[Cheryl Cole]] and [[Lana Del Rey]] - "[[Ghetto Baby]]"
* [[Ladyhawke (musician)|Ladyhawke]] - "[[Paris Is Burning (song)|Paris Is Burning]]"
* Ladyhawke - "Paris Is Burning (Remix)"
* Ladyhawke - "Manipulating Woman"
* [[Little Boots]] - "Symmetry" (featuring [[Phil Oakley]])
* Little Boots - "Not Now"
* [[VV Brown]] - "Game Over"
* Arsenal - "Lokemo"
===Remixes (as Kid Gloves)===
* [[Black Kids]] - "Look at Me"
* [[Santigold]] - "Lights Out"
* Arsenal - "Estupendo"
===Albums (as Twin Freaks)===
* ''[[Twin Freaks]]'' (2005)
===Singles (as Twin Freaks)===
* "[[Really Love You]]"
* "What's That You're Doing"
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.myspace.com/freelancehellraiser Freelance Hellraiser's Myspace]
*[http://www.villagevoice.com/music/barely-legal-6414336 Review of "A Stroke of Genius" in the ''Village Voice'']
;Interviews
* [http://www.some-assembly-required.net/blog/2009/07/episode-147-some-assembly-required.html Radio Feature] The [[Some Assembly Required (radio program)|Some Assembly Required]] Interview with The Freelance Hellraiser (2006)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061226202619/http://www.musictowers.com/Features/ViewArticle1178.aspx Q&A with Freelance Hellraiser on Music Towers]
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[[Category:British mashup artists]]
[[Category:English DJs]]
[[Category:English record producers]]
[[Category:British remixers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
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