Fred Giannelli (born 1960 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American electronic musician.^[1] He began experimenting with electronics^[2] in the 1970s as Turning Shrines.^[3][4] In 1984, Giannelli met Psychic TV's Genesis P. Orridge^[5] while the group was in Boston for a gig.^[6] This led to Giannelli eventually travelling to London to join the band in 1988, arriving just in time for the acid house craze.^[7] He then left Psychic TV^[8] for the Plus 8 label, working with Detroit DJ and producer Richie Hawtin as Spawn. Continuing under the Plus 8 label, he formed the Telepathic label^[9] for his own industrial/techno recordings as the Acid Didj, Giannelli, Deneuve and Mazdaratti.^[1] The 1990s saw him release a number of records, including 1997's Unpopular Science under the alias of the Kooky Scientist.^[10]

Past projects and aliases include the Kooky Scientist, Acid Didj,^[11] The Kinky Scientist, Deneuve, The Kranky Scientist,^[12] Mazdaratti, PTV, Sickmob,^[13] Splerge, Fred vom Jupiter, Fred vs. Fred, Fred Ex, Spawn (with Richie Hawtin and Daniel Bell)^[14] and Turning Shrines.