Darin A. McFayden or so we called, Freq Nasty, (also typeset as FreQ Nasty) started his breakbeat career at Botchit & Scarper in the late nineties with his Underglass single. The single was cained by the masses and was featured on several DJ compilations (including Tipper's Hi Octane). Around that same time, Darin teamed up with B.L.I.M. to start Archetype Studios where the two beat-lovers banged out the seminal "Funky As..." single for Marine Parade under their High Prime guise. Darin has always been an seen as an originator in breakbeat. His sound can be dark and ominous, drifting and playful, steeping and funky...just about anything. Listening to his full length album Freaks, Geeks & Mutilations , one can hear the mass of hiphop and ragga influences pouring through the album. In the past couple years, Darin continues to dominate the breaksworld by expanding his affiliations to include Smart Systems label (Electric Kingdom compilation) as well as the mighty Skint Records. His Skint releases include "That's My Style" / "Goose" and "Amped" / "Transforma". These two releases show Darin's more swinging, steppy style, which gained them much acclaim from the DJs worldwide..
Freq is also well-known in the music scene for his social activism. In early 2008, Freq launched Giveback.net, a socially-conscious site featuring music campaigns, whereby musicians donate music in support of non-profit "action campaigns".The first campaign, in support of the Tibetan People's Uprising Movement, featured a collaboration with West Coast breaks artist, Bassnectar, Viva Tibet. The campaign successfully raised $8,000 in support of TPUM's March to Tibet that year.
"It's time we as a music community reached out on a grassroots level and showed some love to those who need it, to whatever extent we feel able. Most of us don't vote, most of us see the news as something that happens to somebody else, and most of us have excess that the majority of the people we see on the news can only dream of. If we can help spread the idea that creating positive change in the world elsewhere is an investment in our own security and happiness then I'm a happy DJ."
-FreQ Nasty
Some of his songs, "Amped" and "Fresh" even included in Gran Turismo 4.
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