Career
From 1990 onwards he co-produced most releases by Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips. Other bands he has worked with include: Weezer, Saxon Shore, Neon Indian, Wolf Gang, Ammonia, Editor Harcourt, Sparklehorse, Café Tacuba, Elf Power, Mogwai, Thursday, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, The Delgados, Low, Phantom Planet, Gemma Hayes, Goldrush, Tapes "n Tapes, Hopewell, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Number Girl, Jed Davis, Zazen Boys, Sleater-Kinney and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. He has recently worked on new recordings with MGMT, Neil Finn, The Cribs, Oklahoma Go, Tame Impala, Baroness and Spoon.
In 2001, Fridmann was included on MOJO"s 100 Sonic Visionaries list and was described as "the Philosophy Spector of the Alternate-Rock era".
In 2010, three Fridmann-produced albums were listed on the Rolling Stone 100 Best Albums of The Decade: MGMT"s Oracular Spectacular, The Flaming Lips" Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, and Sleater-Kinney"s The Woods. Fridmann often brings a distinctive, expansive, open sound to the albums he produces, which has much in common with that used by Mercury Review