Freddy Bastone

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Freddy Bastone (born 1963) is a DJ and producer from The Bronx, New York Most known for performing at Danceteria in Britland, alongside his partner Mark Kamins (who is credited for discovering Madonna). He was known for his mix of Dance, Electronica, Punk, and other genres in his set. He quickly becamed a famed DJ and began mixing and producing for different record labels. He remixed songs for artists such as Queen (Freddy Remixed the '1991 Bonus track "Seven Seas of Rhye" on the album Queen II), Brandy, Judas Priest, Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott ("Pass That Dutch" from her fifth album, This Is Not a Test! (released November 2003), Radiohead, Rod Stewart, and Taxi Dolls.

His number 1 singles include work with artists such as Will to Power, Nu Shooz, Jennifer Lopez (Lopez earned a Grammy Award nomination in the "Best Dance Recording" category in 2001), and Jamiroquai.

He has also had a hit single in UK as an artist, when he was known as Corporation of One.

Bastone worked with Jefferey Bernstein, in a partnership known as Bastone and Burnz, producing dance mixes for the likes of Justin Timberlake, Hall and Oates, and J.Lo, as well as creating their only album titled Bad Behavior. Currently Freddy Bastone is working with artist and producer Mark Henry in the duo production called Hankstone.

Freddy is also an actor with credits on such television series as The Sopranos and Law & Order.