LFO (BAND)

'LFO' are an English techno outfit on the Warp Records label. LFO were one of the pioneers of the bass-heavy techno music of the late 80's to mid 90s. Originally comprising Gez Varley, Martin Williams aka DJ Martin and Mark Bell, LFO is now Bell alone.
The band's name is derived from the abbreviation for the term low frequency oscillation, a synthesis technique widely used in electronic music.

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History

Partial discography

Albums

External links

History

Varley and Bell met while studying at Leeds and gave their first track, the eponymous "LFO", to Nightmares on Wax. The demo's popularity in clubs lead to the track being released by the Sheffield-based Warp Records in 1990 (see 1990 in music), and was a Top 20 hit in the U.K., reaching number 12 in the singles charts.
The follow-up single to "LFO", entitled "We Are Back", was released in the summer of 1991. Although it did not do as well as "LFO" in terms of chart figures, "We Are Back" was certainly a successful single within the rave community, its target audience.
Later signed to Tommy Boy Records in the US, the duo did remix work on Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" and LFO went on to work with Björk, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Laurent Garnier, and Andrew Weatherall (The Sabres of Paradise).
Varley left in 1997 to form Feedback with Simon Hartley (aka Wild Planet). Mark Bell helped produce ''Homogenic'' with Björk and ''Exciter'' with Depeche Mode.
The song "Freak" was used in the 2005 film ''Hard Candy''.

Partial discography

Albums

★ ''Frequencies'' (1991)

★ ''Advance'' (1996)

★ ''Sheath'' (2003)

External links

★ Warp: LFO

★ ''Sheath'' Microsite

★ Interview

★ Complete discography