LFO (band)
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| LFO | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Genre(s) | Electronic Music, Techno |
| Years active | 1988–1996 2003— |
| Label(s) | Tommy Boy Warp |
| Website | LFO site at Warp Recordshills |
| Members | |
| Mark Bell | |
| Former members | |
| Preston Seibert Martin Williams | |
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 1980s to mid-'90s. Originally the band was comprised of Gez Varley, Martin Williams a.k.a. 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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[edit] 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) and was a Top 20 hit in the U.K., reaching number 12 in the singles charts.
Their follow-up single, "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 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 (a.k.a. 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.
[edit] Partial discography
[edit] Albums
- Frequencies (1991)
- Advance (1996)
- Sheath (2003)
[edit] External links
- Warp: LFO
- Sheath microsite
- Interview
- Complete discographyde:LFO (Band)
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