Album: Advance by LFO (1996)
Genre: Techno | Style: Electronic | Mood: Dreamy
Format: Album

Description: Advance is the second album by the British techno act LFO, originally released on Warp Records in 1996. It would be the last LFO album to feature Gez Varley before he left and went on to form Feedback shortly after the release of this album.

Artist Background: LFO was a British electronic music act on the Warp label. Considered to be pioneers of bass-heavy techno, LFO released Frequencies (1991), Advance (1996), and Sheath (2003). Originally, the group was composed of Gez Varley (born 1971) and Mark Bell (1971-2014). After Varley left in 1996, LFO was Bell alone. Bell died in October 2014. The group's name is derived from the abbreviation for the term low-frequency oscillator, a synthesizer function widely used in electronic music. Part of the Sheffield, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Techno movement. Known for Electronic style.

Music Scene: Part of the Sheffield, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Techno movement. Known for Electronic style.

Tags: Techno, Electronic, Dreamy, 1990s, Album

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Advance is the second album by the British techno act LFO, originally released on Warp Records in 1996. It would be the last LFO album to feature Gez Varley before he left and went on to form Feedback shortly after the release of this album.

Album: Sheath by LFO (2003)
Genre: Techno | Style: Electronic | Mood: Dreamy
Format: Album

Description: Sheath is the third album by the British IDM act LFO, originally released on Warp Records in 2003.
The track Moistly is feature as a playlist on the 2012 video game Lumines Electronic Symphony. "Freak" has been featured both in the 2005 film Hard Candy and in the opening credits of 2010 film Enter the Void.

Artist Background: LFO was a British electronic music act on the Warp label. Considered to be pioneers of bass-heavy techno, LFO released Frequencies (1991), Advance (1996), and Sheath (2003). Originally, the group was composed of Gez Varley (born 1971) and Mark Bell (1971-2014). After Varley left in 1996, LFO was Bell alone. Bell died in October 2014. The group's name is derived from the abbreviation for the term low-frequency oscillator, a synthesizer function widely used in electronic music. Part of the Sheffield, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Techno movement. Known for Electronic style.

Music Scene: Part of the Sheffield, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Techno movement. Known for Electronic style.

Tags: Techno, Electronic, Dreamy, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Sheath is the third album by the British IDM act LFO, originally released on Warp Records in 2003.
The track Moistly is feature as a playlist on the 2012 video game Lumines Electronic Symphony. "Freak" has been featured both in the 2005 film Hard Candy and in the opening credits of 2010 film Enter the Void.

Album: Frequencies by LFO (1991)
Genre: Techno | Style: Electronic | Mood: Dreamy
Format: Album

Description: Frequencies was the debut album by the British techno act LFO, originally released in 1991 by Warp in the UK and by Tommy Boy in the US.
The American version of the album alters the track listing slightly, inserting "Track 14", which concludes the UK version, in between "We Are Back" and "Tan Ta Ra"; the rest of the tracks then proceed in the same order as the UK edition.
In 2009 the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation featured a cover of the song "LFO" by Luke Vibert.

Artist Background: LFO was a British electronic music act on the Warp label. Considered to be pioneers of bass-heavy techno, LFO released Frequencies (1991), Advance (1996), and Sheath (2003). Originally, the group was composed of Gez Varley (born 1971) and Mark Bell (1971-2014). After Varley left in 1996, LFO was Bell alone. Bell died in October 2014. The group's name is derived from the abbreviation for the term low-frequency oscillator, a synthesizer function widely used in electronic music. Part of the Sheffield, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Techno movement. Known for Electronic style.

Music Scene: Part of the Sheffield, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Techno movement. Known for Electronic style.

Tags: Techno, Electronic, Dreamy, 1990s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Frequencies was the debut album by the British techno act LFO, originally released in 1991 by Warp in the UK and by Tommy Boy in the US.
The American version of the album alters the track listing slightly, inserting "Track 14", which concludes the UK version, in between "We Are Back" and "Tan Ta Ra"; the rest of the tracks then proceed in the same order as the UK edition.
In 2009 the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation featured a cover of the song "LFO" by Luke Vibert.

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