GEZ VARLEY
gez first came to prominence in 1990 as one half (with mark bell) of the ground breaking leeds based duo lfo. with a sound that referenced to rearly house, b-boy aesthetic, nothern bleep & their own distinctive sub-bass. lfo had and still has a considerable influence one 1991 they made a tour throughout europe and released their first album frequencies... a classic! 1992-1993 the duo was much in demand for doing remixes: africa bambaata , art of noise & ymo... riichie hawtin had been considerably influenced by the duo and they collaborated on the 12 lfovsfuse. by '94 they took a little rest. mark bell's' speed jack and gez's g-man projects both have their roots in this period and once the advance (2nd album) was released it was the end of an era... gez's pre-disposition has always been for live playing and for music which can move the floor in a club setting. the developing lfo situation was not at all conducive to this approach and he began to realize that only through a seperate project could he actually do what he felt he should be doing. swim had approached lfo in early '95 to remix immersion, in the end both gez and mark did remixes. gez sent some cassette of other g-man tracks that ended up as the firts g-man e.p. on swim. the project developed organicly over the to year 1996 where an album and live work became part of a natural flow of events, resulting in summer '96 with release of the cd album kushti . '97 saw the branching out of the g-style into it's own sub label in the swim stable. a cd released from g-man on his own label is eagerly awaited in '98. gez has meanwhile continuited to mash up other peoples tunes to keep his hand in (malka spiegel, dj fallove, w-moon, & vapourspace). at the beginning of '99, gez moved to germany. he began to play more gigs in holland and germany. gez who alos contracted by zenit records with marco carola who wanted to work with him. the result was remixes of the old classic g-man tracks quo vadis and el jem. g-man also worked on an album with marco carola, and he is also working with force inc. since g-man moved to germany he has started a new record label with his girlfriend. the first released on gmr music was in october 2000, with the volume one of the kinight trax. he also released the amazing album bayous paradis on force inc and do two remixes for the belgian duo bng, included on the atv2 album.