Gez Varley

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Gerrard "Gez" Varley is a British techno musician and DJ who became known in the 1990s as a member of the band LFO and later appeared solo under the pseudonym G-Man .

Life

Varley founded the band LFO in 1990 together with Mark Bell , whom he met in Leeds in the mid-1980s . With the first self-titled release "LFO" they achieved a club hit, as a result of which they were signed by Warp Records . The single, released a short time later, sold over 130,000 copies and immediately reached number 12 in the British charts.

In the mid-1990s, Varley devoted himself increasingly to his solo productions. His first solo album Kushti was released in 1996 under the pseudonym G-Man. That same year, Varley finally left LFO. This was followed by publications on his own label G Records and the German labels Studio K7 and Force Inc. Music Works .

In 1999 Varley moved to Wiesbaden . In 2000 he founded the label GMR Records together with his girlfriend .

Discography (selection)

For publications as LFO see LFO (volume) .

Albums

  • 1996: G-Man - Kushti (Swim ~)
  • 1998: Gez Varley - Gez Varley presents Tony Montana ( Studio K7 )
  • 1999: G-Man - Beautiful (i220)
  • 2001: Gez Varley - Bayou Paradis ( Force Inc. Music Works )
  • 2002: G-Man - Avanti (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 2002: David Morley / Nodern / Gez Varley - Personal Settings 2 (Quatermass)
  • 2007: G-Man Aka Gez Varley - La Collection (GMR Records)

Singles and EPs

  • 1995: G-Man - G-Man (Swim ~)
  • 1996: G-Man - G-Man II (Swim ~)
  • 1997: Gez Varley - Gez Varley presents Tony Montana (Studio K7)
  • 1998: G-Man - IV (G Records)
  • 1999: G-Man - Quo Vadis / El Jem (i220)
  • 1999: G-Man - Beautiful (i220)
  • 1999: G. Varley - G6 & 7 (Overdrive)
  • 2000: G-Man - Spik (i220)
  • 2000: G-Man - Knight Trax Volume One (G-Man Records)
  • 2000: Gez Varley - Free Fall (episode)
  • 2001: G-Man - Knight Trax Volume Two (G-Man Records)
  • 2001: Gez Varley - Violator (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 2002: G-Man - Avanti (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 2005: G-Man - Graphite (Defrag Sound Processing)
  • 2006: G-Man - Quo Vadis (Remixes) (i220)
  • 2006: G-Man - The Way You Move (We)
  • 2006: Gez Varley - Shon EP ( Keys Of Life )
  • 2007: G-Man - Quo Vadis (Styrax Leaves)
  • 2008: Gez Varley - G 11 (Persistencebit Records)
  • 2009: Gez Varley - Jan Traxs (GMR Records)
  • 2011: Pod / G-Man - Styrax Special (Styrax Records)
  • 2011: G-Man & Nadja Lind - G-Catz EP (Lucidflow)
  • 2011: Heckmann vs G-Man - Drive Inn EP (Acid Fuckers Unite)
  • 2012: GMAN & MRI - Confusion EP (Resopal sound ware )
  • 2012: G-Man + Rob Strobe - Acrophobia EP (Sonic Groove)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b A chat with Gez Varley from LFO at funkyjeff77.wordpress.com, accessed January 1, 2013
  2. ^ Dave Simpson: Bleep of faith: 20 years of Warp records . In: theguardian.com of April 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b About ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at g-man-techno.com, accessed January 1, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.g-man-techno.com
personal data
SURNAME Varley, Gez
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varley, Gerrard (full name); G-Man (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British techno musician and DJ
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century