Gez Varley
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Gerrard Varley is a British electronic musician and DJ, who was member of LFO during the 1990s and later released his solo works under the moniker G-Man.[1]
Life
[edit]Varley founded LFO in 1990 with Mark Bell, whom he had known since 1984.[2] Their first release LFO was released by Warp Records in 1990 and reached the British single charts.
During the mid-1990s Varley focused on his solo productions. His debut album Kushti was released in 1996 as G-Man. In the same year Varley left LFO.[3] He released music on his own imprint G Records as well as on the German labels Studio K7 and Force Inc. Music Works.
In 1999 Varley moved to Wiesbaden, Germany.[2][4] In 2000, he founded the label GMR Records.[4]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- 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)[1]
- 2002: G-Man – Avanti (Force Inc. Music Works)[5]
- 2002: David Morley / Nodern / Gez Varley – Personal Settings 2 (Quatermass)
- 2007: G-Man Aka Gez Varley – La Collection (GMR)
Singles and EPs
[edit]- 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)
- 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)
- 2000: Gez Varley – Free Fall (Episode)
- 2001: G-Man – Knight Trax Volume Two (G-Man)
- 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 (Wir)
- 2006: Gez Varley – Shon EP (Keys Of Life)
- 2007: G-Man – Quo Vadis (Styrax Leaves)
- 2008: Gez Varley – G 11 (Persistencebit)
- 2009: Gez Varley – Jan Traxs (GMR)
- 2011: Pod / G-Man - Styrax Special (Styrax)
- 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 Schallware)
- 2012: G-Man + Rob Strobe - Acrophobia EP (Sonic Groove)
- 2014: G-MAN "Cosmic Shores" (BangBang)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gez Varley: Bayou Paradis". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ a b A chat with Gez Varley from L.F.O at funkyjeff77.wordpress.com, access date 1 January 2013
- ^ "LFO's Mark Bell: 10 essential tracks". The Guardian. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ a b About Archived 2013-06-29 at the Wayback Machine at g-man-techno.com, access date 1 January 2013
- ^ "G-Man (aka Gez Varley): Avanti". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Gez Varley discography at Discogs
- Gez Varley at AllMusic