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

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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

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Albums

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "Gez Varley: Bayou Paradis". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b A chat with Gez Varley from L.F.O at funkyjeff77.wordpress.com, access date 1 January 2013
  3. ^ "LFO's Mark Bell: 10 essential tracks". The Guardian. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b About Archived 2013-06-29 at the Wayback Machine at g-man-techno.com, access date 1 January 2013
  5. ^ "G-Man (aka Gez Varley): Avanti". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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