G-Man
MOONBASE ALPHA LP

Label NEXUS001 | Circuitry
Style Deep Techno, Techno
Country Belgium

4/5 Mojo review: Sparse, hypnotic big-room techno that builds from the bass drum up Double LP is released on 140gm black vinyl in a transparent gloss foil sleeve, artwork and design by Ian Anderson for Designers Republic. Circuitry Electronic launches with a release that stands as a statement of intent an artist with few true peers within English electronic music, with an album that jumps out of the speakers and slaps you around the chops. G-Man is Gez Varley one half of Sheffield pioneers LFO, and thirty years into his solo career, with his first vinyl album release since Avanti on Force Inc way back in 2002. Speaking to DJ magazine in 2014 Gez recalled his early days working with Mark Bell as LFO: We were influenced by groups like 808 State. Unique 3, Nightmares On Wax and also stuff like Kraftwerk, Detroit techno and early electro. So when we first hooked up and made tunes together we just wanted to rock the dancefloor at our local club The Warehouse. Their eponymous track LFO a classic of the bleep and bass techno movement was one of the first releases on the Warp label, gate- crashing the UKs Top 20 whilst annoying Simon Mayo along the way. Having worked with the likes of Richie Hawtin, Karl Bartos, Laurent Garnier, Art of Noise, Radiohead, YMO and Alan Wilder, in addition to the LFO output, youd expect Gez to know his way around a techno dancefloor rhythm and drum pattern, and this is an inventive funk-filled journey that never veers too far into experimental territory yet avoids the cliches and generic tropes that too often lose the listener when techno manifests in album form

01 Moonbase Alpha
02 Fidus Tempas
03 Moon Dust
04 Mon Cherie
05 Paris 92
06 Scarbeck
07 Space Charmer
08 989

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Genre: TECHNO/DEEP
• Format Type: 2LP