{"product_id":"g-man-moonbase-alpha-lp","title":"G-Man 'Moonbase Alpha' 2xLP","description":"\u003cp\u003eCircuitry Electronic launches with a release that stands as a statement of intent -\u003cbr\u003ean artist with few true peers within English electronic music, with an album that\u003cbr\u003ejumps out of the speakers and slaps you around the chops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eG-Man is Gez Varley - one half of Sheffield pioneers LFO, and thirty years into his\u003cbr\u003esolo career, with his first vinyl album release since Avanti on Force Inc way back in\u003cbr\u003e2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking to DJ magazine in 2014 Gez recalled his early days working with Mark Bell\u003cbr\u003eas LFO: “We were influenced by groups like 808 State. Unique 3, Nightmares On\u003cbr\u003eWax and also stuff like Kraftwerk, Detroit techno and early electro. So when we first\u003cbr\u003ehooked up and made tunes together we just wanted to rock the dancefloor at our\u003cbr\u003elocal club The Warehouse”. Their eponymous track ‘LFO’ – a classic of the bleep\u003cbr\u003eand bass techno movement – was one of the first releases on the Warp label, gate-\u003cbr\u003ecrashing the UK’s Top 20 whilst annoying Simon Mayo along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving worked with the likes of Richie Hawtin, Karl Bartos, Laurent Garnier, Art of\u003cbr\u003eNoise, Radiohead, YMO and Alan Wilder, in addition to the LFO output, you\u0026amp;#39;d 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the inaugural release on the Circuitry Electronic label this album plugs all the right\u003cbr\u003esockets; stay close for further electronic expansions on the theme on the label in the\u003cbr\u003ecoming months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Circuitry Electronic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Forte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57897174532483,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/6872\/files\/ScreenShot2026-04-27at11.44.36.png?v=1777286692","url":"https:\/\/beartreerecords.com\/products\/g-man-moonbase-alpha-lp","provider":"Bear Tree Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}