what a classic this was the track that put WARP on the map.
Gak by gak was aphex twin trying to remix LFO or tracks the twin wanted to sound like LFO.
good stuff but not as good as the real thing.

Not much said about this ep.

I know the title track has always got most of the attention (not without merit) with its spine massaging bassline, hard 808's and lush chords, but....

First of all, track 4 was the defintion of the new direction that techno was taking me musically when I was younger. Totally otherworldly sounds with menacing melodies and snapping beats.

Then, probe, hard, grating 808 rhythms with a bubbling bassline with a few breakdowns, washed out strings drifting in and out of the track.
It doesn't do much but it doesn't have to, the elements of the track just sit together so perfectly.

In all, one of the best ep's ever made imo.

Dark scary and very deep early rave tecno with some very strange bleeps and the clinical voice LFO from Yorkshire UK England.Basslines don't come any lower than this.A classic tune that went on to seeing drum and bass get ideas from.LFO,Low Frequency Oscillator ruined my loadspeakers,be warned don't turn up your volume to much while playing this track.Released on the excellent Warp Record label also from Sheffield Yorkshire UK,i don't think Warp released any bad Music back in 1990.

A funny note: When this record came out, German dance magazine Network Press (quite important at that time, now defunct) described it as "Telefondisplayhouse ohne Neulandgewinnung" which means "Phone display house that fails to break down new frontiers".

The bass was so low on this track that many club speakers blew when 1st playing this in 1990 - but then again LFO *does* stand for Low Frequency Oscillator!

The "Smooth, ruff & rubbery" of LFO definitely wanted to go more experimental rather than just straight dancefloor and strictly grooves, so was the case of this timeless single that represented the first contact of many electronic music supporters with techno.
The 'LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix)' is the highest standard for Sheffield's bleep techno, announcing a new era for the perimeters of the underground electronica. The low frequencies oscillation on an aesthetic perspective caused an impact without similar on the history of techno. A devastating bass, the bleep sounds and the futuristic atmosphere sounded very new to everyone’s ears. ‘Track 4’ and ‘Probe’ were also finely polished tunes with the same bleep attachment. Through this twelve inch, Mark Bell & Gez Varley’s chef d’oeuvres became a testament of the new paradigms of the dance music…

This was my first 12" vinyl purchase and I only wish that every record I bought was as good! As "Kaicho" said i also have the origional pink copy with sticker, which i think was distributed earlier by warp up north! I can still play this record and be taken back to being 15 years of age and feeling like I was part of something special, it summed up a what thought the future had in store, through electronic music. And as for when i turned it over and nearly ripped my speakers with "Probe 4" a track which has yet to be beaten for deep throbbing bass....A favourite, a classic......We never did all end up in silver space suits driving hover boards!!!

A club classic and one that brings back many fond memories of my days as a teenage tearaway, on the stage at the Warehouse in Leeds with Boy Wonder from Nightmares on Wax rewinding the record on the request of the sweaty, heaving masses below him. If the bass and beats in this record dont move you, nothing ever will.

Releasing a track with a "Leeds Warehouse Mix" on it certainly brought a smile to my face when I first saw this in Crash! Records in Leeds, as I was a regular at that particular club at the time!
I've been playing this tune occasionally for years, and I last dropped it into a set a few weeks ago, and it STILL fills floors, even 13 years on! An early techno classic.

I have this but in the very original format. The cover is plain, purple and the label also purple with the same white writing. I remember Warp continued with this format up until 'Tricky Disco' and then started with decorative designs again by Designers Republic. They pulled all the existing Purple covers and replaced with... Enough! LFO is the epitome of warehouse music - raw, original and addictive. A rival to Orbital's Chime as track of the generation and I fondly remember both as being absolute belters!
L......F.......O....... Duuuuuuuuurrrrrrr Deeeee Deee Da!