Mark Bell

Mark Bell (22 February 1971 – 8 October 2014) was a British DJ, record producer, and member of the pioneering techno group LFO. He recorded on Warp Records, and also collaborated with artists such as Björk and Depeche Mode.

Biography Early life Mark Bell's early musical influences came from three specific sources. One was an art teacher in school who taught art and played music by Jean-Michel Jarre and Kraftwerk, an older sister who played disco, funk music and electro from her bedroom, and a music shop in Leeds Mark described as having "arcade games like Tempest and Defender" and that it would play "loads of early hip hop like Schoolly D. I remember feeling this is mine and my friend’s place".

LFO LFO were performing at the Warehouse, a club in Leeds, when Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell arrived and noticed the positive reception club goers had to the track "LFO". Bell was credited for the majority of the album's production, including the songs "Pluto", "Alarm Call", and the bassline in "Jóga". Björk stated that she "trusts and respects what [Bell] does for me. If I were to say who has influenced me most it would be Stockhausen, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno and Mark Bell".

Bell would also produce Björk's Selmasongs, the soundtrack to the Lars von Trier's film Dancer in the Dark.

Select discography

Albums Surge (R&S, 1996), as Speedjack

Singles 1994 "Storm", as Speedjack 1994 "C.T.C.", as Speedjack 1994 "Blue Bossa". as Speedjack 1995 "Lofthouse", as Clark 1995 Klip EP, as Fawn 1996 "Jigsaw", as Counterpoint

Production 1997 Björk – Homogenic 2000 Björk – Selmasongs 2001 Paul Oakenfold - Perfecto Presents Ibiza 2001 Depeche Mode – Exciter 2004 Björk – Medúlla 2005 Björk – Drawing Restraint 9 2007 Björk – Volta 2011 Björk – Biophilia 2012 Björk – Bastards

Composer

2003 Underworld - Back to Mine 2008 Björk – Declare Independence