LFO - the Stone Roses of electronic music

LFO were the Stone Roses of electronic music in the 90s.
Frequencies, their debut, was a phenomenal crossover success compared to other efforts in the genre. Then duo Mark Bell and Jez Varley did pretty much nothing for the next few years except soak up the adulation. And like the Stone Roses, it all ended with a bit of a whimper.
When they were at their most active, however, they spearheaded the whole bleep techno movement of the early 90s that led to the emergence of Warp Records as the pivotal label in electronic music, and created one of the greatest labels of modern British music.
They made Frequencies - one of AFX's favourite records, from what I've read - and upset Steve Wright so much with top 10 track LFO that he stopped playing it mid-tune on Radio 1. In their own inimitable words on We Are Back, they said: "There are many imitators, but we are the true creators" - which was bombastic but also had a grain of truth for a while. Frequencies certainly was a major record in electronics at the time - in an era when dancefloor-oriented acts did not make LPs. It veered between acid-techno and slow, blissed out ambience in a way that was pretty daring and varied for its period. In retrospect, the album has probably lost a little bit of its magic - seeming very much of its time on certain tracks. It's not alone in this - Orbital's debut suffers even more in the same light - but given that this was LFO's centrepiece, their principal contribution to the scene, it has meant that they have rather tended to be forgotten about in look-backs that focus on the more developed, sophisticated mind-bending sonics of people like Aphex Twin.
They had the indignity of seeing a fleetingly active boy-band take on their name a few years later, but as far as I know they never challenged that through the courts. LFO are still going today, although with a productivity rate of three albums in 20 years, don't expect any new music any time soon.
The merits of the band came to mind as a I was listening to an old Warp Records remix compilation - released for their 100th release anniversary - while out running the other day. The track I came across was Labradford's remix of Freeze - and the post-rockers did a marvellous job of decontextualising the original, turning a fairly straight-forward, even cheesy track into something drawn-out, lethargic, chilling.
Surgeon's spaced-out drum 'n' bass remix of Nurture follows a similar pattern, and is well worth a listen - regardless of whether you have heard the original. Frankly, it's all I know of Surgeon's work - and my flagging up of this piece should prompt a search of his other material.