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==