( CNN ) -- Mark Bell , who founded the highly influential techno music duo LFO and later collaborated with Bjork on several iconic albums , has died . Bell died of complications after a surgery earlier this month , but the announcement of his death only came Monday via his label , Warp Records . `` It 's with great sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Mark Bell of LFO who died last week from complications after an operation . Mark 's family & friends request privacy at this difficult time , '' the statement read . The label did n't offer details . Bell founded LFO with Gez Varley in 1988 , playing a pioneering role in the house and techno scene . Two years later , their self-titled single `` LFO '' reached the top 20 on the British charts . The duo released two albums , `` Frequencies '' and `` Advance , '' before Varley left . Bell continued with the LFO name , releasing one more album in 2003 , `` Sheath . '' But by this time , he had branched out into producing work for others . He collaborated with Icelandic singer Bjork on her seminal 1997 work , `` Homogenic . '' Their singer-producer partnership continued through several albums , including 2011 's `` Biophilia . '' Bell also produced Depeche Mode 's `` Exciter . '' Following his death , Bjork posted LFO 's `` Love is the Message '' on her Facebook page . People we 've lost in 2014 .
He died of complications after a surgery . The band had a top 20 hit with ` ` . '' He produced several Bjork albums .