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Leftfield
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London, England (1989 – 2002)
Leftfield were a duo of electronica artists and record producers, Paul Daley (formerly of A Man Called Adam and the The Brand New Heavies) and Neil Barnes, formed in 1989 in London, England. The pair were pioneers in the fields of intelligent dance music (idm), pioneering the fusion of house music with dub and reggae. They furthermore were among the first electronic musicians to incorporate live guest vocalists, along with The Chemical Brothers.
Their downtempo music style has inspired a genre which has been recognised as simply leftfield, with several charts appearing in magazines such as DJ magazine and Mixmag. The genre is also known as chillout.
Appearing in massive live arenas like The Block and Glastonbury, the duo showed to its fans that their music was as strong as their sound system. Their infusion has created a splinter group inside the ardent house and dub genre followers. Prior to Leftfield, no one attempted their kind of fusion and after their innovative sounds the world of electronica was compelled to blur the lines further. Hence we have seen a strong movement toward more experimentalism from every side of the wall. Tastemakers and opinion swayers adopted Leftfield as their sign of rebellion to the norm and to sum it all Leftfield themseleves signify that very rebellion.
Leftfield produced just two well-received albums, Leftism and Rhythm And Stealth, before disbanding in 2002.
Their downtempo music style has inspired a genre which has been recognised as simply leftfield, with several charts appearing in magazines such as DJ magazine and Mixmag. The genre is also known as chillout.
Appearing in massive live arenas like The Block and Glastonbury, the duo showed to its fans that their music was as strong as their sound system. Their infusion has created a splinter group inside the ardent house and dub genre followers. Prior to Leftfield, no one attempted their kind of fusion and after their innovative sounds the world of electronica was compelled to blur the lines further. Hence we have seen a strong movement toward more experimentalism from every side of the wall. Tastemakers and opinion swayers adopted Leftfield as their sign of rebellion to the norm and to sum it all Leftfield themseleves signify that very rebellion.
Leftfield produced just two well-received albums, Leftism and Rhythm And Stealth, before disbanding in 2002.
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LEFTFIELD not forgotten (hard hands mix)
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Sualocin_16 wrote:
They have no peer and no "similar artists." They are the definition of good electronica, it's a shame they are no more.
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jeff071 wrote:
Phat Planet/ Double Flash/Dub Gussett ...three greatest big beat tracks ever produced.
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Pawelkoper12345 wrote:
Good stuff
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adomay wrote:
Join the Danja group! http://www.last.fm/group/Danjahandz
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mechanicalsteer wrote:
Mechanical Steering new album "10:10pm" ! http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Mechanical+Steering
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karolstiopa wrote:
i like to Melt
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Mayo86 wrote:
'Swords' is perfect !
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SkyLark13 wrote:
Sounds so fresh still. How?
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locumelo wrote:
Africa shoxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Bombata
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WebNothing wrote:
sweeeeeeeeet
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muserock7997 wrote:
@mixiah do you mean cheesestrings?
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honeybee2k wrote:
Still fresh, still amazing, just classic - Leftfield could release this album tomorrow and it would not sound dated.
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Terrasidius wrote:
Afro Ride!
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dandynieves wrote:
muy buena la apreciasion aparte que paso con el tema open up falta master
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unit299_09 wrote:
the vocals are from johnny rotten of the sex pistols or public image ltd. He is a legend - a music heavyweight. with a concert in the free trade hall in manchester in the late 70s they inspired a music revolution which influenced the musical developement in the whole world during the eighties, nineties and nowadays. music legends as joy division, new order, the whole madchester (manchester rave) movement began to roll because of the concert. beside that the vocals fit perfectly to that track and its still fresh and unique to have such a punkish voice in an elektronika track meanwhile other similar acts stuck an the usual afro based 'ah yeah everybody clap your hands' samples...
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Hobobluez wrote:
The "instrumental" part is great, but the voice in this track is terrible, imho. Anyone know of a Rob Zomie type remix?
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saferdrunk wrote:
Release The Pressure rule!
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triffski wrote:
i don't watch telly but that sounds like feckin sacrilege... :| re-form, ye bastards... :)
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mixiah wrote:
love leftfield but why the feck did they licence "release the pressure" for that stringy cheese crap?
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DustyJohnston wrote:
i have some great new music from Dusty Johnston. If you like electronic pop, then check out his stuff. http://www.last.fm/music/Dusty+Johnston
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