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Leftfield
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Artist

Leftfield

  • Electronic
  • Progressive house
  • Dub
  • Trip hop
  • Downtempo
  • Dub techno
  • Electronica
  • House

Members : Neil Barnes

Leftfield are a British electronic music group formed in London in 1989, a duo of Neil Barnes (born 6 August 1960) and Paul Daley (the latter formerly of The Rivals and A Man Called Adam). The duo was influential in the evolution of electronic music in the 1990s, with Mixmag describing them as "the single most influential production team working in British dance music". As with many of their contemporaries, such as The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, Leftfield are notable for their use of guest vocalists in their works. Among them are Toni Halliday on "Original", John Lydon on "Open Up", Djum Djum on "Afro-Left", Earl 16 and Cheshire Cat on "Release the Pressure", and Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C. on "Full Way Round". The term progressive house was coined to define their style, a fusion of house with dub and reggae.

There was a hiatus in recording and live performances between 2002 and 2010. When Barnes revived Leftfield, Daley declined to be involved, preferring to focus on his solo career. After touring for a few years, Barnes finished writing new material for a third Leftfield album, Alternative Light Source, which was released in 2015. In 2022, they released their fourth studio album, This Is What We Do.

Bio from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0, via So Many Bands · ↗

Coming up

  • Oct 24

    Leftfield

    Centre Point

    • Music
    • Electronic
    • House
    • Reggae

    Tickets

  • Dec 18

    Leftfield

    The Prospect Building · Feeder Road

    • Music
    • Electronic
    • House
    • Reggae

    Tickets

  • Mar 6

    Leftfield

    The Cause (DJ Set)

    • Music
    • Electronic
    • House
    • Reggae

    Tickets

  • Full profile of Leftfield on So Many Bands: discography, members, every date ↗

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