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Leftfield come the duo of electronica artists and record producers, Paul Daley (formerly of A Man Called Adam and the Brand New Heavies) and Neil Barnes formed in 1991 in London, England. A pair were pioneers in the fields of intelligent dance music.

Their downtempo music style hwhen inspired a genre which has been recognised as only leftfield, by owning many stock and index charts appearing inside magazines like DJ magazine and Mixmag. A genre is also referred to as Chill out.

Releases

Leftfield is easily-known to the mainstream UK audience for their track Phat Planet, which soundtracked the "Surfers" TV advertisement for Guinness, ranked #1 inside Channel 4's Top 100 Adverts listings within 2000. It keep close at h& besides freed the series of singles and 2 acclaimed albums prior to breaking higher within 2002 to focus on solo projects.

Leftism

Their 1st major hit was Open Higher, the collaboration by owning John Lydon; soon followed by their debut album, Leftism, in 1995, blending dub, breakbeat and techno especially called Uk-dub.

Rhythm and Stealth

Their 2nd & final album, Rhythm and Stealth (1999) maintained the similar style however sustaining a harder, bleaker techno edge, & featured such creative person when Roots Manuva, Afrika Bambaataa and MC Cheshire Cat from Birmingham. A album was shortlisted for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.

Discography
Leftism (1995) #3 UK Rhythm and Stealth (1999) #1 UK A Final Hit - The Greatest Hits (October 2005) #32 UK

Mixmag: Leftfield
Contains a biography, pictures and an interview with the band.

Leftfield Online
Official site of the progressive house legends. Contains news, biography, pictures, discography, an online store and profiles of collaborators.

InkBlot Magazine: Leftism
Features a review of the album, biography, links, audio clips(RealAudio) and pictures.

InkBlot Magazine: Rhythm and Stealth
Contains a review of the album, "Rhythm and Stealth".

ArtistDirect: Leftfield
Includes photos, biography, discography, links and bulletin board.

The End Of The World Reviews: Leftism
A review of the band's debut album, "Leftism", by Aaron Price.

VH1 Artists: Leftfield
Contains a biography, discography, audio clips (RealAudio), links and reviews.

Not Forgotten
Contains discography, news, reviews, pictures, links, articles and FAQs.

LetsSingIt.com: Leftfield
Contains lyrics to Leftfield songs.


Arts: Music: Styles: E: Electronica: I.D.M.
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