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London, United Kingdom (1990 – 2002, 2010 – present)

Leftfield are an duo formed in 1990 in London, United Kingdom. The band consists of artists and record producers Neil Barnes and Paul Daley. They were pioneers in the fields of and , being among the first to fuse music with and . Currently, Neil Barnes continues to tour with the band while Paul Daley is focusing upon his solo career. Leftfield are best known for their classic album Leftism.

As with many of their contemporaries such as The Chemical Brothers and Underworld, Leftfield pioneered the use of guest vocalists throughout their career. Among the more prominent were Toni Halliday (of Curve), who sang on “Original”, Djum Djum on “Afro-Left” and Earl 16 and Cheshire Cat on “Release The Pressure”.

Neil Barnes’ entry into the music world was as a DJ at The Wag Club while simultaneously playing percussion instruments. Around 1989, inspired by Afrika Bambaata, Barnes decided to try his hand at electronic music production. In 1990, he released the single “Not Forgotten” on the Rhythm King label. It was followed by “More Than I Know” in 1991.

For the remixes of these tracks, Barnes called upon Paul Daley, then a hairdresser, but also in A Man Called Adam and a formerly a session musician for the Brand New Heavies and Primal Scream, appearing on their Dixie Narco EP. Barnes and Daley had previously worked together as percussionists at The Sandals’ first club, Violets.
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  • jae__moon

    if you're after some good new electronica: http://soundcloud.com/jaemoonjunkmail

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  • Beerkiss

    Tourism is fucking incredible.

    8 days ago

  • aginggirl

    Awesome collection!

    25 days ago

  • be_more_funny

    Leftfield - A Final Hit ==> this song was used as a soundtrack in "Trainspotting" :D

    last month

  • Daxxe

    Memories! Melt is one of my all-time favourite chillout tracks ever

    last month

  • Theeboon

    Rhythm & Stealth was far more interesting than Leftism... Dark, mysterious and ahead of its time. What a great follow-up!

    last month

  • Thunderfaggot

    Concur completely with comment below, only complaint is ya came so close to NZ without stopping over ;_; hope it happens sometime soon! Freakin love the live verse on Afro-Left.

    last month

  • alin1

    "Tourism" is a fantastic live album.

    March 2012
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