28-832: Leftfield are a British electronic music group Leftfield or Left Field may also refer to: Leftfield Leftfield are a British electronic music group formed in 1989, a duo of Neil Barnes 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 ", Johnny Rotten on " Open Up ", Djum Djum on " Afro-Left ", Earl 16 and Cheshire Cat on " Release
56-500: A 1998 Q magazine poll, readers voted it the eightieth greatest album of all time, while in 2000 Q placed it at number 34 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. The album was re-released in 2000 with a bonus disc of remixes, and again in 2017 as a remastered version with eleven completely new remixes. Their second album, Rhythm and Stealth (1999) maintained a similar style, and featured Roots Manuva , Afrika Bambaataa and MC Cheshire Cat from Birmingham . The album
84-515: A comeback single, and reached No. 9 in the UK charts – Bowie's only top 10 single between 1986's " Absolute Beginners " and 2013's " Where Are We Now? ". Upon the release, Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Peek into Bowie's first solo album in eons is a kinetic pop / funk throwdown. That incomparable voice wafts over a barrage of jangly guitars, wriggling rhythms, and jolting horns. New collaboration with " Let's Dance " co-producer Nile Rodgers has
112-1113: A series of dates around the UK and Ireland. Friday 3 December's gig saw more plaster fall from Brixton Academy's ceiling. Free & Equal (Leftfield Tribal Mix) Body Medusa (The Leftfield Dub Mix) Open Up Your Head (Trancefield Dub Mix) Open Up Your Head (Stringfield Dub Mix) Intoxication (Dubfield Mix) You're Mine (Guv Dub Part 2) Deeper Love (Missing You) (Leftfield Dub) Deeper Love (Missing You) (Leftfield Instrumental) Step It Up (Stereo Field Instrumental Dub) Everything & More (Leftfield Vocal Mix) Everything & More (Leftfield Ranch Dub) Everything & More (Leftfield Bonus Love Dub) Back To Front (The Rub It Vocal Mix) Back To Front (The Love It Dub) Jump They Say (Dub Oddity) I Am Free (Leftfield Escape From Da Da Mix) Timeless Land (Leftfield Dub Mix) Timeless Land (Leftfield Bengga Club Mix) Timeless Land (Leftfield Galala Dub) Renegade Soundwave (The Leftfield Dub) Psychopath (Leftfield Mix) Psychopath (Leftfield Dub Remix) Psychopath (Leftfield Remix #3) Swords (Leftfield Exit Mix) Jump They Say " Jump They Say "
140-507: A skip in the sonic step of some of the set's darker material", like "Jump They Say". He saw the song lyrically "engage with the personal conflicts that matter to Bowie." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic remarked the "paranoid jumble" of the song, naming it one of the "moments" from the album , that "are the first in a long time to feel classically Bowie". Note: includes "exclusive" 8-page discography, released in 2CD case to house CD2 as well Note: "Jump They Say" (Radio Edit 1)
168-556: 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 . Neil Barnes' music career started off as a DJ at The Wag Club while simultaneously playing percussion on a sessional basis. In 1986, he joined the London School of Samba and played the bateria in the 1986 Notting Hill Carnival . Around 1989, inspired by Afrika Bambaataa , Barnes decided to try his hand at electronic music production,
196-615: Is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his 18th album Black Tie White Noise (1993). It was written by Bowie, produced by Nile Rodgers and released as the first single from the album in March 1993 by Arista Records . While Bowie opted not to tour for the Black Tie White Noise album, the song was performed on his 1995–96 Outside Tour and released as part of the live concert No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) (2020). The accompanying music video for "Jump They Say"
224-461: Is remixed by JAE-E and is the same as "Jump They Say" (JAE-E edit) A1. "Jump They Say" (Brothers in Rhythm mix) – 8:24 A2. "Jump They Say" (Leftfield remix) – 7:41 A3. "Jump They Say" (JAE-E remix) – 5:32 B1. "Jump They Say" (Brothers in Rhythm edit) – 3:54 B2. "Jump They Say" (Dub Oddity remix) – 6:13 B3. "Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying remix) – 5:36 Bowie performed the song live on
252-557: The Arsenio Hall Show in May 1993, and it was performed occasionally on his Outside Tour of 1995–96. A live version of the song was released on the concert album No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) (2020). The radio edit version has appeared on some editions of the compilations Bowie: The Singles 1969–1993 (1993), Best of Bowie (2002), Nothing Has Changed (2014), and Bowie Legacy (2016). The Leftfield 12" vocal mix
280-476: 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, to focus on his solo career. After touring for a few years, Barnes finished writing new material for
308-510: The Week, describing it as "a typical theatrically crooned throwback to his glory days", and adding, "Club-goers will glory in the Brothers In Rhythm / Leftfield mixes which drag it on to the dancefloor." Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel felt that jazz trumpet player Lester Bowie 's brief entrance "enlivens the otherwise pastel "Jump They Say", which recurs as a remix toward the end of
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#1733093869204336-552: The album." A reviewer from Philadelphia Inquirer constated that Bowie "reaffirms his commitment to arty dance-rock ", while Reading Evening Post complimented the song is "surprisingly good". James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update noted "his droning adenoidal vocal". In a 2017 retrospective review, Quentin Harrison from Albumism noted that "that romantic energy" from Bowie's marriage to Iman "put
364-532: The final set on the main stage at Ireland's three-day festival, Electric Picnic in September. Further headline festival shows were announced in the coming weeks. Leftfield is now represented by Neil Barnes on keyboards and drum programming, with a rotating group of vocalists, MC Cheshire Cat, Adam Wren on engineering and programming and Sebastian 'Bid' Beresford on drums. Founding member Paul Daley declined to rejoin, focusing on his solo DJ career. On 25 March 2015,
392-453: The influence of Nile Rodgers led to a funk -based sound, though the track was also influenced by contemporary jazz , with a solo from avant-jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie . Released on 15 March 1993 as the lead-off single, "Jump They Say" received a considerable promotional push from Bowie's new label, Savage Records (though Arista Records distributed the package in Europe). A striking video
420-682: The new single, "Universal Everything", was premiered on Annie Mac 's BBC Radio 1 show. Shortly afterwards the new album was announced via the Leftfield website and social networks, along with UK tour dates for June 2015. Alternative Light Source , Leftfield's first album in 16 years, was released on 8 June 2015 on Infectious Records . On 1 June 2015 the album premiere was streamed live on Twitter, coupled with conversation via hashtag #leftfieldstream. "Head and Shoulders" features Sleaford Mods on vocals, and its stop-motion and animation hybrid video debuted on Pitchfork on 6 August 2015. A fourth album
448-525: The piece was termed " Progressive House " by Mixmag and held significant prominence in nightclubs from 1991 onwards. As their mutual interest in electronic music became clear the pair decided that they would work instead upon Leftfield, once Barnes had extricated himself from his now troublesome contract with Rhythm King's Outer Rhythm subsidiary. The name Leftfield was originally used by Barnes for his first single, with editing/arranging and additional production undertaken by Daley. However, after this, Daley
476-481: The potential to meet with similar top 40 approval, although innovative batch of remixes is already shaping up to be a club favorite here and abroad. A most welcome return." Jon Selzer from Melody Maker complimented the song as "sophisticated, mock-wayward funk, pretending it's balancing precariously over a tightrope when it's really on solid ground." He added that it's "by far the best thing he's done" since "Let's Dance". Alan Jones from Music Week named it Pick of
504-467: The problems with their former label had been sorted out, Leftfield were able to unveil their single " Release the Pressure ". Leftfield's first major career break came with the single " Open Up ", a collaboration with John Lydon (of Sex Pistols fame) that was soon followed by their debut album, Leftism in 1995, blending dub , breakbeat , and house . It was shortlisted for the 1995 Mercury Music Prize but lost out to Portishead 's Dummy . In
532-631: The results of which were the tracks " Not Forgotten " and " More Than I Know ", released on Rhythm King Records offshoot label Outer Rhythm . For the remixes of these tracks, Barnes called upon Paul Daley, percussion player with A Man Called Adam and 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. Described by Barnes as "[t]he sound of 15 years of frustration coming out in one record",
560-553: The stewardesses in the Pan-Am space plane in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). The video received heavy rotation on MTV Europe , and was praised by Entertainment Weekly after Bowie died in 2016 , saying "Bowie is an excellent actor, and this video may be his best character performance in a music video." The song, while not Bowie's first release since Tin Machine , was pushed as
588-537: The theme tune for the BBC television programme Dragons' Den . In June 1996, while the group was playing at Brixton Academy , the sound system caused dust and plaster to fall from the ceiling; subsequently, the group was banned from ever returning to the venue. The ban however was taken by the band as a ban on the sound system and not themselves, which was confirmed when Leftfield returned to Brixton again on Saturday 20 May 2000. In November and December 2010, Leftfield did
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#1733093869204616-550: Was also used in the animated television series Beast Machines: Transformers , the simulation racing games F1 2000 by EA Sports and Racedriver GRID by Codemasters . "Swords" was used in an advertisement for the Irish mobile phone service Eircell . In addition, their song "Release the Pressure" was used on advertisements for the O 2 mobile phone network at its launch, and the Kerry Group's Cheestrings snack in 2006. "A Final Hit"
644-560: Was declared finished by Barnes via Twitter on 4 February 2022, later revealed to be titled This Is What We Do . It was released on 2 December 2022 on Virgin. It debuted at No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart, before dropping out of the Top 100. The song "Phat Planet" was used in the " Surfer " TV advertisement for Guinness, ranked number one in Channel 4 's Top 100 Adverts list in 2000. "Phat Planet"
672-506: Was directed by Mark Romanek and received heavy rotation on MTV Europe . The song dealt with Bowie's feelings for his schizophrenic half-brother Terry Burns, who had died by suicide on 16 January 1985 when he walked in front of a train at Coulsdon South railway station , having previously been held in Cane Hill Hospital . Lyrically, the song is loosely based on Burns and Bowie's relationship with and memories of him. Musically,
700-487: Was featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack ; the b-side "Afro Ride" was also featured on the soundtracks to both wipE'out" and wipE'out" 2097 although it did not appear on the album of the first game. A white label release called "Snakeblood" was featured on the soundtrack of The Beach (2000). The song was found to have sampled OMD 's "Almost" without permission. The song "Storm 3000" has been used as
728-1079: Was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in 2000 but lost out to Badly Drawn Boy 's The Hour of Bewilderbeast . It reached No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart . The album featured the song " Phat Planet " which featured on Guinness ' 1999 advert , Surfer , and "6/8 War" featured on the Volkswagen Lupo Advert 'Demon Baby'. The track "Double Flash" featured in the PlayStation software game Music 2000 . Leftfield split in 2002, with both Barnes and Daley planning to work on separate solo projects. Leftfield headlined RockNess in Dores, Scotland in June 2010, Creamfields in Cheshire, England in August 2010, and played
756-562: Was shot by Mark Romanek , depicting Bowie as a businessman paranoid of his colleagues, who seemingly conduct experiments on him and find him a disturbing influence, forcing him to jump from the roof of the corporate building to his death. The video is heavily influenced by Jean-Luc Godard 's 1965 film Alphaville , Stanley Kubrick 's A Clockwork Orange (1971), as well as Chris Marker 's film La Jetée and Orson Welles ' The Trial – both from 1962. The uniformed women shown monitoring Bowie through high powered telescopes are an homage to
784-486: Was subsequently involved in remixing "Not Forgotten" and thereafter in the creation of all of Leftfield's work until the band split up in 2002. During this period, in which the band could not release their own music owing to the legal dispute with Rhythm King, the pair undertook remix work for React 2 Rhythm , I.C.P. (Ice Cool Productions) , Supereal , Inner City , Sunscreem , Ultra Naté and provided two remixes to David Bowie 's single " Jump They Say ". Finally, once
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