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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". [1]
John Bush of the online music database AllMusic stated the album is not simply a progressive house album and that it "spans a wide range of influences (tribal, dub, trance)". [1] Clash expanded on this, describing "Release the Pressure" and "Inspection (Check One)" as dub -influenced tracks, while "Storm 3000" is a bass-heavy track that ...
"Open Up" is a song by British electronic duo Leftfield featuring John Lydon (of Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd.). It was released as a single on 1 November 1993 by Hard Hands label.
Dave Simpson from Melody Maker named "Original" Single of the Week, adding, "The intro sounds like the launching of some faraway spacecraft (well, all right, Kraftwerk), the main chassis of the song is some inter-Galaxian funk, and some sampled guitars mimic the flight of a slightly malfunctioning Venusian Observer's Vehicle."
Based on baseball lingo, a sentence such as "That was a hit out of left field" was used by song pluggers who promoted recordings and sheet music, to describe a song requiring no effort to sell. [2] A "rocking chair hit" was the kind of song which came "out of left field" and sold itself, allowing the song plugger to relax. [2]
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. [11] It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture that consisted of Black gay men and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat.
Founder member Ashley Hutchings had also left for Steeleye Span, and Dave Pegg had joined on bass. Richard Thompson was to leave the band for a solo career early the following year. [1] As their previous album, Liege & Lief, had reinterpreted a number of traditional folk tunes, so did Full House. Many were sewn into two medleys, "Dirty Linen ...
Left is a studio album by the music group Monkey House, released on June 3, 2016, on Alma Records, which is affiliated with the Universal Music Group. It was mainly recorded at the Drive Shed in Toronto. It was co-produced by Don Breithaupt and Peter Cardinali, and the engineer was John 'Beetle' Bailey.