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What is LeftField ?
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| Kytracid |
| Not the group, the genre. Can someone break it down for me ? |
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| Master Bates |
| Ok, on a baseball field, outside of the diamond, it's broken down into 3 sections: Right Field (behind First Base), Center Field (behind second base), and Left Field (behind third base). Usually guarded by one player whos job is to catch or stop any moving balls in his direction. If this doesn't help, please visit the website for American Baseball :) |
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| lMIlk |
| looking at the title, i knew someone was going to do this |
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| Kytracid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Master Bates
Ok, on a baseball field, outside of the diamond, it's broken down into 3 sections: Right Field (behind First Base), Center Field (behind second base), and Left Field (behind third base). Usually guarded by one player whos job is to catch or stop any moving balls in his direction. If this doesn't help, please visit the website for American Baseball :) |
oh that's what it is...somehow i got the idea it was actually a music genre.... ;)
Does anyone actually know ? |
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| cosmix |
'Leftism' was an album that redrew the borders for dance music, pioneered a radical hybrid of dub and house and breaks (long before anyone had invented big beat), and threw together guest vocalists from other musical worlds (gothic torch singer Toni Halliday, reggae toaster Earl Sixteen) over rhythms borrowed from dub, reggae, and African music. It sold more than half a million copies in the UK alone. More than just a great dance album, it was a defining moment, a Pink Floyd for the 90s, the Dark Side Of The Disco. Now, four years later and three long years in the making, it's time for the new album, 'Rhythm And Stealth': the sequel.
Many thought the Leftfield duo of Neil Barnes and Paul Daley would never be able match its melancholy splendour again. Paul Daley was one of them. 'Rhythm And Stealth' - a stunning album that is as vital and challenging as 'Leftism' - will silence them. Leftfield have spent three years struggling to invent new cathedrals of sound, racked by the fear that they could never do anything as good as 'Leftism' again. Hear rising London rapper Roots Manuva freestyle over the sci-fi hip hop of 'Dusted' and let the bass blasts those doubts away. Listen to the way the pounding beats of 'Phat Planet' - the harsh soundtrack to Jonathan Glaser's stunning, monochrome Guinness ad, the one where the surfers ride amongst white horses - breaks into dirty funk. And get fired up by the chilling future electro groove of 'Afrika Shox', dark and bassy, with a vocal from electro godfather Afrika Bambaataa that is far from the party-time singles he's been releasing lately. 'Rhythm And Stealth' is an album that is futuristic, creative, and forceful. Where 'Leftism' was grandiose, 'Rhythm And Stealth' is tailored, minimal, ruthlessly effective - a new take on the breaks-orientated dance music of the last few years. Even the collaborators, bar Brummie toaster Cheshire Cat, are new, like former Curtis Mayfield collaborator Nicole Willis, who sings on the esoteric 'Swords'. Leftfield are defiantly back.
taken from official biography
Paul Daley blames the delay finishing this album to the success of 'Leftism', the way it span into something neither he nor Neil Barnes had imagined. He found the acclaim difficult to deal with. One fan came up and declared that he'd crashed his car listening to 'Leftism' and spent six months in hospital: he lost concentration "when the bass kicked in!" "I don't like a lot of attention from people singling me out to be something, cos you have to live up to that, and that's when you stop being yourself," says Paul reluctantly. Bewildered by the acclaim, he also was racked by self-doubt. "Is your music any good? All these people telling you you're great, are they saying that cos they really think your music's great, or are they just saying that to make you feel better? |
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| trancaholic |
Leftfield is used as a name for a genre - and as far as I know you'll find it described in the bold section of cosmix post.
Now, the rest of the bio praises Rhythm & Stealth far more than it deserves. It's a lousy album (even if you took away your expectations based on Leftism) where everything that worked on Leftism has been left out - including the melody. |
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| Kytracid |
| I haven't heard the albums but the "Song of Life" track by Leftfield is awesome !!! |
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| Master Bates |
| Sorry about the previous post :) Someone had to do it. My favorite track by Leftfield is Afrika Shox. Great track, check it out :) |
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| Kytracid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Master Bates
Sorry about the previous post :) Someone had to do it. My favorite track by Leftfield is Afrika Shox. Great track, check it out :) |
no worries...with your nickname i can tell that u like to get a few laughs...it's all good. |
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| Coup |
| tell u, that master bates gag at school really pisses off with people with last names of bates! lol! :D |
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