Leftfield

Frontman Neil Barnes has endured several difficult years, but this was the dance music act back to their ferocious, euphoric best

Leftfield Live In Concert In Norway At Parkenfestivalen 2023

I’ve encountered a handful of different groups perform at Manchester’s bedazzling New Century Hall; and it’s the indelible mark of a moment in time when everything, the audience, the artist, the architecture, the weight of the expected occasion, synchronised into one beating heart.

It was the album that paved the way for innovative and progressive house music across the world. Leftism (released in 1995) saw elements of Techno, Dub and Afro-Beat, stirred together with splashes of Jungle and Reggae and seasoned with a touch of Ambience by musical chefs of the time Neil Barnes and Paul Daley.

Released at the start of 1995, it’s 23 years on from the release of Leftism – an album that changed the face of dance music and redefined what an electronic produced album could be.

I have to fess up now I didn’t really know the band or much about its impact on progressive house music, much to the disgust of my friends.

However, the opportunity to see them outdoors on a summers evening for us is an even bigger draw.