Leftfield - Leftism

Label: Hard Hands
Catalog#: HANDCD2
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: 30 Jan 1995
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Big Beat, Breakbeat, Dub, Tribal

1 Release The Pressure (7:38)
2 Afro-Left (7:32)
3 Melt (5:15)
4 Song Of Life (7:00)
5 Original (6:21)
6 Black Flute (3:45)
7 Space Shanty (7:14)
8 Inspection (Check One) (6:31)
9 Storm 3000 (5:44)
10 Open Up (6:54)
11 21st Century Poem (5:43)

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...jungle with high pipe whistles and progressive organic rhythms...toneless beats, muted trumpets, and high electro-chords...tribal techno...robotic wheezes...not many albums produced have such an eclectic range of music...there are two kinds of people in this world, first who own Leftism and second who don't own Leftism...This album combines exceptional, interesting, stylistically disparate tunes, luscious electronic orchestration, unrelenting drive and an uncanny sense of artistic unity..."Release the Pressure" is a great album-starter, while "Afro-Left"'s African influence makes for a unique techno romp. "Song of Life" is one of the most original techno songs with the first half soothing and ambient before yielding to a pounding beat. "Original" is awesome trip-hop that must rank as one of the best vocal-oriented techno songs ever. "Black Flute/Space Shanty" is a teeny-tad more standard techno than the rest of this album, but it works perfectly. "Storm 3000" is excellent instrumental, and "Open Up" is great vocally...no CD collection is complete without this album...The ingredients are put together with a masterly finesse - bass and drums mainlined straight into the bloodstream while the fantastically diverse textures and melodies infect the brain like a recurring dream...