http://entertainment.stv.tv/music/15409 ... s-absence/

"Electronic pioneering duo Leftfield return after a decade to this summer's Rock Ness.

Rock Ness have announced that dance duo Leftfield will return for the first time since their self imposed four year hiatus with a live exclusive performance at the festival staged on the shores of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

The duo of electronica artists and record producers, Paul Daley (formerly of A Man Called Adam and the Brand New Heavies) and Neil Barnes, formed in 1989 and had a memorable seminal performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2000 with 'Song For Life' and 'Storm 3000' from their debut album, 'Leftism' which became one of the highlights of the festival. The band were one of the leaders of electronica and hopefully will be allowed to play 'phat' at this summer's festival. Festival Director Jim King seems to be hinting at a loud festival performance at Rock Ness.

Jim King said: "We're been trying to get Leftfield to do some shows for years and now its actually going to happen. Ask any electronic bands who was an inspiration for them and Leftfield will always be listed. I was fortunate to see them live over 10 years ago and if you think the Prodigy are loud then you won't know what hit you when Leftfield kick in. The Band just have everything in the locker from the pounding bass lines of 'Phat Planet' to the pioneering and visionary beauty of 'Melt'. Get on line now and reconnect with the band that unquestionably defined the music of a whole generation."



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i have read about rumors of leftfield reunion in polish music magazine few months ago.

its great news that these rumors became true.

this is amazing news!

sweet!
i know most people probably are "Leftism" fans...

but i fucking love "Rhythm & Stealth."

Tick follows tock follows tick follows tock...
Wicked news

i sense a new album in the works.............

This +100, I love that album.

i'm not really into leftism too but rhythm and stealth is grreat.

I think Leftism is great, but no keen on Rhythm and Stealth apart from Swords. I hope a new album is in the works, twould be good!...

Leftism is definitely my fave... Afro Left, Open Up, Song of Life.....so many great tunes.. right up there with Jilted Generation IMO

Jilted is on a scale all of it's own IMO. Leftism is very good, but Jilted is superhuman!...

Fantastic news! And I just hope it's not gonna end with this single show. Some retrospect tour in Europe would be cool

Hoorah! Big fan of Letffield!

Listening to Leftism and Rhythm & Stealth again... quite enjoyable.

That's nonsense I've seen Leftfield live 3 times, once within 90 minutes of seeing The Prodigy, and they weren't even close to the same volume.

Saying that, The Prodigy are not that loud these days, but Rockness still has to adhere to the legal DB limit for outdoor events as a condition of it's Public Entertainment License.

So if you go to Rockness this year and see Leftfield, well they won't be any louder than The Prodigy were when they played last year.


This might be good news, Leftfield were good live when they were around, and it would be great to see their show again.. but if it's just going to be Barnes and Daley fighting over who gets to press the keys on a laptop, while 'straight from the CD' rips of their tracks play off Ableton (or Winamp!), then I think I'll give it a miss rather than tarnish my good memories of the gigs of theirs I saw.