If you have never heard Leftfield’s Leftism, you have probably heard bits of it without knowing. A bassline in a film trailer, a vocal snatched for a TV advert, a breakdown your mate’s older brother used to play in the car. Released on the 30th of January 1995, the debut album from Neil Barnes and Paul Daley has quietly soaked into the culture over 31 years. And if you have heard it, really heard it, you probably own at least two copies, because the first one got played into the ground.
So put the kettle on, or pour something stronger, and let’s head back to the mid nineties.
For those that don’t know, Leftfield started in…





