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100
Far from being just a stale progressive house LP, it spans a wide range of influences (tribal, dub, trance) and includes a good mixture of vocal tracks (with Toni Halliday, John Lydon, and Earl Sixteen) and instrumental workouts.
12y
70
From the tribal dub of its opening track, “Release the Pressure,” to the ambient “Melt,” Leftism eschews mainstream categorization and manages to reside in the leftfield of almost all the electronic genres it propagates.
4y
A great house release that keeps the intrigue throughout the hour long experience though it doesn't come without it's holes.
Recs:
- Release the Pressure
- Melt
- Aiming of Life
- Original
- Space Shanty
- Storm 3000
- 21st Century Poem
although the tribal influences are pretty neat and fun, this album drags for soooooooooooooooooooo long. I can't stress enough how immediately you get used to the sound
Leftism is an album I have been recommended by a plethora of Electronic music fans and now that I have finally heard it I can definitely understand the hype, but I don't feel as strongly about it all thanks to a very underwhelming ending. This project is not your typical Electronic album and instead takes on the task of trying to sound like a meticulously planned out Progressive House set. For the most part is succeeds in that concept and sounds really wonderful as the tracks all flow ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Release the Pressure 7:42 | 88 |
| 2 | Afro-Left 7:36 | 87 |
| 3 | Melt 5:14 | 86 |
| 4 | Song of Life 7:05 | 87 |
| 5 | Original 6:24 | 89 |
| 6 | Black Flute 3:48 | 80 |
| 7 | Space Shanty 7:17 | 84 |
| 8 | Inspection (Check One) 6:31 | 85 |
| 9 | Storm 3000 5:46 | 83 |
| 10 | Open Up 6:53 | 89 |
| 11 | 21st Century Poem 5:42 | 76 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 9 minutes
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2mo
> album called Leftism
> features the dude from Sex Pistols who unironically came out as right wing not long ago
> features the dude from Sex Pistols who unironically came out as right wing not long ago
