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The Prodigy voted best dance act of all time

Music Gossip

20 Jan 2012

The Prodigy have been voted the best dance act of all time. The 'Firestarter' group beat Daft Punk to claim the top spot in the poll, by dance music publication Mixmag, although they only won by a "handful of votes". Singer Keith Flint said: "To…

T in the Park: Slam pick their favourite acts from the 2011 bill

Mathew Jonson, Bloody Beetroots and Chris Leibing among highlights

28 Jun 2011

Stuart MacMillan First of all Leftfield, having them come back to play is a bit of a rarity and obviously something that was massive 10-15 years ago and still is. You think of their back catalogue – they have so many great tracks. They’re definitely…

Leftfield, 2ManyDJs, Swedish House Mafia and Calvin Harris join T in the Park 2011

More dance acts added to 2011’s already impressive festival line-up

16 Mar 2011

Leftfield have been announced as headliners in the Slam tent at this year’s T in the Park, while the dance line-up gets even stronger across the weekend as Swedish House Mafia, Calvin Harris, 2ManyDJs, Felix da Housecat, Benga & Youngman and Silicone…

Leftfield, Soulwax and Aphex Twin amongst highlights of Rock Ness 2010

16 Jun 2010

It speaks volumes for this fifth anniversary installment of Scotland’s second biggest festival that the weekend wasn’t one long wait to see The Strokes perform on Sunday night; the New York quintet having been ‘on hiatus’ for almost as long as this…

Field notes from Rock Ness 2010

Niki Boyle's reflections on Rock Ness

15 Jun 2010

So here’s some notes I took for my pen-and-paper analogue blog (anablog? No, probably not) from Saturday at Rock Ness. Ah, the memories. 9.57am: On the shuttle bus, drinking covert beers when a fellow bus patron is overheard saying, ‘Get the cello…

Leftfield headline Rock Ness 2010 - Neil Barnes interview

9 Jun 2010

Electronic duo Leftfield (aka Neil Barnes and Paul Daley) are responsible for some of electronic music’s most enduring tracks. Their debut, Leftism (1995) mixed house, techno, deep dub and post punk in a unique exploration of the possibilities of…

Music festivals 2010: Ones to watch

28 May 2010

Unicorn Kid Aka Oliver Sabin – Edinburgh-based electronic wunderkind, this year playing festivals including T in the Park, Wickerman, Belladrum and Bestival Hudson Mohawke He makes super sweet futuristic jams. I loved last year’s album Butter. I…

Records - Antimc

3 Jul 2007

LEFTFIELD HIP HOP As billed this solo outing from Radioinactive and Boom Bip associate Antimc is a freewheeling hodgepodge of avant-garde jazz sensibilities applied to punk, electro, experimental rock and hip hop. As such it can be angular, maddening…