Editing Leftfield (section)

==Formation==
Neil Barnes' music career started off as a DJ at The Wag Club while simultaneously playing percussion on a sessional basis. In 1986, he joined the London School of Samba and played the [[bateria]] in the 1986 [[Notting Hill Carnival]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johns |first=Matt |date=6 October 2015 |title=Neil Barnes of Leftfield recalls playing with LSS on BBC Radio 6 interview |url=http://londonschoolofsamba.co.uk/2015/10/06/neil-barnes-leftfield-interview/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041133/http://londonschoolofsamba.co.uk/2015/10/06/neil-barnes-leftfield-interview/ |archive-date=4 March 2017 |access-date=3 March 2017 |website=London School of Samba}}</ref> Around 1989, inspired by [[Afrika Bambaataa]],<ref name="newmusicexpress1995">{{cite journal | title=Rave Gauche | journal=New Musical Express | date=5 February 1995 }}</ref> Barnes decided to try his hand at electronic music production, the results of which were the tracks "[[Not Forgotten (song)|Not Forgotten]]" and "[[More Than I Know]]", released on [[Rhythm King|Rhythm King Records]] offshoot label ''Outer Rhythm''.<ref name="melodymaker1992"/> For the remixes of these tracks, Barnes called upon Paul Daley,<ref name="newmusicexpressfeb1996">{{cite journal | title=Gauche in the Machine | journal=New Musical Express | date=May 1996 }}</ref> percussion player with [[A Man Called Adam (group)|A Man Called Adam]] and formerly a session musician for the [[Brand New Heavies]] and [[Primal Scream]], appearing on their ''[[Dixie-Narco EP]]''.<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/><ref name="newmusicexpress1995"/> Barnes and Daley had previously worked together as percussionists at [[The Sandals]] first club, Violets.<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/><ref name="newmusicexpress1995"/> Described by Barnes as "[t]he sound of 15 years of frustration coming out in one record", the piece was termed "[[Progressive House]]" by ''[[Mixmag]]'' and held significant prominence in nightclubs from 1991 onwards.<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/> As their mutual interest in electronic music became clear the pair decided that they would work instead upon Leftfield, once Barnes had extricated himself from his now troublesome contract with Rhythm King's Outer Rhythm subsidiary.<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/><ref name="melodymaker1992"/> The name Leftfield was originally used by Barnes for his first single, with editing/arranging and additional production undertaken by Daley. However, after this, Daley was subsequently involved in [[remix]]ing "Not Forgotten" and thereafter in the creation of all of Leftfield's work until the band split up in 2002.

During this period, in which the band could not release their own music owing to the legal dispute with Rhythm King, the pair undertook remix work for [[React 2 Rhythm]], [[I.C.P. (Ice Cool Productions)]], [[Supereal]], [[Inner City (band)|Inner City]], [[Sunscreem]], [[Ultra Naté]] and provided two remixes to [[David Bowie]]'s single "[[Jump They Say]]". Finally, once the problems with their former label had been sorted out, Leftfield were able to unveil their single "[[Release the Pressure]]".<ref name="melodymaker1992"/>