Adding Leftfield as genre, but what the heck is it anyway?

while adding a release i was thinking of adding 'leftfield' as a genre. to me it has an air of 'non-mainstream music,' slightly alternative. but what the heck is it anyway?

lol
same question from my side some month ago in the Group "Deutsches Discogs-Forum" without any good reply.

Sounds like a genre for soccer players 2 me.

I often like to use Leftfield instead of Experimental.

Juno Records also lists "experimental" stuff under Leftfield.

and minimal under Minimal, and also under Techno which is annoying

dau
adding 'leftfield' as a genre

It's already a style in the dropdown. Why on earth would you want to make a different genre for it?

bedhed3000
It's already a style in the dropdown. Why on earth would you want to make a different genre for it?

....not sure if serious.

for me, "leftfield" is a modifier that indicates a more expansive take on whatever other genres are associated with the release. i would never use it on its own, though possibly for unclassifiable stuff. "experimental" would be even further removed from standard genre expectations, and further onto that i'd say that "leftfield experimental" (or vice versa) is at least slightly redundant.

bedhed3000
bedhed3000

i don't know what you mean.

experimental would be also not applicable for my case. thinking about that, every artist seems to be experimenting, in the sense that they are 'exploring' their idea's into something tangible.

so 9228289, i think i can have a smile like you do regarding this matter: unsolved.

but i used it anyway, i suppose it's one of those 'undefineable' genre's to point out an outside mainstream project.

it's a nice album by the way: gaby hernandez-when love (a carlos nino production)

Gaby Hernandez - When Love

IMHO, leftfield just means slightly difficult to pinpoint. So experimental and leftfield is not redundant, just not specific enough on its own

http://wiki.discogs.com/index.php/Style_Guide-Genre-Electronic#Leftfield
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so can explain me
Weird -
Quirky -
please?

Quirky? Well, I guess that the perfect electronic musician to be classified as leftfield would be Anthony Manning and most of the Irdial Discs catalogue.
Hrvatski was quite leftfield too.

always thought "leftfield"was another word for downtempo-ish stuff

Not at all =)

It's typically used to describe some types of electronic house music; material with a quirky approach, sometimes deconstructionist or humorous, that might not appeal to true fans of house music - but would often appeal to others who would not normally be interested in house. I guess that it is sub-genre hopping as a result.

AMG has a better description of it than that found on here, on http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/left-field-house-d13172 though it is qualified as "left-field house" music. I've only really seen it used with house music however, though also with more extreme/experimental forms of micro-house than AMG mentions, such as Geeez'n'Gosh, Akufen, and The Rip Off Artist.

FurthurElectronix
always thought "leftfield"was another word for downtempo-ish stuff

that's how i first encountered it used in piccadilly records here in manchester.... and i think there was a review section in DJ magazine or Jockey Slut called called 'leftfield' as well for odds and ends of things that wouldn't normally be reviewd in a dance magazine, i guess.//

however, from the 'styles' guide:

'Sometimes it is used as a less-alienating alternative for the term Experimental' that's how i've used it the one time i used it in a submission :)

leftfield quite literally means up yer bum.

dau
i was thinking of adding 'leftfield' as a genre.

boring!

in my opinion this is leftfield:
Buckethead - Needle In A Slunk Stack

The name comes from Leftfield.

"Leftfield is a genre inspired by Paul Daley and Neil Barnes, two electronic music pioneers who were the first to fuse house music with dub and reggae. Their desire to ignore the boundaries of genre classifications and experiment with new sounds that were often indefinable in terms of the genre classifications around at the time, led popular UK dance magazines and press to adopt the term Leftfield."

From Wikipedia.

ironically the group leftfield is literally far from it

Zyron
"Leftfield is a genre inspired by Paul Daley and Neil Barnes, two electronic music pioneers who were the first to fuse house music with dub and reggae. Their desire to ignore the boundaries of genre classifications and experiment with new sounds that were often indefinable in terms of the genre classifications around at the time, led popular UK dance magazines and press to adopt the term Leftfield."

facepalm

;)

Zyron
From Wikipedia.

Haha, one for all the people who say Wikipedia is a reliable source of information.

I bet the same people reckon 2 Unlimited coined the term 'Techno' as well hahaha...

Field Recording - also newland for me
see the Discogs Style Guide - There is no page titled "Field Recording".
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Style found at Los De Abajo - Cybertropic Chilango Power

it's not a 'style' as such, it means a documentary location recording. If you look at the short tracks on that release they are descriptions what they are recordings of...