Afro-Left

"Afro-Left"
CD single cover
Single by Leftfield featuring Djum Djum
from the album Leftism
Released24 July 1995
RecordedRollover Studios, London
GenreTechno, progressive house[1]
Length7:32
LabelHard Hands/Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)Neil Barnes, Paul Daley, Neil Cole
Producer(s)Leftfield
Leftfield featuring Djum Djum singles chronology
"Original"
(1995)
"Afro-Left"
(1995)
"Release the Pressure"
(1996)

"Afro-Left" is a song by the English electronic duo Leftfield, released as their seventh single. The song was released on 12", CD and cassette on 24 July 1995 by Hard Hands/Chrysalis. It featured Neil Cole (as Djum Djum) on vocals, and it was rumoured that the lyrics were in an unspecified African language; it was later revealed that they were simply gibberish, or "Djum Djum talk".[2] The song reached #22 in the UK charts.

The B-side "Afro Ride", a remix of "Afro-Left", was used in the 1995 game wipE'out".[3]

  1. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (2 November 2002). "Leftfield - Leftism". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Djum Djum Biog". Leftfield Online. Archived from the original on 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2006-11-05.
  3. ^ "Wipeout". Maximum: The Video Game Magazine (1). Emap International Limited: 6–19. October 1995.