Leftfield: Release The Pressure!
Push, Melody Maker, 5 December 1992
CRITICAL ACCLAIM means bugger-all in clubland. Here, an act's reputation is better measured by the number of others sampling them. And, right now, it's impossible to guess just how many groups are either sampling or trying to emulate the fusion of dub, disco and House originally forged on Leftfield's 1990 debut single, 'Not Forgotten'.
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