Leftfield & Orbital

Event Info

Cardiff Music City Festival presents

LEFTFIELD AND ORBITAL

Opening the Cardiff Music City Festival on Friday 27 September.

Signalling the start of three glorious weeks of gigs, immersive music happenings, secret shows and more in the city.

Still pushing boundaries 30 years after their generation-defining headline show at Glastonbury 1994, Orbital’s most recent album Optical Delusion welds the Hartnoll brother’s trademark modulated synths to the striking vocals of Anna B Savage and the punk-politics of Sleaford Mods. Time hasn’t softened their relentless live shows either – currently in the USA for a headline slot at Coachella Festival, the brother’s famous twin-torch headsets will be joined on stage by a barrage of pulsating visual projections that lift the live experience to an even higher plane.

Renowned for the masonry-shaking sonic power of their live shows, one listen to Leftfield’s most recent album, This is What We Do, is proof the influential electronic act haven’t mellowed since Sex Pistol John Lydon demanded that we “Open Up” back on their seminal and wantonly eclectic 1995 album, Leftism. Mixing up box-fresh tracks with classic cuts to create an immersive, pulsating juggernaut of sound overlaid with repeated motifs and kaleidoscopic visuals, recent live shows have confirmed Leftfield remain at the very top of their game.