Goldie March 13, 2007

AUTOMATIC AND C1RCA PRESENT

GOLDIE
METALHEADZ/RUFIGE KRU UK

There are few more influential and charismatic figures on the drum and Bass and Jungle scene than Goldie. Schooled like so many of his peers on hip-hop's B-boy ethos of the early 1980’s, Goldie’s influences on the breakbeat culture of Drum and Bass go with this B-boy flavour. A bonafide superstar, Goldie has transcended his roots to become a true pop culture phenomenon.

Goldie would initially make his mark as a graffiti writer in his Midlands home town of Walsall. Along side the likes of Bristol’s Wild Bunch Crew, Goldie emerged as one of Britain’s leading graffers. He began moving back and forth from New York, living the hip-hop lifestyle for real. In 1986 he’d star alongside Afrika Bambaata in the seminal graffiti art movie Bombing –filmed partly in Bristol and most notably in New York’s South Bronx, where for a time Goldie would choose to reside.

1991 and London’s hardcore scene proves to be Goldie’s salvation. Initially, he just listens and learns form the sidelines, helping out on the artwork for the hugely influential label Reinforced. It was here that Goldie came into his own. In early 1993 under the pseudonym of “Metalheadz”, Goldie would release “Terminator” on the Synthetic label, a track that would have a dramatic impact on every hardcore release that followed. Classics like Terminator and Terminator II pioneered the emergence of what became widely termed jungle.

As subsequent releases were to prove, Goldie was set to stay one stop ahead of the rash imitators who arrived to cash in on the growing popularity of Jungle. His “Angel”, fused Dianne Charlemagne’s jazzy vocal with eerie synths and became the biggest tune of the year and one of the most recognizable Jungle tunes of all time.

“Timeless”, Goldie’s (AKA Metalheadz) first release for London Records no doubt shocked and surprised once more upon it’s release on November 1994. Twenty Two minutes long, it plays on the very concept of time, dealing with the inner-city struggle for survival. While also fooling the listener into believing the track is much shorter than it’s actual running length. Again, the soaring vocal of Diane Charlemagne captures the very essence. “I’d prefer to call this inner-city ghetto music, because I’m not just going to come up with what most people would envisage to be jungle. I make my music to have integrity and if you can still play it at 6 o’clock in the morning in a club, than its bona fide.”

With almost no national radio airplay at all the double album shot straight into the national charts at no. 7, which reflected a huge groundswell of record buyers that up until now were supposedly non-existent.

Demand for Goldie’s drum & Bass was such that a live tour took his eight piece band to Europe and the USA supporting Bjork, with whom he is romantically linked. Upon returning to the UK Goldie headlines his own sell-out tour. Whenever time allowed, Goldie would return to London to run his now legendary Metalheadz club night every Sunday at London’s Blue Note.

Goldie's 1998 album "Saturnz Return" spawned the singles, Temper Temper, Digital and Believe. “Digital” an innovative collaboration of hip-hop and drum & bass featuring New York’s hip-hop meister KRS One, and charted at no. 13.

Not only has his infamous Metalheadz imprint continued to release cutting edge music, but he has also carried that sound world-wide. Recent tours have included Australia, South America, the United States and Japan to name but a few. These dates have seen Goldie performing alongside such artists as Beth Orton, Rage Against the Machine, Bjork and many more.

He has also been busy on the remixing front, looking after cuts for The Fugees, KRS one, Pat Methany, Black Grape, Slipknot, Garbage, and Roni Size. Goldie has also re-touched a number of underground anthems throughout the drum and bass circuit.

Recently Goldie has launched himself into the world of Television and Movies. Goldie’s first film role was in David Bowie’s gritty northern gangland flick “Everybody Loves The Sunshine”. This led into a part in Guy Ritchie’s classic “Snatch”, pen ultimately seeing Goldie appear in “The World is Not enough”, the latest film in the James Bond saga. Over these three films Goldie worked alongside such actors as Brad Pitt, Robert Carlyle, Robbie Coltrane, Denise Richards and Vinnie Jones.

TUESDAY MARCH 13

DABBLER VS. B. TRAITS
SODA
PACIFIC
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881 GRANVILLE

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