Date of Birth

19 September 1965, Walsall, Staffordshire, England, UK

Birth Name

Clifford Joseph Price

Known throughout the music industry as the "king of jungle", Goldie is an artist whose ferocious creativity knows no bounds. Born and bred on the breakdancing and hip-hop culture he absorbed during trips to the States in his youth, Goldie was a graffitti artist and an album cover artist before receiving the backing to record his first track, "Terminator", in 1993. His debut album, "Timeless", followed two years later, and was hailed by critics as a masterpiece. The album fused the hypersyncopated breakbeats and reggae chic common in jungle music with a provocative bassline and soulful diva vocals. That album's title track, a 21-minute symphonic piece, was a masterstroke, and the lively "Inner City Life" was a smash. With his reputation firmly established, he released his sophomore album in 1998, Saturnzreturn. The album's opening track, "Mother" a 60-minute orchestral/drum-n-bass piece, is a haunting track and serves as the companion piece to "Timeless." The remainder of the album, featuring cameos by David Bowie, Noel Gallagher of Oasis, and rapper KRS-One, is a mishmash of Goldie's signature sound. Critics were not impressed with this follow-up effort, however; many lambasted the album as too "self-indulgent". Nonetheless, no one can deny that Goldie is an artist who will continue to amaze his fans and the industry with his epic scope and syncopated vision.

Records on the Metalheadz label, which produces albums for himself and other DJ-producers.

Born to a Scottish mother and a Jamaican father. The opening track, "Mother", on the album 'Saturnzreturn', is dedicated to her.

Goldie earned his nickname from his gold dreadlocks that he cut off in the 80s, and not for, as most people think, his gold teeth.

Goldie hit fame before his music career firstly as an excellent breakdancer with the B Boys breakdancing crew in Wolverhampton, and secondly as a critically acclaimed graffiti artist who painted with other famous graffiti artists throughout the UK and States.

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