Goldie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Goldie
Goldie at a rave in Springfield, Massachusetts (taken in 2003)
Background information
Birth name	Clifford Joseph Price
Also known as	Goldie, Metalheads
Born	19th September, 1965
Origin	Walsall, England
Genre(s)	Electronic Dance Drum'n'bass
Occupation(s)	Disc Jockey Actor
Years active	1992 to Present
Website	http://www.metalheadz.co.uk/

Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie (born September, 1965 in Walsall) is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. As a musician he works mainly within the jungle and drum and bass genres, and has helped to promote these styles globally. As an actor he continues to develop his skills both on the big screen and on TV. He is of Jamaican and Scottish ancestry. [3] He attended St Francis of Assisi school in Aldridge. His mother's name is Margaret Kierney McVeigh, and his father's is Clement Price.

Contents 1 Graffiti 2 Music career 2.1 Selected album discography 2.2 Selected mix discography 3 Acting career 4 Marriage and personal life 5 Other appearances 6 External links 6.1 Interviews

[edit] Graffiti

Goldie's name came from the fact that he was once a member of a breakdance crew during the 1980s, called Westside, based in the Whitmore Reans and Heath Town areas of Wolverhampton. Back then he had dreadlocks, and given his light goldish brown hair colour was given the b-boy name Goldilocks. As time progressed Goldie cut his hair and joined another breakdance crew called the Bboys. With the dreadlocks gone, Goldilocks became simply known as Goldie. Goldie made his name as a graffiti artist in the West Midlands in the early eighties. His artwork around Birmingham and Wolverhampton was featured heavily in Afrikaa Bambaataa's feature film documentary Bombing (which was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK).

He took part in the largest ever British graffiti art battle alongside Bristol artist 3D who later went on to form Massive Attack. He is also mentioned for his graffiti in the book Spraycan Art by Henry Chalfant & James Prigoff, which contains several samples of his art.

In 1986 he moved to Miami, Florida and started a business selling grills, something he has turned into a trademark.

[edit] Music career

In 1992 he collaborated with Icelanders Þórhallur Skúlason and Sigurbjörn Þorgrímsson on his first track as Ajax Project while he was doing some design and A&R work for 4 Hero's Reinforced label.

His releases Killa Muffin b/w Krisp Biscuit and the Dark Rider EP (featuring the classic Menace) were put out under an early alias Rufige Cru

His track Terminator recorded under the name Metalheads in 1992 was a huge hit. In 1993 he released another classic 12" on the Synthetic Hardcore Phonography label, Angel. 1994 saw him setting up his own record label, Metalheadz. The label was a huge success releasing some of the most important 12"s of that era and remains hugely successful and respected to this day.

His first globally released album, Timeless, followed in 1995. Timeless shot straight into the album charts at number seven, which was a first for a drum 'n' bass record. The album fused the breakbeats and basslines common in jungle with orchestral textures and soulful female vocals by Diane Charlemagne. The album's title track was a 21-minute symphonic piece. Inner City Life, a track taken from the album, sold over 15,000 copies on vinyl.

With his reputation firmly established, he released his second album in 1998, Saturnzreturn. The album's opening track, "Mother" is also an hour long orchestral drum and bass piece. The remainder of the album features appearances by David Bowie, Noel Gallagher of Oasis, and KRS-One.

As of November 2006, Goldie's new album Sine Tempus has not yet seen a major label release.

Goldie is also known for his work as the leader of the Rufige Kru. This group has no fixed members; it has included the likes of some of most well known drum and bass producers such as Technical Itch, Heist , Teebee, Cujo, Agzilla Da Ice, Doc Scott and owner of Moving Shadow records Rob Playford.

[edit] Selected album discography

• Timeless – (1995)
• Ring of Saturn – (1998)
• Saturnzreturn – (1998)
• Sine Tempus – (2006)
• Inner City Life (12") FFRR 1994
• Angel (12") FFRR, FFRR 1995
• Jah / Deadly Deep Subs (Remixes) (12") Razors Edge 1996
• Digital (12") FFRR 1997
• Kemistry V.I.P. / Your Sound (Remixes) (12") Razors Edge 1997
• Moving Shadow 100 (CD, Maxi) Rhythm Republic 1997
• Shadow 100 (12") Moving Shadow 1997
• Believe (12") FFRR 1998
• Temper Temper (12") FFRR 1998
• Angel III / Sinister (The Remixes) (12") Razors Edge 2004
• Say You Love Me (12") Metalheadz 2005

---

[edit] Selected mix discography

• INCredible Sound Of Drum'n'Bass – (1999)
• Goldie.co.uk – (2001)
• MDZ.04 – (2004)

[edit] Acting career

Goldie has had roles in movies, most notably the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough and in Guy Ritchie's gangster flick, Snatch. He also played the role of the gangster, Angel Hudson, in the British soap opera EastEnders (2001 - 2002).

As a TV presenter he presented Crime Business on digital TV channels Bravo and ftn, and presented The World's Deadliest Gangs on Bravo.

[edit] Marriage and personal life

He has recently divorced model Sonjia Ashby, although he was romantically involved with singer Björk for several years (they broke up around September 19, 1996). Goldie is well known for efforts to keep his private life out of the tabloids, and spends great effort to avoid having his photo taken during his downtime.

[edit] Other appearances

A young Goldie appeared on Central Weekend, (a Friday evening topical debate show on Central TV), promoting graffiti as an artform. He also appeared on various young peoples tv shows as part of breakdance crew, the Bboys from Wolverhampton.

Goldie also appeared on the second series of Celebrity Big Brother UK in 2002, however he was the first celebrity to be 'evicted'.

Goldie was scheduled to appear in The Games, a UK reality TV show on Channel 4. Fifteen days before the first event during training for the water-ski jump event Goldie cleared the highest jump, on landing he fractured his femur. He was unable to take part in the show. He was replaced with Adam Rickitt. In 2002 Hodder & Stoughton published his book Nine Lives, written with Paul Gorman, author of Straight With Boy George and The Look: Adventures In Rock & Pop Fashion.

He appeared in Gnarls Barkley's video for Who Cares.^{[citation needed]}
Goldie made an appearance in the graffiti documentry, Kings And Toys alongside fellow graffiti writers such as Futura 2000.

[edit] External links

• http://www.metalheadz.co.uk/
• Goldie at rolldabeats
• Goldie at Discogs
• VH1.com – Bio entry for Goldie
• Goldie at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] Interviews

• Goldie - biting through – Interview by Jan Goodey
• The War is Over – Mixmag Interview by Tony Marcus
• Saturnz Return – Mixmag Interview by Matthew Collin about the release of his album Saturnz Return.