Pioneering drum & bass artist, Goldie, has announced a seven week residency at London’s XOYO. From Friday 23rd July to Friday 3rd September, Goldie will headline ‘The Basement’ as he brings together some of the most exciting artists in the scene today. Marking 25 years since the release of his classic debut album ‘Timeless’ – the first ever drum & bass album to go platinum – this series of events is a timely reminder of the impact this mercurial talent has had, and continues to have, on electronic music and beyond. Joining Goldie at XOYO are artists who helped to define drum & bass such as Doc Scott, Randall, Dillinja, Fabio, and Grooverider, alongside established and rising talent such as Ant TC1, Artificial Intelligence, Commix, Lenzman, Grey Code and more. MCs including MC GQ,  Lowqui, Blackeye, MC Flux and Visionobi will deliver the hype as XOYO gets ready for one of its biggest ever residencies. Tickets start from £15 and are on pre-sale at 10am Thursday 15th July, with remaining tickets on general sale on Friday 16th July at 10am. Available from: mailchi.mp/weirdscience/goldie-xoyo

 

It’s impossible to think of drum & bass and not think of Goldie. This unstoppable talent first emerged in the West Midlands as a graffiti artist in the late 80’s where his spray can skills saw him featured in a Channel 4 documentary before a relocation to New York where he immersed himself in street culture. On his return to the UK in ’91 he began work at seminal breakbeat label, Reinforced, where his obsession with ground-breaking, technology-driven music began.

What followed was a series of inspired breaks-driven releases such as ‘Killa Muffin’, ‘Darkrider’ and ‘Menace’. Then ‘Terminator’ a masterpiece – of production, of songwriting, of sonic perfection and breakbeat futurism. Even today, it still sounds as astonishingly new and inspired as it did back in 1995 on early pre-release cassettes circulated by London Records. By then Goldie had set up his own imprint, Metalheadz, with Kemistry, and Storm. He went on to release genre-defining drum & bass records from himself and other artists such as J Majik, and Asylum, as well as  launching the hugely influential club night Metalheadz Sunday Sessions at Blue Note.