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It is around this time that I realise Goldie is a talker. A star had been born.Īs we stand in the searing afternoon heat, the most obvious question tumbles out first: Just what is he doing in Cambodia? His second album, Saturnz Return, included collaborations with the likes of David Bowie and Noel Gallagher. It garnered tremendous critical acclaim and confirmed the man christened Clifford Price as one of the most important figures in the breakbeat and drum’n’bass genres. To anyone with even a passing interest in electronic music, Goldie is a big deal.Īfter being brought up in care homes and by foster parents, he became interested in the nascent urban scene in his native Wolverhampton, UK.Īfter feeling his way in via breakdance and graffiti, Goldie shot to wider prominence with his first album, Timeless, which was released in 1995. “Come on, we’ll go outside in the sunshine.” Then comes the laugh, the glint of gold, and a playful tap on the arm. Thousands of dollars worth of chunky gold ring connecting with my flabby cheek, especially when delivered by an arm as carefully sculpted as Goldie’s, is not how I would normally choose to begin an interview. But in return I get to punch you in the face.” I can barely hear his words above the din created by drills and grinders but make out enough: “Sure, you can interview me. One of the world’s most famous, certainly most recognisable, DJs is padding around the site of the new club. Goldie is at the new Pontoon nightclub but has to check in for his flight back to Thailand in less than an hour. Then comes a call, followed by a race across Phnom Penh at speeds you could only really get away with in this country.

It’s probably not the best idea to attempt to doorstep a man like Goldie.Īs I sit, waiting in the lobby of his hotel, the only thing on my mind is those famous gold teeth, bared and snarling at the trembling journalist who had dared interrupt his short trip to the Kingdom. On his recent trip to Cambodia, 7Days caught up with him to discuss music and a determination to give something back. As the years rolled by, he remained one of the world’s most famous DJs but gradually toned down the excess.

In the 1990s, Goldie became one of the most influential figures on the drum’n’bass scene and a permanent fixture in British tabloids thanks to his notoriously hedonistic lifestyle.