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The Alchemist: The Best of 1992-2012 is an imperfect, overdue anthology of drum'n'bass pioneer Goldie. It's more like an extensive sampling than it is a definitive introduction to the man's work. The emotive "Inner City Life," which charted in his native U.K., appears in the inferior form of the Baby Boys' (Goldie and Photek) downtempo mix. Other ephemera resurfaces unexpectedly -- there's not one but two tracks that appeared on the soundtrack for the 1997 film The Jackal, including a forgotten remix of post-grunge band Bush. Two Saturnz Return-era singles are represented with Armand Van Helden and Grooverider remixes rather than Goldie's originals. More tracks originate from 2009 than from any other year; though they're well constructed, they're less novel than the majority of the 1992-1997 material that did not make the cut. There's a disc-and-a-half's worth of crucial selections. "Terminator" (1992), where Goldie developed the time-stretching method, still bends the mind. The presence of the low-slung "In My Soul," a 1993 collaboration with 4hero as Internal Affairs, is a pleasant surprise. Other no-brainer career highlights include two tracks from the Rufige Cru EP Darkrider (1992), Metalheads' "Angel" (1993), Goldie's mix of Björk's "Isobel," and Doc Scott's mix of "Kemistry."
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Goldie, MainArtist - C.Price, Writer - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, Writer, MainArtist - DJ Freebase, Writer - Marcus Rutherford, Writer - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, MainArtist - C.Price, Writer - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, MainArtist - C.Price, Writer - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2007 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, MainArtist - C.Price, Writer - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, MainArtist - C.Price, Writer - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2009 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, MainArtist - C.Price, Writer - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2009 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, MainArtist - C.Price, Writer - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Metalheadz Ltd.
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2007 Metalheadz Ltd.
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2009 Metalheadz Ltd.
Trevor Horn, Composer - Rob Playford, Engineer - Horn, Composer - Price, Composer - Anne Dudley, Composer - Dudley, Composer - Goldie, Composer, Production, MainArtist - Production: Goldie, Production - Engineered by: Rob Playford, Engineer - Mclaren, Composer - Malcom McLaren, Composer - Clifford Price, Composer - Robert Playford, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1998 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Goldie, Composer, MainArtist - Clifford Price, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1995 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Metalheadz Ltd.
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2013 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, MainArtist - Clifford Price, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1995 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - Natalie Duncan, FeaturedArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2012 Metalheadz Ltd.
Diane Charlemagne, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - R.Playford, Engineer - Engineered by: R.Playford, Engineer - Vocals: Lorna Harris, Vocals - Clifford Price, Composer - Robert Playford, Composer - Lorna Harris, Vocals
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1995 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
C. Price, Composer - Natalie Williams, FeaturedArtist - Goldie, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2008 Metalheadz Ltd.
Alfons Kettner, Composer - Diane Charlemagne, FeaturedArtist - Robert Caldwell, Composer - Goldie, Composer, MainArtist - Bobby Caudwell And Alfons Kettner, Composer - Vocals: Diane Charlemagne, Vocals - Bobby Caudwell, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1988 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2001 Metalheadz Ltd.
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - J. Majik, Composer - J Malik, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1997 Metalheadz Ltd.
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - 4 Hero, MainArtist - Denis McFarlan, Composer - Mark Clair, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1993 Reinforced Records
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2012 Metalheadz Ltd.
Goldie, Writer, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1996 Metalheadz Ltd.
Rob Playford, Composer, Production - Goldie, Composer, Production, MainArtist - Production: Goldie and Rob Playford, Production - Goldie & Rob Playford, Composer - Clifford Price, Composer - Robert Playford, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1995 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Diane Charlemagne, Composer - Rob Playford, Engineer - Goldie, Production, MainArtist - Production: Goldie, Production - Engineered by: Rob Playford, Engineer - Clifford Price, Composer - Robert Playford, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1995 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Jones, Composer - Goldie, Production, MainArtist - Production: Goldie, Production - Playford, AdditionalEngineer - Doc Scott, Mixer - Mark Rutherford, Composer, Engineer - Engineered by: Mark Rutherford/Additional Engineering By R. Playford, Engineer - Mixed By: Doc Scott, Mixer, Remixer - Clifford Price, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2013 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
L. Parker, Composer - Armand van Helden, Additional Production, Remix - KRS One, FeaturedArtist - Rob Playford, Composer, Production - Goldie, Composer, Production, MainArtist - Production: Goldie and Rob Playford, Production - Remix And Additional Production: Armand Van Helden for X-Mix Productions, Additional Production & Remix - (Krs 1) L. Parker, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1998 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Butch Vig, Composer, Writer - Steve Marker, Composer, Writer - Shirley Manson, Composer, Writer - Duke Erikson, Composer, Writer - Garbage, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1996 Mushroom Records International B.V.
Marius de Vries, Writer - NELLEE HOOPER, Writer - Bjork, MainArtist - Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson, Writer - Bjork Gudmundsottir, Writer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Bjork Overseas Ltd/One Little Indian Ltd
Jones, Composer - Rob Playford, Engineer - Nichol, Composer - Price, Composer - MJ Cole, Remixer - Goldie, Composer, Production, MainArtist - Production: Goldie, Production - Engineered by: Rob Playford, Engineer - Eugene, Composer - McIntosh, Composer - Remixer: MJ Cole, Remixer - Clifford Price, Composer - Lynnford Jones, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2013 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Goldie, Producer, Remixer - Chris Leonard, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Writer - Jake Gosling, Piano, Programmer, Writer - Ed Sheeran, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Writer, MainArtist - Jay Muir, Producer, Engineer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Bush, MainArtist - Gavin Rossdale, Composer, Writer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Kirtland Records
Grooverider, Remix & Additional Production - Rob Playford, Engineer - Goldie, Composer, Production, Vocals, MainArtist - Production: Goldie, Production - Engineered by: Rob Playford, Engineer - Vocals: Goldie, Vocals - Remix And Additional Production: Grooverider for RUN Productions'., Additional Production & Remix - Clifford Price, Composer - Robert Playford, Composer
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1988 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Roni Size, Composer, MainArtist - DJ Die, Composer, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 1997 Roni Size/Die administered by Bucks Music Group
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2009 Metalheadz Ltd.
C. Price, Composer - Goldie, MainArtist - Rufige Kru, MainArtist
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2009 Metalheadz Ltd.
Album review
The Alchemist: The Best of 1992-2012 is an imperfect, overdue anthology of drum'n'bass pioneer Goldie. It's more like an extensive sampling than it is a definitive introduction to the man's work. The emotive "Inner City Life," which charted in his native U.K., appears in the inferior form of the Baby Boys' (Goldie and Photek) downtempo mix. Other ephemera resurfaces unexpectedly -- there's not one but two tracks that appeared on the soundtrack for the 1997 film The Jackal, including a forgotten remix of post-grunge band Bush. Two Saturnz Return-era singles are represented with Armand Van Helden and Grooverider remixes rather than Goldie's originals. More tracks originate from 2009 than from any other year; though they're well constructed, they're less novel than the majority of the 1992-1997 material that did not make the cut. There's a disc-and-a-half's worth of crucial selections. "Terminator" (1992), where Goldie developed the time-stretching method, still bends the mind. The presence of the low-slung "In My Soul," a 1993 collaboration with 4hero as Internal Affairs, is a pleasant surprise. Other no-brainer career highlights include two tracks from the Rufige Cru EP Darkrider (1992), Metalheads' "Angel" (1993), Goldie's mix of Björk's "Isobel," and Doc Scott's mix of "Kemistry."
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 03:53:21
- Main artists: Goldie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: London Music Stream
- Genre: Electronic
© 2013 London Records Ltd ℗ 2013 London Records Ltd
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