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The first superstar produced by the breakbeat jungle movement, Goldie popularized drum?n?bass as a form of musical expression just as relevant for living-room contemplation as techno had become by the early ?90s. Goldie became one of the first personalities in British dance music, his gold teeth and b-boy attitude placing him leagues away from the faceless bedroom boffins who had become the norm in intelligent dance music.

For the first time, England had a beat maestro and tough-guy head who could match the scores of larger-than-life hip-hop stars America had produced, and the high profile of drum?n?bass as the first indigenously British dance music made Goldie a figure of prime importance.

After spending several years working on his production skills at Reinforced Records (the home of 4hero), he founded Metalheadz Records, which released seminal dark yet intelligent singles by Source Direct, Photek, J. Majik, Optical, Lemon D, Wax Doctor, and Peshay, among others. In 1995, Goldie released Timeless, one of jungle?s first and best full-length works of art. The album put him squarely at the top of the drum?n?bass heap ? at least in the minds of critics and mainstream listeners ? though his follow-up, SaturnzReturn, displayed an ambitious, personal side of Goldie hardly in keeping with jungle?s producer mentality.

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Stroud Subscription Rooms is the leading venue in the Stroud District. Presenting a wide range of performances and events including music and gigs of all genres, theatre, comedy, dance and spoken word. We also hold a number of community based events such as The Stroud Book Festival, Stroud Wassail, Christmas Goodwill and offer classes & workshops and a range of exhibitions throughout the year.

The venue is also available to hire for performances and events, conferences and corporate events as well as private parties and wedding receptions.

Here are the Subscription Rooms we are home to Mr Twitchett's Coffee house and bar. The café is open Monday-Saturday: 10am-3.30pm serving a range of Jacket Potatoes, Toasties and Sandwiches and snacks for you to enjoy.

George Street,

Stroud,

Gloucestershire,

England,

GL5 1AE.

01453 760900