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A pivotal moment in electronic music, Timeless saw Goldie reimagine what drum and bass could be when it arrived in 1995, originally released through FFRR and Metalheadz. Built around intricate breakbeats, orchestral layers, Rhodes flourishes, and soaring vocals, the album’s opening suite “Timeless: Inner City Life / Pressure / Jah” remains one of the genre’s most ambitious constructions.

Throughout the record, Goldie balances forward-motion energy with emotional vulnerability, creating pieces that drift between euphoria and melancholy. “Sea of Tears” and “State of Mind” deepen the album’s atmospheric reach, offering spacious, cinematic moments. Years on, Timeless still feels visionary — a blueprint for electronic music that values narrative depth as much as rhythmic innovation. — The Analog Vault

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Goldie’s 1995 debut Timeless is often described as one of the greatest dance music albums of all time. As one of the founders of Metalheadz, one of the most influential drum and bass labels, Goldie helped shape the sound of a generation, and a genre that has spanned over 3 decades.

“Listening to Timeless is like taking an adventure. If the limits of music are the limits of society, then Timeless is going to create new worlds. It’s a record that travels from darkness to light across electronic oceans, across streetsoul, ambience and jazz.”  

London Records celebrate 30 years of Timeless with limited edition vinyl formats, re-imagining the original white sleeve and putting the album on double vinyl for the first time since ’95, with new liner notes from Tim Barr. — (via Label)

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Label: London Records
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, White
Reissued: 2025 / Original: 1995
Genre: Electronic
Style: Drum n Bass, Jungle

File under: TAV Essential Listening
File under:  Electronic // House // Electro // Techno
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