Not
many DJ’s can claim 8 years in the DJ MAG TOP 100 POLL,
with 5 of those in the TOP 40 and 2 years at 22!! But Graham
Gold can. Graham and his legendary shows on London’s Kiss
100 reached out and touched hundreds of thousands of listeners
across the world and together with his club night Peach, the
most successful club brand ever in the capital, helped to define
the musical tastes of a generation.
Yet
he is still one of the most down to earth DJ’s on the planet
and his commitment to the scene and to play exciting fresh new
music is pretty much un-paralleled and his influence on dance
music today cannot be understated.
Years
of experience has taken him to all corners of the world playing
for all the major brands and festivals, including Glastonbury,
Homelands, Gatecrasher, Gods Kitchen, Passion, Slinky, Impulz,
Earthdance, W.E.M.F., Summadayze and The Street Parade.
Since
his recent relocation to Koh Phangan, Thailand, Graham is a favourite
guest of choice and resident at many of the Full Moon and Half
Moon parties as well as Thailand’s premier annual festival
CULTURE ONE in Bangkok for the last 2 years. He is now the Asia
resident for Mark Wilkinson’s ever growing KIDOLOGY brand,
which will also be bringing Graham to Ibiza this summer. They
are also collaborating on a new house track together.
Graham
is one of the few Thailand based DJ's on the taste maker promo
mailing list for so many record companies worldwide, and he receives
tracks up to 3 months before they become available on Beatport
and other internet portals. This is a huge attraction to tourists
and clubbers who have heard tunes on radio shows by the likes
of Tong, Sanchez and Morillo.
But
he knows it not just about new music, he knows how to rock a
crowd - whether it be live on stage or over the airwaves.
His
radio show “TRANCEDAYZE” airs on various national FM
stations around the world as well as the major internet portals.
But don’t be misled by the title - a large percentage of
bookings for Graham are for his house sets, where he covers many
of the genres and this is winning him even more accolades amongst
promoters.
Graham's
production suite has been red hot too with Recoverworld’s
Flux Delux label picked up “Glorified” and that was
hammered by Paul van Dyk, Armin and Paul Oakenfold. The follow
up, aptly titled “Island Of Dreams”, was “RECOMMENDED”
on Beatport and released on Total Digital. The latest production
from Graham -“Living In The Now”- is about to drop,
and watch out, this one is HUGE!! Last November saw the release
of a new MIX CD -SUBMERGE 2 and is the second in the series of
compilations from Fektive-the fastest growing label in Holland.
He has also just signed a mix CD album deal with D-Rom for 3
albums a year. The first album is due for release on May 7th.
Graham
has sold over 700,000 mix albums across various leading brands
including Kiss Mix, Kiss in Ibiza, Retrospective Of House, Club
Cuts, Dj’s In The Box and his own albums Gold & Delicious
for Logic/BMG, GG1/GG2 for Trust The DJ, Worth It’s Weight
In Gold for Bullion, and Full Of Beans for Urban Collective.
There have also been covermount CD’s for M8 Magazine and
Fast Car.
He
has run highly successful labels such as 'Good As' label which
gave Matt Darey his first ever UK top twenty single, Koolworld
which spawned the massive “Invader” and secured 3 top
20 hits on his Peach/PWL label. 'Good As' also managed the UK
diaries of Tiesto, Armin and Ferry Corsten from 1998-2001.
Let's
not forget TV - Graham Gold was a regular presenter for
ITV’s “BPM” – the iconic cult clubbing show,
which took him to the biggest clubs all over the UK. Plus many
guest presenter spots on Rapture TV and Clubavision as well as
co presenting the still played MTV Trance Classics. Graham’s
My Space has achieved 90,000 hits and his bi-weekly podcasts
are going out to a regular 6000 signed up database and growing
weekly.
His
Facebook group already has over 2500 members which get mailed
about all Graham’s upcoming gigs. So popular is the pages
that he had to open a second page to work aroundf Facebooks friend
limits!
Despite
half a lifetime (or so it seems) in the business of DJing, promotion
and music production Graham still appears regularly in
every leading dance music publication and was even featured in
the special GOLD edition of Vogue!!
