Timeless
Timeless is the debut studio album by British electronic musician Goldie. It was released on July 31, 1995 and is universally regarded as a groundbreaking release in the history of drum and bass music. The album blended the complex, chopped and layered breakbeats and deep basslines of jungle and drum and bass with expansive, symphonic strings and atmospherics, and female vocals.
Goldie was joined in the studio by engineer/producer Rob Playford (founder of the Moving Shadow label), who did most of the programming and production, with Goldie generating the musical ideas, rhythms and arrangements. Additional engineering and production came from Dego and Marc Mac of 4hero. Diane Charlemagne contributed the bulk of the vocals. Its title track includes what has become the most recognisable and crossover hit from the album, Inner City Life. Tracks such as Angel, You & Me and Kemistry (dedicated to DJ Kemistry) appeared in remastered form from their original 1992/93 versions.
Released on Pete Tong's FFRR label, the album reached no. 7 in the charts. Timeless was simultaneously released as a double album and single album. The single album removed four tracks and featured the original mix of "Sensual". The US release of the double album appended two bonus remixes.