Gold Digger Biography
Formed in 2004, Gold Digger are a music collective consisting of seven active members. Working out of their studio (the ‘Moon Hut’), Gold Digger produce music ranging from downtempo electronica to banging dance-rock anthems. Their live shows are often electronic jams that bring together the euphoria of rave and the raw energy of rock.
Founding members Steve, Simon, Rich and Anton first got to know each other as regulars on the dance floor at the infamous Cous Cous raves which were held in building space next door to the Hells Angels London HQ. It was a place straight out of the Acid House text-book. Peace. Love. Unity. Positive music. Not quite legal. These once run-down buildings have since been converted into the highly-respected Premises Studio (Shoreditch, London, UK).
So it was only right that this was where Gold Digger chose to record their last album ‘Get it Together’, which captures some of the euphoria and sheer lust for life that marked those early Cous Cous parties. Gold Digger is also: Stephanie Smart, Edd Alexanian and Olivia Wolf.
Since they first started gigging in 2005, the various members of Gold Digger have performed with the likes of Keith Flint (The Prodigy), Bez (Happy Mondays) and Frankmusik. In 2007 they ran their own music night at a venue in Camden frequented by Amy Winehouse. The venue burnt down in mysterious circumstances shortly afterwards.
“It’s not very often that you find a new band that refuse to fit into any category, and if you do, you can generally just combine two current genres to make a new one – Pop-Punk, for example, or Folk-Rock. However with some bands you can’t even do that, as they fail to adhere to any genre, instead choosing to flit between styles for each song, and in most cases losing any kind of real identity in the process. With Gold Digger, we have one of those rare bands that has managed to produce a plethora of styles, yet have maintained a defined personality. Their album is riddled with samples that would be more typical in a Chemical Brothers song but the band have enveloped these aspects like a fat aunty envelops an upset child, and the resulting ménage-a-several-styles is, well, brilliant.”
Review by THE MAG (www.the-mag.me.uk, 2007):
