Chris Goldfinger
Encyclopedia
Chris Goldfinger is a former BBC Radio 1
disc jockey
who presented the station's Reggae
Dancehall
show from 1996 to September 2009.
His programme was produced by Tim Westwood
's production company Justice Productions, and Goldfinger frequently appears at club nights DJing alongside Westwood. He grew up in Jamaica
and attended the well known high school, Kingston College
(KC). He has interviewed many popular guests over the years at Radio 1. Artists such as Damian Marley
, Beenie Man
, Chaka Demus and Pliers, and legendary Jamaican singer/songwriter Barrington Levy
.
simply called ‘The Club,’ and to have a show on Flava
TV channel.
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
who presented the station's Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
Dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
show from 1996 to September 2009.
His programme was produced by Tim Westwood
Tim Westwood
Timothy Westwood is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television. He also presents the UK version of the MTV show Pimp My Ride...
's production company Justice Productions, and Goldfinger frequently appears at club nights DJing alongside Westwood. He grew up in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and attended the well known high school, Kingston College
Kingston College
Kingston College could be:*Kingston College *Kingston College *Kingston College, Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica*Kingston Bible College*Kingston Bible College Academy...
(KC). He has interviewed many popular guests over the years at Radio 1. Artists such as Damian Marley
Damian Marley
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley....
, Beenie Man
Beenie Man
Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...
, Chaka Demus and Pliers, and legendary Jamaican singer/songwriter Barrington Levy
Barrington Levy
Barrington Levy is a reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica.-Career:In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977...
.
Current ventures
In the latter part of 2009 Chris departed from the reggae dancehall show, a post he held for 13 years. Since his departure he has appeared on the 1Xtra Dancehall Mix show (filling in for Young Lion). He stated that he will be “passing through 1Xtra more.” He was scheduled to open a new club in CroydonCroydon
Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
simply called ‘The Club,’ and to have a show on Flava
Flava (TV channel)
Flava is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group it launched on Wednesday 26 March 2008 and replaced B4 TV, a previous pre-launch music channel from CSC Media Group...
TV channel.