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Fabric Promo Podcast (2011)

SOUL FOOD – THE BROAD CHURCH OF NORTHERN SOUL
This podcast accompanies a blog piece ‘Northern Renaissance’, which simultaneously went online. Below is an excerpt; you can read the full piece here: 
https://blog.gregwilson.co.uk/2013/11/northern-renaissance/

As I hope this piece will illustrate, Northern Soul back in the 70’s was a much broader church than many might imagine. Whilst the stompers were central to the scene, especially when Wigan Casino was at its peak, not everything ran at breakneck pace as is often suggested, the movement encompassed a whole spectrum of styles and tempos. The scene was notoriously very snobbish about its music, dropping a previously loved record like a hot potato because it had subsequently achieved commercial success, although it was this fervent elitism that played a major part in its success and longevity. It’s also the reason why a track many might consider to be as Northern as they come, like Jackie Wilson’s ‘(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher’ (a Detroit artist doing an uptempo dance track with Funk Brothers backing) isn’t Northern Soul according to those at the cutting-edge of the scene, despite the fact it was a big favourite in the Soul clubs following its 1967 release. It’s sin was that it became a UK hit in 1969, just before the Northern scene got into its stride, so, along with a whole heap of Tamla Motown tunes that are Northern in everything bar their success in connecting with the masses, it was banished to the realm of pop. This is why another famous Jackie Wilson track, ‘I Get The Sweetest Feeling’, this time a 1968 recording, which, on the surface, given it’s much mellower vibe, is far less stereotypically Northern than ‘Higher And Higher’, is, in contrast, considered a bone fide Northern classic – the reason being that ‘I Get The Sweetest Feeling’ didn’t become a hit until 1972, having broken out of the Northern scene, then in full swing.

So, with the various aspects considered, I’ve put together an epic 3 hour 20 minute podcast selection of records that I hope will reflect Northern Soul in its wider context, from the nailed on classics to those with more nominal status. What can’t be disputed is that each and every track included has been played, at least somewhere at one point or another, under the Northern Soul banner. There are 70 tracks in all, with just 2 artists with more than 1 inclusion, the aforementioned Jackie Wilson and the great, but tragic songstress Linda Jones (3, if you count Frankie Valli, here both solo and with the Four Seasons). The idea to put this together grew out of a CD compilation I made for myself back in the 00’s to listen to whilst I was driving, which I called ‘Soul Food’, and the intention is for it to act as solid introduction for those wanting to hear what Northern Soul was all about, in all its diverse glory, whilst I’d like to think it will also evoke fond memories for those who were there at the time. The fact I wasn’t a part of the scene has hopefully allowed me to approach this selection in a more objective way than someone embroiled within it, who may not be able to resist the inclination to pack it with tracks nobody else, apart from other ultra-obsessives may know, or who might want to brush a few of the inclusions under the ‘you had to be there at the time’, carpet. Consider this, if you will, a beginners guide, of which I love all of the selections, each in its own way - just wonderful wonderful uplifting music.

Greg Wilson – November 2013

SOUL FOOD - THE BROAD CHURCH OF NORTHERN SOUL (greg wilson selection)

The first hour of my recent set at Panorama Bar 2/2/2014. Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/aqmlkbhksvt264k/Shit_Robot_at_Panorama_Bar_2_2_14__Hour_1..mp3

Shit Robot At Panorama Bar Sunday Feb 2nd. Hour 1.

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Last earthquake before the eruption; final single before "LAVA", O.B.F Sound System’s new album gets unleashed on the 4th of November!
Catalonian stallion Sr. Wilson, vocalist & key MC of the O.B.F crew, pours his heart out (and nearly gets it eaten) on fresh rub-a-dub track “Vampire Dance”. The track pays tribute to Jamaican “duppy stories”; taking direct inspiration from rub-a-dub specialists Clint Eastwood, General Saint, Lone Ranger and Early B who mastered the style in the 80s.
This heavily danceable track, built on a solid rootsy riddim, combines love song, sound system session and horror movie like never before. A love at first sight in the dance, a captivating romance that literally turns to terror! Reggae, rub-a-dub and vampires: an intriguing combination brought to you here in full O.B.F fashion!

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Audio credits:
Produced by Rico O.B.F
Mixed by Celine Frezza
Vocals by Sr. Wilson
Mastered by Joker Kapsize
Artwork by Emi @Siempreas1

Vampire Dance - Single

O.B.F - Vampire Dance (feat. Sr. Wilson)

Rude Boy EP

Get Ready (VIP Mix)

Hornsey Hardcore - Asylum

Mark Forshaw - Fantastic Flake - III Rivers
Jared Wilson - Detroit Tracks 1 (Analog Mix) - Skudge
Tapirus - Acid Love Story - Midnight Shift
Marquis Hawkes - Acid Snowfall - Dixon Avenue Basement Jams
Traxx - ABC Acid Complete - Anunnaki
Amir Alexander - Pussy Power - Finale Sessions
Matt Whitehead - To The Beat - Don't
Mike Ash - Nitric - Super Rhythm Trax
Daze - Untitled - Lobster Theramin
Mark Forshaw - Magnetic Highway - Computer Controlled Records
Tapirus - Where We Are Heading - Credit 00 Remix - Midnight Shift
Elec Pt 1 - Daytime Acid - Rebel Inteligence
MD III - No Caser - More About Music
Paul Mac - Sometimes It's That Simple - John Heckle Remix - Stimulus
Mark Forshaw - H1_1P - Computer Controlled Records
Mike Ash - Oh Three - Super Rhythm Trax
Gerome Sportelli - Some Acid - Sporty
Sir Joe - Night Comes Down - Land Of Dance
Chris Moss Acid - Super Freak 101 - Mathematics
Daniel Andreasson - Control - Zodiac 
The Exaltics - The New Beginning - Ship Wrec

Computer Controlled Records Promo Mix 1

MFB - Mein Peas - Untzz
VC-118A - Vlucht Naar Nachtschade - Delta Funktionen Remix - Lunar Disko
Doms & Deykers - Fonts For The People - 3024
Modini - Sorry - Dixon Avenue Basement Jams
Vernon - Bud XL - Raw Tools
Dez Williams - Acid Bath - Bedouin Records
Stingray313 - Strontiumdog_2 - Naked Lunch
Andreas Gehm - Solar Two - Solar One
Mark Forshaw - Take Off - Computer Controlled
Pagan Sector - Druids 2 Frenzy - Knekelhuis
Annanan - Acid X2 - Forbidden Plant
Accem Myomi - Next Stop Unknown - Odd Frequencies
Melja - Steady Mobbin - Mr Saturday Night
BLD - CCY (Rave) - BLD Tape Recordings
Blue Hour - Falling Lines - Blue Hour
Robert Hood - Protein Valve Edit 1 - M-Plant
Samaan - Contra - Phantom Planet Outlaws Remix - One Electronica
Head Fron Panel - #5 - Head Front Panel
Artist Unknown - ? - Eachnewhour

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Computer Controlled Records Promo Mix 2

MNLTH - Neptune 44 16 - WeMe Records
Perseus Traxx - The Girl I Never Met - Photic Fields
Vertical67 - Heatwaves - 100% Silk
Patricia - Drip Dawn (JTC's I-94 lick) - Spectral Sound
Todd Osborn - Put Your Weight On It (Chicago Mix) - Running Back
Hermez - We Come To Rule - Titanic City
Mark Forshaw - H1_1P - Computer Controlled Records
Stephen Lopkin - The Haggis Trap - M.O.S. 
Kiwisubzorus - Devil Market - VielspaB France
Kuba Sojka - Progression - DMK
A Sagittariun - The Lathe Of Heaven - Elastic Dreams
Mark Forshaw - Magnetic Highway - Computer Controlled
Jared Wilson - Last Two - 7777
James 'Jack Rabbit' Martin - Rabbit Trax I (The Next Generation)- Still Music
Jerome Hill - Paper Bag Acid - Super Rhythm Trax
Gunnar Haslam - Overcomplete - Naif
Life's Track - Stone - Cos Mos
Voiceless - Charivari - III Rivers
Jeremiah R - Phase Space - Tabernacle

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Computer Controlled Records Promo Mix 3

Computer Controlled Records Promo Mix 4

O B Ignitt - Let It Do What It Does - Omar's Mix - Obonit
DJ BMX - ? - ?
Route 8 - It Doesn't Matter AnyMore - Lobster Theramin
2AMFM - Biological Interface - Signals
Skatebard - It Goes On & On - KM Editions
Mark Forshaw - Peer Pressure - Scenery
Elec PT1 - Bod-X - Signals
Chris Moss Acid - Let Me Feel It - Ship Wrec
Lucy Cliche - Shallow Shadow - Noise In My Head
Helena Hauff - Hiemal Quietus - Lux Rec
Michael Ferragost - Ra-sciiid - Dog In The Night
1800 Haight Street - 111 - Lobster Theramin
Rebeval - Chantage - L.I.E.S.
MRSK - Absomnia - Skudge
Daniel Andreasson - Whats My Name? - John Heckle Remix - Zodiac
Mark Forshaw - For No One - Scenery
Samaan - Contra - The Exaltics Remix - One Electronica
Gerstaffelen - Night Flowing South - MOS 
Pukemaster Gehm - 303 Degrees Below 0 - Solar One
Chris Moss Acid - Get Chu - Computer Controlled Records
Kvaser - Botz Wana - Tabernacle
Fishermen - Dyspnea - Skudge

Computer Controlled Records Promo Mix 5

Converted from the original CD & tape pack by Section 23.

London's biggest dance event of the year. 1st April 2006 recorded live from Alexandra Palace.

DJ Seduction Feat. MC Wottsse - Hardcore Heaven Tranz-Mission (2006)

LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) - Warp 
DJ Hell - My Definition Of House Musc - R&S 
Baby Ford - Oochy Koochy - Rhythm King 
Armando - 100% Of Disin You - Warehouse 
DJ Pierre - Box Energy - Trax 
Georgio Moroder - The Chase - S12 
G-Man - Quo Vadis - Styrax 
Levon Vincent - Man Or Mistress - Novel Sound 
Bam Bam - Where's Your Child - Desire 
Circuit Breaker - Overkill - Novamute 
Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Hi-tech Jazz - Underground Resistance 
Claro Intelecto - Peace Of Mind - AI 
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray - Rham 
Ron Trent - Altered States - Warehouse 
LFO vs Fuse - Loop (Fuse Mix) - Plus 8 
Phantom Planet Outlaws - HTG - Apartment 
DJ Pierre - What Iz House Muzik? - Afro Acid 
Head High - It's A Love Thing - Power House 
Octave One - Untold - 430 West 
Butler Kiev - Rewind Selecta - Planet Mu 
DJ Funk - Work It - Funk Records 
AFX - VBS.Redlof.B - Rephlex 
Outlander - Vamp - R&S
Hornsey Hardcore - Control - Label Unknown 
Underground Resistance ft Yolanda - Living For The Night - Underground Resistance 
Blacknecks - To The Cosmos Lets Go - Blacknecks 
Richie Hawtin - Minus Yellow - M_NUS 
Daft Punk - Rollin & Scratchin - Soma 
Joey Beltram - Drone - Warp 
Dave Clarke - Red 2 - Bush 
Dopplereffekt - Sterilization - Intl DJ Gigolo 
Joy O & Boddika - ? - Sunklowun 
Phuture - Acid Trax - Kstarke 
Matt Whitehead - A Is For Acid - Don't 
Phantom Planet Outlaws - Boss Tracks - Tabernacle 
Red Planet - Firekeeper - Red Planet

Computer Controlled Mix 7

MUSIC IS BETTER RE-EDITED HIGHLIGHTS 20.12.03
Related blog post here:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2011/09/music-is-better-re-edited-highlights 

When I upgraded my SoundCloud account it was with the intention of adding selected mixes from the period 2003-2009, bringing everything under one roof by placing them alongside the ongoing additions that have been continually made available since I uploaded the first of my SoundCloud mixes, recorded at Café Mambo in Ibiza exactly 2 years ago today (27.09.09). So it’s fitting that Music Is Better Re-Edited Highlights, the mix that marked my return to the DJ world, should kick off this process, with further uploads to be added periodically.

The following piece was written in 2004, some months after the Music Is Better mix had been made available as a limited CD via Manchester's Piccadilly Records.

MUSIC IS BETTER RE-EDITED HIGHLIGHTS:
Last December, twenty years on from when I stopped deejaying professionally, I came out of retirement, so to speak, and made what seemed like, as I described it at the time, a ‘second debut’ (my first being way back in 1975). In the two decades that have passed since I decided to call it a day, I’ve made the odd guest appearance here and there, but had no inclination to seriously start up again.

That all changed during 2003, with the launch of the electrofunkroots.co.uk  website, which I’d set up to document the crucial early 80’s period, when dance music (or black music as it was still referred to) was going through some radical changes that would have a huge bearing on the subsequent course of club culture. It was at this point in time that I was fortunate enough to find myself behind the decks in two of the greatest British clubs of the era, Wigan Pier and Legend in Manchester, where I’d bring a new flavour of music to the table, along with a fresh (from a UK perspective) approach to the way I worked, as one of just a handful of British DJ’s back then who had made the decision to switch the emphasis of their presentation style from microphone to mixing. 

I had no idea that, all these years on, an ever-increasing amount of clubbers were now beginning to look back to exactly this time and rediscover the great underground music, mainly from New York, that preceded House, and which was originally played here in the UK on the specialist black scene. Having decided to become pro-active in drawing people’s attention to this hugely important, but largely overlooked period, it was a pleasant surprise to realise that this process was already underway. Before I knew it, I began to receive enquiries about possible DJ bookings and it soon became obvious that the logical next step for me to take was back into the clubs, so I could actually play these records to an audience who’ve finally come to appreciate their significance in inspiring the music that inspired them.

Had this been all about playing some tunes for old times sake to the people who were there at the time, there’s no way I’d have been into it as anything more than an occasional one-off. However, the fact that there’s a whole new generation who are looking for a return to underground values, as well as an older audience who (having maybe got into dance stuff at a later stage) missed much of this music first time around, prevents it from becoming a purely nostalgic exercise and, instead, presents a whole new dynamic. For this is something relevant to now, which is rooted in the past, yet forward looking.

To further emphasise this link, the equipment I decided to use was a Revox B77 reel-to-reel (past), vinyl (present) and laptop (future). It was also important that I didn’t just stick to the records that I used to play, but included a few more recent releases, from artists with a clear respect for what’s gone before, like Chicken Lips, Metro Area and Diplomat. The laptop would also allow me to feature my own re-edits and the Revox to add live sounds and effects. Having been regarded as progressive in my approach to deejaying back then, I figured it was only right that I should continue to work by the same principles, trying new ideas alongside the old ones in an effort to highlight the ongoing links between then and now.

The night I chose for my ‘comeback’ appearance was called ‘Music Is Better’. It was held at The Attic in Manchester. It obviously had to be Manchester as this, although not my actual home, is certainly my ‘spiritual home’, the place where I found my ultimate DJ highs – so it was important to make that vital connection with the past immediately. ‘Music Is Better’ was the perfect type of night for me, suitably low-key, whilst attracting the kind of people who understand that four-to-the-floor isn’t the be all and end all.

I’d planned to use the night as a tester, so I could identify what worked and what didn’t, before I started accepting the bookings I’d been offered in other parts of the country. I’d anticipated a gradual acclimatization for myself, estimating that once I’d got 3 or 4 appearances under my belt I’d be able to gauge things better. In no way did I expect this first night to go so well for me, without any of the teething problems I’d envisaged. 

The night wasn’t recorded, but it was decided that, to mark the occasion, I’d re-create it track for track for a limited edition CD (edited down from the two and a quarter hours I played to single disc length). 

So this is how ‘Music Is Better – The Re-Edited Highlights’ came to be. The 500 copies that were made have now all gone, the response to the CD echoing the positive reaction on the night. I’ve since taken bookings (and often re-bookings) in Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, London, Leeds, Limerick, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Sheffield and Wrexham, along with further dates in Manchester. 2004 has been a year I’ll never forget and I can’t thank everyone enough for their support, their warmth and their energy. Having been totally detached from the club scene for so many years, it’s all been a bit of a Rip Van Winkle re-awakening for me! 

I never thought I’d say it, but it’s great to be a DJ once again. 

Hope you enjoy this mix,

Greg Wilson
http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk
 
WRITTEN FOR SIX MILLION STEPS WEBSITE IN 2004

UPLOADED ONTO SOUNDCLOUD 27.09.11


MUSIC IS BETTER RE-EDITED HIGHLIGHTS 20.12.03 (by greg wilson for ltd cd 2004)

Let It Be - EP

Let It Be (Matrix & Futurebound Remix)

The first in a series of mixes celebrating my 20 years as resident at back to basics club in Leeds, UK.

visit www.ralphlawson.co.uk for track listing and sleevenotes for the mix and stories from the club.



back to basics // the>music:factory years part one // 1991-94

DoG 14

2 Bad Mice Take You - Blame - Mixed by Agent Blaiszik DoG 14

Ryan Elliott | Steadyrockin

https://fanlink.to/HE005-PutInWorkEP
Big up Hardcore Energy for giving me the  opportunity to release a new kinda style and tempo of music
hope you all enjoy

Big up @private-caller-music for the collab
Big up Fish for the art

Putting In Werk

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Ben Klock Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set

Artist​: Denham Audio
Release Title​: Feel The Panic EP 
Label​: Lobster Theremin
Genre​: Jungle, Breakbeat, Rave 
Release Date​: September 4th 

Tracklist
A1. Feel The Panic 
A2. Volt
B1. Bobby Wobbler 
B2. Check 1
B3. Check 1 (Maruwa Remix)

Sheffield production // DJ trio ​Denham Audio​, make their ​Lobster Theremin​ debut with an incredible 5 tracker of breaks and bass, backed with a club fuelled remix from Lobster family regular ​Maruwa​.
EP opener ‘Feel The Panic’ sets the pace, crunchy drums with scorching acid basslines and old rave esque vocal hooks, merging into a dancefloor driven weapon.
‘Volt’ injects a punch, chopped up drum sequences with floating vocals and pulsating synth lines, one for the early hours of the dance.
On the flip side Denham Audio leads with a drum driven roller ‘Bobby Wobbler’, breaks and beats soar and transform into a weighty number.
‘Check 1’ blends classic rave esque sound pallets with punchy kick drums and clean, crisp synth lines.
Maruwa’s remix of ‘Check 1’ showcases her incredible ability to create productions destined to do the business in the clubs, hands in the air pads play gracefully with the drum elements from the original production. This one is for the ravers.

Denham Audio - Volt [Artaphine Premiere]

Jean Bruce Rave Gener8tor (Altern 8 live remix by Mark Archer) NOCTU 003

A Rework of a classic Altern 8 Track Hypnotic st8
Created Using Logic Pro X and Serum
Samples
Vocals : Altern 8 Hypnotic St8 - Female Voice
Vocals : Kettema Raw Cuts - Rap Vocals

Hypnotic St8 Bootleg Remix


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