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ESSENTIAL MIX - JAN 2009
Uploaded on 17.01.10 and exclusive to SoundCloud. Available for the first time without voiceovers and jingles,12 months on from original Radio 1broadcast on 17.01.09.


EMAILSHOT A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF MIX BEING AIRED:
2009 kicks in for me this weekend with my first gig of the year for Udio (1st birthday) at The Gramaphone Club in Shoreditch, London on Friday night, which coincides with the airing of my only just completed in the nick of time Essential Mix on Radio 1, made up of 43 tracks in just under 2 hours.

Given that the 5th anniversary of my DJ comeback has only just passed, I decided to take the opportunity to make the mix totally representative of this period, with all the selections being amongst the biggest tracks I’ve played since I made my second debut at Music Is Better in Manchester.

Five years represents a significant package of time, a fixed point from where I can reflect on what’s been a continually snowballing sequence of events, set in motion when Danny Webb asked me to appear in Manchester on that December night back in 2003.

There were less than 100 people there that night, but they were the right people, and I was taken aback by the response to my return, both on the night itself and during subsequent days, when people who were there began to post on the forums. I’d never expected all the feedback be so totally positive!

I’d figured that I’d play that night, using the combination of laptop and reel-to-reel for the first time, then go away and think about what worked and what didn’t before I made my next move. I would never have believed that things could come together so immediately, it was as if I’d hit a completely unexpected hole in one, especially when two of the people who were there, Ralph Lawson, DJ from Back To Basics in Leeds, and one of my fellow DJ’s that night, Richard Hardcastle (Solid State) from Society in Sheffield, both asked me to play at their nights no sooner had I finished my spot.

One thing kept leading to another and, in Sheffield, I was approached by Tony Daly to play at the now legendary Tyneside Cinema party in Newcastle, a bespoke event where he took on the substantial risk of presenting me in a city I’d never DJ’d in previously (unless you count the 1983 TV appearance on The Tube, which was filmed in the Tyne Tees studio). Then, of course, there was London, where Steve Kotey and Bill Brewster booked me for their parties, bringing me to the capital within the first few months of my return for Ouch and Low Life.

The bookings kept coming, and I found myself driving up and down the country on an increasingly regular basis. Later in 2004 I was approached by Sav Remzi, from Tirk / Nuphonic, with the idea of putting together an edits album, which would be issued the following year as ‘Credit To The Edit’. This would help bring my name to the attention of people outside the UK. There was soon a need to step things up further, now that I was receiving enquiries from Europe, and so began a fruitful relationship with my agent, Matt Johnson (Matty J), who’s done a wonderful job of representing me during recent years.

The last few months have been, to say the least, manic for me, with 25 flights, including 6 long haul, taking me to gigs in the US, Japan, Australia, Brazil and Europe. From a personal perspective I still find it remarkable the way everything has developed, pretty much organically, since I made the decision that I was going to be a DJ once again – had I concocted some sort of comeback masterplan, it could never have worked out anything like as well as it has. It’s definitely been a case of ‘from small acorns’.

It still never ceases to amaze me that people from another continent are interested in my DJ past. Back in the early 80’s, before I went into retirement for 20 years, the furthest I travelled (with the exception of the appearances I made in the South of England as part of The Hacienda Review in late ’83) was to places like Birmingham and Nottingham, when I played at All-Dayers, so to find myself in clubs on the other side of the world is pretty nuts!

Anyhow, I’d like to wish everyone all the best for 09. Big thanks to all the promoters who booked me and everyone who danced to the tunes I played during ’08 in Adelaide, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Blackburn, Brighton, Bristol, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fukuoka, Glasgow, Hamburg, Leeds, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Newcastle, Nottingham, Paris, Porto Alegre, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Sheffield, Sydney, Tokyo and Warsaw. Also the festivals and special events that I appeared at - Bestival (Isle Of Wight), Big Chill (England), Camp Bestival (England), Garden Festival (Croatia), Ibiza, Lovebox (England), Notting Hill Carnival (England), Rockness Festival (Scotland), Sonar (Spain) and the Southport Weekender (England).

Hope to see you soon.

Greg


FORUM POST DURING FOLLOWING DAYS:                                                        
Thanks for all the positive words. The feedback has been pretty phenomenal, far exceeding what I’d hoped for, especially on the BBC page, where I’d expected that some people would criticize the amount of older music included - the Radio 1 audience is used to current stuff ('in new music we trust'), so I’d anticipated a more mixed reaction. What’s particularly pleasing is that they were all made without the people seeing what each other wrote (they all came online at once, having been checked first by whoever moderates the BBC pages, I presume for swearing etc following the Ross / Brand controversy).

You always hope something you've done will be well received, but the response to this has blown me away.

Greg


ANSWER TO POST RE MIXING PROCESS:                                                      
It was quite a laborious process. Before I could start the actual mixing part I had to edit every track to a coherent length of around two and a half minutes average, inclusive of in and out points. I had a pool of about 90 tracks that fitted the criteria I'd set (a representative selection of the biggest tunes I've been playing during the past 5 years). It wasn't as straightforward as just editing the 43 tracks I ended up featuring - in order to have the necessary options once I started to piece the mix together I needed to have all the tracks at my disposal, just as I would have if I was out deejaying in a club, so the only thing to do was edit all 90 to the required length, even though I knew that only half would make the cut .

Once that was finally done they were all taken across into my laptop, enabling me to vari-speed them via PCDJ whilst I recorded across to my home computer into Cool Edit Pro, where I put the mix together track by track, before adding overdubs (fx, samples, textures) in a similar way to what I do live using the Revox (reel to reel).

I could quite easily have spent another day, tweaking bits here and there and adding more overdubs (the older I get the more finicky I become), but I had a deadline to work to, so, as it moved ever nearer, it became a race against time, with me doing as much as I could before the cut off point arrived.

Greg
                       

Greg Wilson - 2009


ESSENTIAL MIX (by greg wilson for bbc radio 1 2009)

Remix I did for some of my favourites scumbags out there. Work wit da Work.

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BALLOUT FT. YUNG GLEESH & CAPO - WHAT U GOT (TOMMY KRUISE REMIX)

Paris taken from the new album Nabuma Rubberband - out now.

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Little Dragon -  Paris (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Holiday Edit)

RTV  Respect The Vibe  (Feat. Denzel Curry) (Prod. By TommyKruise)

Melt (feat. ScHoolboy Q) (prod. Pete Rock)

Curren$y - "A Lil Sumthin" (Come Up Big On Em) (Prod. By Purpdogg) [2014]

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Get Up (Original Mix) Out on Nürvous Records (part of Nervous NYC)

Taken from Remixed with Love by Joey Negro Vol.2

Double CD & Vinyl available now from ZR - http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

Digital - https://zrecords.lnk.to/JoeyNegroRemixedLove2


Grace Jones Pull Up To The Bumper Joey Negro Remix

Seagull Records / Kojak Giant Sounds 2015.

"This is the record I always wished somebody would make. Juju meets Minimal Techno on the dancefloor!" - MONK ONE

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Herman Prime’s debut 12”, “Maajo” is a beautiful ode to spring and new birth. "Maajo" pays homage to Nigerian music, with its borrowed vocals from juju style’s King “Sunny” Ade. The track has a house foundation, which shows in its fat kick drums and sub bass groove, while the hypnotic Rhodes melody harkens to early minimal electronic pioneers such as Manuel Göttsching.

The B-side, “Maajo (Take Four)”, is a track of its own, a mutant revision of the emotional original. This version is not just a slightly altered copy but an electronic dub that takes the original to a completely different direction. Talking drums and a polyrhythm structure maintain the dreamy, Nigerian feel, but the dystopic, detuned synths have the scent of an underground techno bunker.

Jon Thureson, alias Herman Prime, has been open-mindedly DJing and producing music for 15 years. He has a broad understanding of musical language which helps him to infuse his various influences. With his strong background in house and disco, Jon often reaches beyond the limits of both genres towards new frontiers. His love affair with West African styles and electronic Krautrock shows on “Maajo”.

Seagull Records is a spin-off from disco rework factory Kojak Giant Sounds and “Maajo” is a slightly moodier and housier departure from the labels usual repertoire.

Herman Prime - "Maajo" (Take One)

Remix for Lisa Stansfield's latest album Seven+.

Get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/seven-+/id926783253

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OUT NOW! Lisa Stansfield - Picket Fence (OPOLOPO Remix)

The Reflex - Sept - Amber 320

Hello Peeps,

Tribute 2 Frankie Knuckles is up now !

Enjoy

Yass

Tribute 2 Frankie Knuckle March 2015 By D.I.S.

UPDATED March 20 a few tweaks improved the sound and addd a few new elements . Thanks Nile for the Ol School Flavor..and keeping the beat alive

DOWNLOAD  IS NOW ENABLED .... please continue to comment on this 

Please support the release and buy the original below

Chic Feat Nile Rogers - Il'l Be There -John Morales M+M Mix Re- Touch UPDATE MIX

Exploring the dark side of romantic relationships, three producers take on Tricky's 'Adrian Thaws' album highlight "Sun Down," featuring vocals from Tirzah. 

Download all three mixes for free at: http://bit.ly/SunDownRemixes

For more from DJ Milo, visit: http://www.dj-milo.net

Keep up with Tricky at http://www.trickysite.com

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Tricky - Sun Down (DJ Milo Remix) feat. Tirzah

Exploring the dark side of romantic relationships, three producers take on Tricky's 'Adrian Thaws' album highlight "Sun Down," featuring vocals from Tirzah. 

Download all three mixes for free at: http://bit.ly/SunDownRemixes

For more from Parallel Thought, visit https://soundcloud.com/pthought

Keep up with Tricky at http://www.trickysite.com

Tricky - Sun Down (Parallel Thought Remix) feat. Tirzah

Adeva - Too Many Fish (Frankie's Classic Club Mix)

Available now from - http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

The fifth release on ZR back in 1991, "Do What You Feel" was the track that really put Dave Lee on the map. The song was one of the anthems of the era and became a Top 40 pop hit when later signed to Virgin/10. 

Unlike many classic dance tracks its never been remixed but now we are releasing 3 new updates. The JN Revival Mix keeps much of the original music but beefs up the drums and bass to make for super fat sounding update. Supernova take the track to a stripped back techy direction for bigger rooms. Whilst Steve Mill's remix is a touch deeper but retaining the magic of the original.


DJ Reactions:

Shur-i-kan - Cool mixes!
Martin Ikin - Great to have new mixes of this classic
Luke Howard (HMD) - Stellar job on the remixes
StoneBridge - Oh yes, the memories - awesome update!
Reel People - Dave's Mix for me
Audiowhores - Supernova are on fire at the moment, feeling this one
The Reflex - It's '91 all over again! Revival mix for me
CJ Mackintosh - Love the Revival mix... Just like old times
Faze Action - Very nice indeed. I'm liking the JN Revival mix best
Golf Clap - Wow that is really good. Love this JN Revival Mix
Hed Kandi - Ace!
Kiko Navarro - Steve Mill Remix has the original vibes with a good updated touch
Julius Papp - One of my fave’s from the early 90's house music era
DJ Meme -  A Wowzer !!
Paul Trouble Anderson - Like it
Robert Owens - Nice mix
ATFC - Cool thanks
Graeme Park - Wonderful wonderful, wonderful
Groove Assassin - Superb remix pack of a classic anthem!
DJ Booker T - Wicked vibes will support


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JOEY NEGRO "DO WHAT YOU FEEL" STEVE MILL REMIX

personal edit of the funky, new wave, all time classic, now free for limited time on sound cloud to celebrate finally getting to 50K followers 

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FREE D/L "ONCE IN A LIFETIME" JN PERSONAL EDIT

Especially for Craig, Jayo & SuncéBeat family!
Words can't describe how incredible SuncéBeat 2 was!  This music might help keep the memories alive! Thanks Steve, can't wait to hear what you have in store for us this Sunday :-D 
Roll on SuncéBeat 3!!!

Steve Harrington - SuncéBeat 2 Special (Part 1)

Been Tooooo Long Mix

Kate Bush  -  Running Up That Hill (Datassette Remix)

THE ODD COUPLE” explores the forbidden underworld of popular music and human psychology, starting at the intersection of pulsating hooks and pure emotion. “THE ODD COUPLE” is heralded by the full-tilt psychedelic soul stomper “Run”, a leaked track that is now impacting heavily at radio. “Run” has been rushed to iTunes early, and a mind-bending music video is now in production, directed by the filmmaking team known as Happy.

Gnarls Barkley - Run (I'm A Natural Disaster)

Excerpt recorded live at Plex, Corsica Studios, London, July 2010

Partita For Unattended Computer (Live)

you can hold my hand and we can laugh about it but dont make me understand that what we have right now could be more ... if only we could sleep together and wake up as better friends eat breakfast while we talk about how ugly we look in the morning bet you that would be a great start to the day we can call

Gold Lip - Breakfast Song

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Viceroy "Dream Of Bombay" feat Chela

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CHELA
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Viceroy - Dream Of Bombay (feat Chela)

Patrice Rushen's disco jazz funk masterpiece gets a respectful extended disco mix using the original 24 track tapes. Look out for this, along with the Roxy Music remix and several other classic tunes remixed on an album released later this year

Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard (Joey Negro Extended Disco Mix)

"It really matter to me, OHHH!"
LIFE LIVING EDITION; http://www.mediafire.com/?e01xox611fxz8iw
LIFE EXTENDED LIVING EDITION; http://www.mediafire.com/?7vknkrddt4pcn17

Extended Version DL

Jill Scott - Golden (Kaytranada's Life Living Edition)

My Official Remix of the Steve Silk Hurley Classic - Jack Your Body

Forthcoming on Toolroom & S&S Records Chicago - OUT: 24.07.13 (Beatport)

DJ Support from Claude Vonstroke, Justin Martin, Eats Everything, Skream, Catz & Dogs, mark knight, Zinc to name but a few ........

PRESS RELEASE:

RELEASED:
Beatport 24.07.13 // iTunes & Worldwide DMS 12.08.13

In a monumental year for Toolroom Records, we are proud to announce the release of Steve Silk Hurley’s legendary ‘Jack Your Body’ in conjunction with S&S Records, updated by rapidly rising star, Doorly,

Pioneering Chicago house producer, songwriter and four time GRAMMY® Award-nominee, Steve Silk Hurley is renowned for his signature mixing skills and diverse mixing style. His immense creative skill also transfers to his production, seeing him sell millions of records and working with the likes of Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, R. Kelly and Mary J. Blige.

Written and produced by Hurley, ‘Jack Your Body’ quickly earned the distinction of being the UK’s first house music chart topper and all through club exposure alone, paving the way for the acid house sound. It is a landmark track in the history of house.

Originally released on pioneering Chicago house label, S&S Records, Doorly brings ‘Jack Your Body’ bang up to date for release on powerhouse label, Toolroom Records. Maintaining the bassline and vocal sample, Doorly updates this mid ‘80s classic by taking it down a techier route and bumping up the bass, whilst maintaining crisp and clean production throughout.

An inspiration to his contemporaries and a generation of producers who follow, it is only fitting that Steve Silk Hurley’s seminal track, ‘Jack Your Body’, receive the remix treatment from our tip for the future of house music, Doorly.


Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Ya Body (Doorly Club Rub) (S&S Records / Toolroom)

Hope yall gon like this one.
download the single on eyechunes; https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/on-on-single/id650754465


Snakehips - On & On (Kaytranada Remix)

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MJ - Rock With You [The Reflex Revision]

Dave Lee aka Jakatta, Doug Willis, Raven Maize, Sessomatto, formerly Joey Negro as well as being part of The Sunburst Band and many more. 

Bookings: Tim@zrecords.ltd.uk

FREE D/L "ONCE IN A LIFETIME" JN PERSONAL EDIT

Dave Lee ZR