Soul/Funk/Disco Mixes

DJ Mix show for Pulse Radio by the man called Dicky Trisco.

pulseradio.net/labels/disco-deviance

https://soundcloud.com/dicky-trisco

Disco Deviance Pulse Radio Show 31 - Dicky Trisco Mix

DJ Mix show for Pulse Radio by SHMLSS.

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http://www.juno.co.uk/products/shmlss-edits/511719-01/

https://soundcloud.com/shmlss

Disco Deviance Pulse Radio Show 32 - SHMLSS Mix

DJ Mix show for Pulse Radio by the Irish disco kingsl Get Down Edits.

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Check out their latest release on DD!

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/get-down-edits/518808-01/

https://soundcloud.com/getdownedits

Disco Deviance Pulse Radio Show 34 - Get Down Edits Mix

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)

Mix of the first 12 sides of the DJ only limited vinyl series, A&R Edits - full lowdown in accompanying post on the blog:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2014/03/ar-edits-mixed/

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

A&R EDITS MIXED (by greg wilson 2014)

Welcome to the monthly Disco Deviance mix show. This month's mix is put together by the super hot Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee.

Check out their latest release on Disco Deviance:

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/ed-wizard-disco-get-on-up-edit/524703-01/

Disco Deviance Mix Show 35 - Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee Mix

Disco Deviance mix show by Italian maestro DJ Rocca.

https://soundcloud.com/dj-rocca

Disco Deviance Mix Show 36 - DJ Rocca Mix

New Disco Deviance mix show by the Queen & Disco posse from Derry. These lads are seriously into their disco sounds and put on some great nights in their fine city. Derry is dripping in culture and heavy in party vibes. Check out this great mix for a taste of their style.

https://soundcloud.com/queenanddisco

Disco Deviance Mix Show 37 - Queen & Disco Mix

Recorded at the Stonebridge Tent at 2pm. First of 3 appearances at Glastonbury on 27.06.14.

PT 2 BEAT HOTEL – available here: https://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/glastonbury-trilogy-2014-pt-2-beat-hotel-270614-greg-wilson-live-mix

PT 3 GENOSYS – available here:  https://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/glastonbury-trilogy-2014-pt-3-genosys-270614-greg-wilson-live-mix

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

GLASTONBURY TRILOGY 2014 PT 1 STONEBRIDGE 27.06.14 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded at the Beat Hotel at 6pm. Second of 3 appearances at Glastonbury on 27.06.14.

PT 1 STONEBRIDGE – available here: https://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/glastonbury-trilogy-2014-pt-1-stonebridge-270614-greg-wilson-live-mix

PT 3 GENOSYS – available here:  https://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/glastonbury-trilogy-2014-pt-3-genosys-270614-greg-wilson-live-mix

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

GLASTONBURY TRILOGY 2014 PT 2 BEAT HOTEL 27.06.14 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded at Block 9 Genosys at 10pm. My third and final appearance at Glastonbury 2014 on 27.06.14.

PT 1 STONEBRIDGE – available here: https://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/glastonbury-trilogy-2014-pt-1-stonebridge-270614-greg-wilson-live-mix

PT 2 BEAT HOTEL – available here: https://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/glastonbury-trilogy-2014-pt-2-beat-hotel-270614-greg-wilson-live-mix

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

GLASTONBURY TRILOGY 2014 PT 3 BLOCK 9 GENOSYS 27.06.14 (greg wilson live mix)

This recording is available to download at: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/reflex/

The Reflex Boiler Room London DJ Set

Part of the exceedingly good bill of Saturday night in the woods at Beat-Herder 2014. Greg Wilson increasing the pressure as the sun began to set through the trees. Magical moments and a highlight for many - Herd this up! 

Tickets available here... http://tickets.beatherder.co.uk

Photo: Andrew Whitham Photography

GREG WILSON @ TOIL TREES BEAT - HERDER RIBBLE VALLEY 19.07.14

Recording from the recent Festival No.6 at Portmeirion in North Wales.

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

FESTIVAL NO.6 PORTMEIRION 06.09.14 (greg wilson live mix)

Special mix put together in June 2010 ahead of the inaugural Vintage Festival (Aug 13/14/15): www.vintageatgoodwood.com 

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

VINTAGE FUTURE RETRO (by greg wilson for vintage festival 2010)

Taken from blog post ‘Festival Anthems’:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2012/06/festival-anthems/

Back in March, in the lead up to the Rainbow Disco Club festival in Tokyo (an event that would frustratingly be rained off), I was asked to make a list of my 10 favourite festival tracks. I came up with a dozen, all edits which have served me well during recent years and certainly merit anthemic status. Around the same time I was approached, via the Garden Festival’s PR dept. to supply an exclusive mix for the oki-ni series. As an example, I was linked to Derrick Carter’s contribution, where he referenced the mixes he used to hear on Chicago dance station WBMX in the early 80’s, focusing on Disco & Classics. 

Whilst thinking about a suitable theme for my mix, I had the brainwave of working with the list of festival favourites I’d recently compiled– I thought that putting these 12 tracks together into a single mix would not only provide a solution, but gives me the opportunity to document some of the music that’s served me so well in the festival environment, which I’d never otherwise play all together. So, from there, it was just a case of finding a way to jigsaw them into a coherent whole, which didn’t prove to be difficult, the mix coming together in no time.

It wasn’t until I’d submitted it that I found time to have a look at the oki-ni website and check out some of the mixes already on there, a pretty substantial 75 of them. It was only then that I realised that my approach was somewhat  out of sync with the ethos of the series, which was outlined as follows; ‘the series aims to venture off the dancefloor, allowing the artists involved the freedom to produce unique and personal mixes that speak directly to them. The results are always eclectic, compelling, and unique’. 

Being that this was supposed to be more a personal choice of tunes you wouldn’t play out, rather than the clearly themed mix I’d mistakenly believed it was, I pointed out this anomaly, but was assured that all was fine. Had I not been off to the US that weekend, then onto Japan, I’d have probably insisted on doing something else, which fitted their criteria, but they maintained that they were more than happy with what I’d done, so it became mix #76 in the oki-ni series (and exclusive to their website for the past few months):
http://www.oki-ni.com/scat/mixes 

Half of the tracks are my own edits, half other people’s (big up Psychemagik, Dimitri From Paris, Joey Negro, Bermuda Triangle, Leftside Wobble and Michael Cook). The mix features some iconic names, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Talking Heads, The Clash, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Prince and Fleetwood Mac included. As they say, great music never dies, especially when there’s an edit that helps introduce it to a whole new younger audience, whilst rejuvenating the spirit of an older one in the process. Hopefully this collection of climatic tunes will help bring on the festival spirit – here’s to sun and mud to come!

I’ll be appearing at the following festivals / special events:

23rd June – The Summer Soiree / Blackpool
http://theblackpoolball.com/#/ball-info/4548984235
 
6th / 7th July – The Garden Festival / Croatia 
http://thegardenfestival.eu/ 

15th July – Vintage / Northamptonshire
http://www.vintagefestival.co.uk/about/vintage-festival
 
28th July - Camp Bestival / Dorset 
http://www.campbestival.net/#/home

4th August – Eastern Electrics / London
http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/easternelectrics/2012/

5th August – Standon Calling / Hertfordshire
http://www.standon-calling.com/ 

2nd September – Preston Guild / Preston
http://www.prestonguild2012.com/?OBH=413&ID=583 

8th September – Bestival / Isle Of Wight
http://2012.bestival.net/

Greg Wilson - June 2012

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

GREG WILSON FESTIVAL ANTHEMS (for oki-ni 2012)

DJ Mix show for Pulse Radio.

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http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/459142-01.htm

Disco Deviance Pulse Radio Show 19 - Late Nite Tuff Guy Mix

Really excited about my upcoming tour of Europe and the UK through June-September 2013.
I've never put up an LNTG DJ mix on Soundcloud before but thought it might give you a taste of what to expect at my live shows.
It's a free DL but if you would 'like' my Facebook page [if you haven't already] it will be a great way of keeping you up to date with news, events and pics while I'm on the road.

http://www.facebook.com/LateNiteTuffGuyOfficial

Hope you enjoy 'Another Nite in a Disco' and hope to see you on a dancefloor somewhere soon.
LNTG.
Last minute tour booking enquiries: paul@theunityagency.co.uk

TRACK LIST:

01. Cost Of Love - Kartell
02. Gettin' Togetha - Fudge Fingas
03. Strategy - Get Down Edits
04. Take Care Of You - Cherokee
05. Not In Love Anymore - LNTG Rework
06. Lovely Day - LNTG Rework
07. My Body's On Fire - LNTG Rework
08. Nobody - LNTG Rework
09. Family - LNTG Rework
10. Pull Up TO The Bumper - DiscoMofo Edit
11. That's A Groove - LNTG Full Funkin' Vocal Rework
12. Falling - Only Children
13. Hold Tite - LNTG Rework (remastered version)
14. Do I Believe In God - LNTG Rework
15. Down Fever - Only Children
16. Allrite - LNTG Italo Disco Rework
17. Holiday - LNTG Rework


Late Nite Tuff Guy - Another Nite In A Disco

Live mix from the Hacienda Good Friday event at Sankeys in Manchester 29.03.13.

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

HAÇIENDA GOOD FRIDAY @ SANKEYS MANCHESTER 29.03.13 (greg wilson live mix)

Here is an LNTG dj mix of my edits available for DL at http://www.lntg.co
Hope you enjoy it.
LNTG.

Tour>Europe+UK June-September 2013
paul@theunityagency.co.uk

SOUL MIX 4 TRACK LIST:

01. You Abandoned Me
02. Computerize
03. Don't Wanna let U Go
04. I'm Hot!
05. Sugar Free
06. I Love Ya
07. That's The Way
08. Nobody 
09. Lovely Day
10. Reality

All edits by Late Nite Tuff Guy.

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