Live recording from Kurv @ Egg in London 28.03.14.

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KURV @ EGG LONDON 28.03.14 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded from Giant 1st Anniversary at The Bussey Building in Peckham, London on 11.10.14.

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GIANT 1ST ANNIVERSARY @ THE BUSSEY BUILDING LONDON 11.10.14 (greg wilson live mix)

Recording from Melting Pot at The Admiral in Glasgow 03.05.15.

If you asked me what's consistently been my favourite regular port of call during the past decade or so, Melting Pot would immediately spring to mind. It's everything you want in a club night – a knowledgeable crowd really up for the party, a wonderful sound system, and promoted by a crew who clearly care about that attention to detail that makes a night extra special. Last Sunday was the first time I experienced the new layout at The Admiral, which is a definite improvement, giving the room even more of a club vibe. Believe me, if Melting Pot was in London it would be generally acknowledged as one of the top UK underground club nights of the modern era.

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MELTING POT @ THE ADMIRAL GLASGOW 03.05.15 (greg wilson live mix)

Live mix recorded during Reels Of Steel presentation (where I add visuals to the music) in Rizlab Arena at Bestival on the Isle Of Wight 11.09.11.

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BESTIVAL REELS OF STEEL @ RIZLAB 11.09.11 (greg wilson live mix)

FIRST TIME IN NYC @ APT 21.10.05 (greg wilson live mix)

This is the recording from my first ever appearance in New York. The gig was arranged to launch my Credit To The Edit compilation Stateside – it was at APT in the Meatpacking District on October 21st 2005.

Most people presumed that I’d been to NYC previously, a fair assumption given the influence the city has had on me, particularly via the black / dance music of the early 80’s, which provides a defining aspect of my DJ career, but this was not only my first time there, but my first time in the US (my first time on another continent now I come to think of it). 

I was made to feel very welcome though, and there were lots of NYC DJ’s in attendance that night – as I mentioned in the accompanying text for the ‘I Was A Teenage DJ’ download (http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/teenage-dj-aka-greg-wilson-i/) Rug N Tug’s support for the track had turned it into one of the hottest underground tunes over there ahead of my arrival. It was hardly The Beatles stepping onto American soil at JFK in Feb ‘64 with their record at the top of the charts, but I felt that the ‘Teenage DJ’ track had helped prime things nicely for my US debut.

A former New York DJ who came to see me was Barry Lederer, who’d once played a hugely influential role as Billboard’s Disco columnist back in the 70’s, taking over from the great Tom Moulton (Barry was also co-owner of Graebar Sound, the company who installed the sound systems at venues including The Saint and 12 West). He’d planned to be accompanied by his friend Mel Cheren, a true pioneer of the Disco era, who owned the Paradise Garage as well as West End Records. Barry extended apologies for the no show from Mel, who wasn’t well, and we talked about hooking up during my next visit. However, it sadly wasn’t to be as Mel died in 2007, before my return. Just six months later Barry too was no longer with us. When I’d heard the sad news of his passing I played Jimmy Ruffin’s ‘Tell Me What You Want’ (1974) at my next gig – this was his favourite Disco record, and something I often used to slip in as a much loved oldie back when I started out in the mid-70’s. 

The music I played that night at APT was rich with reference to New York’s illustrious past, including my edit of ‘Psycho Killer’ by Talking Heads, which I’d put together especially for this night - this has since become one of my best-known cut-ups. I also played no less than six Teenage DJ tracks, half of which have never been made available. Oddly, now I look back, there was only one track included from the Credit To The Edit compilation (Brenda Taylor’s ‘You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too’), which had been issued in the UK the previous August. 

As with the ‘Electric Chair Manchester 26.02.05’ live mix that I recently uploaded here as exclusive content, this recording is presented here for the first time in its entirety. It was originally split into two CD length halves, hence the fade out you’ll hear on ‘You Can’t Have Your Cake’ at the end of what was Disc 1.

Greg Wilson – October 2011

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FIRST TIME IN NYC @ APT 21.10.05 (greg wilson live mix)

Here's the live recording (warts n all ! ) from the absolutely incredible Liverpool Disco Festival 2016 ... I did an hour set of "obvious" disco in the Roller Disco Arena . . Hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed this amazing event! . .  As always, please leave me your comments/ thoughts  . . DK x

Liverpool Disco Festival 2016 - Roller Disco Arena -  Derek Kaye -  Live Set

Craig Smith - Beach Bar Afternoon Session - Suncebeat 8 (July 2017)

Live mix from Rizla's boat party on the Thames 08.10.10.

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RIZLA RIVERBOAT SHUFFLE ON THE THAMES LONDON 08.10.10 (greg wilson live mix)

new and unreleased stuff,  forthcoming on Editorial &amp;  more..
mix recorded live @ the pub - Oct 18th, Montreal

** get a 320 mp3 file from my podcast here **  http://daveallison.podomatic.com/

-FULL TRACKLIST-

YSE Saint Laur’Ant – Freeze Frame- Whiskey Disco 
Future Feelings- Skylife – Los Grandes 
DJ Moar – French Funk- Editorial 
Luvless – Motion Clapture - Foto 
Frank Booker - The Sun- Sleazy Beats 
DJ Steef- Rising  South Cost – Editorial 
Venice Beach – Move To The Groove – Disco Vibration 
Thomass Jackson – Luv Doctor- Editorial 
James Welsh – Nowt – Wolf 
Feza- Do It Again- Editorial 
Daniel Solar- Burning Up – Dikso 
Frank Booker- Out West – Sleazy Beats

*Download * 320 MP3 

Dave Allison - *October Slo-Mo Mixx-(Recorded live Oct 18th)*

On Saturday 29th of February we celebrated our 8th Birthday with party of course. The crew did a big old back to back to back and it was a lot of fun. Big love to the Locomotive Disco and Oslo Hackney teams for helping to make it happen and of course to all the dancers that joined us. 

Enjoy the recording.

LDS x

The London Disco Society 8th Birthday @ Oslo Hackney

My guest mix for Bill Brewsters show on 16Loop. from 8th August 2020.

Full show here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/billbrewster/bill-brewster-peza-live-at-the-paradise-farage-8th-aug-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2XLJTLvLWjM4836V2S8LKXstET0r1rKQfLAqpZeF_P300Tv5G__EMmefQ

16Loop here:

https://16loop.com/

Peza - Guest Mix For Bill Brewster 08.08.20

Bookings: matt@thepool-london.com 
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DJ Dates: https://blog.gregwilson.co.uk/upcoming-dj-dates/
Greg began DJing in 1975 and is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He enjoyed hugely popular residencies in the early eighties at Wigan Pier and Manchester’s majorly influential Legend, having originally started out in his hometown, New Brighton. A pioneer of mixing in the UK, he became the first ‘dance music’ specialist hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester’s now legendary Haçienda club in 1983. Greg was instrumental in breaking the new electronic, post-disco records coming out of New York, a sound he has dubbed ‘Electro-Funk’.

In 2003 he set up electrofunkroots, a website documenting this crucial era in the evolution of dance culture. After a two decade hiatus from the booth, he returned to DJing and soon welcomed bookings throughout Europe and, subsequently, worldwide.

Greg was the first DJ to mix live on British TV, putting together the first UK radio mixes of their type for Piccadilly 261 in Manchester and showing a certain Norman Cook (later Fatboy Slim) how to scratch.

Nominated by DJ Magazine for outstanding contribution, and also named amongst their top twenty remixers of all-time, Greg’s remix credits include Grace Jones, The XX, Groove Armada, Bryan Ferry, Confidence Man, Gilberto Gil and Simian Mobile Disco, whilst he’s edited tracks by A Guy Called Gerald, Talking Heads, O.M.D., Electronic, Imagination and Missy Elliot.

In January 2009 Greg’s reputation was further enhanced when his Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 received almost universal acclaim and was selected as one of 10 classics that spanned the show’s near 17 year history.

Greg’s Blog, ‘Being A DJ’, was launched in June 2010 for observations on various aspects of club culture now an online touchstone for an ever-increasing amount of dance enthusiasts and aficionados.

In August 2010 he co-curated areas at the inaugural Vintage Festival at Goodwood, which was named ‘Best New Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards.

He has produced a series of documentary podcasts, Time Capsule, Random Influences and Early 80’s Floorfillers, as well as the long-running blog series, Living To Music.

Greg has given talks on music and DJ culture at a number events at venues The Tate Gallery in Liverpool and London's Southbank and Institute Of Contemporary Arts, whilst in 2013 he was invited onto a panel alongside legendary figures Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder @ ADE in Amsterdam. 

In 2014 he unveiled the multi-media label Super Weird Substance, focusing on recording and live events. In 2015, the label released 8 vinyl singles, brought together in the 2 CD comp, 'Greg Wilson Presents Super Weird Substance'. September 2015 saw a memorable Festival No.6 Happening in Portmeirion and Greg rounded off the year with the Liverpool-based celebration of the 40th anniversary of his first club date in 1975 as well as being presented with DJ Magazine's Industry Icon award.

Greg launched his Credit To The Edit club collective at 2016's Festival No.6 and since then has taken it to Liverpool, Berlin, Brixton, Bethnal Green and finally back to Portmeirion for Festival No.6 2017.

2017 saw his label host the epic 14 Hour Super Weird Happening at Liverpool's Florrie, following a mixtape collaboration with Alan Moore, who also appeared at the Happening, whilst it also saw the digital release of The Super Weird Society's 'Gone With The Vibe', released the following year on the first Substance Select 12" vinyl alongside 'The Ghosts Of Watling Street', 'The Best Is Yet To Come' and 'Summer Came My Way'. 2018 also saw the release of Vol.3 in Greg's long-running Credit To The Edit compilation series.

After a handful of further releases, the label was put into hibernation with the onset of covid. Diversifying, ‘Greg Wilson’s Discotheque Archives’ was issued during 2020 lockdown as a limited run paperback, with more books, both Wilson’s own projects and by other authors, now planned.

BESTIVAL REELS OF STEEL @ RIZLAB 11.09.11 (greg wilson live mix)

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