Edition #21 of Early 80’s Floorfillers takes a look back to September 83. 
You can see the Top 10, complete with label or record sleeve scans and individual track credits, here: 
http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/greg-wilsons-top-10-floorfillers-september-83/
Greg Wilson – September 2013

GREG WILSON’S EARLY 80’S FLOORFILLERS: 
A fascinating insight on how the fading Jazz-Funk scene gave way to the emerging Electro-Funk movement in the early 80’s, ‘Greg Wilson’s Early 80’s Floorfillers’, marks the 30th anniversary of when these tracks first appeared. Compiled from his record lists of the time, and unfolding month by month, Greg Wilson counts down the Top 10 Floorfillers played at his venues during the key years of ’82 and ’83. Featured, most notably, on his Tuesday sessions at Wigan Pier and Wednesday gatherings at Legend in Manchester, the most cutting-edge weekly black music nights of the era, these were the clubs most associated with the evolving Electro-Funk sound.

The majority of music played on the black scene in the UK was initially only available on import, mainly out of New York during this period, with the club nights described as ‘upfront’, meaning that the DJ’s were way ahead of the curve – what they played now, others played later, or not at all. Without these DJ’s, many now classic dance tracks would never have become UK hits (many without enjoying similar crossover success in the US) – the reason they were released here in the first place was because these specialist DJ’s were breaking them via the underground.

Things would change in a big way during those 2 years; we were entering the hybrid age for dance music, and the oncoming House and Techno and Hip Hop directions would all owe a huge debt to this era of dance alchemy and groove experimentation.

This podcast is also available on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad via the Radio ditto app, which is downloadable for free from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id464200632?mt=8

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GREG WILSON'S EARLY 80's FLOORFILLERS - SEPTEMBER 1983

For bookings email: hotdigitsmusic@gmail.com 

Hey yo! Here's my full set from my recent debut at the awesome Sunday Circles event at Muriel's in Belfast. Part of the Freebooter Lounge collective and Plan B, The Sunday Circles session is now becoming a regular hangout for heads that appreciate decent underground music and the perfect spot to chat with likeminded folks about music and life in general while listening to some beats from local talent. As I was last on I brought some funk and deep acid chuggers to the party alongside some staple favourites and a few new edits. Big shout to Simon Sheldon for the invite to play, Darran P and Keith Connolly for playing some real balearic treats before me and to everyone who felt the grooves and had a shimmy! Enjoy!

Tracklist :)

Fingerman Edits - Joy Uz
Fouk - Heavy On The Bacon
6th Borough Project - Bad News (Fingerman Extended Edit)
Peza - Someone’s Lifetime
Risk Assessment - Party People
Cobra Edits - Joy
Frank Boissy, Corsica One & Jason Merle Ft. Mr V - Soul Science (Homero Espinosa & Mark Farina Remix)
Osunlade - Sistagirl
Jeff Mills - Theme From Star Child
Kenny Summit - The Cookout
Mannix - Bless Your Soul (Fingerman & Chewy Rubs Cosmic Acid Trip)
The Clash - Magnificent 7 (Da Lukas Re-Disco)
The People’s Choice - Jam Jam Jam (Dr Packer Rework)
Primal Scream - Don’t Fight It Feel It (Fingerman Re-Edit)
FGTH - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Robot84 Rework)
CHEWAX001 - Buzz
Fingerman Edits - Green Energon
2 Raw - We Got The Funk (Steve Silk Hurley Remix)
FPI Project - Everybody All Over The World (Fingerman & Chewy Rubs Edit)
Delacy - Hideaway (Asil NuDisco Remix)
Soul Of Hex feat. Motion Parallax - Face Down
Chewy Rubs - D-Mob Acid
Jays Edits - Acid Life
Funkatarium - Jump (Chewy Rubs & North Laine Remix)
The Revenge vs MAW - Work (Agent 86 Edit)
Photon Inc - Generate Power (Dj T Re-Edit)
Lovebirds Feat Stee Downes - I Want You In My Soul (Petko Turner Edit)
Luke Solomuns Body Edits - Fire You Up
Fingerman Edits - Bang!
Dan Shake - Buy Yourself Friends
Dave Gerrard - Paid In Beats
Kerri Chandler - Atmosphere (Fingerman’s System Edit)
Phillippa - Blue Skies (Fouk Remix)
Son Of Raw - A Black Man In Space
Lil Louis - French Kiss (Armine Edge & Dance Edit)
Heller & Farley - Ultra Flava (Pete’s Dub)
I:Cube - Disco Cubism (Daft Punk Remix)
Sunner Soul - Feel The Disko
Lil Louis - I Called U (Homero Espinosa Rework) (Fingerman Tweak)
Plastikman - Spastik
Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Paul Woolford Edit Of Van Helden's Remix)
Gat Decor - Passion (Shadow Child Rework)
SL2 - Djs Take Control (Shadow Child Remix)

Fingerman @ Sunday Circles, Muriels, Belfast June 2025

Freshly uploaded to SoundCloud, the recording from my recent appearance at Pikes, Ibiza on May 19th, when I was one of the secret DJs, along with Graeme Park, for their Monday night session at Freddie’s.

FREDDIE'S @ PIKES IBIZA 19.05.25 (greg wilson live mix)

Sunset Sessions 17 recorded live at The Lake House on Friday 27th June 2025. A Glastonbury special with artists who have played the festival across the years! 

Tracklist:
1		Bootsy Collins - I'd Rather Be With You
2		Massive Attack - Weather Storm
3		Parliament - P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
4		Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
5		Röyksopp - Sparks
6		Massive Attack - Protection
7		Groove Armada - Little by Little
8		A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
9		Funkadelic - Freak of the Week
10		The J.B.'s - Use Me (SLY Edit)			     	
11		The Cure - Lullaby
12		Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing, Pt. 1
13		Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full [Mini Madness - The Coldcut Remix]
14		DNA & Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
15		A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
16		Soul II Soul - Back To Life
17		Chuggin Edits - I Love You So (Original Mix)
18		Late Nite Tuff Guy - Too Young To Die (Lntg Capricorn High Remix)
19		Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
20		George Clinton - Atomic Dog
21		Primal Scream - Loaded
22		Leftfield - Melt
23		Air - All I Need
24		Blank & Jones - Love Comes Quickly (With Pet Shop Boys)
25		Massive Attack - Be Thankful for What You've Got
26		The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
27		Blondie - Rapture [The Reflex Revision]
28		Chuggin Edits - Get Closer (Fingerman Re-Work)
29		Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Nellee Hooper 12" Mix)
30		Level 42 - Living It Up (Pete Le Freq Housin' It Up Rework)
31		James - Come Home (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
32		Daft Punk - Around the World
33		Dr Packer - Good Times [Dr Packer Rework]
34		Richie Havens - Going Back to My Roots
35		Orbital - Belfast (Original 12' Mix)

Sunset Sessions 17 - Glastonbury Special

Recorded live poolside at Pikes Hotel Ibiza on June 24th 2025. I played 3 hours from late afternoon into early evening on a very very hot day !  
First 45 minutes was all styles before settling at 100 bpm (ish) for the rest of the session.
The whole 13 hour day was amazing with superb sessions from DJ Gripper, Legendary Italian producer Don Carlos, Ibiza overlord Andy Wilson, and ace DJ and producer Willie Graff.

Andy Kidd - Live poolside session @ Pikes Hotel Ibiza,  June 24th 2025

Recorded at Stonebridge/Glastonbury on June 29th 2025.

GLASTONBURY STONEBRIDGE 29.06.25 (greg wilson live mix)

Here we present at last the superb set from the master Greg Wilson on 28th June 2025 from Downtown Disco @ Goodlife Festival, Leeds!
We hope you enjoy it as much as us.

GREG WILSON @ DOWNTOWN DISCO GOODLIFE LEEDS 28.06.25

Daz [Get Down Edits] Live @ Jameson Connect Stage ATN July 2025

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Daz [Get Down Edits] Live @ Jameson Connect Stage ATN July 2025

Vinyl mix for YouTube video session of Deep House & Housey Disco.

Recorded live and direct on an Alpha Recording System MODEL: 1100w analog rotary mixer + 2 x Technics 1210 mk5 turntables

Youtube video link if you wanna peep that: https://youtu.be/RaWf0odHdDE

Vinyl Records For Sale

Deep Sessions Vol 2 - vinyl mix of Deep House & Housey Disco

Back once again for another Faith radio show, this time Stuart Patterson is joined by New Jersey house don...non other than Harry Romero

Harry joins us at Omera London for our next party. Tickets: https://ra.co/events/2213287

Stuart Patterson Mix:
 
01. Cee AlAssaad + Doug Gomez - Jam It To The Riddim
02. Jimpster + Ash Lauryn - Feel Me (House Mix)
03. Louis Baker - Keep On (Philippa Remix)
04. Coflo+ CEE - Love Masquerade (Coflo's Classic Mix)
05. Brian Jackson - The Bottle 
06. Sophie Lloyd + Fleur  De Mur - Always Be
07. DJ Pippi + Willie Graf - Are U Yek 
08. M-Scape - Urban Reconstruction
09. Saison feat Black Widow - This Is The House 
10. Girls Of The Internet - Affirmations (Dennis Ferrer Remix)
11. AC Soul Symphony - Windy City (Dave Lee Chi-Town Tribute)
 
Harry Romero Guest Mix:

12. Bontan - Forever 
13. Damian Lazarus + The Ancient Moons - Fly Away (Dennis Ferrer Remix)
14. Harry Romero - Light It Up 
15. Silvie Loto - Checking In 
16. Catz 'N' Dogz And Nala - Dance ! (Hilit Kolet remix)
17. Uncertain - Trust 
18. Steve Mac + Pattern Perception - The Colours Of (101Dub)
19. Damian Lazarus  - R U Dreaming (Harry Romero Remix)
20. Funk D'Void - Diabla (Samuel Sessions Remix)
21. Harry Romero - All Rize
22. Harry Romero - Blackout 
23. Photon Inc feat Paula Brion - Generate Power (Jimpster Dub)

Faith party tickets!

Faith 028: Stuart Patterson + Harry Romero guest mix

Moulton Radio  | 10-08-25 
with Homero Espinosa

MR 73 w/Homero Espinosa

Bookings: matt@thepool-london.com 
Promos: promo@gregwilson.co.uk 
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.