Wow. Thanks for always sneaking us back :))

amazing stuff greg as ever brother 👏🙌

Can't believe I've not listened to this until now. Top notch as ever. #TeamGreg

Watched the live stream and takes me back. What is this track?

That first 20 minutes. Sweet mothwr of Jesus......Amazing!

What is that wicket spliff chat before the saint etienne track??  Please and thanks 🎉

Downloadable live Greg Wilson DJ mixes - in chronological order, the most recently uploaded first.

Live DJ Mixes

Great to get my first gig of 2022 under my belt last Saturday at Ministry Of Sound. I’ve played at this legendary club a number of times down the years, but this certainly ranked amongst my favourite appearances.

In light of my Essential Mix being chosen for BBC Radio 1's classic series earlier in the month, I decided to kick off the year with a selection of some of the tracks included, a few of which are different edits/mixes to those featured back in 2009 when the mix first aired.

MINISTRY OF SOUND LONDON 29.01.22 (greg wilson live mix)

Full recording from The Social in London's West End, 18 years on from my previous appearance there, soon after I’d started DJing again, for the launch of the Don Letts 'Dread Meets B-Boys Downtown' compilation. With its recent refit, The Social surely stakes a claim to being amongst the best small venues in the land. Great close-up atmosphere and a wicked sound system in a compact 150 capacity space. 

There's a short video clip/photo montage over at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ_yi_vqRoC/

It provided the perfect opportunity for me to debut a bunch of new edits I’ve held back for the right occasion, which I thought would be The Riot at Depot Mayfield in Manchester on New Years Day, but that fell victim to the covid uncertainty. I struck lucky though - there couldn’t have been a better environment for this than The Social, complete with a fully vibed-up crowd emanating an extra special atmosphere, which, with January’s Ministry Of Sound gig (where I focused on tracks from my recently re-broadcast Essential Mix) sets the tone for 2022.

THE SOCIAL LONDON  11.02.22 (greg wilson live mix)

Recording from Brixton Disco Festival at Electric Brixton 30.04.22 - directly before Cerrone live appearance.

The final track, 'Delirium' by Francine McGee, in memory of legendary Canadian DJ Robert Ouimet, who mixed the track, one of my all-time Disco favourites. Robert had died earlier that month - he was resident at Montreal's most famous club, Lime Light, in the '70s/early '80s.

BRIXTON DISCO FESTIVAL @ ELECTRIC 30.04.22 (greg wilson live mix)

Live recording from the Stonebridge tent at Glastonbury Festival 2022.

GLASTONBURY STONEBRIDGE 23.06.22 (greg wilson live mix)

Here, in the first of the mixes to be released from 12th November’s epic party at Depot Mayfield, with Greg Wilson's full set from the main room which typically takes in exclusive edits and versions of many classic tracks.

Beginning with the Fingerman rework of “Unfinished Sympathy”, Greg whips cleanly through Loleatta Holloway, Elektra and Candi Stanton tracks before some mainfloor classics from Adamski, Bjork and Inner City, before winding up with some classic electro and a nod to the main room’s headliners Orbital with their live mix of Chime.

A great set delivered by Greg on what was a fantastic occasion. Enjoy.

GREG WILSON HAÇIENDA 40 @ DEPOT MAYFIELD 12.11.22

1.Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy (Fingerman Edit)”
2.Loleatta Holloway “Love Sensation (Beaten Space Probe Edit)”
3.Incognito “Always There” (GDE Always Keith Edit)
4.Electra / Candi Staton “Feels Good / You got the love (Cosmic Boogie Mash-Up)
5.A Guy Called Gerald “Voodoo Ray (GW Edit)”
6.Björk “Big Time Sensuality”
7.Adamski “Killer”
8.Everything But The Girl “Missing (Todd Terry Mix)
9.Inner City “Good Life (Derek Kaye Edit)”
10.Cybotron “Clear”
11.Hashim “Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)”
12. Orbital “Chime (Live)”
13.Bassheads “Is There Anybody Out There (GW Edit)”

Greg Wilson @ Haçienda 40 Manchester 12.11.22

The first of the live recordings to be released from Soak presents FAC51 Hacienda Open Air's special day party at Canvas Yard, with Greg Wilson's full set which typically takes in exclusive edits and versions of many classic tracks featuring The Orb, Orbital and the excellent Massive Attack.

The set was recorded 13:30pm until 15:00pm and was perfect while the venue was filling up.

Greg will play Hacienda Open Air 5th May After-Party @ The Warehouse - https://bit.ly/Soak_TheWarehouse_Tickets

Greg Wilson - Soak Presents FAC51 The Hacienda Open Air @ Canvas Yard - Leeds - 30 - 04 - 2023

The full two-hour recording of my closing slot in the Mini Moo tent on August 26th 2023 at Moovin Festival in Stockport, culminating at midnight.

MOOVIN FESTIVAL STOCKPORT 26.08.23 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded on my debut at Freddie’s in Pikes, Ibiza 26.09.23.

PIKES IBIZA 26.09.23 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded at Downtown Disco at Wire in Leeds on 18.11.23.

DOWNTOWN DISCO @ WIRE LEEDS 18.11.23 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded on 10.02.24 in London’s fabled Ministry Of Sound.

MINISTRY OF SOUND LONDON 10.02.24 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded on 12.04.24 at Koko in Camden, London.

KOKO CAMDEN 12.04.24 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded live at the famous Pikes (where Whams "Club Tropicana" was filmed) alongside the blossoming Melon Bomb crew. Get to know these guys!

www.facebook.com/Melon-Bomb-413662...470309/?fref=ts

TRACKLIST

EW&F - In The Stone (The Reflex Revision)
Dave Gerrard - What You Gonna Do
DP - Da Funk (Fingerman's Classic Edit)
Fingerman - Button Pusher (Dr Packer Remix)
Massimo Vanoni - I See You (Fingerman's Disco Odyssey Re-Edit)
Chris Shennan - Without Luv
DB - Golden Years (The Reflex Revision)
Stone Roses - Fools Gold (Copycat & Secret Cinema Rework)
A&R Edits - It's Your Favourite Foreign Movie (Fingerman Edit)
Late Nite Tuff Guy - Thats A Groove
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper (Joey Negro Remix)
Melon Bomb - Breakin' It Down
Chewy Rubs - Future Freak
Fingerman - Mainliner (Bonus Tool)
Fingerman - Nine Oh Nine
Appo - Sunshine
Jo Bisso - The Mystery With Me (Ooft! Beautiful Love Edit)
Late Nite Tuff Guy - Do I Believe In God?
Fouk - Gruff (Snacks Remix)
Goldboy - We Are Serious
J-Kriv & The Disco Machine - Can't Give It Up (Dicky Trisco Mix)

Fingerman @ Melon Bomb At Pikes, Ibiza 6/5/16

Nearly 2 hours of big hitters from my New Years eve set in the main bar at the Horse Meat Disco NYE party in Manchester.

Neil Diablo live mix @ Horse Meat Disco NYE 17 at The Deaf Institute, Mcr

An absolute musical legend, we are delighted that Hifi Sean has provided us with an exclusive dubs and disco mix for our mixtape series.

Hifi Sean headlines the inaugural Gin & Disco in Manchester on the 1st December, with Lost in Music taking over the 2nd room.

Mixtape #29 - Hifi Sean

Greg will join us and a merry gang of friends at Glastonbury this weekend!

"Recorded in May 2019 at the FAC 51 The Haçienda party, held at the stunning Albert Hall in Manchester. I've played a number of Haçienda events in recent years, but this was undoubtedly the best environment, with the venue full by the time I went on at 10pm. I really enjoy this type of scenario where I can build things up from scratch, starting off around 100bpm and gradually increasing the tempo so the next DJ, in this case Chez Damier, is teed up to transition into the House vibe more associated with The Haçienda. This gave me the opportunity to illustrate some of the other tracks that were played and loved at the club down the years. "

GW



1. St Etienne only love will break your heart (andy weatherall mix)
2. Happy Mondays hallelujah (monkey boots rework)
3. Bass-O-Matic fascinating rhythm (henry greenwood rework)
4. SOS Band just be good to me (late nite tuff guy rework)
5. Neneh Cherry buffalo stance (henry greenwood rework)
6. Deee-Lite what is love (facets edit)
7. Herbie Hancock rockit
8. Nitro Deluxe this brutal house (tabro t edit)
9. FPI Project I’ll bass you / rich in paradise (gw ruff edit)

GREG WILSON - Live From FAC 51 The Haçienda @ Manchester Albert Hall 2019

My mix from The Haçienda's 24 hour live stream on New Years Eve 2020.

All of the tracks I featured were from the opening two years of the ‘90s. I hadn’t set out to do this, but it was very much guided by the opening track I’d chosen, in memory of two irreplaceables we lost that year, DJ icon Andrew Weatherall and Manchester’s own Denise Johnson, both crucial to Primal Scream’s ‘Come Together’, which is followed by Weatherall’s mix of ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ by Saint Etienne, whilst Denise’s vocals feature on the lesser-known gem ‘Dream Beam’ by Hypnotone.

The event, hosted by United We Stream GM, had begun at 10am with Hewan Clarke, the club’s original resident, and concluded at 10am on NYD morning with Peter Hook. I followed on from Norman Jay MBE and DJ Paulette, and seeing all the comments on social media, it was soon clear that a lot of people felt a strong emotional response watching the DJs, some among their all-time favourites, playing much-loved tunes in empty spaces, devoid of the dancers who made that music make sense in the first place – a sad, but poignant parody. Also appearing were Haçienda Classical, Inner City, Phuture, Carl Craig, Danny Tenaglia DJ, Dj David Morales, DJ Woody, Graeme Park, Jon Dasilva, Justin Robertson, K-Klass, Moby, Soul Central, Sub Sub, Todd Terry, Tom Wainwright and Tony Humphries. It was line-up, even including a tribute to Frankie Knuckles by way of a recording of the house legend’s 2013 NYE appearance for The Haçienda at Albert Hall, Manchester.

HAÇIENDA NYE 2020 (greg wilson live mix - streamed during lockdown)

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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.

HAÇIENDA NYE 2020 (greg wilson live mix - streamed during lockdown)

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