Accompanying blog post: http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2014/03/greg-wilson-versions-2005-2013/

Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/MySpaceRocket-Amok/release/1049705

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

MySpaceRocket Feat Nina Kraviz 'Amok' (greg wilson version 2007)

Currently based in Bangkok, Kappa was born and raised in Italy, where he discovered Electronic music in early 2000s through the captivating sounds of Dj Tomcraft and Felix da Housecat. He quickly became a regular at underground clubs in the industrial Turin and subsequently in the more polished and sophisticated Milan, continuously expanding his musical journey into Minimal, Techno and Electro Funk. His move to South East Asia in 2012 quickly brought him close to the vibrant local underground scene, where he built long lasting friendships with some of the most talented SEA DJs.

He started hustling behind the decks in 2018, absorbing lessons from more experienced artists and steering the vibes of different crowds and settings through the combination of a wide spectrum of Electronic genres. Kappa likes experimenting with an eclectic mix of influences, from Disco and Balearic sounds to Indie Dance and Minimal / Acid House, always trying to keep the groove as common denominator and to explore cosmic and hypnotic sounds to carry the dancefloor through uncharted musical journeys. 

Kappa has been performing in a variety of venues and events in Bangkok (12x12, Cafe des Stagiaires), Singapore (Rasa, Headquarters, Tuff Club), Saigon (Broma, Luu Bar), Koh Phangan, Bali and Jakarta.

During the peak of the pandemic, he was one of the founders of the Viral Beats music collective, which during lockdown times set out to bring music lovers together while physical dancefloors and friendly gatherings were sadly off limits.

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.

In a deluge of tracks,  Aref finds himself interested in the bubbly. Drawn to a wide range of styles between house, and techno he slings together cohesive strings of meaning in sound. Driven by many positive experiences around dance music, and the larger electronic music community, now based out of Minneapolis, Aref is looking to share some of the music he has collected and keep you always moving <3

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. 

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