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

Live DJ Mixes

Live mix recorded at the Mister Saturday Night Loft Party at 12-Turn-13 in Brooklyn, NYC 05.03.11.

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

MISTER SATURDAY NIGHT BROOKLYN NYC 05.03.11 (greg wilson live mix)

"Passion Things" free download at http://levasco.com

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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)

Volta Cab / Ice / Apersonal Music
Sebastian Davidson /That song (Huxley remix) / Kolour
The Groovers / Spirits
N.E.R.D edit by Baldo
Duffstep / Your touch (Duff disco remix) / Join the dots
Poolside / Do you Believe / Future classic
His Majesty Andre
Laid Back / Bakerman (Soul Clap edit) / Broders Music
Martin Dawson/ Sunday Smoking (Jay Shepheard remix / Mood Music
Soul Clap / Lonely C / Dj Kicks
James Teej / The edge / Galaktika Records


Booty Disco Funk Mix Vol I mixed by Maurice Aymard

Marvin Gaye vs David Bowie

Recording from Freddie's @ Pikes in Ibiza 07.10.24.

PIKES IBIZA 07.10.24 (greg wilson live mix)

Far and Wide

Live recording from a special daytime event at The Social in London. 

I never normally record the audience in my mixes, but, for some strange reason, there seems to have been a mic active on my device picking up the crowd. My aversion to this is that, apart from the general ambience of the room, it also picks up people chatting in or around the booth, especially in a small compact space like we were in. I hope this isn’t distracting, but, weighing things up, it was such a good day, and its so long since I’ve uploaded a mix to SoundCloud, that I think it’s only right to share regardless.


AN AFTERNOON AT THE SOCIAL LONDON 01.03.25 (greg wilson live mix)

Greg Wilson took over on the Saturday night finale of last year’s Love Dancin’ @ We Out Here, spinning his signature disco and electro-funk sounds.

Greg Wilson at Love Dancin' [ Live from We Out Here 2024 ]

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.

PIKES IBIZA 19.05.25 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded at Stonebridge/Glastonbury on June 29th 2025.

GLASTONBURY STONEBRIDGE 29.06.25 (greg wilson live mix)

Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor by Nana Peradze  
The Chopin nocturnes constitute 21 short pieces for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin between 1827 and 1846. They are generally considered among the finest short solo works for the instrument and hold an important place in contemporary concert repertoire.

Nana Peradze plays CHOPIN, Nocturne in C sharp minor

FREE DOWNLOAD AT http://official.fm/tracks/300709

Thirteen Thirtyfive. Taken from Dillon's upcoming debut album out on Bpitch Control on the week of 11th of November. 

Thirteen Thirtyfive

Vivaldi

Recorded live at Numbers London Warehouse 3rd Dec 2011
http://www.facebook.com/events/262666080441788/

"Here's the long promised recording of my set from the Numbers LDN warehouse party back in December of last year.

There were a few Serato technicals to start with, hence the reason for the first few tracks being played without any attempt to blend them, and because it was December, I played some of biggest tunes of the year as a kind of retrospective of one of the best years of UK music in history (IMO). I also put a few of the tracks that I rinsed heavily in my sets throughout 2011, plus the usual selection of surprises. For the same reason, there's also a few blends from my Fabric CD and the RA mix.

We need to say a really big thanks to Black Atlantic and Red Bull, but most of all the troops who stayed till half past 6 in the morning singing along to all the tracks and dancing on top of their mates shoulders. You guys made one of the best parties we've ever been involved in so thanks very much."

Jackmaster.

Numbers

Jackmaster set from Numbers London Warehouse 2011 (download MP3)

Live recording from the Main Stage at the Garden Festival in Tisno, Croatia on 06.07.12.

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

GARDEN FESTIVAL MAIN STAGE TISNO CROATIA 06.07.12 (greg wilson live mix)

1.NICHOLAS-LOOKING.X12
2.SELF ENEMY-FIELD.SYNCROPHONE
3.RUSH?-SAMPLE SPECIAL.BASS CULTURE
4.THE HOUSE NERDS-A-TRAIN.HOUSE NERDS AUDIO
5.THE HOUSE NERDS-LIBRARY SESSION NO.4.HOUSE NERDS AUDIO
6.GESLOTEN CIRKEL-GESLOTEN CIRKEL.MURDER CAPITAL
7.DJ NATURE-LET IT RING.GOLF CHANNEL
8.CHICAGO DAMN-JOH.CHICAGO DAMN
9.GERRY READ-ALL THE TIME.FOURTH WAVE
10.JOHN SWING-ROLLIN'.RELATIVE
11.FIRE & BRIDGES-DON'T CRY.MINORITY MUSIC
12.MAIKI & ANGELO DRAETTA-SHE IS SICK.RENDER OBEDIENCE
13.LUCA BALLERINI-X TRACK.WILSON
14.VINALOG-MILITARY FIELD.RELATIVE
15.YOFUNK and SURREALISM-MY TURN.RENDER OBEDIENCE
16.THE HOUSE NERDS-MOMENTS IN NERD.HOUSE NERDS AUDIO
17.YOFUNK-IMPRUDENT.RENDER OBEDIENCE
18.ROMANTHONY presents LIFESTYLES-TRUST/WAH TRUST MIX.DOWNTOWN 161
19.DUSTER VALENTINE-(MY BACK IS) AGAINST WALL.RUSH HOUR
20.GERRY READ-RHINO.FOURTH WAVE
21.THEO PARRISH-SOUL CONTROL.SOUND SIGNATURE

Ben Sims-Studio House Mix Up-May 2012

Full live mix (over 3 and a half hours) from The Bunker loft party at 12-turn-13 in Brooklyn NYC 26.08.12. 

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

THE BUNKER BROOKLYN NYC 26.08.12 (greg wilson live mix)

Paulo Olarte - Sleeping Beauty - Galaktika Promo 042
Nicson - Violeta - Galaktika 041
Galaktika Promo 
Bo Saris - She´s on fire (Maya Jane Coles remix)
Daniel Bortz - Rescue Me - Suol
Millok &  Zigelli - Feel me (Mario Basanov remix)
Henry Saiz - Our Discovery - (Simon Garcia remix )
David August - To all the ladies - Diynamic
Christian Burkhardt - Delight
Gorge - Changing - 8bit
Pablo Bolivar - Last Change - Galaktika 040


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Maurice Aymard Galaktika September Promo Mix

Full lowdown on the marathon 8 hour ‘A Night With…’ session, outlining a recording disaster, and how the first 4 hours can now be shared here, having been reassembled post-event:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2012/10/the-reward-for-work-is-more-work/ 

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

A NIGHT WITH...LOFT STUDIOS LONDON 13.10.12 (greg wilson live selection)

Boiler Room x Innervisions w/ Dixon & Âme at ADE 2012.

[Broadcast on 18th October 2012]

Dixon & Âme 4 hours Boiler Room x Innervisions DJ Set at ADE 2012

Full 3 hour live mix from Melting Pot at The Admiral in Glasgow 03.11.12.

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

MELTING POT @ THE ADMIRAL GLASGOW 03.11.12 (greg wilson live mix)

Heavy hip-hop and bass deepness by hot new not new producer, DJ, beatsmith and drummer Truenoys. 'New' as in 'new', 'not new' as in 'he's been around the block a few times in previous lives, his tunes getting played by everyone from the Wax On posse to Osunlade and Laurent Garnier, just to name a few.

For his first release "We Been Waitin'", our boy got together with buddies Declaime (a.k.a. Dudley Perkins), P.U.D.G.E., and DJ Grazzhoppa, while on bonus track "Stand Up" the almighty Simbad plays strings and pads. Including remixes by Behling & Simpson, Dave Brody and Grazzhoppa! 

Coming out on limited 12" vinyl and download. 

Truenoys - We Been Waitin' (Behling & Simpson Remix)

Byard Lancaster - Blue Train

Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - Money Satan

Blundetto- Since you've been gone

Mo Kolours -Drum Talking

Blundetto - Mustang

 Guts - Ghetto In Paradise

The Rongetz Foundation - A Composer Of Modern Day (Feat. John Robinson) 

Brooklyn Butterfly Session

Heavenly Sweetness Bday Mix by Soulist (Podcast 1)

Almost two and a half hours from the SUS 4th Anniversary Party at the Seco Lounge in Tokyo 13.11.10.

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

SECO LOUNGE TOKYO 13.11.10 (greg wilson live mix)

2+ hour live recording from the London end of year party at East Village in Shoreditch last Saturday.

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

EAST VILLAGE LONDON 15.12.12 (greg wilson live mix)

30/12/2010 
Especial set Dj Asier Meataka! Formato digital, grabado y mezclado con el dedo indice de la mano derecha, sin cascos y a boleo ,yeeepaaa yeeepaaa!! 
Traktor mixer-Int.d 2 mixer - Int.d 3 mixer - Int.d.4 mixer. 
Material para la grabacion : un portatil .

Traktor mixer-Int.d 2 mixer - Int.d 3 mixer - Int.d.4 mixer

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.