We have a real treat today. Over 2 years ago we approached one of the men who responsible for turning us into disco fiends. We really didn’t expect to receive a response and when we did we were both surprised and enthused. This man was Greg Wilson. Not only did Greg take the time to give us one of our first guestmixes but he also spent an hour on the phone to us giving us a really in-depth insight (below) into the scenes history and his origins as a Dj. Suffice to say we have the utmost respect for Greg who has always taken to time to ensure people accurately understand where these timeless tracks all came from and whats keeping them relevant.

Greg recently came down to play at one of our parties in London and has very kindly given us the recording of his live set to use as his second guestmix for us. We think you’ll agree that it cements his position as both an adventurous selector and a talented Dj. There is no tracklist for this one but that’s half the fun.

Read interview here

Greg Wilson - House of Disco Guestmix - Live at Oval Space 24.08.13

This is the first live mix I’ve uploaded since restrictions lifted, two hours recorded last month by the side of the River Thames on London’s South Bank between Waterloo and Westminster bridges, next to the London Eye.

BETWEEN THE BRIDGES LONDON SOUTH BANK 21.08.21 (greg wilson live mix)

Recorded at a trio of events in April 2023, in support of my book, Discotheque Archives, this mix is an amalgamation of these three nights – Sidney&Matilda in Sheffield (1st), Golden Lion Todmorden  (7th) and World Headquarters in Newcastle (8th). I had issues with my recording device throughout the weekend, but managed to capture enough to be able to patch between them, resulting in close on three hours of music highlighted within the pages of the book – all original versions, rather than edits/reworks.

The mix features 33 tracks, which span the years 1963-1983 and is packed with classics and cult-classics, providing a snapshot of dance music, in its many facets, during the pre-rave decades..

Book info/orders: https://superweirdsubstance.com/product/greg-wilson-discotheque-archive-extended/

DISCOTHEQUE ARCHIVES ON THE ROAD - APRIL 2023 (greg wilson live mix)

The music that rocked our 30th Birthday Boat Party... the live recording.... Matt Brown & Jimmy K-Tel all night long... 😊

Our 30th Boat Party Celebration - April 30th 2023

Live mix recorded at the Weechill afterparty in Glasgow hosted by Melting Pot 21.05.11.

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WEECHILL AFTERPARTY @ MELTING POT GLASGOW 21.05.11 (greg wilson live mix)

Second edition of my special “Fingerman ♥'s” DJ mixes showcasing on individual artists, edits and record labels. This one is a homage to Greg Wilson, one of the main reasons for myself getting back into disco again over 10 years ago and inspiring me to take up editing and producing in the first place. Here’s a selection of IMO his finest tracks and edits working alongside Derek Kaye, Peza, Henry Greenwood and his son Che that span the genres of funk, disco, acid house and nu-disco. Enjoy!

Respect to GW x

Tracklisting:

Young Dog Alien – Gotta Keep Workin’ It (Greg Wilson Mash-Up)
Reverend Gary David – One Life Time To Live (Greg Wilson Remix)
Gwen Stefani – Rich Girl (Greg Wilson Edit)
Crazy P – Lady T (Greg Wilson Edit)
Loose Fit – Chug (Greg Wilson Remix)
Dj Butcher – Music Turns Me on (Greg Wilson Re-Touch)
Marshall Hain – Dancing In The City (Greg Wilson & Henry Greenwood Rework)
Linda Clifford – Runaway Love (Greg Wilson & Henry Greenwood Rework)
Lovebirds – U Give Me Love (Greg Wilson Remix)
Confidence Man – Out The Window (Greg & Che Wilson Remix)
Ruff Edits – Adriano Italiano (Greg Wilson Edit)
Greg Wilson – 12-Turn-13
JKriv Featuring Adeline Michele – Another Night (Greg Wilson Version)
Chris Yardley & Tabro T – The Crown (Greg Wilson Re-Touch)
Social Disco Club & Maia – The Way You Move (Greg Wilson Version)
Monkey Boots – Whitworth Strut (Greg Wilson Version)
Elektrons – Get Up (Greg Wilson’s Special Mix)
Greg Wilson - Two Sides Of Sympathy
Greg Wilson – Boogie Monster
Ignition – Secret Sunday Lover (Greg Wilson Rework)
Brenda Taylor – You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too (Greg Wilson 2018 Edit)
Groove Armada – The Girls Say (Greg Wilson Version)
Escort - Cocaine Blues (Greg Wilson Remix)
The Cuban Brothers – I Hate Hate (Greg & Che Wilson Remix)
Subvader – Each Time We Touch (Greg Wilson Edit of Dj Ebar’s Nu Disco Rendition)
Luxxury – Hold On (Greg Wilson & Peza Remix)
Situation – Stand Tough (Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye Get Ruff remix)
Blancmange – Feel Me Now (Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye Remix)
T-Coy – Carino (Greg Wilson Edit)
Daniele Baldelli – Mellow Game (Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye Remix)
Chaz Jankel – Glad To Know You (Greg Wilson Intro Edit Of Todd Terje Edit)
Psychemagik – Valley Of Paradise (Greg Wilson Remix)
JARV IS – House Music All Night Long (Greg & Che Wilson Remix)
Psychemagik feat. Navid Izadi – Mink & Shoes (Greg Wilson Edit)
Ilija Rudman – Call Me Tonight (Greg Wilson Version)
Greg Wilson – World Needs Love
Random Factor – Circuit Schematics (Greg Wilson Chocolate Factor Edit)
El Coco – Modo Disco (Greg Wilson & Henry Greenwood Rework)
6ix Toys – Sisters Of Soul, Brothers Of Funk (Greg Wilson Version)
Disco Deviance – DC Le Groove (Greg Wilson Edit)
Greg Wilson – I Was A Teenage Dj (Greg Wilson Edit)
Rockers Revenge – Walking on Sunshine (Greg Wilson Edit)
Crown Heights Affair – You Gave Me Love (Greg Wilson Edit)
Was (Not Was) – Tell Me That I’m Dreaming (Greg Wilson Ze-Edit)
Nick Chacona & Anthony Mansfield – Oh Snap (Greg Wilson Version)
Sugardaddy – Love Honey (Greg Wilson Version)
40 Thieves Feat. Qzen – Don’t Turn It Off (Greg Wilson Version)
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer (Greg Wilson Edit)
A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray (Greg Wilson Version)
Bryan Ferry – Don’t Stop The Dance (Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye Remix)
Gabriels – Love & Hate in A Different Time (Greg Wilson & Che Wilson Remix)
Paul Woolford – Erotic Discourse (Greg Wilson Edit)
Klein & MBO – Dirty Talk (Greg Wilson Edit)
DSK – What Would We Do (Greg Wilson & Che Wilson Remix)
Adonis – No Way Back (Greg Wilson Re-Edit)
Bassheads – Is There Anybody Out There? (Greg Wilson Edit)
Confidence Man – Does It Make You Feel Good? (Greg Wilson & Che Wilson Remix)
Underground System – Just A Place (Greg & Che Wilson Remix)
STR4TA – Aspects (Greg Wilson Remix)
Electronic – Getting Away With It (Greg Wilson Edit)
O.M.D. – Messages (Greg Wilson Edit)
808 State – Pacific State (Greg Wilson Electric Chair Edit)

Fingerman ♥'s Greg Wilson

On The Roof @ Output unfortunately rained off, but we moved indoors to The Panther Room where this was recorded 31.05.15.

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THE PANTHER ROOM @ OUTPUT BROOKLYN NYC 31.05.15 (greg wilson live mix)

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Up next, is very good friend of the series TouchSoul aka Adrian Dickinson, a fellow Sunderland music head who's in many ways been schooling the city with all things disco, boogie and deep house for years for years. What's more, he's also been pushing his ever popular edits for years now and amassed both a loyal army of SoundCloud fans plus his own released on labels like Harmless, Chopshop Music, Los Grandes, freebies for Wax Poetics magazine and of course, some of our finest classic mix CD recommendations.

Thanks for the mix fella, turn it up!
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Tracklisting:
JKriv - Horizonte 
Joseph Turruel - Tool For Love 
Marce DP - Aquas De Cristal 
BG Baarregaard - Flashback 
Campion - Nebula (Hotbox Dub) 
Freemagic & JKriv - Headbands 
Ron Basejam - The Fire 
Sould Out - Holding On (Hotbox Dub) 
Stephane Deschezaux - Stay Tonite 
Dr Packer - Love Is U 
Kon - Timeless’

SESSIONS 02 - TouchSoul

Following the success of the Return To Legend night at The Refuge in Manchester, a second night was quickly arranged for those unable to get tickets for the first. Once again I feature music from my time at Legend in the early '80s, both original tracks and re-edited variants.

RETURN TO LEGEND PT2 @ THE REFUGE MANCHESTER 07.04.18 (greg wilson live mix)

I was asked to put together a mix for Colluded Talent after just being signed to their agency! Here it is, have a whirl and enjoy :-)

http://www.colludedtalent.com/index.html

Colluded Talent (Defected / Glitterbox) Mix

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Born in Austin in Texas to discotheque owning parents, the Silver Rider, aka Davey Schacherl, earned his disco stripes the hard way by building a reputation as a hard working and extremely talented DJ who was happy to travel from coast to coast across his homeland.

With an upcoming two continent tour later this month we thought it was a great time to chat to one of the most exciting DJ’s coming out of the US right now. We discussed his musical upbringing, his career to date, the scene in the US and his releases. He also recorded this brilliant mix for us. Check out the feature on LV online via the link below:
http://levisiteuronline.com/music/the-silver-rider-le-visiteur-featured-artist

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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.

THE PANTHER ROOM @ OUTPUT BROOKLYN NYC 31.05.15 (greg wilson live mix)

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