What I love about Greg's mixes is that you'll be happily listening away lost in a funky world of your own, then there will be a bass line or riff or sample that you've not heard for a long time and that happy little smile you've had turns into a big grin

pretty sure that's the Really Wild Show theme tune

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)

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)

On the Thursday night of Glastonbury 2022 Greg Wilson brought the funk to Funkingham Palace!

GREG WILSON - Live From The Rabbit Hole's Funkingham Palace - Glastonbury 2022

From my final festival appearance of 2022, a summer highlight from the Roller Rink at We Out Here providing a fitting conclusion to a full-on summer schedule.

ROLLER RINK @ WE OUT HERE FESTIVAL ABBOTS RIPTON 27.08.22 (greg wilson live mix)

A live recording, straight out of the mixer from the recent slice of floating paradise that was The Pink Ship. Half Dicky Trisco, Half Sancho Panza, Whole-hearted and joyous - feel the energy!

The Pink Ship Live with Dicky Trisco and Sancho Panza 15/10/22

Definitely a highlight of my year so far, my 90 minute mix from the Supreme Standards stage, at Love Supreme Festival in East Sussex.

Taking place within a huge big top, which held a couple of thousand or so people, I started from a blank canvas, the crowd dispersing when the day’s programme of live acts came to a close at 10.30, with a half hour wait before I started.

There’s always a bit of trepidation in this moment, looking out at a great big empty space and trusting it will soon fill up again. I needn’t have worried, as it was bulging with party people in no time, and the whole thing ignited perfectly.

LOVE SUPREME FESTIVAL EAST SUSSEX 01.07.23 (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)

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)

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Jermaine Jackson - Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Bearface EDIT)

Walk On By

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)

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.

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