The '80s All Lined Up

A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water(Wanz Dover Edit)

Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes

Groove Holmes by Beastie Boys [COVER]

808 State ‘Pacific State’ (greg wilson electric chair edit)

130 bpm

Never previously shared.

Madchester anthem from 1989, which, along with ‘WFL’ by the Happy Mondays, ‘Voodoo Ray’ by A Guy Called Gerald and ‘Fools Gold’ by the Stone Roses, encapsulates the time when the rainy city was at the epicentre of the dance universe.

Twenty years later I included it as the closing track on my Essential Mix (http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/essential-mix-greg-wilson-mix-for-bbc-radio-1), and, as with the opening track, the Dimitri From Paris edit of ‘Down To Love Town’ by The Originals, it features Jesse Jackson’s invocation from the 1972 Wattstax festival (which had previously been used to such great effect by Andrew Weatherall in his remix of ‘Come Together’ by Primal Scream).

However, I originally put this together not for the Essential Mix, but to open my appearance at the Electric Chair Last Supper on December 29th 2007. A number of previous guests had been invited to play for half an hour each, as the decision had been made to close this Manchester institution whilst it was still at the height of its popularity. As things worked out, I was the final guest to deejay at this cherished club night - only the residents played after me. I wanted to pay my respects in a proper manner, evoking the spirit of Manchester past, back through the halcyon late 80’s days of The Haçienda to my own time there in ’83, and at Legend beforehand, via a handful of track selections that reflected the spirit of this great music city, for which the Electric Chair, soon to be no more, had written a further chapter. You can stream / download the mix here: http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/electric-chair-last-supper-29

The purpose of this edit was purely to extend the intro of the ‘Pacific 707’ version to suitably build into Jesse Jackson's poignant words before the beats kick in, whilst adding some subtle ambience to add to the overall atmospheric of this wonderful track, which always struck me as a ‘Stranger On The Shore’ for the Rave generation (the evocative 1961 single by clarinettist Acker Bilk, the first British recording to reach #1 in the USA).

Greg Wilson – July 2011

808 State 'Pacific State' (greg wilson electric chair edit)

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Fools Gold (Remastered 2009)

Hounds Of Love

Cloudbusting

Contains portions of: Seen and Not Seen (Talking Heads), Halleluwah (Can), Regiment (Brian Eno & David Byrne).

Regiment - Brian Eno & David Byrne(Remix)

Right On For The Darkness (Antonis Kanakis Mix)

I've always made edits to play in my DJ sets and mixtapes, I thought I'd share this one of my favorite soft rock song. 
Enjoy your summer, 
Z

PS it's a free download : goo.gl/JrkoC4

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Alessi Brothers - Seabird (Zimmer Edit)

Eunice Collins - At The Hotel

The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (NLR RE-EDIT)

ESG - You Make No Sense

A remix of one of our favourite tracks of all time - Cymande's "Brothers on The Slide". Remixed by Skeewiff (under the cunning pseudonym Joey Polpette) in 2000. Released On Soundcloud to celebrate 2000 followers. Many thanks for all the love!

Was originally released on the triple pack Vinyl "Italian Style" on Jalapeno Records

Cymande - Brothers on the Slide - Skeewiff's Remix

LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge [Live MSG 02.04.11]

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LYRICS
Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac
Gangster whitewalls T.V antenna in the back
You may not have a car at all
But just remember brothers and sisters
You can still stand tall
Just be thankful for what you've got
Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac
Diamonds in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene
With a gangster lean gangster whitewalls
T.V antenna in the back
You may not have a car at all
But just remember brothers and sisters
You can still stand tall
Just be thankful for what you've got
Diamonds in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene
With a gangster lean ooh ooh ooh
Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac
Gangster whitewalls tv antenna in the back
You may not have a car at all
But just remember brothers and sisters
You can still stand tall
Just be thankful for what you've got
Diamonds in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene
With a gangster lean

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ESG - You Make No Sense

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