Greg Wilson

2nd recording from Glastonbury 2013 - from Block 9 Genosys on 28.06.13.

Read the accompanying blog post, 'Glastonbury - The Greatest Show On Earth' here:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2013/07/glastonbury-the-greatest-show-on-earth/ 

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

GLASTONBURY BLOCK 9 GENOSYS 28.06.13 (greg wilson live mix)

Mix of the first 12 sides of the DJ only limited vinyl series, A&R Edits - full lowdown in accompanying post on the blog:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2014/03/ar-edits-mixed/

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

A&R EDITS MIXED (by greg wilson 2014)

STARRING KERMIT LEVERIDGE, EVM128 & THE REYNOLDS
FEATURING BB. JAMES (LEAD VOCAL 'GIVE IT AWAY')

Uplifting, life-affirming, and perfectly timed for the summer months - cobbled together, Heath Robinson stylee, more by serendipity than design, into a coherent whole by DJ / Producer Greg Wilson. Most of the tracks featured are by Blind Arcade (Kermit Leveridge & EVM128), either existing demos or works in progress, but the mixtape is also peppered with half-a-dozen GW edits, lyrically laced to bubble the Super Weird stew – the constant presence, and main ingredient, being Kermit, for it's his inspirational tale of faith and redemption at the very core of this morphogenetic mixtape. Following on from the Ruthless Rap Assassins and Black Grape, we believe that this is his greatest musical odyssey, drawing from the deep wells of his own mythos and logos. There were 3 frontmen in the Rap Assassins, 2 in Black Grape, but now, for the first time, Kermit steps to the fore – no longer to be described by such a limited term as 'rapper', but as a sabre-skilled vocal chameleon, his shades and depths ranging from wise old soul to lovestruck adolescent, invoking his many I's as a cast of compelling characters, both comic book and close–up personal, whilst, in trickster tradition, keeping us on our toes, not knowing what to expect next.

Let me take you by the hand
So you know what's going on
Let me take you step by step 
On a journey that won't take too long
Come let me show you
Reality is not what it seems
It's all a construct
And what you see might not be real

Kermit Leveridge – The Construct

Accompanying blog post (inclusive of tracklisting):
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2014/06/blind-arcade-meets-super-weird-substance-in-the-morphogenetic-field/

Check out our Super Weird sounds at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

Interview re Super Weird Substance:
http://thepool-london.com/loop/greg-wilson-qa-on-blind-arcade-meets-super-weird-substance-in-the-morphogenetic-field.html

Thanks to all who contributed to the various stages of recording – Blind Arcade’s Kermit Leveridge & EVM128, of course, studio engineer Derek Kaye, singers BB. James, Amy Wilson, Katherine Reynolds, Carmel Reynolds and Tracey Carmen, trumpeter Kevin G. Davey, saxophonist Marc Rockwood, special guest vocalists Howard Marks and MC Tunes, plus Martin Foster, Ollie Miles, Ché Wilson, Sam Heller, Alexis Billington and Asha Billington, who also leant a hand along the way. It’s wonderful what spells we can muster when our magic is combined.

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/super-weird-substance
www.superweirdsubstance.com
https://www.facebook.com/SuperWeirdSubstance
www.kermitleveridge.co.uk 
http://evm128.com
https://www.gregwilson.co.uk

Blind Arcade Meets Super Weird Substance In The Morphogenetic Field (Greg Wilson Mixtape)

Live recording of Greg Wilson's return visit to The Move @ The Exchange, Stoke on Trent.

GREG WILSON @ THE MOVE - STOKE - ON - TRENT - 13.12.14

Recorded at the ‘Credit To The Edit‘ album launch in The Dolphin, a proper East End London pub, on Sunday July 31st 2005, this appearance, in effect, completed the first phase of my comeback. It was obviously a special occasion for me, launching an album of my own edits, an idea that would have seemed ridiculous just a few years before, when I was still a somewhat lost soul from the past who’d rarely ventured inside a club during the previous decade. I’d certainly never have believed that being a DJ would once again become my profession, let alone find myself deemed relevant enough for a label at the centre of what is now referred to as the Disco (or, to some, Nu Disco) movement to so strongly endorse my reignited career. Tirk, run by Sav Remzi, and born out of the mightily influential London based Nuphonic imprint, which played a big part in helping build the foundations for what’s happening now on our side of the scene, would play a major role in my renaissance.

I won’t go any further into the actual ‘Credit To The Edit’ compilation itself here, suffice to say that its release would follow in August ’05 and everything shifted up another level for me, my ever-expanding DJ horizons taking on an international dimension as the overseas bookings came in, enabling me to connect directly with people from different countries, from different continents. If you want the full lowdown on the album, there’s a section about C2theE at electrofunkroots: http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/credit_to_the_edit/index.html. 

I regarded that day at the Dolphin as a celebration amongst some my new found friends of the past few years, plus one or two older ones, including a guy called Shaun Anton, who I’d been at school with, but hadn’t seen since way back when. It was like he’d appeared as a messenger from the past, just to mark the moment, and it doesn’t surprise me that I haven’t seen him in the 6 years since then – sometimes these strange time warps open up!

Running for a whopping 193 minutes, give or take a couple of seconds (40 tracks in all), this mix originally came in 3 CD length parts, but I’ve uploaded here as a continuous whole (you’ll hear Pt2 opening with the Happy Mondays ‘WFL’ fading up, and Pt3 entering after the fade out on West Phillips ‘(I’m Just A) Sucker For A Pretty Face’.

The first section was pretty chilled-out, as people arrived early evening and I just played downtempo grooves – it was more about setting the vibe than filling the dancefloor at that point. I was also conscious of the fact that this provided me with the opportunity to make a few personal references that I wasn’t able to bring into play in a normal club setting. This is most noticeable with the Reggae selections I indulged myself in, including ‘This Is Reggae Music’ by Zap Pow, which always evokes teenage memories of my great friend Derek Kaye, who played a big part in my formative DJ years, and ‘Double Barrel’ by Dave & Ansil Collins, which I blogged about being ‘My Favourite Number 1’ recently:  http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2011/10/my-favourite-number-1. I even managing to slip in a huge personal favourite forever associated with the time just after I’d stopped deejaying -  Was (Not Was) and ‘(Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks’, which was also, around this time, one of my 12x12 choices for the US magazine Wax Poetics: http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/lists/12x12.html 


From this chilled-out foundation, things gradually morphed into full-on party vibe. It was the perfect way to wet the baby’s head, so to speak. I played for around 4 hours, so over three quarters of my spot was recorded. Listening back I had a little smile to myself at the fact that there’s a live prototype,  towards the end of the second section, of what later became my signature track, ‘Two Sides Of Sympathy’, where I mix The PTA’s ‘Unfinished Thing’ into ‘One For The Devil’. Full lowdown / waveform for ‘Two Sides Of Sympathy’ here:  http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/edit-the-edit-two-sides-of 

Lasermagnetic DJ’s, Neil Thornton  and Johnny ‘Chingas’ Hiller, also appeared, having done a top job of co-promoting the event with Tirk. All in all it was a very memorable occasion both on a personal level, and for those who packed into that groove jammed Hackney boozer.

Greg Wilson – December 2011


CREDIT TO THE EDIT LAUNCH @ THE DOLPHIN LONDON 31.07.05 (greg wilson live mix)

Live recording from East Village, London 17.12.11.

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

EAST VILLAGE LONDON 17.12.11 (greg wilson live mix)

First part of live mix from the Credit To The Edit Vol 2 launch party at the Horse & Groom, Shoreditch 22.11.09.

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

CREDIT TO THE EDIT 2 LAUNCH @ HORSE & GROOM LONDON PT1 22.11.09 (greg wilson live mix)

Live recording from the Stonebridge tent at Glastonbury Festival 2013.

Read the accompanying blog post, 'Glastonbury - The Greatest Show On Earth' here:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2013/07/glastonbury-the-greatest-show-on-earth/

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

Greg Wilson

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