A discovery by Studio Blok , playlisted this month !!

The '80s All Lined Up

Holger Czukay - Cool In The Pool

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

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)

cover of love at first sight recorded for reese, and also because it's dallon weekes appreciation day.

Love At First Sight by The Brobecks (Cover)

It’s been a minute since I last served up a batch of raw breakbeats, but the energy at this year’s IBE event in Holland lit that fire again. A Side Breaks Vol. 2 is a tribute to the global dance community — a selection of B-boy and B-girl–friendly breaks, crafted for cyphers, sessions, battles, and anyone who lives for that moment when the beat drops and your body just moves.
For those who don’t know: B-boy/B-girl breaks are the foundation of breakin’ culture. They’re the drum-heavy, groove-driven sections of funk, soul, and rare groove records that DJs isolate, loop, and extend to create that high-energy pocket dancers feed off. These breaks drive footwork, freezes, power moves, and flow — they’re the heartbeat of the dance.

With Vol. 2, I dug back into some older nuggets, revisiting sounds that shaped generations of breakers. And trust, there’s much more on the way — deeper cuts, fresh flips, and more gems for the floor.

Let’s get back to the essence.

Vibe starter

The Stone Roses

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)

Mute are delighted to announce a new partnership with an extensive catalogue for recordings and publishing.

A Certain Ratio - Studio album discography

The Graveyard And The Ballroom (1980)
To Each (1981)
Sextet (1982)
I’d Like To See You (1982)
Force (1986)
Good To  (1989)
ACR:MCR (1990)
Up In Downsville (1992)
Change The Station (1997)
Mind Made Up (2008)

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A Certain Ratio - Lucinda (Sextet)

CAN - One More Night (Rivas Bowson Rework)

Dark Entires is honored to reissue the long out of print debut album "Elevator to Eden" by Lives of Angels. Lives of Angels was the brainchild of Gerald O'Connell from London. In 1974 he worked at CBS studios in master recordings from tape to disc. By 1977 he formed his own band Mystery Plane with his soon-to-be wife Catherine and school mate Mark Harvey. Gerald branched off in 1980 forming LIves of Angels as an output for his own compositions. He recorded, produced and played all of the instruments on "Elevator to Eden" between 1981 and 1983 with some help from Catherine. Using a primitive set up of drum machines, one keyboard, guitar and a tape echo. Influenced by the Krautrock sounds of Neu! and Amon Duul II and US psychedelic rock, Lives of Angles crafted their own unique post-punk sound. 
"Elevator to Eden"  was originally released in 1983 on cassette by Color Tape Records, the label started by Gary Ramon of Modern Art. Then in 1986 Fire Records remixed and re-released the album on vinyl but the band was not happy with the mixes. This reissue features the original 4-track cassette mixes of "Elevator To Eden" on vinyl for the first time ever.  The LP includes 8 songs featured on the original Color Tapes release plus bonus track "In The Image Of Youth" with lead vocals by Catherine. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley directly from the original master tapes. Each LP comes with unreleased photos, original artwork and a lyrics for all songs. 

Imperial Motors

From Heaven with Love

Wawa

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A Certain Ratio - Lucinda (Sextet)

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