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.

GIZELLE (aka Rebel Yelle) has been spinning all things Acid, House & Techno since the acid house explosion hit London at the end of the 80’s.

Gizelle's DJ journey began playing funk & soul music in a bar in Deptford, but when she first experienced the sound and energy of acid house music in the summer of 1988 her musical direction changed overnight. Her first major gig was playing acid house & balearic beats as resident DJ for the ‘Asylum’ parties in south east London and for the ‘Cooz’ parties in north London, warming up for legends Mr C, Evil Eddie Richards and Shock Sound System. 

But it was in the mid-90’s when more musical connections took place. In 1994 she met Sexy Rubber Soul at Brazen Radio, an all female community radio project in London, and from there was invited to play for the Zero Gravity second birthday party event in Hackney. This was a major turning point where people were actively coming together, connecting and taking right action through music and creativity. So from this, Gizelle became involved with the Zero Gravity collective parties and through this scene she also linked up with the Liberator DJ’s and Lawrie Immersion, who invited her to first DJ on the Immersion Sound System at the squatted Cool Tan arts centre in Brixton. After this first event, she began playing out every weekend on Immersion at underground free parties, in and around London, and soon became a strong female component and force behind the decks playing alongside comrades Chris Liberator, Aaron, Liberator, Julian Liberator, DDR, Guy 'Geezer' McGaffer, Dave The Drummer, Ant, Zebedee and many more, delivering the new London acid techno sound coming out of the underground party scene at those times.

In the late 90's, she joined the ‘Stay Up Forever’ collective, producing acid techno under the guise of ‘Rebel Yelle’, DJ'ing all over the UK & worldwide, and running the ‘Antidote’ record label whilst working in music distribution, exporting SUF Acid & Techno labels and then as production Manager for a collective vinyl pressing plant, formed by members of the underground techno scene. 

Over the years she has constantly explored dance music and experimented with different styles of acid and techno styles, as well as house and breaks.  She is still passionate about the underground dance music scene, its creativity and the diverse community it brings together. Over the years, she has developed her sound encompassing new styles of Acid House and Techno, alongside more experimental and wonky electronic sounds, together with breakbeat, house and reggae, as well as the everlasting classic acid house and old skool sounds from the roots of rave culture.

Gizelle has played worldwide in places such as Russia, Japan, Venezuela, Brazil, Australia, USA, Holland, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Bulgaria and all over the UK. Over the years, she has also played festivals such as: Glastonbury, Boomtown, Maui Waui, Illusive, No Mans Land and Surplus Fest.

2013-2017 Gizelle broadcast the successful monthly REBEL YELLE SHOW on Optical Radio. Each month she invited fellow established DJ’s and Producers from the London underground party scene to guest on the show, exploring the sound of the underground and different styles including Acid House, Acid Techno, Techno, Old Skool Acid House & Rave and Breakbeat. Gizelle Rebel Yelle has also played as a guest DJ on various independent radio stations such as Pure Radio (Holland), Report To The Dancefloor (Greece), FNOOB (UK), Live in Hackney Show on Techno FM (UK) and Reels Rebel Radio (UK). 

Thank you for listening to my mixes and for taking the time to visit this page. What is a life without music?

Gizelle :) xxx

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