Funk Disco

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Approaching Theomatic’s tenth anniversary, An-2 brings together “Sunset stories", the first true Long Play released on the label. The six tracks (eight for digital version), including previously unreleased ‘Ode to Andromeda’ and ‘Elegy FM’, represent An-2’s very best production from 2006 to 2011.

Sunset Stories

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ESSENTIAL MIX - JAN 2009
Uploaded on 17.01.10 and exclusive to SoundCloud. Available for the first time without voiceovers and jingles,12 months on from original Radio 1broadcast on 17.01.09.


EMAILSHOT A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF MIX BEING AIRED:
2009 kicks in for me this weekend with my first gig of the year for Udio (1st birthday) at The Gramaphone Club in Shoreditch, London on Friday night, which coincides with the airing of my only just completed in the nick of time Essential Mix on Radio 1, made up of 43 tracks in just under 2 hours.

Given that the 5th anniversary of my DJ comeback has only just passed, I decided to take the opportunity to make the mix totally representative of this period, with all the selections being amongst the biggest tracks I’ve played since I made my second debut at Music Is Better in Manchester.

Five years represents a significant package of time, a fixed point from where I can reflect on what’s been a continually snowballing sequence of events, set in motion when Danny Webb asked me to appear in Manchester on that December night back in 2003.

There were less than 100 people there that night, but they were the right people, and I was taken aback by the response to my return, both on the night itself and during subsequent days, when people who were there began to post on the forums. I’d never expected all the feedback be so totally positive!

I’d figured that I’d play that night, using the combination of laptop and reel-to-reel for the first time, then go away and think about what worked and what didn’t before I made my next move. I would never have believed that things could come together so immediately, it was as if I’d hit a completely unexpected hole in one, especially when two of the people who were there, Ralph Lawson, DJ from Back To Basics in Leeds, and one of my fellow DJ’s that night, Richard Hardcastle (Solid State) from Society in Sheffield, both asked me to play at their nights no sooner had I finished my spot.

One thing kept leading to another and, in Sheffield, I was approached by Tony Daly to play at the now legendary Tyneside Cinema party in Newcastle, a bespoke event where he took on the substantial risk of presenting me in a city I’d never DJ’d in previously (unless you count the 1983 TV appearance on The Tube, which was filmed in the Tyne Tees studio). Then, of course, there was London, where Steve Kotey and Bill Brewster booked me for their parties, bringing me to the capital within the first few months of my return for Ouch and Low Life.

The bookings kept coming, and I found myself driving up and down the country on an increasingly regular basis. Later in 2004 I was approached by Sav Remzi, from Tirk / Nuphonic, with the idea of putting together an edits album, which would be issued the following year as ‘Credit To The Edit’. This would help bring my name to the attention of people outside the UK. There was soon a need to step things up further, now that I was receiving enquiries from Europe, and so began a fruitful relationship with my agent, Matt Johnson (Matty J), who’s done a wonderful job of representing me during recent years.

The last few months have been, to say the least, manic for me, with 25 flights, including 6 long haul, taking me to gigs in the US, Japan, Australia, Brazil and Europe. From a personal perspective I still find it remarkable the way everything has developed, pretty much organically, since I made the decision that I was going to be a DJ once again – had I concocted some sort of comeback masterplan, it could never have worked out anything like as well as it has. It’s definitely been a case of ‘from small acorns’.

It still never ceases to amaze me that people from another continent are interested in my DJ past. Back in the early 80’s, before I went into retirement for 20 years, the furthest I travelled (with the exception of the appearances I made in the South of England as part of The Hacienda Review in late ’83) was to places like Birmingham and Nottingham, when I played at All-Dayers, so to find myself in clubs on the other side of the world is pretty nuts!

Anyhow, I’d like to wish everyone all the best for 09. Big thanks to all the promoters who booked me and everyone who danced to the tunes I played during ’08 in Adelaide, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Blackburn, Brighton, Bristol, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fukuoka, Glasgow, Hamburg, Leeds, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Newcastle, Nottingham, Paris, Porto Alegre, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Sheffield, Sydney, Tokyo and Warsaw. Also the festivals and special events that I appeared at - Bestival (Isle Of Wight), Big Chill (England), Camp Bestival (England), Garden Festival (Croatia), Ibiza, Lovebox (England), Notting Hill Carnival (England), Rockness Festival (Scotland), Sonar (Spain) and the Southport Weekender (England).

Hope to see you soon.

Greg


FORUM POST DURING FOLLOWING DAYS:                                                        
Thanks for all the positive words. The feedback has been pretty phenomenal, far exceeding what I’d hoped for, especially on the BBC page, where I’d expected that some people would criticize the amount of older music included - the Radio 1 audience is used to current stuff ('in new music we trust'), so I’d anticipated a more mixed reaction. What’s particularly pleasing is that they were all made without the people seeing what each other wrote (they all came online at once, having been checked first by whoever moderates the BBC pages, I presume for swearing etc following the Ross / Brand controversy).

You always hope something you've done will be well received, but the response to this has blown me away.

Greg


ANSWER TO POST RE MIXING PROCESS:                                                      
It was quite a laborious process. Before I could start the actual mixing part I had to edit every track to a coherent length of around two and a half minutes average, inclusive of in and out points. I had a pool of about 90 tracks that fitted the criteria I'd set (a representative selection of the biggest tunes I've been playing during the past 5 years). It wasn't as straightforward as just editing the 43 tracks I ended up featuring - in order to have the necessary options once I started to piece the mix together I needed to have all the tracks at my disposal, just as I would have if I was out deejaying in a club, so the only thing to do was edit all 90 to the required length, even though I knew that only half would make the cut .

Once that was finally done they were all taken across into my laptop, enabling me to vari-speed them via PCDJ whilst I recorded across to my home computer into Cool Edit Pro, where I put the mix together track by track, before adding overdubs (fx, samples, textures) in a similar way to what I do live using the Revox (reel to reel).

I could quite easily have spent another day, tweaking bits here and there and adding more overdubs (the older I get the more finicky I become), but I had a deadline to work to, so, as it moved ever nearer, it became a race against time, with me doing as much as I could before the cut off point arrived.

Greg
                       

Greg Wilson - 2009


ESSENTIAL MIX (by greg wilson for bbc radio 1 2009)

We've got a tasty exclusive for you today from Luxxury. His much lauded edit of 'Riders On The Storm' made some waves last year and then it vanished into a haze of legal ambiguity and only strong supporters of the track like Greg Wilson had it. Well we've got our hands on a live remix version from one of his 'Live Remix' shows to give you. His first every European Tour is coming up in September and I look forward to seeing this one in person. The first show of the tour is a show at Festival Number 6 where he's playing the Super Weird Happening Stage. 

Luxxury's version is one of the most interesting edits we've heard for a long time. Sultry as hell with vocoder vocals and a feeling that echoes in your head long after the track has finished. His additions are beautifully produced and this version brings to the fore background melodies from the original and puts them front and centre. Accomplished stuff

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The Doors - Riders on the Storm (Luxxury Live Remix)

Recording from my final appearance at the Garden Festival in Croatia earlier this month when I played the Main Stage on the Friday night. The Garden, of course, was a gathering close to my heart - I'd appeared there every year from 2007 onwards, enjoying many memorable nights and days in Zadar, Tisno and on the Adriatic. Best wishes to Charlotte, Gail, Eddie & Nick and the crew behind the Garden, as well as Dave Harvey, who takes over the event next year, re-branding as Love International, and hopefully building from the solid legacy now in place.

Thanks for all the fun, love and good vibes I've experienced throughout these past 9 summers.

greg

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

GARDEN FESTIVAL MAIN STAGE TISNO CROATIA 03.07.15 (greg wilson live mix)

Recording from Friday afternoon appearance on The Port stage at Bestival, Isle Of Wight 11.09.15.

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BESTIVAL THE PORT 11.09.15 (greg wilson live mix)

An-2 - 'Ghost Train' Mix

Full live recording from the Glitterbox Closing Party @ Space, Ibiza 25.09.15.

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GLITTERBOX CLOSING PARTY @ SPACE TERRACE IBIZA 25.09.15 (greg wilson live mix)

ESSEX RASCALS PODJAM 025: BEN SIMS pres…THE MORE I GET, THE MORE I WANT (VALENTINES DAY 2016 SPECIAL)

Been a while since the last podjam so i've knocked up a selection of love themed, hands in the air, Soul + Disco Essex Rascal classics especially for Valentines Day, Enjoy!

1.Melba Moore -You Stepped Into My LIfe
2.Evelyn King - I'm In Love
3.Foreal People - Love Begins With You
4.Rainbow Brown - Til You Surrender/Ray 'Pinky' Velasquez Remix
5.Candy Bowman - I Wanna Feel Your Love
6.Patrice Rushen - Never Gonna Give You Up
7.Johnnie Taylor - Seconds Of Your Love
8.Sharon Redd - Try My Love On For Size
9.Eddie Grant - My Turn To Love You
10.Change - The Glow Of Love
11.Don Ray - Got To Have Loving
12.Mystic Merlin - Just Can't Give You Up
13.Cerrone (Feat Jocelyn Brown) - You Are The One
14.Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band (Feat Fonda Rae) - Deputy Of Love
15.Darcus - It's Got To Be Love
16.Coffee - I Wanna Be With You
17.Inner Life - I Wanna Give You Me
18.Lorraine Johnson - The More I Get, The More I Want
19.King Tutt - You've Got Me Hung Up

ESSEX RASCALS PODJAM 025: BEN SIMS pres..THE MORE I GET, THE MORE I WANT (VALENTINES DAY SPECIAL)

Different version of a mix of Boogie/Soul stuff that i did for Power Vacuum! . . . . .Enjoy!

HandKlapUpdateMix

If Music presents You Need This: Eastern European Sounds (1970-1986)
Compiled by Jean-Claude / Adrian Magrys [If Music]

12" release exclusively for Record Store Day - 16th April 2016

180g black 12" vinyl in gatefold sleeve. Sleevenotes by Jean-Claude and Adrian Magrys. Artwork by Guglielmo Willy Tavernaro (1909-1989). Sleeve design by Ali Augur.

A1. Wojciech Karolak - Discopus Nr 1 Pt.1 & 2 (If Music Extended Edit)
A2. Alojz Bouda - Random (Naslepo) 
A3. Polski Jazz Ensemble - Song for Ewa

B1. "Prince Igor" Yahilevich - Double Sun
B2. Andrzej Korzyński - L'Arme Du Milicien – Patkarz
B3. Binder Quintet feat. John Tchicai - Sirató (Dirge)

With two sterling exclusive Record Store Day compilations in its discography - "If" and "If 2.0" - from 2013 and 2014 respectively, not to mention the incredible Annabel (lee) album "By the sea... and other solitary places" and Jono McCleery's masterful "Pagodes" project, London institution If Music is back with another killer selection of glorious obscurities from Eastern Europe: "If Music presents You Need This: Eastern European Sounds (1970-1986)".

Compiled by If Music's figurehead Jean-Claude and Adrian Magrys - founder of the London based Polish label Lanquidity Records (Bogowie, Contemporary Noise Quintet, Speakers Corner Quartet) - the six tracks span infectious Polish disco grooves (Wojciech Karolak and Andrzej Korzyński); bustling break-heavy jazz from the Polski Jazz Ensemble and the Russian-born "Prince Igor" Yahilevich; heartwarming spiritual jazz stylings from Hungary's Binder Quintet feat. John Tchicai; and Alojz Bouda's awesome oddball Slovakian synth banger 'Random' from 1980 also features.

"Adrian is known to If Music not only for being a customer and a supplier of quality contemporary jazz, but he is also one of a small handful of world-class go-to peeps when it comes to Eastern European music" explains Jean-Claude. "When the idea for the compilation was originally mooted, and before I had even thought about which direction this album was going to take, I knew that Adrian had to be involved."

Mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy and cut on heavyweight 180g vinyl. Art direction by longtime friend of If Music - Ali Augur.

Trust us, you need this.

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If Music has long been a beacon for discerning customers both young and old, as well as artists, DJs and collectors. It's one of the UK’s best, most singular independent record stores, founded by the tireless impresario and quality music champion Jean-Claude. A symbol for Soho as a cultural hub (particularly for independent record shops), Jean-Claude has weathered the digital storm and rising rents that strangled a string of Soho's fine independent record emporiums in the noughties and he stands defiant in the face of Soho's regeneration-cum-homogenisation opposed by many including campaigners under the "Save Soho" banner.

Wojciech Karolak - 'Discopus Nr 1 Pt.1 & 2' (If Music Extended Edit) [CLIP]

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Known for his impact both in the current underground dance landscape and the 80’s electro scene, @GregWilson is a timeless producer that will bring his legendary sphere of influence to Further Future this year. 

The revered musician began his DJ career over 40 years ago and has continued to eat, sleep, and breathe dance music, eventually helping pioneer a post-disco sound out of New York that he dubbed “Electro-Funk.” 

Beyond performing, Wilson has also found a second love in writing about club culture and new music on his site Being A DJ. You can get a taste of the Greg Wilson sound with an exclusive recording of his set at the The Attik in Warrington last July, which is now being released for the first time.  

Greg Wilson Further Future Exclusive Mix

Live recording of Greg Wilson from closing night of Electric Elephant Festival in Croatia at Barbarella's Discotheque 11.07.16.

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BARBARELLA'S @ ELECTRIC ELEPHANT CROATIA 11.07.16 (greg wilson live mix)

Recording of Greg Wilson's appearance at Bestival Spaceport on the Isle Of Wight 11.09.16.

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BESTIVAL SPACEPORT 11.09.16 (greg wilson live mix)

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This CD was sent over a few years back I never got round to getting it onto the podcast, after the tributes flooding the internet today, from strangers and friend I thought I best fix that. RIP David Mancuso!

**Link to buy the CD above**

David Mancuso - The Loft Volume 2 (Disc 1)

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287 - The Loft Volume 2 mixed by David Mancuso (Disc 1)

David Mancuso - The Loft Volume 2 (Disc 2)

288 - The Loft Volume 2 mixed by David Mancuso (Disc 2)

It's been a while since a new Essex Rascals show so here's a one off special that went out on NTS Live over Xmas, 3 hours of 80's Soul, Boogie, Proto House and more.  Featuring classics alongside rarities and a few newer edits of faves, while taking huge influence from the likes of Froggy, Les Adams and the Latin Rascals (of course!).

Enjoy!

1.Will Downing - In My Dreams (Remix). D.Trax
2.Hanson & Davis - Hungry For Your Love. Fresh
3.D.S.M. - Destiny. Elite
4.Royalle Delight - I’ll Be A Freak For You (Derek Bolland Good Groove Mix). Streetwise
5.Kreamcicle feat Paula Anderson - No News Is News (Dub Mix). Starlite
6.Mighty 7 - Call Me. EMI
7.Sybil Thomas - Rescue Me. West End
8.Sharon Brown - You Got Me Where I Want To Be. Profile
9.Terri Wells - I’m Givin’ All My Love. Philly World
10.Slave - Feel My Love. Cotillion
11.Linda Taylor - You And Me Just Got Started. Prelude
12.Armenta - I Wanna Be With You. Savour Faire
13.Zest - Hot Tasty Love. Boogie Times
14.Lonnie Reaves - Too Tough. Qwest
15.Gift Of Dreams - Moonwalk. Jam Power
16.Janet Kay - Eternally Dubful. Local
17.Katie Kissoon - You’re The One (You’re My Number One - Dub Version). Jive
18.B.T. (Brenda Taylor) - You Can’t Have Your Cake & Eat It Too (Instrumental Cake Mix). West End
19.Eleanore Mills - Mr. Right. Vinylmania
20.Jeanette - You Turn Me On. Ness
21.Alfie Silas - Put The Freeze On. RCA
22.Special T - It’s Your Love. Next Plateau
23.Fire Fox - Fire. Atlantic
24.Innerlife - Your Love. Personal
25.Amra - Special Kind Of Love (I Need What You Got). Boogie Times
26.Sylvia Smith - Don’t Wanna Be A Sometime Lover. Qwest
27.Curtis Hairston - I Want Your Lovin’ (Just A Little Bit). Pretty Pearl
28.Evelyn King - If You Want My Lovin’. RCA
29.Starpoint - It’s All Yours. Elektra
30.Aretha Franklin - Get It Right. Aristo
31.Carol Shinnete with The Concrete Band - Cynanide Love (Phil Gerus Edit). Tugboat Edits
32.L.A.X. - All My Love. Prelude
33.L’Armour feat Krystal - Let’s Make Love Tonight. Broccoli Rabe
34.Michael Baker - Don’t You Want My Lovin’. JDC
35.Colors - Am I Gonna Be The One (Colorful Dub). First Take
36.Tammy Lucas - Hey Boy (Rough Mix). Supertronics
37.NV - Let Me Dub You. Sire
38.Janice Christie - One Love (Dub). Supertronics
39.Chocolette - It’s That East Street Beat (Dub). Supertronics
40.Joe Church - Don’t You Wanna Be Mine (Dub Version. Underworld
41.Professor Funk and The Chicago Hous’n Authority - Visions (Instrumental). DJ International
42.Jine - Take It To The House (Sims JFF Edit). Supertronics
43.Johnny Dynell - Rhythm Of Love (Garage Dub). Pow Wow
44.Taurus Boyz - Looking’ For A Lover (Dub Version). Cooltempo
45.Jiraffe - Out’A The Box (Crazy Club Dub Mix). GoldQuest
46.Hanson & Davis - Tonight (Love Will Make It Right - Dub). Fresh
47.I.M.S. (International Music System) - Nonline. Emergency
48.My Mine - Hypnotic Tango (Instrumental Mix). Danica
49.Sparks - Beat The Clock (Cratebug Edit). Bug
50.DJ Darryn Jones - Mouth Passion. Fatty Phongraphics
51.Hugh Masekela - Don’t Go Lose It Baby (Dub Mix). Jive Afrika
52.Boyd Jarvis - The Music Got Me (Nick The Record & Dan Tyler Dubb). Ransom Note
53.Colonel Abrams - Music Is The Answer. Streetwise

BEN SIMS pres THE ESSEX RASCALS SPECIAL on NTS LIVE. DEC 2016

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Tony Humphries

353 - Azuli pres. Tony Humphries - Choice - Disc 1 (2003)

Here the full 3h Jazzanova DJ set by Alex Barck and Stefan Leisering, live recorded at Wedding Soul in Panke Berlin in Jan 2017. Many thanks to Alex, Stefan and Best Works! Enjoy listening!


JAZZANOVA

For almost twenty years the eclectic collective from Berlin has been busy producing, composing, arranging, remixing, djing and generally shaping our musical world – in the clubs, on the air, in the studio, live on stage, and with their label Sonar Kollektiv.

Their “very fertile musical world” (Time Out New York) “has dominated the jazz-dance and down-tempo scenes for the past few years, both with its own label and with countless remixes” (Phoenix New Times).

Spreading their sounds and ideas with inspired DJ sets, Jazzanova’s DJs were among the first DJs from Berlin in demand all around the world. Juergen von Knoblauch, Alex Barck and Claas Brieler broaden the music’s appeal as DJs, not only on tour through the best clubs and festivals around the world but also on their weekly Kaleidoskop radio show on Radio1.

www.sonarkollektiv.com/tag/jazzanova/


5YRS WEDDING SOUL

Five years of WEDDING SOUL, we look back on so far 60 shows of this small big event series. The jubilee is now celebrated according to the mood, with a two-day program, with exquisite guests, representing what WEDDING SOUL is: a well thought-out mixture of soul and funk-inspired music culture, the roots of these in the back, the present and the future in view. Always danceable and audible, surprising, new, and yet as if there had never been anything other than a connection between heart, dance, and soul.

www.weddingsoul.de

JAZZANOVA's Alex Barck & Stefan Leisering at WEDDING SOUL Jan 2017

Mixed by D.J. Tony Humphries and Produced by Shep Pettibone KISS Mastermix 1980 (Part B)

AND001 – limited vinyl on A&R Edits

Released: Monday 27th May, 2013

Side A: Buffalo Dance (Reworked by Henry Greenwood)

Selected by GW

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