Very sad to hear the news of club promoter Derren Smart’s untimely passing last weekend. Derren was someone I only got to know during recent years, initially when I appeared at his ‘A Night With…’ event, where I played for 8 hours on a memorable occasion at London’s Loft Studios in October 2012. I subsequently appeared at his Berlin equivalent ‘Eine Nacht Mit…’ at Kantine Am Berghain last December. […]
The main constant since started deejaying again has been my regular appearances at Melting Pot in Glasgow, where I’ve returned every year since I was first booked to play there in 2004, within the first 12 months of my DJ comeback. […]
Texan born keyboardist Joe Sample, best known as a member of the pioneering Jazz-Funk ensemble The Crusaders, died last Friday aged 75. […]
Been meaning to flag up the 20th anniversary of 2020Vision Recordings this year. It’s quite an achievement to run a record label for any length of time in the modern climate, let alone 2 full decades, so big congratulations due to 2020 founder, DJ Ralph Lawson, whose association with Leeds clubbing institution, Back To Basics, goes back even further still, to 1991 when the night first started and he played the first tune. I blogged about the B2B anniversary a couple of years ago: https://blog.gregwilson.co.uk/2011/11/back-to-back-to-basics/ […]
On 20th September, the first in a series of 5 Super Weird Happenings takes place in Manchester at Gorilla on Whitworth Street, promoted via my multi-media outlet Super Weird Substance in conjunction with El Diablo’s Social Club who’ve been running their influential club nights in the city for many a moon. […]
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