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Dave Booth

By Greg Wilson on May 18, 2020 in Bowie, DJ / Club Culture, Manchester, Merseyside, RIP, The Eighties, The Nineties

Manchester-born DJ Dave Booth died on Saturday – at time of writing there’s been no announcement regarding cause of death, although it appears to be sudden. Dave was 61.

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Super Weird Substance Digital

By Greg Wilson on May 12, 2020 in Super Weird Substance

Although this time of uncertainty has caused us to postpone our further vinyl plans, we’re going to continue regularly issuing new digital tracks and remixes, the first 3 of which are now available – ‘Love’ by The Emanations, ‘Eternal Desire’ by Soulsmoke and ‘Moonlight (Kept Us Up)’ by Guevarism. Continue Reading →

DJ Dates

24.06 Warrington – Daresbury Boutique Fest

01.07 Glynde – Discotheque Archives @ Love Supreme Festival

07.07 Sunderland – Sunniside Gardens

29.07 Bristol – Discotheque Archives @ Strange Brew

04.08 Margate – Faith In Strangers

05.08 Sussex – Good Vibrations Society Festival

06.08 London – Temptation @ Crystal Palace Bowl

26.08 Stockport – Moovin’ Festival

09.09 Brighton – Patterns

16.09 Manchester – Repercussion Festival

21.09 Rovinj/Croatia – Adris Old Tobacco Factory

26.09 Ibiza – The Pool @ Pikes

07.10 Stoke – Discotheque Archives @ The Underground

12/10 London – Cambridge Audio @ House of St Barnabas

21.10 Liverpool – Sefton Park Palm House

18.11 Leeds – Downtown Disco @ Sheaf Street

Being a DJ

I’m a DJ from Merseyside. I started out in 1975, but stopped for almost 20 years, between 1984 and the end of 2003, at which point I started again.

One night during the period I wasn’t deejaying, turning off my mind, relaxing, and floating downstream I had what might be termed a moment of clarity. Paradoxically, although I was no longer a DJ in the literal sense I suddenly became aware that I’d never actually stopped being a DJ, for even if I was in a room with just one person I couldn’t help but ask them ‘have you heard this?’, and not only ‘heard’, but ‘have you seen this / read this?’, for it goes beyond music. Already taken somewhat aback by this nugget of self-discovery, I realised, in true eureka style, that this all pre-dates my being a DJ and goes back as far as I can remember – I’ve always had an inherent need to share, it’s absolutely central to my nature. This was quite a revelation.

So it’s no wonder that I became a Disc Jockey, for once I fell in love with those circular pieces of magical plastic during my formative years, it wasn’t a matter of choosing this as a path, the path pretty much chose me.

I don’t intend this to be a DJ blog as such, but more a blog by someone who happens to be a DJ – a place where personal emphasis takes precedence over professional, although, as I’ve already explained, the two aspects are, of course, inescapably entwined.

If you want info about my DJ appearances, email greg@gregwilson.co.uk for regular updates.

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