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Last Festival ‘Til When?

By Greg Wilson on April 30, 2020 in DJ / Club Culture, DJ Appearances

I’d originally intended to post this on my blog at the same time as I uploaded the mix from Adelaide (outlined below), but having made a start, I found it difficult to fully apply myself, continually catching myself procrastinating, so I put the mix up on its own a few weeks ago, and gave myself until the end of the month to finish this. It’s not just the writing, as I’ve since discovered has also been the case with numerous others at this time I’ve found it difficult to apply myself to anything connected with my work – my only blog posts in tribute to recently departed black music icons Manu Dibango, Bill Withers and Hamilton Bohannon. Continue Reading →

Hamilton Bohannon

By Greg Wilson on April 27, 2020 in Black Culture, RIP, The Seventies

Following the recent passing of Manu Dibango and Bill Withers, another black music icon, Hamilton Bohannon, died last Friday aged 78 – the cause of death, at time of writing, still unknown.

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Bill Withers

By Greg Wilson on April 4, 2020 in Black Culture, RIP, The Seventies

We’ve lost another great. Virginia-born Soul singer / songwriter Bill Withers died in Los Angeles on March 30th as a result of heart complications. He was 81.

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Manu Dibango

By Greg Wilson on March 26, 2020 in RIP, The Seventies

COVID-19 claimed the life of the pioneering Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango earlier this week. He died in Paris where he had been based for many years, moving there in the mid-‘60s – he was 86.

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Disco Before Disco

By Greg Wilson on April 26, 2017 in Articles, Disco, DJ / Club Culture, Magazines

Here’s a short overview I wrote for DJ Mag’s Disco edition last year, outlining some of the musical threads that resulted in the evolving Disco movement’s expansion from the underground into the eye of mainstream attention as the ‘70s unfurled.

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David Mancuso And The Art Of Deejaying Without Deejaying

By Greg Wilson on May 31, 2013 in Dance, Disco, DJ / Club Culture, Psychedelia, The Seventies

David Mancuso’s London Loft party, ‘Journey Through The Light’, celebrates its 10th anniversary on June 23rd. Held Upstairs @ The Light in Shoreditch, it’s a party like no other, underpinned by a high-end audiophile sound system that has to be heard to be believed. Although its originator, now approaching his 70s, hasn’t been able to make it in person during recent times, the party continues in his absence, Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy his chosen stand in (he hopes to return for future dates though).

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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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