WMC / WED 3.24 / Exclusive performance by Greg Wilson & Friends

[Guest Dj Dirty]

FIRST RELEASE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?146031

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The Electric Pickle presents An Exclusive Wmc Performance By Greg Wilson & Special Special Friends

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Line-up /

This will be Greg's first and only WMC appearance.

He will be doing a special 4 hour set

Friends who are joining Greg downstairs & outside on the terrace

VINCENZO - Pokerflat/Freerange - GER

MURAT KILIC - Stil Vor Talent - AUS

WILL RENUART - EP

AARON DAE - CHI

DJ DIRTY -Sundae - PHI

JAY MARLEY - SeriousSoul/BastardJazz - TAMPA

& SPECIAL CLOSING GUEST TBA

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Ticket information:

First release - $20

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?146031

Tickets strictly limited - this will be an intimate evening with Greg

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Greg Wilson's bio:

Before the British Hip-Hop, House and Techno scenes emerged, Electro-Funk, the catalyst for all three, held sway.

Greg Wilson is a DJ and producer predominantly associated with the early electro-funk scenes in Manchester. He was born in Wallasey in Merseyside in 1960, and began DJing at the age of 15 with friend Derek Kelsey (later known as DJ Derek Kaye). To begin with, Wilson was known for playing jazz funk records with residencies in clubs in New Brighton between 1975 and 1980. At the start of the eighties, Wilson moved to a residency at the legendary Wigan Pier, and with the jazz funk scene running out of steam, he searched for new sounds to play to the crowds.

With his primary interest being Black music, Wilson's nights at the Wigan Pier mixed soul, funk and disco. But it was in his championing of the early electro records that he became famous - whilst working at Wigan Pier, he was offered an ailing Wednesday night residency at Legend in Manchester and was soon pulling in crowds to listen to the new sound of groups like the Peech Boys, D-Train and Afrika Bambaataa. One of those in attendance was Mike Shaft, a DJ fronting a Black music show on Manchester's Piccadilly Radio. Shaft wasn't a big fan of the new electro music, but he recognised it's popularity and asked Wilson to record some mixes to play on the show. These mixes soon developed a popular following, and are still talked about as influential to this day.

In 1983, Wilson was invited to start a residency at the newly opened The Haçienda club in Manchester (as seen in the film "24 Hour Party People"), starting the club's first dance music night. The night was a success, and helped the club develop it's reputation as the home of cutting edge new music.

Despite these successes, in 1984 Wilson retired from DJing to face a new challenge: starting with the group Broken Glass, Wilson began producing records rather than playing them. He worked with the Ruthless Rap Assassins to produce their two albums and singles releases, whilst also working as a producer and remixer for other artists, such as Yello and Kiss AMC.

Returning to the DJ scene in 2003, the Music Is Better Night he played in Manchester that year proved to be a catalyst for Wilson, who has been in demand from club nights across the UK and around the world ever since.

Such is his popularity with a newfound legion of fans young enough to be his children, Wilson released the popular Credit to the Edit Volume 1 in the summer of 2005 and Volume 2 in the fall of 2009. He has also released a number of disco & house re-edits on labels such as Tirk, 20:20 Vision, Rong, Fat City, Azuli, Cosmic Boogie and many other esteemed record labels.

Learn more about Greg and his influence on UK Dance Music here:

http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk

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‘The Original Master Of Re-Edits’

— Norman Jay MBE.

‘GW taught me how to Scratch’

— Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim)

‘Greg is a cornerstone of UK dance music’

— Tom Findlay (Groove Armada)

‘Greg Wilson is the Originator’

— Unabombers (Electric Chair)

‘The Electro Grandaddy!’

— Mr Scruff

‘He’d be mixing, I mean to me it sounded like his own versions of the tunes, that also inspired me’

— A Guy Called Gerald

‘Greg Wilson is the best DJ for me and always will be’

—Andy Meecham (Chicken Lips)

'Electro was a real phenomenon in the UK…Some DJ’s, like Wilson at Legend in Manchester, or future hip hop supreme Tim Westwood at Spats in London switched wholesale to this new sound; many others adopted it as part of their musical menu. By breaking with the past and welcoming the future, it was these renegades of funk who laid the groundwork for both acid house and the UK hip hop scene. '

— Bill Brewster (djhistory.com)

‘Greg was truly inspirational for me. It was so great to hear a musical journey and learn so much about the history of mixing. Every track was a winner and so many I had never heard before’

— Ralph Lawson (2020 Vision / Back To Basics)

(commenting on GW’S ‘comeback’ DJ apperance December 2003)