New Event: Greg Wilson @ Fri 9 Nov 21:00 - Sat 10 Nov 2012 03:00 ( EVENTS)

more details » Greg Wilson LEFTFOOT & HABIT PRESENT... GREG WILSON PLUS DJS: PJR PROJECT / DANNY KANE / BECK & BIRD Date: FRIDAY 9TH NOVEMBER / Time: 9pm 3am Venue: Hare & Hounds, 106 High St, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ Tickets: £8 adv / MOTD from www.theticketsellers.co.uk / 0844 870 0000 - I'm sure you all know about Mr. Wilson and his significance in UK dance music culture, but for anyone that has had their head in the sand.... Greg began DJing in 1975 and is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He enjoyed hugely popular residencies in the early eighties at Wigan Pier and Manchester's majorly influential Legend. He was a pioneer of mixing in the UK and in 1983 he became the first dance music DJ hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester's now legendary Hacienda club. Greg was instrumental in breaking the new electronic, post-disco records coming out of New York, a sound he has dubbed Electro-Funk. In 2003 he set up his own website www.electrofunkroots.co.uk to document this crucial era in the evolution of dance culture and, having retired from DJ work at the end of 1983, Greg returned to spinning tunes two decades later, receiving plaudits for his red-hot appearances at renowned nights including Electric Chair, Horse Meat Disco, Fabric, Back To Basics, Ministry Of Sound, Asylum, Melting Pot and the Sub Club, to name but a few. Before long he was picking up an ever increasing amount of bookings throughout Europe and, more recently, worldwide. In 2005 Tirk Records released Credit to the Edit, a compilation of re-edits spanning Greg's entire career, some even original tape edits from way back when (Greg still uses his trusty old Revox B77 reel-to-reel tape machine when DJing out). This wasn't his first compilation either, having collaborated on most of the tracks to appear on the Street Sounds UK Electro LP in 1984, as well as being the selector behind the Classic Electro Mastercuts LP in 1994. Other firsts for Greg include being the first DJ to mix live on British TV (The Tube in 1983), putting together the first UK radio mixes of their type for Piccadilly 261 in Manchester (beginning 1982) and showing a certain Norman Cook, then a young aspiring DJ called Quentin, how to scratch (Dec 83). Greg has written for magazines / webzines like Wax Poetics, Clash, Grand Slam and Discopia, and presented a monthly online radio series, Time Capsule, on Samurai FM. 2008 saw Greg go truly global, embarking on an end of year tour that literally took him right around the world, with dates in Japan, Australia and Brazil, following-on from a series of gigs in the US (a return to New York and his San Francisco and LA debuts). Now a firm favourite on the festival circuit in both the UK and Europe, he also played Ibiza for the first time in the summer of 08, including a terrace appearance at the famous We Love Sundays session at Space. Nominated by DJ magazine for outstanding contribution, and also named amongst their top twenty remixers of all-time, Gregs edits and mixes continue to feature on the playlists of DJs in every continent. In January 2009 Gregs reputation was further enhanced when his Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 became something of an instant classic, receiving almost universal acclaim and, in the process, providing the perfect way to commemorate the 5th anniversary of a remarkable renaissance. Credit To The Edit Volume 2 was released in November 2009. With tour dates throughout the following months in the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia and the US to promote the release. In April 2010, as part of their Essential Mix 500 special, Radio 1 selected Gregs Essential Mix as one of 10 classics than spanned the shows near 17 year history.4 Gregs Blog, Being A DJ, was launched in June 2010. He describes it as not a DJ blog as such, but more a blog by someone who happens to be a DJ. www.gregwilson.co.uk In August 2010 he co-curated (with Jack Hemingway) the Warehouse and Roller Disco areas at the inaugural Vintage Festival at Goodwood, which proved to be an overwhelming success, being named 'Best New Festival' at the UK Festival Awards (Greg also being nominated in the 'Best Feel Good Act Of The Summer' category). - Advance tickets available from www.theticketsellers.co.uk / 0844 870 0000 Info: 0121 444 2081 / info@hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk Links: www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk www.gregwilson.co.uk http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson http://habitclub.co.uk/ http://www.facebook.com/events/387858814618878/ When Fri 9 Nov 21:00 – Sat 10 Nov 2012 03:00 London Where Hare & Hounds Kings Heath (map) Calendar EVENTS

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