Submitted By: lifelike

Genre: Techno

Date of Set: 1996

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In 1983 Greg Wilson introduced an entirely new audience to the sounds of Electro-Funk with the first regular specialist Dance night at Tony Wilson's recently opened Hacienda in Manchester. The Hacienda initially appealed primarily to an audience for Alternative Rock, but Greg Wilson's residency helped shift the Hacienda into a venue for cutting edge Dance music that would gain it fame and notoriety later in the decade. Wilson played a key role as writer and producer on 1984's genre-defining UK Electro album released on the Street Sounds label. He also took on the role of manager of the Manchester breakdance crew Broken Glass, one of the best known in the UK. Electro had begun to take hold, but it would soon split and mutate into Hip Hop and House, going in different directions. In 1984 Greg Wilson retired from live DJ work but would continue work in the music business as a producer through the late 80's and early 90's, most notably on two albums by the Ruthless Rap Assassins. In recent years Wilson has been lured back into live DJ work. He notes that, although he would create mixes in the early 80's by literally splicing tape together, today he works on a computer. Greg Wilson is also a dedicated student of the history of the Electro-Funk scene and the revolution in Dance music that occurred on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 1980's.

'MONASTIC MIX' 1996
Although my DJ appearances since 1984 have been few and far-between, from late 96 through 97 I was involved in an experimental monthly club night on Merseyside (plus specials at London's 'Mars Bar') called 'The Monastery'. The basic premise was that we didn't play any four-on-the-floor (as this was being played pretty much everywhere else at the time), concentrating instead on groove-based music from the 60's to the 90's. A free cassette was given away to everyone who attended the first night, with the 'Monastic Mix' filling one of the sides. It was the final mix I put together using my Revox, and is just about as eclectic as it gets (although more recently Soulwax's brilliant '2 Many DJ's' mix had a similar anything goes flavour), featuring 60's Soul, 70's Funk, Electro-Funk, Hip-Hop, Indie-Dance, Trip-Hop, Drum & Bass and more. I put it together with a Liverpool DJ called Matt Shannon, and it became cult listening for the people who got hold of a copy of the cassette. I wanted to reference as many of my musical influences as I could (far too many to begin listing). Listen for yourself; a surprise is never far away!

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