Greg Wilson is a DJ and producer associated with both the early 80's electro scene in Manchester, and the current disco / re-edit scene, for which he's acquired a global following. He was born in Wallasey on Merseyside in 1960, and began his career as a club DJ at the age of 15 with a schoolfriend Derek Kelsey (later known as DJ Derek Kaye.) To begin with, Wilson was known for playing funk, soul and disco 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, making his mark as a jazz-funk specialist via their weekly Tuesday night session that would subsequently pick up the Blues & Soul award for the North's best club (Wilson would also be named best DJ).
With his primary interest being black music, Wilson's nights at the Wigan Pier covered a spectrum of black music styles. But it was in his championing of the early electro records that he became known nationally - whilst working at Wigan Pier, he was offered an ailing Wednesday night residency at Legend in Manchester and was soon pulling in a predominantly black crowd to listen to the new electro-funk 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 its 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.
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greg-Wilson/17586590755
http://twitter.com/djgregwilson
--Marcus Marr--
In a dance music world ever-more saturated by imagination-free releases, Marr is taking a refreshing quality-over-quantity approach. A songwriter and multi-instrumentalist as well as a producer and engineer, his inspirations include David Bowie and Prince.
A music obsessive all his life, Marcus' first encounters with dance music were acid house records which augmented his vinyl collection of rock and soul, and attending all night parties under Brixton's St Matthews church. Traveling to the south of England to watch DJ Harvey play an lengthy set, he was opened up to the kind of journey a dj could construct.
3 of his songs can be heard in the new London-set remake of Nicholas Winding Refn's film 'Pusher' which stars Richard Coyle and Agyness Deyn : http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/pusher/
His latest single, released worldwide through DFA Records US, is "The Music" backed by a new, DJ-friendly version of "Pleasure Moon".
Playing all of the EU and in the US, Marr aims to show the scope of his influences from house and disco, peppering his sets with new, unreleased grooves and his own personal edits of classic material.
https://soundcloud.com/marcus-marr/marcus-marr-dj-ing-le-bain-nyc
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marcus-Marr/109914285713122
--Greg D.--
Greg D. is a DJ / producer living in Philadelphia. Having played music the majority of his life, Greg only began DJing in 2009. Using a set of turntables, a mixer, and a collection on 2nd hand records [which continues to grow] Greg taught himself the skills and got himself playing out in small clubs in and around Philadelphia. He calls his sound disco | funk | boogie, a style that combines 70s funk and soul with 80s italo and HI-NRG music. His sets are filled with heavy bass lines, sweeping strings, tough vocals and funky beats, and are sure to have you getting down and moving your feet all night long.
https://soundcloud.com/gregdphilly
https://www.facebook.com/GregDPhilly
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