Greg Wilson
The Deer’s Head
Saturday 17 January, 9.00pm
Doors 8.45pm | Mostly Standing
£15.00/£13.00 (concession)
Buy TicketsManchester DJ and producer Greg Wilson is an innovator in dance music. A pioneer of ’70s and ’80s electro-funk, he was the first DJ to mix live on UK television, and one of the first DJs at The Hacienda. He founded multimedia label Super Weird Substance in 2014, and continues to play his soulful electronic sets internationally.
Greg Wilson is one of the UK’s most important and influential DJs and producers, with a career spanning over five decades. A genuine pioneer of the electro-funk sound and the practice of mixing and editing in the UK, he has consistently been at the forefront of dance music culture.
Born and raised on Merseyside, Wilson began his DJ career in 1975 at the age of 15, building a reputation as a specialist in soul, funk, disco, and jazz-funk. His musical foundation was built on the Motown, Stax, and Atlantic records he inherited from his elder siblings.
By the early 1980s, he held highly influential residencies at the Wigan Pier and Manchester’s Legend club, venues renowned for their state-of-the-art sound systems and passionate crowds.
During this period, Wilson became instrumental in breaking new, imported electronic, post-disco records from New York, a sound he dubbed “electro-funk”.
He was an early adopter of advanced DJ techniques, using a Revox reel-to-reel tape machine to create unique edits and mastering the art of mixing, cutting, and scratching. In 1983, he achieved a significant “first” in UK club culture by becoming the first DJ to mix live on British television on Channel 4’s The Tube.
The same year, he became the first regular dance music specialist DJ at the newly opened, now legendary, The Hacienda club in Manchester, laying the groundwork for its future iconic status.
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