Created by Myself, Alistair Back as part of The Go Bang Brighton Festival 2008 - 2010 and related off shoot groove based music parties. Over 500 blog posts covering a range of music based topics. Thankyou for everything that happened.
80's disco/electro-funk vibrations with a slice of old school nostalgia today with Hot Streaks "Body Work" from 1983 on Easy Street Records.
Co-producer, Mixed By - John "Jellybean" Benitez Engineer [Mixing] - Michael Hutchinson Producer - Curtis Hudson , Lisa Stevens Written-By - Curtis Hudson
Visit Test Pressing for a read if you get the chance, lots of play list info from back in the day plus some great shots of clubbing history from the other side of The Atlantic.
Paul Hardcastle enjoyed success on the underground dance scene in the early 80s before breaking into the mainstream with "19", an international smash which spent five weeks at number one in the UK.
Personally prefer Rain Forest above 19 every time although both are great tunes.
Can imagine this fitting in nicely with some deep house or slightly more electronic disco these days even 25 years after it's release.
No introduction needed, Mr Greg Wilson or "The Wilson" as he's known round our way speaks about music whilst taking us through the evolution of the UK dance scene with a step by step account that captures the developments and changing attitudes towards music over the years.
Greg selects some stone cold killers from across the years whilst taking us through his life as a dj that advanced dance music culture in this country.
Starting out in New Brighton in 1975 Greg began playing soul and funk records (Ohio Players and Kool and The Gang) as a precursor to the disco, boogie and electro funk scenes that followed.
Championing black dance music from an early age, Greg recounts the years pre his retirement period 1983-2003 as a dj that pushed the boundaries of contemporary music sometimes to the disapproval of his peers but always with the intent on playing what he understood as being crucial in the evolution of black music culture here in the UK.
As technology advanced Greg explains how he was able adopt mixing into his sets which at the time was more the preserve of American djs.
Moving to Germany for a stint, Greg recounts his first contact with Technics 1210 Turntables which would enable the next step in his career to develop at The Wigan Pier and Legend in the Northwest of England upon his return from Europe.
Regarded as The Godfather of the UK Electro Funk scene, Greg recounts the initial opposition he faced championing the futurist electronic sounds associated with the genre itself as he continued to play what his audience wanted....... a young black audience just on the cusp of the imminent UK Hiphop Scene that would emerge.
Later, Greg these days senonomouswith the art of reel to reel editing would have Manchester's youth movement tuning in and recording off the back of his regular Piccadilly Radio Shows where he further championed the new electronic music style coming out of America by this time.
As resident at The Hacienda in Manchester Greg would also introduce Electro Funk and the dance culture that surrounded the music to a wider audience whilst also taking time to manage legendary Manchester Breakdance crew Broken Glass.
There's an older post that I've put on the blog recounting the night that a handful of mates and myself first heard GW a few years back at Bestival in 2006, for now though feel free to click on the youtube clip for an hour well spent.
A fine example of one of the greatest old school break dance battles to make it to a motion picture. Harry Belafonte was the brains behind Beat Street The Movie which documented the hip hop movement in 80's New York City at the time.
In the film itself The Rocksteady Crew (Bronx Rockers) were featured getting to grips with The New York City Breakers (Beat Street) at the legendary Roxy Club which was situated on 515 West 18th Street in Manhattan.
Theres some amazing moves on this youtube clip which shows off both crews ability way before breaking took on a more gymnastic approach in later years.
Enjoy more clips from the movie that sees both crews battling it out "Up Rock" style on the New York subway later in the film plus Africa Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force performing Electrofunk classic "Frantic Situation" live at The Roxy.
