I got excited when this book arrived on my doorstep. At first glance it has all the key ingredients for a great book. Hacienda DJ author, history of British nightclubs – I expected lots of gory detail and exciting anecdotes and couldn’t wait to get to the acid house chapters….The…
The Shuffle Show with Wez G – WEEK 1 – 02.11.14 – XPress Radio The inaugural Shuffle Show on Xpress Radio has some nice cuts of house served up by Wez G plus an interview with Time Flies promoter, Henry Blunt and superstar DJ, Jon Pleased Wimmin. :::TRACKLISTING::: # Artist…
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In this mix, Wez G revisits his progressive house roots, drawing from the influential work of Sasha & Digweed. He blends deep bass sounds with melodic elements and occasional vocals, inviting listeners to immerse themselves in the experience. The track selection includes a diverse array of captivating original mixes, highlighting his creative interpretation.
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Electronic dance music enthusiasts are the modern day punks. Electronic music represents youth culture and the stuff top DJs hammer out in wild night clubs to glammed up audiences is about as punky as it’s gotten since the seventies. This funked up mix covers vocals through to driving funky basslines…
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Nothing like a midmorning natter with caffeine flowing through your veins. Catch up on the weekend’s events, look forward to the week ahead, find out the latest goss, everyone loves their coffee break. This funky little mix starts with some classics and works its way through a funk agenda to…
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The best time for dance music in my opinion was the early 1990s. It was the heyday of the Rave Scene and dancefloors were packed with sky high dancing bods. The reason I like this period is not that the floors were filled with ecstasy takers, but that the music…
View More Wez G – Little Disco Biscuit (DJ Set 47)
It’s been a long summer and there’s been a break in my regular mixes. Anyway I’m back with a bang and keen to ‘Free The Planet’. Watching the news here in the UK over the past year or so and I am detecting a disturbing pattern of police brutality and…
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The songs included on this mix seemed to me to have a lovey dovey theme and feel so hence the title ‘True Romance’. Deep and funky, it flows nicely, with stand out tracks from Glimpse and Vincenzo and obviously the opening classic from A Man Called Adam. Light some candles…
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I’ve been munching fruit Menthos all week – can’t get enough of them so a sweet theme seemed appropriate, that and the first two songs are about sweets, including a great remix of the eagerly anticipated new Billie Ray Martin track, surely one of the greatest vocalists to ever have…
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A few years ago I went Island hopping in the South Pacific… It’s great fun, a perfect paradise… This soundtrack is ideal for lazing away on a yacht, checking into the beaches, diving in coral reefs and catching a bit of surf… OK – It is winter, but in the…
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Float off into some loopy tech here as I guide you on a UFO’s journey through the house music galaxy. As a DJ and indeed on the dancefloor it is often difficult to stay grounded. The Music Lifts you Up, it takes you high. Music is the drug that unites…
View More Wez G – Spinning Around In The Sky (DJ Set 29)
In ancient times, every tribe had a shaman who was the medecine man and spiritual leader of the community. Often under the influence of locally produced drugs such as Mescaline or Ayahuasca or Iboga, in ecstatic trances, the shaman would bring back from the spiritual world key knowledge that would…
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… one night we suddenly went mad together again; we went to see Slim Gaillard in a little Frisco nightclub. Slim Gaillard is a tall, thin Negro with big sad eyes who’s always saying ‘Right-orooni’ and ‘How ’bout a little bourbon-arooni.’ In Frisco great eager crowds of young semi-intellectuals sat…
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It’s easy to fly into the clouds and I seem to spend half my life dreaming in the Jetstream. There’s been a break in the podcast so here it is back and mad as ever to steer you like a rocket through the atmosphere on a psychotic journey of house…
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This mix is a little different to usual. I’ve been having some Ableton lessons from DirtBox Crew who play Spiral Tekno & Drum n Bass. I thought it would be nice to whack one of their tunes into the podcast… Trouble is – I usually play about 130bpm house and…
View More Wez G – Shufflin’ It Up (DJ Set 23)