Tonight we start early on ViaSound radio. Read the following two articles and discover for yourselves today's special program!

First things first, at 16:00 (+2 GMT) Jay U and his "Workout" show host the legendary Greg Wilson. Greg began DJing in 1975 and is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He enjoyed hugely popular residencies in the early eighties at Wigan Pier and Manchester's majorly influential Legend. He was a pioneer of mixing in the UK and in 1983 he became the first ‘dance music’ DJ hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester's now legendary Hacienda club. Greg was instrumental in breaking the new electronic, post-disco records coming out of New York, a sound he has dubbed ‘Electro-Funk’. For more info on his outstanding & multiyear career, visit his myspace page

Greg Wilson "Monastic Mix" (1996)
37 minutes only, but what a shocker! Recorded in 1996 to promote Greg's residency at the then new Monsatery party in Merseyside, UK, this mastermix features snippets of a whole lot of artists, spanning 30 years of music in styles as various as 60's Soul, 70's Funk, Indie Dance, Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Drum'N'Bass, Electro-Funk, Rock and more. Some of the artists you'll hear in this mix :
Bar Kays,
DJ Food,
Led Zeppelin,
The Beatles,
Kool & The Gang,
The O'Jays,
Liquid Liquid,
Jimmy Castor Bunch,
Marvin Gaye,
Lou Reed,
Bob Marley,
The Doors,
Otis Redding,
Beastie Boys,
Pink Floyd,
Public Enemy,
Sly & The Family Stone and many others... This mix is trully a piece of History!