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Electrospective: Manchester Pre-Rave '82 - '88
(Greg Wilson by Ian Tilton)
Manchester District Music Archive has teamed up with
electrofunkroots to bring a marathon celebration of Manchester's 1980s Electro-Funk and B-Boy scene to Islington Mill on Saturday 30th August 4pm-3am.
The event, led by pioneering DJ and producer
Greg Wilson, will explore the impact of this seminal underground movement through films, talks and music.
Greg will be hosting Q&As with key figures from the era, including
Hewan Clarke,
Colin Curtis,
Chad Jackson and
Mike Shaft, followed by the first ever public screening of
Tim 'Bones' Forde's life-affirming film,
'The Birth of the British B-Boy', a 40-minute documentary about Manchester's legendary breakdance troupe
Broken Glass Street Crew.
The event will climax with a club night from 10pm-3am, featuring some of the scene's most important DJs and dancers.
Daytime: Free admission from 4PMClub night: Ticket only after 10PMTickets for the club night are £6 (plus booking fee) and are available NOW from:
Quay tickets 0870 428 0785
Vinyl ExchangePiccadilly RecordsFat City
Artefact of the month
page 1. Detail of the Observer Newspaper piece on Electro featuring Broken Glass and Dj Greg Wilson... also mention of the clubs Legend and Wigan Pier
Courtesy of Greg Wilson.
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