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British DJ specialising in Disco, Nu-Disco, Funk, 80's & 90's Soul and R&B, and of course, House. Hi, I’m Alex Wills, founder of Now We Dance. career.

I started DJ’ing 1984. In those days I was predominantly listening to R&B and Hip Hop. My first contact with a wider world of music came from Busta Brooker's saturday night R&B show on Radio Orwell and copies of Blues and Soul magazine. Somehow I managed to convince my parents to allow me to fit a massive FM aerial to the roof of our house so I could pick up Capital and BBC Radio London, DJ's of n

ote back then were Mike Allen, Robbie Vincent, Dave Pearce & Tim Westwood. At the age of 15 I was making frequent 140 mile round-trips to the import music specialist Groove Records in Greek Street, Soho, to buy the tunes that were impossible to get from Woolworths in a small seaside town in Essex. My first live gigs were midday sets at a holiday camp in Clacton-on-Sea. I'd managed to stike up a friendship with the middle-aged residents, based on my lending them my very upfront tunes, in return they vouched for me on my DMC membership application and I started playing for them on a no-pay basis. These progressed into paid evening sets where I often had the (guilty) pleasure of playing "Holiday" by Madonna on request but also got to sneak in a disco classic or two like "Jingo" by Candido (Salsoul). I later hooked up with some other local DJ's, they had a record shop and their own mobile sound system. The highlights of this period were playing Chicago house & R&B at annual Karate conventions, we always had a superb crowd and would use a 6 deck, 3 mixer setup to fully exploit the talents of the three of us who could scratch, cut and mix. I played a few gigs for my college, went to some of the Caister Soul Weekenders but took a break from it all when I went to University. After Uni and in search of work I left Essex and moved to Swindon in the mid 90’s. Shortly after I joined up with Simon Carson and together we formed KY Nights in Feb 2001. KY Nights @ The Glasshouse. We played both as residents and guests at various venues, including the legendary Bagley’s Yard in Kings Cross and my old favorite The Glasshouse in Blackfriars. Having built up a reputation and achieved what I wanted to on a personal level my drive to continue playing clubs died off and I stopped completely around 2004 focussing on my I.T. In 2010 I sustained a serious injury which left me off work for quite some time. To help me cope with the boredom I decided to buy a digital controller and, before I knew it I was back in the game as they say. Living in Bristol I quickly networked with local DJ’s and started to attend Southport Weekender where I made many friends who continue to travel the country and overseas in pursuit of their passion for music. In 2017 one of these friends was diagnosed with terminal cancer and asked me to organise one last big party for him, which I did. I wanted the sound at the party to be really punchy, so I went out and bought a PA comprising of two 15” subwoofers and two 12” tops. I also bought lighting. We had the party, but sadly our friend was too ill to attend. We took lots of photos and sent them on, and I played his playlist of favourite tunes at the end of the night. He knew we’d had his party when he passed away that next morning. That’s how I came to be in possession of a full PA system, to which I’ve added since. Playing events and festivals, loving the music, and now wanting to share that music with you under the guise of “Now We Dance”.

26/07/2024

We know how to party!

19/09/2023

I do very little promotion when I post mixes, so a decent chart placing on Mixcloud is always a pleasant surprise. #10 in the Tech House chart, 21 in the House chart. If you've not had a listen yet, check it out. A like or favourite and a share are always appreciated.

https://www.mixcloud.com/NowWeDance/the-devil-in-the-detail/

and for those that like YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maa7G7rsdzQ&ab_channel=BearWills

16/09/2023

Let me take you on a 90 minute journey, marking a return to the decks after some 5 months away. Featuring tracks by Stefano Ranieri, MDW, Edu Saiz, Sunnery James, Siege, Claude Vonstroke, Disclosure, Sandy Rivera, EDX, Eddie Fawlkes, Daniel Rateuke & Lego among others. It's all about the long transi...

16/09/2023

22/08/2023

02/08/2023

Catch the groove.

28/07/2023

I used to be a bit of a Kylie Minogue fan back in the day. Just dug up this old mix from 2005 which I did for the UK Fan Club.

I did this mix of Kylie remixes for the "SayHey" Kylie fan forum back in 2005'ish. If I do say so myself, this is better than the new remix album "boombox".

23/07/2023

Did any of my Bristol family go?

23/07/2023

Tickets banked. Sunset set.

Franky Rizardo at SAMSARA by Sky Valley

04/07/2023

Esposende Street Battle 2023

26/06/2023

2021 we started our journey booking the legendary for our launch party which was sponsored by our friends .

What a night that was!!

On Aug 5th for our summer party we take a short trip down to in Cheltenham, where we continue to collaborate with quality DJs and producers.

We are excited to welcome for our return and believe us these boys do not disappoint.

You can find the link in our bio for tickets 💙

15/08/2022

https://www.mixcloud.com/NowWeDance/no-junk-disco-funk/

A selection of disco funk jams ready to make you move.

14/08/2022

Likely the last you'll hear from me for a while. Enjoy it in the sunshine. Disco vibes throughout.

23/07/2022

Here's something quite different from me, ideal for burning the midnight oil.

The constellation of Gemini is made up of two twins: Castor and Pollux. Castor was the mortal son of King Tyndarus, while Pollux was the immortal son of Zeus. Both Castor and Pollux, being identical twins, were inseparable in their looks and actions. Castor was great horseman and Pollux was a great....

21/07/2022

https://www.mixcloud.com/NowWeDance/bank-holiday-funktacular/

A brief touch of House before heading to a world of heavy bass disco funkers with a couple of acapella's thrown in just to liven up the instrumentals.. Performed the weekend of the early May Bank Holiday 2022.

17/07/2022

Graeme Park

17/07/2022

John Morales

17/07/2022

https://www.mixcloud.com/NowWeDance/rays-days/

Audio ripped from a recent live stream. Just from home after a lovely day in the sun with friends.

17/07/2022

https://youtu.be/G_hgXKoof2A

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