Ian Levine

Ian Geoffrey Levine (born 22 June 1953), is a British songwriter, producer, and DJ. A moderniser of Northern soul music in the UK, and a developer of the style of Hi-NRG, he has written and produced records with sales totalling over 40 million. Levine began collecting Motown records from the age of 13, building a collection from UK record shops and those his family visited on holidays to Miami and New Orleans. He later became an avid collector of soul, R&B, and Northern soul. After his parents emigrated to the Caribbean in 1979, Levine sold most of his records to fund a house purchase in London. 
Having attended some early Northern soul all-nighters at "The Twisted Wheel" nightclub in Manchester with DJ Stuart Bremner, on leaving school in 1971 he became a disc jockey at the Blackpool Mecca. Levine joined other DJs in travelling to Stoke on Trent to join the Northern soul all-nighter "Torch", which was quickly shut down but was the fore runner of the Wigan Casino events, which Levine opened. Working with fellow DJ Colin Curtis, the pair was responsible for guiding the Northern Soul scene away from its oldies-only policy and towards modern soul and disco.
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==Links to Peel==
In an interview with DMC World Magazine, published in 2013, Levine mentioned that John Peel interviewed him:
"Radio One's John Peel came up from London and did a one hour interview with me. He came over to my house and we just talked about the music. Records I loved back then and now were tunes like The Charades 'The Key To Happiness' and Bob Relf's  'Blowing My Mind To Pieces". Love them..." 
It is not known when Peel interviewed him or whether it was broadcast.
==External Links==
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