Mark Reeder
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Mark Reeder grew up in Manchester
, England. He is a musician and record producer. At a young age, Reeder became interested in progressive rock
and especially early electronic music
. In his teens, he worked in a small Virgin Records
store in Manchester city centre.
Reeder has been living and working in Berlin since 1978. He is also the founder and owner of the German electronic dance music label "MFS
" and "Flesh". In 1991, Reeder discovered the teenage Paul van Dyk
, guiding and paving his way to build up his now international DJ superstardom. Through books as Dave Haslam
's "Adventures on the wheels of steel – The rise of the superstar djs" it is now clearly understood that Reeder initiated and successfully outlined Paul van Dyk's early career from 1991 until 1999, and through Reeder's respected status and extensive music industry contacts, van Dyk was able to climb the ladder to success and reach his current superstar status.
Reeder's career has spanned over three decades. He has been a participant and behind the scenes influence for many now famous artists, spread over a wide cross section of contemporary musical genres.
(Simply Red
) and Neil Moss in Manchester, early 1977. In 1978, he decided to leave Britain and move to Berlin. While living there he became Factory Records
German representative
promoting the label's bands, Joy Division
and ACR
, simultaneously he worked as a sound engineer for bands like the all-girl avant garde group Malaria! (who he also co-managed) or punk band Die Toten Hosen
.
In 1981, Reeder formed the synthpop
-rock duo Die Unbekannten, together with Alistair Gray, and then drummer Thomas Wydler
(who later played in Die Haut
and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
) joined, Die Unbekannten became a trio. After Wydler left to play in Die Haut, he still remained as Die Unbekannten guest drummer for the occasional live gig.
They released two very dark and depressive 12" EP
s between 1981 and 1982.
Debut EP
, Die Unbekannten(1981) which consisted of 3 tracks "Radio war", "Casualties", and "Poseidon", Their second EP Dangerous Moonlight (1982) which had 4 tracks "Don't Tell me Stories", "Perfect Love", "Against the Wall" and "The Game". Dangerous Moonlight was repressed with a different cover design in 1983.
In March 2005, Die Unbekannten released the limited edition vinyl LP Don't Tell Me Stories (on vinyl only) featuring the above 2 EPs and some unreleased material.
A music review concluded that
Meanwhile Smirnoff
Wall of Sound
film 2008 described Reeder to be one of the Godfathers of the early electronic music
and Gothic Rock
scene.
In 1983, Reeder helped put together the Berlin Special of The Tube
, a popular and highly influential UK Channel 4
TV pop programme, which he co-presented together with Muriel Gray
. This show featured music from both sides of the walled city (debuting bands like "Die Ärzte
" and featuring "Die Tödliche Doris
" and "Die Haut
") and for the first time ever, a young East German band he'd literally discovered on the street, called "Jessica" appeared on a UK TV show, fronted by Tino Eisbrenner. It was also the first time that a British TV crew had ever filmed a pop programme both in the GDR (East Berlin
) and West Berlin
.
In 1984, "Die Unbekannten" changed their name to "Shark Vegas
" and toured Western Europe with New Order
. In 1986, Shark Vegas released one of the most sought after Factory 12" single You Hurt Me (FAC111) which was produced by Bernard Sumner
(the founding member of Joy Division
, New Order
and now the lead vocalist of Bad Lieutenant
). This single was also released in Germany on the Toten Hosen Totenkopf label (TOT11) with different versions of the song. Both releases of the single were some of the first 12" to be designed by Mark Farrow
who went on to design covers for The Pet Shop Boys.
The only other track Pretenders of Love(FAC US 17) was featured on the only US factory compilation.
Reeder had contacts to the East berlin underground new wave
music scene and travelled a lot to East Berlin for concerts. He eventually helped to bring Die Toten Hosen
over to East Berlin for their two secret gigs in 1982 and 1988, the 1982 gig being the first concert by a western punk band in East Berlin, disguised as a religious service. In summer 1989, he was officially asked if he would produce the album Torture, for up-and-coming East German indie band Die Vision for the East German state-owned record label AMIGA in East Berlin. This was probably the first East-West joint venture. Reeder is recognised as the only Englishman ever to have had the privilege to make a record in the East, because literally days after finishing recording the album, the notorious Berlin Wall
fell.
Due to this album production, Reeder had made useful contacts at AMIGA the (now former) East German state-owned record label, now renamed ZONG. He managed to convince them to allow him to set up a new electronic dance label office in the "Abhör Raum 101" situated in the building directly behind the Reichstag.
Reeder has relocated to live in Northern Ireland with his wife after getting married in mid 2010.
as it became known. The name MFS was actually taken from the initials of Ministry for State Security (Stasi
) in East Germany.
Reeder had a gift for uncovering the hidden talents of many early techno and trance artists.
He once stated in an interview together with DJ Paul van Dyk
,
As an artist himself, Reeder was the creative driving force behind his labels, which provided a great platform for many young and then unknown artists. He ran both his labels with an unconventional approach and a passion rarely seen in the music industry. Reeder was deeply devoted to all his artists and was involved in almost every aspect of their musical productions, from their concept, recording and mastering, to PR texts, as well as their artistic cover-design ideas.
In 1993, a trance music documentary Berliner Trance was born, presented by Mark Reeder, directed by Ben Hardyment.
) Nekromantik 2
and his sound is reminicant of the 80s electronic rock-disco sound with a modern flair.
Reeder has since remixed tracks and worked with many well-known artists like the Pet Shop Boys
& Sam Taylor-Wood
"I'm in Love With a German Film Star
" 2009 (Mark Reeder's Rundfunk remix), (Mark Reeder's Rias Radio Remix) and (Mark Reeder's Stuck in the 80s remix), Bad Lieutenant
"Sink or Swim
" 2010 (Reeder's Rettungsring Remix) and (Reeder's Waterwing Remix), Anne Clark
"The Hardest Heart" (Heart and soul mix feat. Anne Clark
), John Foxx
"Underpass" 2010 (Reeder Sinister Subway Mix), (Mark Reeder's dark long sinister remix), (Mark Reeder Sinister Subway Radio remix) and other less known ones such as Noblesse Oblige, Spartak and Parralox.
In September 2009, he released a collaboration album of reworks of tracks by Blank & Jones
titled Reordered for which he rewrote and replayed all the tracks.
According to Reeder
This album features vocals by artists as Robert Smith
of "The Cure
", Steve Kilbey
of "The Church
", Bernard Sumner
of "Joy Division
/ New Order
/ Bad Lieutenant
", Claudia Bruecken of "Propaganda
" and Anne Clark
.
In 2011, Reeder released his second album "Five Point One", a selection of his recent remixes.
All the tracks on this three disc deluxe album have been re-remixed by Reeder in Dolby Digital
5.1 Surround Sound.
Notably, the album also includes his previously unreleased remix for Depeche Mode
's "Sweetest Perfection" (Reeder's Sweetest Conception Remix) which is exclusive to this album, as are his two remixes for Anne Clark
"Full Moon" (Reeder's Stairway to the Stars Remix) and "If..." (Reeder's Seemingly Forever Remix). The album also features two further remixes for Bad Lieutenant's "Twist Of Fate" and remixes for top German rockers Die Toten Hosen
, teutonic trancers Blank & Jones
and New York electro-jazzer Vanessa Daou
, as well as aforementioned Pet Shop Boys
and John Foxx
remixes. It also features a collection of videos and photos such as a rare Depeche Mode photgraph by Anton Corbijn
.
creator Malcolm McLaren
and music writers Dave Rimmer
and Jon Savage
.
Other conferences include chairing panels at ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event) on various techno music subjects, together with guest panellists Ben Liebrand
, Ferry Corsten
, Mark Gobulev and Jaydee. And join the "Musik & Maschine" International Techno Fair together with techno DJ Jeff Mills
in Berlin. Reeder attended the first electronic dance music conference VIBRATO 2000 in New Delhi, India, and then London Calling
in UK. He has given lectures and workshops at the Tecnogeist, San Luis Potosi
and G. Martell College of Music and Audio in Mexico City
.
and Flesh, also for his own releases (with the exception of "You Hurt me" which was designed by his friend Mark Farrow
).
Reeder created all his labels' advert, wrote majority of the copy and record texts. He supplied designer Marc Schilkowski with design ideas. Although Reeder almost never credited himself on the records (Schilkowski is the one actually credited for the execution of the finished artwork of most MFS releases).
Reeder was actually involved in the creation of virtually all the MFS and Flesh record graphic designs:
"Perfect Love", "Against The Wall" Feat. Thomas Wydler on drums;
"the Game" – Monogam Schallplatten, Berlin
"The Firstborn is Dead" (special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 2, the firstborn is dead)
"Kicking against the pricks" (special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 3, kicking against the pricks)
"Your funeral... My trial" (Special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 4, your funeral... my trial)
Interviewee. a film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
(Mute Recordings)
He has also worked as a researcher and has been interviewed and quoted or being a main subject in many book publications. See below for Reeder's participant bibliography.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England. He is a musician and record producer. At a young age, Reeder became interested in progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
and especially early electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
. In his teens, he worked in a small Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
store in Manchester city centre.
Reeder has been living and working in Berlin since 1978. He is also the founder and owner of the German electronic dance music label "MFS
MFS (label)
MFS was an independent electronic dance music label from Berlin, Germany lasting from 1990-2008 . It was founded by Berlin based Englishman, Mark Reeder in 1990...
" and "Flesh". In 1991, Reeder discovered the teenage Paul van Dyk
Paul van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
, guiding and paving his way to build up his now international DJ superstardom. Through books as Dave Haslam
Dave Haslam
Dave Haslam is an author and DJ. Originally from Moseley, Birmingham, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. Having moved to Manchester in 1980, he DJ'd over 450 times at the Haçienda nightclub, including Thursday's Temperance club night in the late 1980s...
's "Adventures on the wheels of steel – The rise of the superstar djs" it is now clearly understood that Reeder initiated and successfully outlined Paul van Dyk's early career from 1991 until 1999, and through Reeder's respected status and extensive music industry contacts, van Dyk was able to climb the ladder to success and reach his current superstar status.
Reeder's career has spanned over three decades. He has been a participant and behind the scenes influence for many now famous artists, spread over a wide cross section of contemporary musical genres.
Background
Mark Reeder formed the punk band The Frantic Elevators together with Mick HucknallMick Hucknall
Michael "Mick" Hucknall is a British singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the British band Simply Red, and is recognisable for his smooth, distinctive voice and wide vocal range, as well as his red curly hair.-Early life:...
(Simply Red
Simply Red
Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...
) and Neil Moss in Manchester, early 1977. In 1978, he decided to leave Britain and move to Berlin. While living there he became Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...
German representative
promoting the label's bands, Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
and ACR
A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio are a Post-punk band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. While originally part of the punk rock movement, they soon added funk and dance elements to their sound. They are sometimes referred to as "post punk funk"...
, simultaneously he worked as a sound engineer for bands like the all-girl avant garde group Malaria! (who he also co-managed) or punk band Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...
.
In 1981, Reeder formed the synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
-rock duo Die Unbekannten, together with Alistair Gray, and then drummer Thomas Wydler
Thomas Wydler
Thomas Wydler , is a Swiss musician best known for being a core member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, of which he has been a drummer since 1985. Prior to joining them, he was a member of the experimental German band Die Haut. Wydler has been present on almost every Bad Seeds album, making his...
(who later played in Die Haut
Die haut
Die Haut were an experimental German post-punk post-rock band, who enjoyed some local success in the Berlin of the 1980s and 1990s, with one record where Nick Cave was involved in the mixdown, Burnin' The Ice...
and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983. The band is fronted by Nick Cave and has featured international personnel throughout their career.-Formation and early releases :...
) joined, Die Unbekannten became a trio. After Wydler left to play in Die Haut, he still remained as Die Unbekannten guest drummer for the occasional live gig.
They released two very dark and depressive 12" EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s between 1981 and 1982.
Debut EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Die Unbekannten(1981) which consisted of 3 tracks "Radio war", "Casualties", and "Poseidon", Their second EP Dangerous Moonlight (1982) which had 4 tracks "Don't Tell me Stories", "Perfect Love", "Against the Wall" and "The Game". Dangerous Moonlight was repressed with a different cover design in 1983.
In March 2005, Die Unbekannten released the limited edition vinyl LP Don't Tell Me Stories (on vinyl only) featuring the above 2 EPs and some unreleased material.
A music review concluded that
Die Unbekannten is of course an 80’s band. They combine the best of New WaveNew Wave musicNew Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
, Gothic RockGothic rockGothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
and Post-PunkPost-punkPost-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
.
Meanwhile Smirnoff
Smirnoff
Smirnoff is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov , the son of illiterate Russian peasants. It is now distributed in 130 countries.Smirnoff products include vodka, flavored...
Wall of Sound
Wall of Sound
The Wall of Sound is a music production technique for pop and rock music recordings developed by record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, California, during the early 1960s...
film 2008 described Reeder to be one of the Godfathers of the early electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
and Gothic Rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
scene.
In 1983, Reeder helped put together the Berlin Special of The Tube
The Tube (TV series)
The Tube was an innovative United Kingdom pop/rock music television programme, which ran for five seasons, from 5 November 1982 until 1987...
, a popular and highly influential UK Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
TV pop programme, which he co-presented together with Muriel Gray
Muriel Gray
Muriel Gray is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.-Personal life:Gray is of partly Jewish ancestry...
. This show featured music from both sides of the walled city (debuting bands like "Die Ärzte
Die Ärzte
Die Ärzte is a punk band from Berlin. Die Ärzte are one of the best-known German punk rock bands and have released over 20 albums. The band consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B. and bass player Rodrigo González...
" and featuring "Die Tödliche Doris
Die Tödliche Doris
Die Tödliche Doris was a German performance art and music group based in Berlin from 1980 to 1987. It was founded by band members Wolfgang Müller and Nikolaus Utermöhlen and later joined by Chris Dreier, Dagmar Dimitroff, Tabea Blumenschein and Käthe Kruse .Die Tödliche Doris was part of the...
" and "Die Haut
Die haut
Die Haut were an experimental German post-punk post-rock band, who enjoyed some local success in the Berlin of the 1980s and 1990s, with one record where Nick Cave was involved in the mixdown, Burnin' The Ice...
") and for the first time ever, a young East German band he'd literally discovered on the street, called "Jessica" appeared on a UK TV show, fronted by Tino Eisbrenner. It was also the first time that a British TV crew had ever filmed a pop programme both in the GDR (East Berlin
East Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
) and West Berlin
West Berlin
West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...
.
In 1984, "Die Unbekannten" changed their name to "Shark Vegas
Shark Vegas
Shark Vegas was a Berlin based New wave band, consisting of ex-Factory Records German representative, Mark Reeder , Alistair Gray , Leo Walter and Helmut Wittler...
" and toured Western Europe with New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
. In 1986, Shark Vegas released one of the most sought after Factory 12" single You Hurt Me (FAC111) which was produced by Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner , also known as Bernard Dickin, Bernard Dicken and Bernard Albrecht is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer....
(the founding member of Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
, New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
and now the lead vocalist of Bad Lieutenant
Bad Lieutenant (band)
Bad Lieutenant are an English alternative rock band formed in 2007 following the breakup of New Order. The band consists of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans and Tom Chapman....
). This single was also released in Germany on the Toten Hosen Totenkopf label (TOT11) with different versions of the song. Both releases of the single were some of the first 12" to be designed by Mark Farrow
Mark Farrow
Mark Farrow was named Designer of the Year in the Creative Review Peer Poll in 2004, voting him ‘the most important graphic designer working today’. His career began in the early 1980s designing experimental sleeves and posters for Factory Records, and The Haçienda, which placed him at the...
who went on to design covers for The Pet Shop Boys.
The only other track Pretenders of Love(FAC US 17) was featured on the only US factory compilation.
Reeder had contacts to the East berlin underground new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
music scene and travelled a lot to East Berlin for concerts. He eventually helped to bring Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...
over to East Berlin for their two secret gigs in 1982 and 1988, the 1982 gig being the first concert by a western punk band in East Berlin, disguised as a religious service. In summer 1989, he was officially asked if he would produce the album Torture, for up-and-coming East German indie band Die Vision for the East German state-owned record label AMIGA in East Berlin. This was probably the first East-West joint venture. Reeder is recognised as the only Englishman ever to have had the privilege to make a record in the East, because literally days after finishing recording the album, the notorious Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...
fell.
Due to this album production, Reeder had made useful contacts at AMIGA the (now former) East German state-owned record label, now renamed ZONG. He managed to convince them to allow him to set up a new electronic dance label office in the "Abhör Raum 101" situated in the building directly behind the Reichstag.
Reeder has relocated to live in Northern Ireland with his wife after getting married in mid 2010.
MFS – Masterminded For Success
In December 1990, Reeder founded his own electronic dance music record label "Masterminded For Success" or MFSMFS (label)
MFS was an independent electronic dance music label from Berlin, Germany lasting from 1990-2008 . It was founded by Berlin based Englishman, Mark Reeder in 1990...
as it became known. The name MFS was actually taken from the initials of Ministry for State Security (Stasi
Stasi
The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation , literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered...
) in East Germany.
Reeder had a gift for uncovering the hidden talents of many early techno and trance artists.
He once stated in an interview together with DJ Paul van Dyk
Paul van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
,
MFS was founded to offer opportunity to talented people.
As an artist himself, Reeder was the creative driving force behind his labels, which provided a great platform for many young and then unknown artists. He ran both his labels with an unconventional approach and a passion rarely seen in the music industry. Reeder was deeply devoted to all his artists and was involved in almost every aspect of their musical productions, from their concept, recording and mastering, to PR texts, as well as their artistic cover-design ideas.
In 1993, a trance music documentary Berliner Trance was born, presented by Mark Reeder, directed by Ben Hardyment.
This documentary is combined with interviews such as Dr Motte, Paul van Dyk, Laurent Garnier, Paul Browse, Mijk van Dijk and MFS label supremo Mark Reeder. This now legendary exploration into the underworld of what was the most significant force in driving dance music forward in the 20th century. It contains rare early footage of the 1991 and 1993 Love ParadeLove ParadeThe Love Parade was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held in Germany annually between 1989 and 2003 in Berlin, and then from 2006 to 2010 in the Ruhr region...
, and of the now bulldozed Mutoid Waste Company land, E-Werk and Tresor – Berlin's legendary clubs that started it all in the former East Berlin.
Current music works
In the meantime, Reeder has returned to his own music production. He worked with German filmmaker Joerg Buttgereit on many of his film and theatre projects (In 1991, Reeder starred in the Joerg Buttgereit splatter filmSplatter film
A splatter film or gore film is a subgenre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, through the use of special effects and excessive blood and guts, tend to display an overt interest in the vulnerability of the human body and the...
) Nekromantik 2
Nekromantik 2
NEKRomantik 2 is 1991 German horror/splatter film directed by Jörg Buttgereit and a sequel of his 1987 film Nekromantik. The film is about necrophilia, and was quite controversial and was seized by authorities in Munich 12 days after its release, an action that had no precedent in Germany since the...
and his sound is reminicant of the 80s electronic rock-disco sound with a modern flair.
Reeder has since remixed tracks and worked with many well-known artists like the Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
& Sam Taylor-Wood
Sam Taylor-Wood
Samantha "Sam" Taylor-Wood OBE , born Samantha Taylor, is an English filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist. Her directorial feature film debut came in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of The Beatles songwriter and singer John Lennon...
"I'm in Love With a German Film Star
I'm in love with a German film star
"I'm in Love with a German Film Star" is a song by the British pop band The Passions. It was released as a single in 1981 and reached number twenty-five on the UK Singles Chart. It was the band's only single to reach the charts. Sam Taylor-Wood recorded a cover version which was released a single...
" 2009 (Mark Reeder's Rundfunk remix), (Mark Reeder's Rias Radio Remix) and (Mark Reeder's Stuck in the 80s remix), Bad Lieutenant
Bad Lieutenant (band)
Bad Lieutenant are an English alternative rock band formed in 2007 following the breakup of New Order. The band consists of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans and Tom Chapman....
"Sink or Swim
Sink or Swim (song)
"Sink or Swim" was the début release and first single by Bad Lieutenant. It appears as the first track on their début album Never Cry Another Tear. It was released on 28 September 2009. The single was backed with the fellow album track "Dynamo"...
" 2010 (Reeder's Rettungsring Remix) and (Reeder's Waterwing Remix), Anne Clark
Anne Clark
Anne Clark is an English poet and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then....
"The Hardest Heart" (Heart and soul mix feat. Anne Clark
Anne Clark
Anne Clark is an English poet and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then....
), John Foxx
John Foxx
John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
"Underpass" 2010 (Reeder Sinister Subway Mix), (Mark Reeder's dark long sinister remix), (Mark Reeder Sinister Subway Radio remix) and other less known ones such as Noblesse Oblige, Spartak and Parralox.
In September 2009, he released a collaboration album of reworks of tracks by Blank & Jones
Blank & Jones
Blank & Jones is a Cologne, Germany based Trance duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank , known as Piet Blank; René Runge , better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold...
titled Reordered for which he rewrote and replayed all the tracks.
According to Reeder
Reordered could probably best be described as a re-works album as I’ve taken each track and basically rewritten and reworked the music and added my own sound imprint. It was decided to make it in a style reminiscent of the 80’s and I produced it in exactly the same way as I had made music back then; using very few instruments, real synths and guitars. I wanted Reordered to have a different sound to anything Blank & Jones had done before and to touch territory they wouldn’t normally visit.
This album features vocals by artists as Robert Smith
Robert Smith (musician)
Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
of "The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
", Steve Kilbey
Steve Kilbey
Steven John Kilbey is the lead singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for The Church, an Australian rock band. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter....
of "The Church
The Church (band)
The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of progressive rock, featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay...
", Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner , also known as Bernard Dickin, Bernard Dicken and Bernard Albrecht is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer....
of "Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
/ New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
/ Bad Lieutenant
Bad Lieutenant (band)
Bad Lieutenant are an English alternative rock band formed in 2007 following the breakup of New Order. The band consists of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans and Tom Chapman....
", Claudia Bruecken of "Propaganda
Propaganda (band)
Propaganda is a German synthpop group, formed in 1982. They were one of the initial roster of acts signed to Trevor Horn's ZTT label, between 1984 and 1986, during which they released the critically acclaimed album A Secret Wish....
" and Anne Clark
Anne Clark
Anne Clark is an English poet and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then....
.
In 2011, Reeder released his second album "Five Point One", a selection of his recent remixes.
All the tracks on this three disc deluxe album have been re-remixed by Reeder in Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
5.1 Surround Sound.
Notably, the album also includes his previously unreleased remix for Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
's "Sweetest Perfection" (Reeder's Sweetest Conception Remix) which is exclusive to this album, as are his two remixes for Anne Clark
Anne Clark
Anne Clark is an English poet and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then....
"Full Moon" (Reeder's Stairway to the Stars Remix) and "If..." (Reeder's Seemingly Forever Remix). The album also features two further remixes for Bad Lieutenant's "Twist Of Fate" and remixes for top German rockers Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...
, teutonic trancers Blank & Jones
Blank & Jones
Blank & Jones is a Cologne, Germany based Trance duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank , known as Piet Blank; René Runge , better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold...
and New York electro-jazzer Vanessa Daou
Vanessa Daou
Vanessa Daou is an American singer, songwriter, poet, visual artist and dancer. Most notably a musician, her work is known among electronica, nu jazz and trip hop circles for her trademark spoken word and aspirated singing style as well as its erotic and literary subtexts.-Formative years:Daou was...
, as well as aforementioned Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
and John Foxx
John Foxx
John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
remixes. It also features a collection of videos and photos such as a rare Depeche Mode photgraph by Anton Corbijn
Anton Corbijn
Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...
.
Music workshop, lecture & seminar sessions
Due to his extensive knowledge of the music industry, Reeder has participated and chaired panels at various international music conferences since the late 1980s. One of his first, being for the BID (Berlin Independence Days) in 1990, together with the Sex PistolsSex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
creator Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was an English performer, impresario, self-publicist and manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls...
and music writers Dave Rimmer
Dave Rimmer
Dave Rimmer is a music journalist and critic who has written books and articles about a number of pop and rock artists. He wrote for SMASH HITS and FACE in the 1980s, and wrote a book about 1980s pop entitled Like Punk Never Happened. His second book Once Upon a Time in the East, is about Eastern...
and Jon Savage
Jon Savage
Jon Savage , real name Jonathon Sage, is a Cambridge-educated writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his award winning history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England's Dreaming, published in 1991.-Career:...
.
Other conferences include chairing panels at ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event) on various techno music subjects, together with guest panellists Ben Liebrand
Ben Liebrand
Ben Liebrand is a dance music DJ. He has produced artists such as Forrest and MC Miker G & DJ Sven and remixed tracks by artists such as Salt N Pepa, Sting, TLC, Fun Fun, Tavares, Bill Withers, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Rick Astley, SWV and Phil Collins...
, Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...
, Mark Gobulev and Jaydee. And join the "Musik & Maschine" International Techno Fair together with techno DJ Jeff Mills
Jeff Mills
Jeff Mills is an American techno DJ and producer.-Career:Starting in the early 1980s, Mills, using the name "The Wizard", was a recurring guest DJ on "The Electrifying Mojo" radio show on WJLB...
in Berlin. Reeder attended the first electronic dance music conference VIBRATO 2000 in New Delhi, India, and then London Calling
London Calling
London Calling is the third studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 through CBS Records, and in the United States in January 1980 through Epic Records...
in UK. He has given lectures and workshops at the Tecnogeist, San Luis Potosi
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....
and G. Martell College of Music and Audio in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
.
Artworks & designs
Reeder initially studied advertising design, but disillusioned. He left the Ad industry then to work in a Virgin Records store in Lever Street, Manchester. Years later, he used his knowledge in advertising and design for his own labels MFSMFS (label)
MFS was an independent electronic dance music label from Berlin, Germany lasting from 1990-2008 . It was founded by Berlin based Englishman, Mark Reeder in 1990...
and Flesh, also for his own releases (with the exception of "You Hurt me" which was designed by his friend Mark Farrow
Mark Farrow
Mark Farrow was named Designer of the Year in the Creative Review Peer Poll in 2004, voting him ‘the most important graphic designer working today’. His career began in the early 1980s designing experimental sleeves and posters for Factory Records, and The Haçienda, which placed him at the...
).
Reeder created all his labels' advert, wrote majority of the copy and record texts. He supplied designer Marc Schilkowski with design ideas. Although Reeder almost never credited himself on the records (Schilkowski is the one actually credited for the execution of the finished artwork of most MFS releases).
Reeder was actually involved in the creation of virtually all the MFS and Flesh record graphic designs:
- EPs design: (1981) Die Unbekannten "Die Unbekannten"; (1982)& (1983) Die Unbekannten "Dangerous Moonlight"
- Single design: (1989) Alien Nation "Travis" – by Mark Reeder & Dave Rimmer; (1991) Alien Nation "Lovers of the World"
- Album design: (1989) & (1990) Die Vision "Torture" – by Mark Reeder & Dave Rimmer; (1998) Assorted E for Europe – by Mark Reeder & Corvin Dalek; (1999) Assorted Stadtansichten – a Journey Through Berlin – by Mark Reeder & Corvin Dalek; (2001) Blue Amazon "Javelin" – by Mark Reeder & Corvin Dalek; (2002) "Wet & Hard" Various, Flesh Artists compilation – by Mark Reeder, Jan Kessler & Corvin Dalek; (2003) "Flesh For Fantasy" Various, Flesh Artists Compilation – by Mark Reeder & Jan kessler; (2003) "Tender Young Flesh" Various, Flesh Artists Compilation – by Mark Reeder & Jan kessler; (2003) Corvin Dalek "I am a Dalek" – by Mark Reeder & Corvin Dalek; (2005) Die Unbekannten "Don't Tell Me Stories" – by Mark Reeder & Anja Koestler; (2009) Blank & Jones/ Mark Reeder – "Reordered" – by Mark Reeder & Marc Schilkowski.
As producer
Production credits- 1982: Malaria! "Emotion" Album tracks "Eifersucht" and "Gewissen" – Moabit Musik, Berlin/ Les Disques du Crepescule, Brussels
- 1989 & 1990: Die Vision "Torture" (Album) "After The Sunset", "Gimme All Your Love", "Cry Of The Wolf", "Doomsday", "Wishes for the night", "The vision", "Love By Geyer remix", "Love By Waiah remix" – Amiga/Zong & Vulture Records
- 1997: Paul van DykPaul van DykMatthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
"Words" (Original Version radio edit) by Paul van Dyk, Wolfgang Ragwitz & Mark Reeder – MFS
As composer & producer
Discography: Shark VegasShark Vegas
Shark Vegas was a Berlin based New wave band, consisting of ex-Factory Records German representative, Mark Reeder , Alistair Gray , Leo Walter and Helmut Wittler...
- 1981: Die Unbekannten "Radio War" (Live) featured on LP "Licht und Schatten – 17 June 1981"
- 1981: Die Unbekannten "Die Unbekannten" EP "Radio War", "Casualties" and "Poseidon" Feat. Thomas Wydler on drums. – Monogam Schallplatten, Berlin
- 1982, 1983: Die Unbekannten "Dangerous Moonlight" EP "Don't Tell Me Stories" Feat. Danny Briottet on percussion;
"Perfect Love", "Against The Wall" Feat. Thomas Wydler on drums;
"the Game" – Monogam Schallplatten, Berlin
- 1988: Alien Nation "House In The Desert" (Sheik It Up Mix), (Bass House In The Desert) and (Space House In The Desert) – Orgon Records
- 1990: Nekromantik 2Nekromantik 2NEKRomantik 2 is 1991 German horror/splatter film directed by Jörg Buttgereit and a sequel of his 1987 film Nekromantik. The film is about necrophilia, and was quite controversial and was seized by authorities in Munich 12 days after its release, an action that had no precedent in Germany since the...
Original Film Soundtrack – Composer & Producer – Jelinski/Buttgereit productions
- 2004: Nekromantik 2Nekromantik 2NEKRomantik 2 is 1991 German horror/splatter film directed by Jörg Buttgereit and a sequel of his 1987 film Nekromantik. The film is about necrophilia, and was quite controversial and was seized by authorities in Munich 12 days after its release, an action that had no precedent in Germany since the...
Original Film Soundtrack – Composer & Producer (Re-release of entire remastered original film-score)
- 2007: Captain Berlin Vs Hitler (Theatre Play) Live on-stage Sound Effects and Musical Soundtrack
- 2009: Blank & JonesBlank & JonesBlank & Jones is a Cologne, Germany based Trance duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank , known as Piet Blank; René Runge , better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold...
, Mark Reeder – Reordered (Album) – Soundcolours
Remixes
- 1993: Effective Force "Illuminate The Planet" (World Order Remixes), (New World Order mix), (World In Order mix) and (World Disorder – Mad Marks Mad, Mad World mix) – MFS
- 1994: Mystic Force vs Effective Force "Everglade" (Effective Force Remix by Mark Reeder & Effective Force) – MFS
- 2000: Corvin Dalek "Crystal" (Hustler& Stossdaempfers Donner& Sumner remix) Written by Corvin Dalek, Mark Reeder & Bernard Sumner. Produced by Corvin Dalek & Mark Reeder. Vocals by Bernard Sumner.
- 2003: Corvin Dalek "I am a dalek" (Album)
- 2003: Eiven Major "Thunderbird" (Kessler & Reeder's Blue Thunder remix)
- 2008: Blank & JonesBlank & JonesBlank & Jones is a Cologne, Germany based Trance duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank , known as Piet Blank; René Runge , better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold...
(featuring Bernard SumnerBernard SumnerBernard Sumner , also known as Bernard Dickin, Bernard Dicken and Bernard Albrecht is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer....
) "Miracle cure" (Radiant radio remix), (Wundermittel remix) – Soundcolours
- 2008: The Pet Shop Boys "I'm in Love With a German Film StarI'm in love with a German film star"I'm in Love with a German Film Star" is a song by the British pop band The Passions. It was released as a single in 1981 and reached number twenty-five on the UK Singles Chart. It was the band's only single to reach the charts. Sam Taylor-Wood recorded a cover version which was released a single...
" (Mark Reeder's Rundfunk remix), (Mark Reeder's Rias Radio Remix), (Mark Reeder's Stuck in the 80s remix) and (5.1 Rundfunk remix) – Kompakt
- 2008: Anne ClarkAnne ClarkAnne Clark is an English poet and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then....
"Full moon" (Stairway to the Stars Radio mix), (Stairway to the Stars mix)
- 2008: Anne ClarkAnne ClarkAnne Clark is an English poet and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then....
"If..." (Seemingly Forever mix)
- 2008: Parralox "Sharper Than a Knife" (Cutting Edge remix)
- 2009: Spartak "Let's Go Get'em" (No Pain, No Gain mix)
- 2009: Noblesse Oblige "duel" (Shot at Dawn remix)
- 2009: Die Toten HosenDie Toten HosenDie Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...
"Disco" (Lange Hosen remix) - 2009: Anne ClarkAnne ClarkAnne Clark is an English poet and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then....
"The Hardest Heart" (Heart and soul mix feat. Anne Clark)
- 2009: Bad LieutenantBad Lieutenant (band)Bad Lieutenant are an English alternative rock band formed in 2007 following the breakup of New Order. The band consists of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans and Tom Chapman....
, "Sink or SwimSink or Swim (song)"Sink or Swim" was the début release and first single by Bad Lieutenant. It appears as the first track on their début album Never Cry Another Tear. It was released on 28 September 2009. The single was backed with the fellow album track "Dynamo"...
" (Reeder's Rettungsring Remix) and (Reeder's Waterwing Remix), (Rubberring Dub Instr remix)
- 2010: Bad LieutenantBad Lieutenant (band)Bad Lieutenant are an English alternative rock band formed in 2007 following the breakup of New Order. The band consists of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans and Tom Chapman....
, "Sink or SwimSink or Swim (song)"Sink or Swim" was the début release and first single by Bad Lieutenant. It appears as the first track on their début album Never Cry Another Tear. It was released on 28 September 2009. The single was backed with the fellow album track "Dynamo"...
" (Rettungsring 5.1 Video remix)
- 2010: John FoxxJohn FoxxJohn Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
"Underpass" (Mark Reeder Sinister Subway Radio remix) and (Mark Reeder's Dark Long Sinister remix)
- 2010: Bad LieutenantBad Lieutenant (band)Bad Lieutenant are an English alternative rock band formed in 2007 following the breakup of New Order. The band consists of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans and Tom Chapman....
, "Twist of fateTwist of FateTwist of Fate may refer to:* a twist of fate, an unpredicted or random occurrence with far-reaching consequences; see Irony* "Twist of Fate" , a 2003 song recorded by Siobhán Donaghy...
" (Mark Reeder's Led's Twist Again remix), (Mark Reeder's Synth of Fate remix), (Mark Reeder's No Fate remix) and (Mark Reeder's No Fate Radio mix)
- 2010: Marsheaux "So Far" (Mark Reeder's So Close remix) – Undo Records
- 2010: May68 "The Prisoner" (Mark Reeder's Runaway Radio remix) and (Mark Reeder's Runaway remix) – Kitsune Records
- 2010: Electrobelle "Falling" (Mark Reeder's In Your Arms remix) and (Mark Reeder's In Your Heart remix)
- 2011: Echoes "Ice Cold" (Mark Reeder's Cold As Ice remix), "Ice Cold" (Mark Reeder's Colder Than Ice remix)
- 2011: Depeche ModeDepeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
"Sweetest Perfection" (Mark Reeder's Sweetest Conception remix)
- 2011: Mark Reeder "Five Point One" (Remixes album compilation in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound & Stereo)
Studio albums
| Year | Album details |
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| 2009 | Reordered
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| Year | Album details |
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| 2011 | Five Point One
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Guest appearances in films and theatre projects
- 1985 "Moskito" Children's TV series (SFBSender Freies BerlinSender Freies Berlin was the ARD public radio and television service for West Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 1990 and for Berlin as a whole from German reunification until 30 April 2003...
) (German) regular appearances, role as resident "Blunderer" - 1986 "Ezra Pound" (ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
) German TV Film on the life of ezra pound. small role as: one of Ezra Pound intellectual drinking friends. - 1986 "Molle mit Korn" (ARDARD (broadcaster)ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
) Soap-series about set in post-war Germany role as: Russian & English occupying soldier. - 1988 "Der TodeskingDer TodeskingDer Todesking is a 1989 German horror film directed by Jörg Buttgereit. This experimental style movie which does not use central characters explores the topic of suicide and violent death in the form of seven episodes, each one attributed to one day of the week...
" role as: brutal Nazi Officer. directed by Joerg Buttgereit. Joerg Buttgereit/ Manfred Jelinski production. - 1988 "Joan D'arc of Mongolia" role as: waiter on trans-siberian railway. directed by Ulrike OttingerUlrike OttingerUlrike Ottinger is a German filmmaker, documentarian photographer and professor at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.-Biography:From 1959 she was a visiting student at the Academy of Arts in Munich and worked as a painter...
, Ulrike Ottinger productions. - 1989 "The Rose Garden" Der Rosengarten (Kz Heftling) brief role as: concentration camp inmate, directed by Fons Rademakers.
- 1990 "The party" role as: drunk party guest. directed by Cynthia Beatt (ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
) - 2009 "Captain Berlin VS Hitler" (DVD) Music score, Sound effects & Commentary. directed by Joerg Buttgereit & Thilo Gosejohann.(Media-Target Film Berlin)
TV documentaries
- 1966 "The Good Morning Britain Report" (GRANADA ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
, UK) on schools in North West England, interviewee on dreams. - 1968 "This England" (GRANADA ITV UK)Report on schools in North West England, interviewee on art/painting.
- 1984 "Red Herrings – West" (BBC TV) Report on life in West Berlin researcher/presenter.
- 1984 "Red Herrings Peace aDDRess" (BBC TV) Report on life in East Berlin, also featuring band Jessica (one year later after the tube) as researcher/translator
- 1984 "Berlin Ett Tillstand" (SWTV 1) Swedish TV – documentary researcher/interviewee
- 1994 "Channel Hopping" Documentary on life and living in Berlin. Researcher & Interviewee (BBC TV)
Music documentaries
- 1981 "Der Grosse Untergangs Show" (Tempodrom) Genial Dilletanten festival in Berlin (4 September 1981) live concert with "Die Unbekannten" and others super8/ VHS
- 1983 "The TubeThe Tube (TV series)The Tube was an innovative United Kingdom pop/rock music television programme, which ran for five seasons, from 5 November 1982 until 1987...
– Berlin Special" (Tyne Tees TV/ Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
) Researcher/organiser and co-presenter with Muriel GrayMuriel GrayMuriel Gray is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.-Personal life:Gray is of partly Jewish ancestry...
. - 1985 "Musikbox – Berlin Special" (MusicBox/ German Cable) opening event of German cable TV live open air performance of "Shark VegasShark VegasShark Vegas was a Berlin based New wave band, consisting of ex-Factory Records German representative, Mark Reeder , Alistair Gray , Leo Walter and Helmut Wittler...
" (SV was the first thing people saw on German cable TV) Researcher/Performer. - 1993 "Berliner Trance" Trance musicTrance musicTrance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
documentary. Researcher & Presenter/Interviewee. directed by Ben Hardyment Moist Productions UK - 1995 "John PeelJohn PeelJohn Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
– Travels With My Camera" (1996) Researcher/Interviewee (Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
) - 1997 "TresorTresorTresor is an underground techno nightclub and record label. The club was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former old Wertheim department store in Mitte, the central part of the former East Berlin, next to the famous Potsdamer Platz, however the history of the club goes back to 1988 when...
(anniversary documentary)" Interviewee (MuteFilms) - 2008 "We Call it TechnoTechnoTechno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
" Documentary about the Germany's early Techno scene and culture 1988–1993. Interviewee and Contributor. A film by Maren Sextro & Holger Wick(Sense music media DVD) - 2008 "SmirnoffSmirnoffSmirnoff is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov , the son of illiterate Russian peasants. It is now distributed in 130 countries.Smirnoff products include vodka, flavored...
10 Berlin Wall of Sound" directed by Audette Garibay Tafich (Smirnoff Experience TV) - 2009 Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsNick Cave and the Bad SeedsNick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983. The band is fronted by Nick Cave and has featured international personnel throughout their career.-Formation and early releases :...
"From her to Eternity" (Special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 1, From her to Eternity)
"The Firstborn is Dead" (special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 2, the firstborn is dead)
"Kicking against the pricks" (special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 3, kicking against the pricks)
"Your funeral... My trial" (Special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 4, your funeral... my trial)
Interviewee. a film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard are British artists who create re-enactments of cultural and art historical events. Forsyth was born in Manchester in 1973, Pollard in Newcastle in 1972.-Life and work:...
(Mute Recordings)
- 2009 "Sub Berlin" documentary about the Tresor Club in Berlin. Interviewee. directed by Tillmann Kuenzel.
- 2010 Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsNick Cave and the Bad SeedsNick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983. The band is fronted by Nick Cave and has featured international personnel throughout their career.-Formation and early releases :...
"The Good Son" (special 5.1 edition) "Do you love me like I love you" (part 6, the good son) Interviewee. by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (Mute Recordings)
Print publications
Reeder occasionally writes film, DVD and music review for various magazines, such as Stadtkomplize in Berlin, Laif magazine in Poland, B:EAST magazine and XMAG & Bassline in the Czech Republic. He is also a regular contributor to the Time Out Guide – Berlin.He has also worked as a researcher and has been interviewed and quoted or being a main subject in many book publications. See below for Reeder's participant bibliography.