In reality, we didn’t really know much about Berlin and most people even had no idea that it was stuck in the middle of communist East Germany.
In most people’s minds the Krauts were still the enemy. They had to be, as no one really wanted to report anything positive about Germany.
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The only reports you ever saw on TV or read in the newspapers about modern day Berlin were either negative, or cold war stories. If anything, people only knew of a mythical Berlin such as portrayed in Christopher Isherwood books, but that was a Berlin before the war, it was either that, or the cold war city of Funeral in Berlin, The Quiller Memorandum or The spy who came in from the cold, these were really the only images we had. Mark Reeder: Berlin was virtually an unknown place back then Throughout the film you take us through a unique journey of time of hedonism, Punk Rock, New Wave to the outrageous night life and development and death of this era.įor those who haven’t seen the film yet can you tell us about your original motivation to visit Berlin when this was a part of the world that was in turmoil with political unrest and “still resembled a bomb site from the 2nd world war”? IUM: The film ” B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin” documents your rollercoaster musical & media journey from your arrival in West Berlin in 1979 through to 1989. We caught up with Mark Reeder to talk about his lustrous career and his new film ” B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin So you think you maybe know something about the music scene in “Berlin?”
Another Mark Reeder concept album “Collaborator” was released in 2014 comprising of remixes and co-writes with artists such as “ Bernard Sumner (New Order)”, “Pet Shop Boys” “Blank & Jones” & “Bad Lieutenant”. A project based on creating remixes in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound for bands such as “ Depeche Mode“. This was soon followed with a new label “ Flesh Records” a new sound and another DJ “ Corvin Dalek”įast forward to 2011 Mark is a producer and remixer for a new project called “Five Point One”. He started the legendary Berlin label “ MFS Records” released music for artists such as “ Cosmic Baby“, “ Humate“, “ Alien Nation“, “ Marco Zaffarano” and launched / developed the career of super star DJ “ Paul Van Dyke“. When the dawn of the 90’s came knocking Mark turned his attention towards to the new breed of electronically produced music which was soon to be branded as “Trance and Techno”. Throughout this period Marks time was spent as a squatter, sound engineer, musician, promoter, manager, German representative for Manchester’s “Factory Records” actor, TV presenter and much more! This limitless scene or movement enticed and consumed artists such as “David Bowie” and “Nick Cave”, captivated the likes of “Joy Division / New order” and alerted the UK media. Throughout the 80’s he was absorbed in the “Punk” and “New Wave” scene in Berlin which was a debaucherous breeding ground for the unknown, the creative and the rebellious. This visit was to have such an impact on his life he was never to return to the UK and shaped a roller-coaster journey of excess that would have scared most people away. “Punk Rock, Techno Pioneering to Revolutionary Film Making” Mark Reeder, was born and raised in Northern England in the city of “Manchester,” a natural muso at heart with an infatuation for German music, headed to “West Berlin” in the late 70’s to explore all things musical, experience the best drugs, and then stayed there!! Interview Lee Softley, Mike Mannix This is an in depth Berlin story, a side of the East-West saga before reunification that you’ve probably never heard before, with a Manchester UK influence that would eventually pave the way for the city becoming synonymous with Techno…. Re-edited Interview 2021 – 15 minute in-depth read
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