Episode 96: Mark Reeder on smuggling music past the Berlin Wall, putting on illegal gigs, Joy Division & more

Mark Reeder joins me for episode 96 of the podcast! We spoke about Mark growing up in Manchester before moving to Berlin because of his fascination with German electronic music and German history, being in a band with Mick Hucknall, working for Factory Records as a German representative, his friendship with Ian Curtis & Bernard Sumner of Joy Division, sneaking music into East Berlin & putting on illegal punk gigs in East Berlin, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the explosion of Techno in Berlin, how he was behind the idea ofTrance music, how he discovered and helped the career of international DJ Paul Van Dyk, remixing & loads more!Mark’s Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/markreeder.mfs/Mark’s X:https://x.com/markreedermfs?lang=enMark’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markreeder.mfs?igsh=MTk2MWZ5NGwxM3Ftbg==Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BehindTheCurtainPodcast-Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behind_the_curtain_podcast?igsh=MXhzZ21kdTAwemU4dA%3D%3D&utm_source=qrFollow the podcast on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@behindthecurtainp?_t=8rxVQwxEDzc&_r=1If you enjoy this podcast episode please leave a review and follow! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.