An in-depth interview with multifaceted artist, dance music guru, and label owner Mark Reeder, whose history deeply intertwines with that of New Order. Originally hailing from Manchester, Reeder moved to Berlin in 1978,  where he became the German label rep for Factory Records.

Mark would then bring Joy Division over for their famous Kant Kino gig, which inspired the song Koma Kino. Following the demise of The Birthday Party broke up, Mark also convinced Nick Cave to move to Berlin. Nick ended up crashing on Mark’s couch, later forming Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds during his residency in the German Capital.

Mark also managed the band Malaria!, and formed his own band, Die Unbekannten, which later changed its name to Shark Vegas. Shark Vegas would tour Europe with New Order in 1984, and later Bernard Sumner would produce the band’s single for Factory Records, You Hurt Me, in 1986.

Mark’s documentary about his life in Cold War-era Berlin, B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin, also inspired New Order to use some scenes from the film for their music video for Singularity, a track featured on the band's last album Music Complete. (Reeder also remixed that track.)

Additionally, Mark just released his fantastic new remix album Subversiv-Dekadent...which may or may not have been his classification by the Stasi during the 1980s...

Mark also just released his diabolically good Dirty Devil remix of New Order’s latest single "Be a Rebel".

Also in the podcast, Mark talks also talks about the making of Anton Corbijn's Ian Curtis biopic Control, misconceptions about Curtis and Annik Honore, as well as his part in the creation of New Order's hit single Crystal.

Intro music by Jason Corbett from Actors. Outro Music by Korine.

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Photo of Mark Reeder by by Saki Hinatsu

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