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Mark Reeder (born 5 January 1958) 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.〔(Mark Reeder Official Myspace music website ).''Mark Reeder Myspace music''.〕 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.〔(MFS history )''mfs-berlin.de''〕 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.〔Dave Haslam "Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel – The Rise Of The Superstar Djs" (Published by 4th Estate 2002 www.4thestate.com P11-20) ''Dave Haslam "Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel – The Rise Of The Superstar Djs'' .〕 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.〔(Creating Dance Music ). ''The New York Times''. 11 June 2000.〕 ==Background== Mark Reeder formed the punk band The Frantic Elevators together with Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) and Neil Moss in Manchester, early 1977.〔(Frantic Elevators )''frantic.fluteboy.co.uk''〕 In 1978, he decided to leave Britain and move to Berlin. While living there he became Factory Records German representative〔(Electronic Beats on Air with Mark Reeder ).''Electronic Beats'' 26 November 2009.〕 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,〔(Die Unbekannten official myspace )''myspace.com''〕 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" EPs between 1981 and 1982. Debut EP, ''Die Unbekannten''(1981) which consisted of 3 tracks "Radio war", "Casualties", and "Poseidon",〔(Poseidon )''last.fm/music''〕 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)〔(Don't Tell Me Stories Vinyl On Demand ) ''Vinyl searcher.com''〕 featuring the above 2 EPs and some unreleased material. A music review concluded that〔(Music Review )''Funprox.com''〕
Meanwhile, Smirnoff Wall of Sound film 2008 described Reeder to be one of the Godfathers of the early electronic music and Gothic Rock scene.〔(Mark Reeder The Godfather ) Electronic Beats 12 October 2009.〕〔(Nightlife Focus: Berlin ), Smirnoff Experience, 18 December 2008.〕 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.〔(MFS Official website )''MFS label''.〕 In 1986, Shark Vegas released one of the most sought after Factory 12" single ''You Hurt Me''〔.〕 (FAC111) which was produced by Bernard Sumner〔(Cerysmatic Factory ) ''CerysmaticFactory.info. an unofficial blog, history & archive about Factory Records, Manchester, England''.〕 (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.〔(Mark Farrow ) ''Farrowdesign.com''〕〔(Audio interview )''thersa.org''〕 〔(Graphic journey blog )''mikedempsey.typepad.com''〕 The only other track ''Pretenders of Love''〔(Factory US ). ''Factory New York Discography''.〕(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.〔(Mark Reeder Official Myspace ).''myspace.com''.〕 Due to this album production, Reeder had made useful contacts at AMIGA the (now former) East German state-owned record label, now renamed ZONG.〔(Is Trance Dead? ).''listology.com 2 April 2008''.〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Reeder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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