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GRAEME PARK - 90s MIX (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th July 2023
The legendary Graeme Park spins 30 minutes of his favourite 90s tracks as part of 6 Music's Rave Forever 90s.
Graeme spent almost 10 years as resident at the legendary Hacienda in Manchester and is seen as one of the founding fathers of the UK's scene dance. He still performs throughout the world alongside a host of legendary DJs such as Todd Terry, David Morales, Derrick Carter, Louie Vega, Danny Krivit, Marshall Jefferson and others for a variety of FAC51 The Haçienda club nights playing a selection of contemporary tunes alongside a variety of forgotten classics.
Graeme is also a major part of the critically acclaimed Haçienda Classical shows, which have performed around the UK since 2016 alongside the Manchester Camerata Orchestra. The show opened the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2017 and has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Castlefield Bowl in Manchester, the Isle of Wight Festival and lots of other arenas and festivals around the UK as well as in Dublin, Dubai and Switzerland.
Hacienda Classical have just announced a number of live dates for this summer, including Saturday 28th July at Newmarket Racecourse and the Hardwick Festival Friday 18th August. Then the final concert of this summer's run comes August Bank Holiday Weekend at Dreamland Margate on Saturday 26th August.
Hardrive & LG - Sindae (Kenlou Dub) [Strictly Rhythm]
Sunkids & Chance - Rescue Me (Bini & Martini "999" Funk Mix) [AM:PM]
Smooth Touch - House Of Love (More Phearce Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
33 1/3 Queen - Searchin' [Nu Groove]
The Project & Linda Rice - Out Of Control (Original FHR 12" Club Mix) [D.J. International]
Simone - My Family Depends On Me (Graeme Park Positive Disco Vibe)
House Crew - Dance To The House (Club Vocal)
Willie Ninja - Hot (Danny Tenaglia Remix) [Nervous Old Skool]
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE (320kbs-m4a/962mb/6hrs57mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 8th & 11th September 2020
This podcast contains strong language and references to drug use.
All characters portrayed by the dramatic actors are fictional.
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 1. #BATTLEOFRAVE: COMING SOON... (320kbs-m4a/4mb/2mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 8th September 2020
When Ecstasy and Acid House first swept Britain, a group of lives would be changed forever. One Story. Half real life. Half drama. Coming soon... Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave.
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 2. EP1. I NEED YOUR LOVE (320kbs-m4a/73mb/32mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
The very first MDMA pills hit Britain. Ecstasy fuses with the music of Acid House - and four ordinary people's lives are changed forever. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 3. MEERA SYAL AS THE RAVER (320kbs-m4a/34mb/15mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
She's Mrs Ordinary now. But offer her an E, and she might just bite your hand off. All because there's a hole she has to fill... #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Performed by Meera Syal
Written by Danny Brocklehurst
Producer and Director: Gary Brown
Sound Design and Mixing: Steve Brooke
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 4. EP2. WIZARDS OF E (320kbs-m4a/71mb/31mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
In the music and drug underground of Manchester, the pills have changed everything - all helped along by a famous name. In the Acid House dives and clubs, a special romance begins. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 5. IAN HART AS THE DEALER (320kbs-m4a/26mb/11mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
It started with a few bags of weed on the estate: but the pills turned it into a multinational operation. And the money... was mad. But so too was the life. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Performed by Ian Hart
Written by Danny Brocklehurst
Producer and Director: Gary Brown
Sound Design and Mixing: Steve Brooke
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 6. EP3. PUMP UP THE VOLUME (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
Where do you get a million E's to bring into Britain? At the start, there was one answer: Amsterdam. And this is exactly how the deals were done. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 7. MONICA DOLAN AS THE DJ (320kbs-m4a/40mb/17mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
She doesn't believe in God anymore - but behind the decks she was a messiah. When the dancefloor's fuelled by the pills though... the devil can come too close for comfort. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Performed by Monica Dolan
Written by Danny Brocklehurst
Producer and Director: Gary Brown
Sound Design and Mixing: Steve Brooke
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 8. EP4. BLACKBURN RAVERS (320kbs-m4a/74mb/32mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
An empty warehouse... a disused mill... the search is on for anywhere to rave, in the unlikeliest of towns. The technicolour Acid House revolution though will soon meet darkness. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 9. ADRIAN EDMONDSON AS THE ENTREPRENEUR (320kbs-m4a/34mb/15mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
He saw the need to party - and the cash that could be made from raves. He'd hit it big on both, running parties for thousands every week. Until, as 88 turned to 89, the politicians got involved. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Performed by Adrian Edmondson
Written by Danny Brocklehurst
Producer and Director: Gary Brown
Sound Design and Mixing: Steve Brooke
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 10. EP5. CALL THE COPS (320kbs-m4a/79mb/34mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
It's the second summer of love. E is everywhere, and Acid House has its new national anthems. Warehouses and car convoys come alive. After deaths, the media is outraged: and a battle of wills begins between the police and the ravers. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 11. DAVID MORRISSEY AS THE UNDERCOVER COP (320kbs-m4a/24mb/10mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
Policing the doors used to be easy - but with Ecstasy came a new breed of dealer. Younger. Harder. Just not as hard as his undercover unit. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Performed by David Morrissey
Written by Danny Brocklehurst
Producer and Director: Gary Brown
Sound Design and Mixing: Steve Brooke
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 12. EP6. THE LAST DANCE (320kbs-m4a/90mb/39mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
Through the illegal parties, gangsters muscled in on supplying the pills. The ravers are now caught in their grip. The police have to move in. The early years of Acid House - its Ecstasy and its lifelong imprint - are left as a memory. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 13. BONUS EP: JOHN, DANNY AND CHRIS (320kbs-m4a/78mb/34mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
How do you change after a life of dealing drugs? Former criminal John Burton is candid about the life he leads now.
Danny Brocklehurst also reflects on writing the dramas and the influence of the Rave years. #BattleOfRave
Credits:
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 14. ACID HOUSE CLASSICS (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
Graeme Park mixes an hour of the biggest and best acid house tracks from the 80s and 90s.
Frankie Knuckles (Feat. Jamie Principle) - Your Love (Original Mix)
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Original Mix)
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It? (Original 12" Club Mix)
S'Express - Theme From S'Express (Original Mix)
FPI Project - Rich In Paradise (Original Mix)
CeCe Rogers - Someday (Unreleased Remix)
Royal House - Can You Party?
Kraze - The Party (Club Mix)
Kenny "Jammin" Jason (Feat. "Fast" Eddie Smith) - Can U Dance? (Original 12" Version)
Steve "Silk" Hurley - Jack Your Body (Club Mix)
The Todd Terry Project - Back To The Beat
The Night Writers - Let The Music (Use You)
Joe Smooth - Promised Land
Inner City - Good Life (Mayday Club Mix)
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life (Unreleased Mix)
ECSTASY: THE BATTLE OF RAVE - 15. BONUS EP: THE DJS (320kbs-m4a/134mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast: 11th September 2020
DJs Paul Oakenfold, Marshall Jefferson, Judge Jules, John Digweed and Dave Clarke share their memories of the Acid House era and the second summer of love.
GRAEME PARK - BBC RADIO MANCHESTER SPECIAL: DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES 01.01.20 (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio Manchester broadcast: 1st January 2020
Graeme Park hosts another music mix featuring great Mancunian artists and more.
Kraze - The Party (Jo Manji's Warehouse Project Remix)
Happy Clappers - I Believe (The Cube Guys Remix - David Penn Re-Edit)
CASSIMM - Shined On Me (Kevin McKay Remix)
Mary J. Blige & The Discoboxers - Doctor Love
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Michael Gray Remix)
The Vision (Feat. Andreya Triana) - Heaven (Danny Krivit Edit)
Clubland - Let's Get Busy 2019 (Grant Nelson Remix)
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Tall Paul Remix)
Weiss (Feat. Kariya) - Let Me Love You (Original Mix)
Todd Terry (Feat. Martha Wash, Jocelyn Brown & Roland Clark) - Something Going On (K&K Remix)
Joe Smooth - Promised Land (Gerd Janson Remix)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE (320kbs-m4a/134mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd August 2018
The Second Summer of Love was inspired by a handful of iconic DJs. One of them was Hacienda legend, Graeme Park.
Celebrating 30 years of UK Club Culture since the Second of Summer of Love, Graeme joins Chris Hawkins to share an hour of the best music and stories from the infamous acid house summer of 88' to create 'A Brief History of the Second Summer of Love’.
World famous Hacienda DJ Graeme Park was at the very centre of acid house and Madchester’s second summer of love. Graeme tells the story of two amazing years in music, shares extraordinary stories and plays anthems and rarities from that euphoric time.
J.M. Silk - Music Is The Key (Original House Key 12" Club Mix)
Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey (Love Chant Version)
Groove - (Submit) To The Beat (New Remix)
Neal Howard - To Be Or Not To Be (The Gathering Club Mix)
Reese & Santonio - Back To The Beat/The Sound (Original 12" Mix)
Annette - Dream 17
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Nude Photo
Chip E. - If You Only Knew (Subway Whop)
Lenny D & Tommy Musto - (Everything) Bam Boo (Club)
Paul Simpson - Musical Freedom (Free At Last) (Feat. Adeva)