Graeme Park (DJ)

Graeme Park
Graeme Park
Born	4 August 1963 (age 61); Aberdeen, Scotland
Genres	House, soul, funk, disco
Occupation(s)	Disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Submission
Website	www.thisisgraemepark.com

Graeme Park is a British house music DJ and is widely credited as one of the original founders of the UK's rave/club scene, notably as a leading figure of The Haçienda club in Manchester, England.^[2]^[3]

Beginnings

Park started out working in the Nottingham record shop, Select-a-Disc Records, from where his early forays into DJing were at The Garage Club (later The Kool Kat) in Nottingham, The Leadmill in Sheffield and other clubs in the Midlands and North of England.^[4] It gained him an invite to join Mike Pickering (of M-People fame) at the decks of the renowned The Haçienda club, in 1987, where he played until the venue closed in June 1997.^[4] Park and Pickering were credited with putting the club on the map with their successful club nights, notably hosting the visionary "Nude" night on Fridays.^[5]

His long career first began in the early 1984 playing acid house around numerous bars and clubs in Nottingham. Park was the runner up to Danny Rampling in the inaugural Best DJ in the World Award by DJ Magazine in 1991.

24 Hour Party People

Park was a consultant on the film, 24 Hour Party People, and also appeared in it DJing on set alongside Steve Coogan who played the Factory Records boss Tony Wilson.^[6]

DJ Magazine Awards

Artists are nominated to the DJ Magazine top 100 list for each year the public decides who they rank as the World's No. 1 DJ at the end of the poll. Park was the runner up in the inaugural award that ranked the World's No. 1 DJs in 1991.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1991	Graeme Park	World's Top 100 DJs	2nd place

Discography

Albums

2000: Vol 3 House (CD, mixtape)
2016: Haçienda Classiçal

Singles and EPs

1989: "Karl Denver Meets Pickering and Park", Wimoweh

Mixed compilations

1992: Danny Rampling & Graeme Park - Mixmag Live! Vol. 4
1992: DJ Magazine Union City Recordings Megamix
1993: Graeme Park and Ellis Dee - Fantazia - Twice As Nice
1993: DJ Magazine - Liam Howlett / DJ Pogo / Graeme Park - The Heavyweight Selection
1994: No Repetitive Beats (Clause 58 Government Criminal Justice Bill)
1994: Liquid Grooves Vol. 1
1994: Graeme Park, LuvDup, Mike C - Fantazia Presents the House Collection Vol 1
1995: Graeme Park, Jeremy Healy - Up Yer Ronson Soundtrack
1995: Graeme Park, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold, Justin Robertson - Cream Live
1995: DJs at Work Volume 2
1995: Summer 1995 Live
1996: Graeme Park, Angel, Chris & James - National Anthems
1996: Eau De House Volume 1
1996: Graham Gold / Graeme Park - Kissmix 96
1997: The History of Mixmag Live 4
1998: Graeme Park / Jim "Shaft" Ryan - Too Glamorous
2002: We Love the Haçienda
2002: Bargrooves - On the House

Remixes

2018: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "It's a Beautiful World (Mike Pickering & Graeme Park Hacienda Mix)"^[7]

References

^ Ian McQuaid; Bradley Torreano. "Graeme Park Biography". All Music.
^ BBC (21 August 2018). "What made Hacienda legend Graeme Park so sure house music would take over the world?". BBC.
^ BBC. "The Haçienda Manchester". Pride of Manchester.
^ ^a ^b Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 257/8. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
^ Craig Williams (7 April 2016). "TTV TALKS: GRAEME PARK AND MIKE PICKERING ON HACIENDA CLASSICAL". BBC.
^ Ian McQuaid (7 April 2016). "Graeme Park & Nightspot Talk". Ransom Note.
^ "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - It's A Beautiful World (Mike Pickering & Graeme Park Hacienda Mix)". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

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[1] Ian McQuaid; Bradley Torreano. "Graeme Park Biography". All Music.

[2] BBC (21 August 2018). "What made Hacienda legend Graeme Park so sure house music would take over the world?". BBC.

[3] BBC. "The Haçienda Manchester". Pride of Manchester.

[LarkinDM-4] Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 257/8. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.

[5] Craig Williams (7 April 2016). "TTV TALKS: GRAEME PARK AND MIKE PICKERING ON HACIENDA CLASSICAL". BBC.

[6] Ian McQuaid (7 April 2016). "Graeme Park & Nightspot Talk". Ransom Note.

[7] "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - It's A Beautiful World (Mike Pickering & Graeme Park Hacienda Mix)". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

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