Graeme Park is a British

house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...

DJ and is widely credited as one of the original founders of the UK's

rave A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mus ...

/club scene, notably as a leading figure of

The Haçienda The Haçienda was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, North West England, which became famous during the Manchester years of the 1980s and early 1990s. It was run by the record label Factory Records. The club opened in 1982, eventually ...

club in Manchester, England.

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 The Leadmill is the longest running live music venue and nightclub in Sheffield, England, based on Leadmill Road, lying on the southeast edge of the city centre. It opened in 1980 in a former flour mill, originally a Community Centre. The ve ...

in Sheffield and other clubs in the Midlands and North of England. It gained him an invite to join

Mike Pickering Mike Pickering (born 21 February 1954) is an English musician and DJ. Career Pickering was a DJ at The Haçienda's Nude and Hot nights, and later Shine. He worked for Factory Records, where he signed Happy Mondays, To Hell with Burgundy and ...

(of M-People fame) at the decks of the renowned

club, in 1987, where he played until the venue closed in June 1997. 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. His long career first began in the early 1984 playing

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around numerous bars and clubs in Nottingham. Park was the runner up to

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in the inaugural Best DJ in the World Award by ''

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'' in 1991.

24 Hour Party People

Park was a consultant on the film, ''

24 Hour Party People ''24 Hour Party People'' is a 2002 British biographical comedy-drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Win ...

'', and also appeared in it DJing on set alongside

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who played the

Factory Records Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label featured several important acts on its roster, including Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, the Durutt ...

boss

Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and a journalist for Granada Television, the BBC and Channel 4. As a co-founder of ...

''DJ Magazine'' Awards

Artists are nominated to the ''

'' 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. , - , 1991 , Graeme Park , World's Top 100 DJs ,

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:

& Graeme Park - ''Mixmag Live! Vol. 4'' *1992: ''

Union City Recordings Megamix'' *1993: Graeme Park and Ellis Dee - ''Fantazia - Twice As Nice'' *1993: ''

'' -

Liam Howlett Liam Paul Paris Howlett (born 21 August 1971) is an English record producer, musician, songwriter, co-founder and leader of the British electronic band The Prodigy, and an occasional DJ. Early years Howlett was born in Braintree, Essex, Engla ...

/ 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 Peter Michael Tong, (born 30 July 1960) is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as ''Essential Mix'' and ''Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio stre ...

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mass ...

, 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 Graham Gold (born 5 July 1954) is a British DJ. Gold is primarily known as a DJ whose sets were broadcast live Friday nights on Kiss and distributed on the Universal Music TV label. These weekly live broadcasts were considered revolutionary in ...

/ 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:

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- "It's a Beautiful World (Mike Pickering & Graeme Park Hacienda Mix)"

References

External links

*
Graeme Park last.fm biography
* Musicians from Aberdeen 1963 births British DJs Club DJs House DJs Scottish radio DJs Electronic dance music DJs Living people Progressive house musicians {{DJ-stub