Graeme Park: How I accidentally became a resident DJ at the Hacienda

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Graeme Park is a legendary DJ and one of the founders of the UK's house music movement. Best known for his nine-year residency at Manchester's iconic superclub, The Hacienda, Graeme's journey into DJing was far from planned. In fact, he stumbled into it almost by accident. However, his passion for sharing the music he loved had a huge impact on the dance scene of the 80s and 90s, influencing a generation of club-goers, including sixteen year old James O'Brien.

Today, Graeme continues to perform to fans old and new around the world. He also DJs alongside the Manchester Camerata Orchestra as part of the Hacienda Classical shows, which have been touring the UK since 2016 and even opened the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2017.

You can find out more details about Graeme's upcoming gigs on thisisgraemepark.com

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm currently out of office.
0:04.3	An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break.
0:14.4	So, I've gone to Barbados for a month for science.
0:22.4	Yours, Toby.
0:24.1	Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday.
0:29.0	Atul protected.
0:31.9	This is a global player original podcast.
0:44.4	Music Global Player Original Podcast Hello and welcome to full disclosure.
0:50.9	A podcast project conceived entirely to let me spend more time than I'd ever get on the radio with interesting people.
0:54.1	This week's going to be quite an interesting one or even more interesting than usual. Graham Park. Hello. Welcome. I don't know how much fanboying I have ever done
1:01.1	in an episode of full disclosure. But whatever that level might be, there's a very real
1:06.9	chance that the record will be broken today. Superstar DJ and huge
1:12.3	inspiration. I don't know if you know this.
1:14.6	Life-changing inspiration
1:16.7	on 16-year-old me
1:18.7	actually. Really? Yeah, really.
1:20.8	I remember once
1:22.1	responding to one of your tweets
1:24.4	and you said something to that effect
1:26.5	and I was like, wow.
1:33.4	Because it's reciprocal. I listen to you on the radio and I'm a fan of what you do but not during your most formative moments or your most formative years um when did you first hear the phrase
1:38.9	superstar DJ it wasn't a thing when you were growing up no it wasn't it was something that
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