Peak Time – Lust and Sound in West Berlin: Mark Reeder

In 1978, record store employee Mark Reeder moved from Manchester to Berlin in pursuit of Tangerine Dream, krautrock and an experimental electronic-punk future away from the grey blocks of England. What happens next is chronicled in _B-Movie: Lust and Sound in West Berlin_, a documentary collage that shows the debauched Berlin of the 1980s and Reeder's work with bands like Malaria! and Die Toten Hosen (not to mention New Order and Joy Division). Reeder's work didn't stop once the Wall came down – he founded the MFS label (kickstarting the careers of trance greats like Paul Van Dyk, Mijk van Dijk and Cosmic Baby) and has released his own music, notably a recent album called _Mauerstadt_. Reeder offers a window into the shifting and debaucherous Berlin music scene from the late 1970s until now.