#003 Spencer Parker on the phone: Berlin, changes, and HorsegiirL

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We had our first bit of negative feedback last week... 'too much deconstruction of the club scene' they said! Or something along those lines anyway. Unfortunately this episode was already in the can when we read that, so that person is going to have to soldier on for another week...

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Spencer Parker is a Brit, but also something of an underground legend of Berlin having lived there for 15 years and been part of the clubbing furniture for about the same length of time. He's the long-time a&r of Work Them records, a producer with a catalogue going back to the the mid 2000s (although he always plays this down massively), and a serious DJ who's been on the circuit for that long too. 

This is a phone conversation that covers many of the familiar topics of scene development, challenges, personal experiences, and music curiosity. But we also discuss HorsegiirL and PC Music. 

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro and how you can support the show

04:00 The enduring appeal of Berlin

09:20 Heartbreak and leaving London

15:45 easyJet Techno

23:00 Subculture to mainstream

28:30 "If the DJ wants to be on the stage, don't book them"

31:30 Getting into club music

36:50 The decline of the anthem

42:00 An infinite amount of music

45:00 Fake it til you make it culture

47:30 DJ HorsegirrL

59:40 Working in a record shop

01:07:00 Becoming a DJ

01:15:00 Progressing into production

01:19:50 Perseverance and DJing

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