After 12 years of annual techno madness, Detroit has gotten pretty darn good at throwing a party. There’s always room for improvement, but here’s the things that got us moving at Movement 2011.
[BEST] Claude Young
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Closing out the festival with the longest performance of the entire weekend, Claude Young played a set for the ages. Ranging from jacking house to minimal and more industrial rhythms, Young’s homecoming was a delight for those who knew to gather at the small Made In Detroit stage, which boasted an excellent sound system and an impressive collection of fellow Detroit DJs and producers (BMG, Carlos Soufront, T-1000, Derek Plaslaiko, Patrick Russell, Traxx) gathered to dance to one of their friends and heroes. It’s one thing to watch a DJ enjoy playing tracks, it’s another to see a DJ work up a sweat that rivals those of their audience while mixing with nearly every body part at his disposal.
DTM and Claude Van Stroke fucking killed. I have been going to movement for 5 years and this was a really good year my fav year was 08 when they had pretty lights play. their so fucking good
lol @ complaining about the festival not being free anymore
when it was free, it was clearly a disaster behind the scenes. everybody always demands free whenever they’ve had a nice taste of something. without paxahau, this festival was dead.
complain about $40/50/60/80 ticket prices when any other electronic music festival in the country is well over $100 (most of them topping out around $180 or $200). Movement just happens to contain far less of the generic, washed up pop bullshit that most other festivals carry.
This review is weak, but so is URB. You need a lot more coverage for this weekend. Not even one after party mentioned? The music went well into the a.m. all over the city…Not too surprised though, URB is just a shell of what it used to be. I subscribed for 10 issues a few years back and only received two. I sent many emails and got absolutely no response. You guys just kept my money…what a scam. URB is a joke.
BTW…I visited the underground stage every night and it sounded great to me. Ben Klock played a very hard set Sunday night which sounded awesome a full day after Venetian Snares played..oh yeah and the stage was named “Movement Torino Music Festival” not “Made in Torino”. I think you combined that stage with the Made in Detroit stage. There were plenty of families there Monday benefiting from the under 12 policy. If you come by next year do us all a favor and get your facts straight and do some research.
Admission was actually free for kids under 12 (we took a 7-year-old with us on Sunday.) The ever-rising adult ticket price is a concern, though.
The Best Ever, a little too crowded VIP sucked oversold. Claude Murdered it. I heard it, incredible Techno/Old School (Acid) Breaks and some stuff I had never heard before. Honorable Mention to DTM(Detroit Techno Militia) on the 5×5 yes people can kill a set on Wax, and thats what those guys did. Fatboy Slim;Carl Craig;Sven Vaith;Were all really good.
Mud Fest at beatport stage Sucked
what about a best and worst of LAS VEGAS Memorial Day Weekend.. everyone keeps saying its the new ibiza