TAG: DEMF

Jun01

Elzhi & Will Sessions, Majestic Theater, 05/27/11

Elmaculate Reception 

Real heads don’t throw bottles. When a Detroit Original Schooler like Elzhi does a show with a stellar live backing band (fellow D-natives, Will Sessions), there better be no trouble. And there wasn’t. A diverse bunch came to get down and that’s what hip-hop’s really all about kiddies. Yeah, there’s funky-ass attitudes but you should keep that shit under wraps unless some real stuff goes down, not penny-ante you-stepped-on-my-Nikes shit. Don’t start none, there won’t be none. The first motive is to have as much fun as humanly possible.

A minor pall was cast over the evening when DJ Dez announced Gil Scott-Heron had passed while he was warming up the crowd. We all took a moment’s pause then kept it moving because a …

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May16

Top 10 Movement-Detroit Acts You Haven’t Likely Heard

homepage photo by Bryan Mitchell

For the 12th year in a row, the world’s dance music disciples will descend on downtown Detroit over Memorial Day weekend for America’s largest techno-centric dance music event. Long gone are the years of in-fighting and dollar drama that once plagued this unlikely dance music success story. What’s left is the music, performed by over 70 top-shelf local and international acts.

What’s most impressive is how after 12 years, Movement continues to tap new and creative sounds and talent that fit perfectly within the historic mandate of the city that invented techno. And how the festival has become a showcase for electronic musc talent with an ability to draw crowds far greater than the average underground clubnight America. With that in mind, we selected a few of our favorite performers whose names won’t appear in much Movement press, but are certain to rock Hart Plaza this weekend. …MORE

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May18

Oral History of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival

Those crazy kids over at Resident Advisor went and did the seemingly impossible, interviewing over 50 people to get the complete(ish) story of Detroit’s annual techno festival. They even talked to URB’s own Detroit native Joshua Glazer. From Carl Craig and Richie Hawtin to Paxahau and the Mayor of Detroit, it’s a serious read.

To explain the many twists and turns of the festival thus far, we turned to the people that were directly involved. Artists, promoters, city officials, journalists, more than 50 in all, presenting an oral history of Detroit’s electronic music festival. READ


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Apr23

Ricardo Villalobos Confirmed for Detroit Electronic Music Festival

via The Daily Swarm

Sources have confirmed that Ricardo Villalobos will be coming to the States for the first time since 2002 he visited Canada in 2008 for the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Details are still forthcoming.

DEMF producers Paxahau actually have Villalobos’ final performance in the United States from 2002 in their web archive. You have to sign-up, but you’ll get pretty comprehensive history of Detroit techno events over the past decade.

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Mar11

Martyn: Unifying The Grooves Worldwide

A conversation about electronic music, then, now and everywhere. 

The dancefloor is an ever-changing world that twists and turns night by night. With so many different rhythms taking over parts of the world, it’s becoming increasingly challenging for DJs to put things together fluidly in sets. Enter producer and DJ Martyn. Born in the Netherlands and based in Washington, D.C., he spins a clever of mix of everything from classic New York house and Detroit techno into “post-dubstep” and funky tunes. Melding his own “Martyn music” with the current sounds of mutated dubstep, extraterrestrial funky house and tribal drums, Martyn makes sure his tunes are just as immersive as his DJ sets. When he was approached to do Fabric 50, he took the idea of shifting the mix into his own mind and putting out the sounds he loves. Needless to say, Martyn is a fantastic DJ and producer, and makes sure whoever is listening will hear a history of music–not just the now. He took some time to speak with URB about his current musical endeavors, his love for classic tunes and how he’s never been to Detroit–until DEMF 2010, of course.

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