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Promoters Paxahau has announced the complete line-up and schedule for Detroit’s 2012 Movement Festival, giving the nearly 100,000 EDM fans who pass through the gates each Memorial Day Weekend plenty of time to plan how to attack the 106 DJs performing on five stages, and bemoan the fact half of our favorites—Carl Craig, Clark Warner, Matthew Hawtin—are on before 4PM. If you happen to be up and moving in Hart Plaza that early, please bring us coffee and hash browns. …MORE
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Going back to Detroit every year for Movement festival is a special time for me and this year was no exception. In addition to the festival, it’s an opportunity to reunite with family and friends who I haven’t had a chance to see since Christmas. Unfortunately, Memorial Day weekend is always lightning fast and the reunions are always shorter than I wish they could be. …MORE
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With Detroit purist techno still ringing in our ears from Movement, we weren’t really expecting to be feeling Diplo’s Philly-via-LA hipster steez with French cohort Douster. But “On’s” slowmotion groove and dizzying John Lennon sample fits right in to the sort of smart-yet-funky dance music that is all we want to listen to right now.
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First rule of attending a festival is that there will be afterparties. Since the first DEMF found Derrick May DJing to 200 friends in a late-night art gallery space, the Movement party scene has grown to seveal dozen events, ranging from amped-up clubnights to secret venue all-nighters. Since Detroit is a 2am town, and many of these venues are not typically used for DJ music, there’s always the chance for a bum party. But that’s part of the adventure once you leave Hart Plaza and start exploring the city’s darker corners. Here’s a list of events where you’ll find URB—bloodshot eyes and all. …MORE
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