The festival is over, much to our chagrin, and, as per usual this year was filled with many highs and lows in Hart Plaza.  Many great performances stretched over Memorial weekend, covering all genre’s and sub-genre’s that make up modern electronic music. The music, vibe, and after-parties were all on point this year, and it looks like Paxahau finally figured out how to make the sound bang just perfectly. The sound might have actually been a little too loud.  I had ear plugs in and still came home with ear fatigue. The only huge disappointment of the weekend was the super-early shutdown of the Bohemian National home by an over zealous Detroit Police Department.  The talent was pretty on point this year, regardless of the lack of Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, and Juan Atkins.  Oh well, I guess they need to test the waters with other talent and such.  Our favorites would have to be Dam Funk & Master Blazter, Kerri Chandler, Terrence Parker, Delano Smith, Adam Beyer, Lee Foss, Green Velvet, John Collins, JPLS, DTM 5×5, Claude Young, and Metro Area.  All these cats seriously rocked it.  We recorded a ton of video and also took a bunch of pictures.  You can check out the video we took on our Youtube site, and see the pictures on our Facebook site.

 June 6, 2011  Posted by Chris Macom Event Reviews No Responses »
 

My day began with a theatrical imaginary food eating performance from an Asian Pokemon princess raver and a 40 year old woman dressed like Raggity Ann with pink hair; feeding each other bites of imaginary berries one by one with the utmost sincerity. The funniest part, immediately after the performance and celebratory dance to the DTM 5×5 set, the Pokemon raver literally pulled out a non imaginary granola bar (Kashi) and began truly eating real food. Coincidence? I think not. Government Conspiracy? I think so… or maybe all the imaginary eating made her hungry.

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 May 31, 2011  Posted by WGlasshouse Event Reviews 2 Responses »
 

I love Sunday at Movement. It’s the peak of the festival, everyone’s party vibe is going full steam, and I know that the best after parties of the weekend are awaiting me when I leave Hart Plaza that evening. This Sunday was another battle with fickle Michigan weather, but the talent that filled the line-up, and the party attitude of the crowd made it almost unnoticeable. We made a point to show up early, avoid the lines (see yesterday’s post), and enjoy some of the amazing artists that were playing earlier in the day.

Our first stop was the Made in Detroit stage to catch some house vibes from Mike Brown. This guy is a staple of the whole mid-west house scene in my opinion, and I have always enjoyed his opening sets at the various Radio Skool parties in Detroit. Mr. Brown was bringing some proper house music that had the crowd breaking in their dancing shoes for the afternoon.

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 May 30, 2011  Posted by Alex Calhoun Event Reviews 2 Responses »
 

The first day of Movement, Detroit’s annual electronic music festival, is always an exciting and curious event for me. Each year is full of familiar scenes and new surprises. Will the bathrooms be clean? Will the lines be long? Will the drinks be overpriced? Will the food be worth eating? And most importantly, which artists, if any, are going to totally rock the heart of Detroit. Fortunately this year, the music was solid.

After wading through the madness of the lines to grab our wristbands and get inside, we were immediately drawn to the Made in Detroit stage and the warm welcoming sounds of some soulful house music being spun by Detroit’s own Michael Geiger. I really love house music; it’s the perfect way to put someone in the mood for a day of dancing and festivities.

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 May 29, 2011  Posted by B.Aware Event Reviews 2 Responses »

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