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Premiere: Detroit’s DJ 3000 returns to Motech With Two Vibrant Cuts and Remixes by Carlo Lio and Michael Klein

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Detroit’s DJ 3000 returns to his Motech imprint with two vibrant cuts entitled Illyrian EP including remixes from Second State’s Michael Klein and Rawthentic boss Carlo Lio.

Motech boss Franki Juncaj aka DJ 3000 holds a strong ethos for his Detroit label, a bastion of the underground sound now entering its eighteenth year. Juncaj first emerged onto the scene in 2002 through his ‘Somewhere in Detroit’ mix on Submerge Recordings and later that year launched his Motech imprint. His discography includes further releases on labels such as Playmobil, Submerge and Motech whose longevity stems from Juncaj’s resistance in compromising his signature sound whilst maintaining true authenticity.

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Movement Detroit Announces Full 2019 Lineup

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Movement Music Festival, one of the longest running and most acclaimed electronic music festivals in the world, is pleased to reveal the full lineup for 2019, taking place Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27inside Hart Plaza, Detroit’s legendary riverfront park.

Since its inception, Movement has been deeply dedicated to bringing a completely original experience to Detroit, the place where it all began for Techno music. Festival organizers are hyper focused on showcasing authentic talent for the event, which in turn provides an experience that is purely about the music. Movement fans will find themselves immersed with the best of the best, seasoned vets and up and comers within Techno and other dance music genres.
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6AM Guest Mix: Subradeon

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This week’s Guest Mix comes from an Italian duo called Subradeon, comprised of Salvatore Iannotta and Giuseppe Salone.

They aren’t simply two friends producing and playing Detroit techno, Subradeon is a musical mission, started more than ten years ago in southern Italy, well known as a territory rich in artistic and musical vanguards, with the intention to continue and be an active part of that message born in the Detroit’s streets in the middle 80’s: “live the music” as a universal message, as the most important thing, as a cultural movement.

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Detroit’s Mike Huckaby Talks Selling Records and Remixing Sun-Ra on the Rave Curious Podcast

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Mike Huckaby is a more than a DJ’s DJ. He’s the guy who sold the DJ’s DJs their records while managing the legendary Dance Room at Record Time in Detroit.

The newest episode of the Rave Curious Podcast talks to Huckaby about his days manning the counter as well as vinyl’s resurgence, his obsession with Sun-Ra, and his commitment to teaching the next generation of producers in Detroit while still maintaining a global DJ career of his own.

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Listen to 6AM’s Pioneers of Detroit Techno Playlist

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As we all know the 1980s were a landmark era in the history electronic music. It was at the end of the decade that techno began to take form, soon becoming the popular genre that we know today.

All of this would not be possible if not for the pioneering efforts of artists that founded and produced techno in Detroit during those formative years. Detroit artists the likes of Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter, Santonio Echols, and Will Thomas shaped the sound of techno as we know it, pretty much writing the manual for techno music.

On the eve of this year’s Movement Electronic Music Festival, and as a way of saluting the icons of Detroit techno, we are proud to present our latest Spotify Playlist featuring music produced by the Pioneers of Detroit Techno. Check out our selection and discover their music below:

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#TBT Series: What Was It Like To Be At The First Ever DEMF/Movement In 2000?

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Each year at the end of May, thousands of fans descend on Detroit’s Hart Plaza to experience Movement Electronic Music Festival. As most attendees of Movement may know, the festival’s history goes as far back as the year 2000, when the celebration was first called Detroit Electronic Music Festival, or DEMF for short. The annual electronic music event changed named two other times, going simply as Movement in 2003-2004 and as Fuse-In in 2005 before being taken over by Paxahau under the current name.

But what was it like to be in Hart Plaza during the event’s freshman year sixteen years ago? The first DEMF was a landmark celebration that brought visitors from all over the world to celebrate techno in the city that gave birth to the genre. At the time, the City of Detroit injected serious money into DEMF, working with pioneers of techno to put on a weekend festival that went down with few hitches, no reported crime and plenty of injected tourism for the Motor City.

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Movement Detroit Releases Phase 2 Lineup featuring deadmau5 (as testpilot), Richie Hawtin, Mind Against and DVS1

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The Phase 2 lineup for Movement Detroit is now out, adding the last two headliners for the weekend as well as a flurry of other top-tier techno and house talent.

Richie Hawtin will be taking over the headlining slot on Saturday, while deadmau5 will be returning to Detroit’s Hart Plaza with a special Testpilot performance on Sunday, with the already-announced Carl Cox on Monday night completing a trifecta of headliners for the Main Stage.

Other new names include DVS1, Ben Sims b2b Truncate, Octave One (Live), Sterac, Rebekah (hybrid set) and Asher Perkins on the techno side, as well as Seth Troxler, Mind Against, Cajmere, Red Axes, Honey Dijon and more. See below for the full lineup and head over to Movement’s official website for tickets.

Movement Phase 2

 

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Construction Begins on Detroit’s Packard Plant That Will Feature a Techno Club Headed by Tresor Berlin Owner

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Packard Plant Outside

Earlier in summer 2016 we reported that Tresor Berlin’s owner Dimitri Hegemann was eyeing the abandoned Packard Plant in Detroit as the possible site for a new techno club.

At the time, news specified that the project would take as long as 10-15 years to complete, and that the techno club construction was was part of a fourth and final phase that also included a hostel and spa. As of today, the club portion of the construction plan should begin in 2018. The other phases include an administration building, a recreation building and an artist studio building. See below for an outline of the planned project.

 

Packard Plant Phase

Work on the factory has now begun officially, as reported on the Packard Plant Project official website, “work has begun and Qualified Teams are on the ground.”

Enjoy some before shots of the administration building below.

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The Saunderson Brothers: The Detroit and Chicago Connection

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Dantiez and Damarii Saunderson, known together as The Saunderson Brothers, have a heavy family tradition to uphold when it comes to electronic music. Sons of legendary techno creator and house elevator Kevin Saunderson, the brothers have been heavily influenced by their father’s legacy as well as that of their home city of Detroit and its profound musical heritage.

Last year the duo put on an impressive performance at Movement Festival’s Made In Detroit stage, a well deserved gig that came hot in the heels of releases on KMS Records and a selection of high-profile remixes including a hot one for MK (Marc Kinchen).

Tonight they are performing in Chicago at Debonair Social Club for Obscure002, an event series put on by collective of music enthusiasts that aim to disrupt the city’s status quo by bringing a unique flavor of nightlife to Chicago. I talked with them briefly about the influence of both Chicago House and Detroit Techno, as well as their relationship with Chicago where they lived in the past.

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Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins and Derrick May Are Planning a Belleville Three Tour for 2017

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Belleville Three in action at Awakenings 2010, Amsterdam

Belleville Three in action at Awakenings 2010, Amsterdam

A look back at the history of techno inevitably takes us to Detroit, but also to nearby suburban Belleville High School, on the outskirts of the Motor City. It was in Belleville that Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins and Derrick May united to influence their generation, and countless following it, with the hypnotic sounds of techno.

While the three continued on to have successful solo careers as producers and DJs, they also performed together as a trio best known as the Belleville Three. The last show to see them billed together dates back to 2010, when they played Awakenings in Amsterdam.

In a recent interview with We Got This Covered, Saunderson opened up about a planned reunion for the three techno pioneers, “What I can say for the future is that we’re working on a tour now, for all three of us as the Belleville Three. We’re gonna try to kick it off next year, and it’s gonna start out with DJing and evolve into a much bigger thing, too.”

While nothing more is known about the project, it remains exciting to discover that the three techno icons are working on future plans together. It appears that on top of the tour hinted at by Saunderson, the Belleville Three may further pursue other endeavors in the spectrum of techno. Could it be that recording studio time is on the cards in their imminent future? Only time will tell.