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Your Complete Party Guide to Movement Detroit 2016

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Photo by Bryan Mitchell

Photo by Bryan Mitchell

Movement Detroit is just around the corner, and this year the Motor City is peppered with more parties than ever. We have decided to save you the time and effort by grouping them all in one comprehensive guide to help you choose and plan your weekend with ease.

The list is sorted in order by day, with events displayed alphabetically. While most are after-parties, there are a few day parties too which are clearly marked to avoid confusion. The 6AM staff combed through the entire list and selected favorites that we recommend based on years of experience traveling to Detroit for Movement weekend.

Please be aware that some lineups are still TBD and some parties are altogether still yet to be announced. We will be updating this list daily to ensure it’s complete for your use. When preparing for your trip to Detroit, ensure you also take a look at our expansive City Travel Guide for tips on how to get the most out of your stay. Read more

Japan’s Rainbow Disco Club Just Dropped Heavy 2016 Lineup

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Rainbow Disco Club is known world-over as Japan’s premier boutique festival, and with good reason. Last year the festival ended up in Resident Advisor’s Top 10 Festivals to attend in May thanks to a roster of artists that blends worldwide talent with the top of Japan’s dance music DJ pool.

The festival moved to its current location at Higashi Izu Cross Country Course in Shuzuoka in 2015, also expanding for the first time to a three-day operation. This new tradition is set to continue between Friday 29th of April and Sunday May 1st this year, with another selection of fine dance music artists set to provide the musical backdrop for the weekend.

Legend Andrew Weatherall will be accompanied by the likes of Nightmares On Wax, who will be playing a DJ set, Gilles Peterson and Move D. A selection of Rush Hour Allstars will also be returning to the festival’s decks  with Antal, Hunee, Soichi Terada and San Proper all set to represent the highly acclaimed label this year. Other local talent comes in the form of Kenji Takimi, Kaoru Inoue, Kikiorix and Sisi, while The Black Madonna is scheduled for an exclusive back-to-back set with the esteemed DJ Nobu. Red Bull is sponsoring a separate stage with a program that includes DJ Funk, Egyptian Lover, Kuniyuki as well as DJ Sodeyama, one our selected artists to watch for 2016!

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For tickets and information visit Rainbow Disco Club’s Official Website.

Event Info available on Facebook and Resident Advisor.

Listen to Âme X Dixon Essential Mix – April 2nd, 2016

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In the early hours of this morning, BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong gave the Essential Mix reigns to the two biggest names of the Innervisions label.

We are of course talking about Âme and Dixon, two of the most influential names in the underground dance music scene of the past 10 years. While both have had the pleasure of gracing the Essential Mix decks in the past, this marks their first time as a duo act. This morning’s Essential Mix was also the first back-to-back appearance for 2016 by any artist.

Their unique sound shines throughout the 2 hour performance, with plenty of unreleased materials debuted alongside such stand-out tracks as “Synthfrilla” by Frak, “Insvept” by Dorisburg, “Ingoma” by Christian Vinci and “22 Degree Halo” by Stimming.

Without further ado, here is the complete two hour recording available for your listening pleasure through SoundCloud. Full track listing and additional streaming is also available through the BBC Radio Player.

 

Win 2 Tickets to MK and Amine Edge & DANCE at The Mid Chicago on April 8th

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On Friday April 8th the Mid Chicago will play host to both MK (Marc Kinchen) and G-house duo Amine Edge & DANCE as part of the club’s Mayhem Friday series.

We have teamed up with the club to give you the opportunity to win 2 tickets to the show. Must be 21+ to enter – all you have to do is follow the instructions in the widget below.

Tickets are also available for sale through Clubtix.

Make sure you RSVP on the Official FB Event Page for show information.

Win 2 Tickets to MK and Amine Edge & DANCE at The Mid Chicago on April 8th (Contest on Hive.co)
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#TBT Series: Relive Some Of The Best Frankie Knuckles Moments Caught on Video

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The 31st of March is a special and bittersweet date for house music fans all over the world. I still remember exactly where I was in Chicago in 2014  when the city and the world were hit with the heart-breaking news that Frankie Knuckles, The Godfather of House, had passed away due to complications linked to a diabetes condition.

That date became significant for all House Music fans throughout the world, just as August 25th had been for a decade prior and continues to be today. In 2004, then Chicago Mayor Richard Daley declared August 25th to be Frankie Knuckles Day. The block where the Warehouse stood was renamed Frankie Knuckles Way and that evening 10,000 people poured into the city’s Grant Park to hear him play.

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New Tokyo Club, Contact, Opening Next Month

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One of Tokyo’s iconic clubs, Air, closed last year with one final hurrah on New Year’s Eve. It has now been announced that Global Hearts, the company behind Air, is opening a brand new concept club next month in the city’s area of Shibuya.

The new basement venue, Contact, features a main space, a smaller bar area and will adopt the no-photography policy that has been widely praised in select world clubs such as Berghain/Panorama Bar and Output in New York City.

In an interview with Resident Advisor,  the club’s director Yuko Ichikawa explained the vision behind the new venue. “We’d like to create a space where everyone can easily come and enjoy the music without any concerns. A place where you forget that you even have a mobile phone to ‘take pictures.’ There will be a policy for no cameras/video recordings/etc., but we will hire professional photographers. To be honest, I wouldn’t mind the photographers forgetting to take pictures because they get sucked into the music and the environment,” he said. “There are no resident DJs at the moment. We want Contact to be a venue where young DJs would work hard and be proud to stand inside the DJ booth. A place where the DJs can grow alongside the venue, and eventually call it their ‘home.'”

Contact will launch things off on Friday, April 1st, with Ostgun Ton’s Function on headlining duties. The following two months’ programming alone highlight the impressive focus on quality from the club’s booking perspective, with Francois K, Laurent Garnier, Louie Vega and DJ Nori joining Dekmantel and Giegling showcases to round up the month of April. In May, the club is set to play host to DJ Nobu, efdemin, Erika and Derrick Carter just to name a few.

For full lineup details for April and May, head to the Contact’s club page on RA.

Connect with Contact: Online | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

 

10 Parties to Attend at Miami Music Week 2016

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Exactly two weeks from today, Miami will be invaded by tens of thousands of electronic music aficionados attending Miami Music Week. Although officially taking place between March 15th and 20th, the parties truly begin the weekend before and continue into the next week when Winter Music Conference gets underway.

Although there are over 150 parties to choose from, making it almost impossible to have a bad time, we have selected our 10 favorites to help you choose wisely.

Don’t forget to buy tickets in advance, as some of these will sell out. We recommend keeping hydrated, wearing ear plugs and looking out for one another. Remember: the music is what matters most! Read more

CRSSD Festival Has Released WeTransfer Content Gift

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This coming weekend San Diego will play host to the return of CRSSD Festival and some amazing after-parties, following two successful editions in 2015.

The festival has partnered up with WeTransfer, a world’s leading file transfer platform, to give attendees a large gift of free content leading up to the Waterfront Park festival.

This amazing CRSSD media bundle features music from ODESZA, Jeremy Olander, Ryan Hemsworth, HI-LO, Gryffin, Sacha Robotti, Will Clarke, REZZ, Ardalan, Cassian, and Colour Vision’s Signature Pina Colada Recipe!

This week, the festival also released its grounds map and set times, allowing attendees to plan their weekend around their favorite artists.

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Download CRSSD Bundle Here

Weekend Passes for CRSSD are now sold out. Limited Sunday single day tickets remain on sale through the festival’s website.

CRSSD Festival Takes Place March 5 & 6 in San Diego’s Waterfront Park

CRSSD Festival: Official Site | Facebook

Breaking News: The 2016 Edition of Bloc Festival Will Be the Last

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If you have plans to attend Bloc festival this year you’re in luck. And if you don’t yet, it may be time to start looking up travel information.

Bloc’s co-founder Alex Benson has just announced in an interview with Resident Advisor that 2016 will be the last edition of the festival, as the team prepares to launch a “super club” in London with surrounding music recording studios.

“It’s the last ever one because weekenders are strange, beautiful things,” said Benson. Bloc’s last weekend runs a month from now from March 11th through 13th at Butlins Resort in Minehead. The festival released Phase I and Phase II line-ups of monstrous proportions with the likes of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, Jeff Mills, Four Tet, Floating Points (live), Speedy J and plenty more set to play.

Benson went on to assert that they “won’t be doing any curtain calls, encores, reunion tours or one-last-jobs.”

Source: RA

Time Warp USA Releases Ricardo Villalobos Live Set Recording

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Time Warp US did every techno and house music fan a favor this past November by finally bringing Ricardo Villalobos back to this side of the pond for a three-hour set in Brooklyn that was the talk of many for weeks after.

Then, the German festival teased fans when it hinted on social media that a recording of the set would follow. Now it’s finally here, originally released exclusively on RecMix.

You can also directly listen to the near-three hour set via Soundcloud below:

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Follow Ricardo Villalobos: RA | Facebook | Soundcloud