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Movement 2023

Detroit’s Movement Festival Draws Over 30,000 Daily Attendees

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Movement Music Festival concluded its 17th year at Hart Plaza, welcoming over 30,000 music fans daily, from across the globe to Detroit, the mecca of Techno music. The festival proved once again its unrivaled status as a sonic paradise with over 115 acts performing across six stages, including a VIP Pop-Up Stage, on Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29. The Movement Stage witnessed the stellar presence of dance music titans, as the illustrious Basement Jaxx captivated on Saturday Techno star Charlotte de Witte mesmerized on Sunday and the grand finale unfolded with the highly-anticipated closing set by the electronic music legends, Underworld, on Monday. Before their legendary performance, dance music icon Skrillex took to the stage, igniting an explosive energy that set the tone for the awe-inspiring finale by Underworld.

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Charles D (USA)

What’s in Your Toolbox: Charles D

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Artists will never come unprepared to a party. They always bring a toolbox packed with tracks that are truly dance floor destroyers. “What’s in Your Toolbox” features artists’ secret weapons, aka, the tracks they don’t leave out of their USB. In this installment, NYC-based artist Charles D (USA) has established his unmistakable sound that combines hard-hitting techno grooves with progressive sounds and influence. 2022 has been a huge year with releases on Octopus, Factory 93, and the almighty Drumcode imprint. Charles’ Epic Mix for Adam Beyer and Bart Skils’s “Your Mind” is a chugging end-of-night weapon that was first played by Adam Beyer to close out Awakenings at the Gashouder during ADE last year. It further soundtracked events including Movement Detroit, Tomorrowland, and EDC. “Your Mind” the original was streamed over 38M times and was judged by Mixmag as one of the greatest techno tracks of all time. Charles has big 2023 plans with upcoming releases on Drumcode, Factory 93, and Kraftek.

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JX-216

Global Vibe Radio 332 Feat. JX-216 (From 0-1)

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From Milwaukee, WI, now living in Oakland, California is JX-216 (formerly known as the alias Milkplant, full name: Justin Pennell) — a techno DJ/Producer with over 30 years of combined DJ/production experience, and 10 years of record label management experience.

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tasha blank

“Nobody Doesn’t Have Rhythm” – Tasha Blank’s Drive for Dance

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Tasha Blank is a celebrated international DJ, motivational speaker, and founder of BODY LVNGUAGE (formerly The Get Down), a global dance party reviving the soul of nightlife. With its uniquely raucous, sexy presence and rich culture of respect, all bodies are welcome.

Tasha is also the driving force behind Powerhouse DJ School: a leadership academy building a new breed of DJ. Rather than simply focusing on the technical aspects of the craft, PhDJ teaches artistry, creative discipline, ritual, the body-mind connection, event production, and everything else emerging DJs need to ignite the kind of dance culture we didn’t know we needed.

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Global Vibe Radio 324 Feat. Henry Brooks (Horizons)

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Detroit-based DJ Henry Brooks is no stranger to the sounds of Dark, Melodic, and Driving techno. From playing piano and guitar at a young age, his love for music eventually led him to dance music in 2013. As fate would have it, Henry would start DJing in 2016 after taking a leap of faith in his craft.

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For Ellen Allien, Music Is Her Elixir

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Within the techno community there is no doubt that Ellen Allien is one of the most respected djs, producers and label owners out there. Ellen is your favorite DJ’s favorite DJ; the influence to many artists that we look up to today. Her widely successful label Bpitch Control has been a techno taste maker since its inception in 1999. More recently through her Bpitch imprint, Ellen has released part 4-6 of her We Are Not Alone VA- a 36 track compilation of high quality techno that you expect from the label and the artist’s she picks. From having residencies across the world to being one of Berlins biggest acts, she has cemented her presence in the techno realm and is nothing short of legend status.

If you happen to be in North America, don’t miss her shows at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, US July 23rd and Piknic Electronik Montreal in Montreal, CA on July 24th.

Just a little while back at the techno mecca festival that is Movement Detroit, 6AM had the honor to speak with the techno titan about her about the importance of music, the current state of djs and producers, and how she connect with dancers with her signature dynamic sets.

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Annabel Ross Movement

Writer Annabel Ross Reveals Being Banned from Covering Movement and Call’s Out ‘Toxic Male Solidarity’

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Annabel Ross is a freelance journalist who writes about music and culture for publications such as Resident Advisor and Mixmag. On June 16th she revealed that she was banned from reporting on Movement Detroit following articles on Derrick May’s alleged sexual assaults. The below excerpt was taken from Annabel Ross’ Medium post done earlier today. Her full post can be found here.

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Movement 2022 line up

Movement 2022 Official Stages Schedule Announced

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Movement Music Festival is one of North America’s biggest techno event. Occurring every Memorial Day weekend, the renown festival has been canceled the last few years but makes its triumphant return to Detroit in 2022. The festival features a plethora of the biggest names in techno and even stars of non-techno genres. The massive techno event has just released all 6 stage times and lineups so you can plan your techno adventure.

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Detroit Movement

Detroit’s Movement Festival Reveals 2022 Lineup

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Movement Festival returns for the first time since 2019. Music fans will once again be able to make the pilgrimage to Detroit, the mecca of Techno music, for three days of diverse curation on Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-30, 2022) inside Hart Plaza at downtown Detroit’s riverfront. Today’s lineup teaser offers an early taste of the breadth of the festival’s programming, featuring an inspired selection of dance music’s most in-demand artists, underground mainstays, and notable first-time performers; a potent cross section of seasoned vets and future generations of electronic music.

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