This year’s Movement Detroit weekend is just around the corner, and not only are we giving away two tickets to the festival itself but are also launching a special giveaway for 6AM readers looking to join us at BLEU DETROIT for our Saturday and Sunday label showcases there.
Our yearly appointment with the best techno festival in North America is fast approaching.
Movement Detroit is next month, taking place during Memorial Day Weekend within the confines of Hart Plaza in the heart of Detroit!
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, Detroitâs 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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Here it is, the full Sunday lineup for Movement Electronic Music Festival’s 2019 edition, set to take place May 25-27th at Hart Plaza in the heart of Detroit.
This one is techno heavy, featuring old and new names alike. At first glance we see festival favorites Richie Hawtin, Chris Liebing and Kevin Saunderson, who will be playing back-to-back with his two sons, The Saunderson Brothers.
Paxahau and Movement Electronic Music Festival are taking a different approach to their lineup announcement this year.
In the fall of 2018 they went live with a lineup teaser, revealing the first 10 names scheduled to play the yearly appointment at Hart Plaza on the bank of the Detroit River. Amelie Lens, DJ Nobu, Heiko Laux, DJ Bone, Hot Since 82, Floorplan, Orbital and Stephan Bodzin were all announced then, showcasing the diversity that Movement has been known to bring.
Today, they announced their full Saturday lineup, featuring LSD (Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function), Amelie Lens, Carl Craig, Disclosure, Loco Dice, Maya Jane Coles, Octave One, Seth Troxler, Soul Clap, Stacey Pullen and more.
The yearly pilgrimage to Detroit is on the horizon, even though there are a good six months left until the next Memorial Day Weekend 2019.
Paxahau, the organizers behind Movement Electronic Music Festival, have just teased the first 10 names booked for next year’s festival. The preview lineup includes everything from Detroit techno to hip-hop, as well as legendary UK dance music pioneers Orbital performing their first live show in Detroit in 20 years.
Attendees in 2019 will be able to feast on DJ sets from Amelie Lens, DJ Nobu, Heiko Laux, DJ Bone and Hot Since 82. Floorplan, Orbital and Stephan Bodzin are booked in for live sets, along with a turn from Detroit rapper (and Warp signee) Danny Brown.
Tickets for Movement Detroit 2019 can be found here.
Cover photo by Stephen Bondio
âOK COOLâ is back! The celebrated event series returns to TV Lounge in Detroit for its 6th annual Official Movement Festival After Party on Sunday, May 27. The ethos behind ‘OK COOL’ is to create an environment where fans, artists and industry can celebrate their love for dance music in a timeless space through a combination of top-notch production and talent – without any vibe destroyers like velvet ropes or bottle service.
Los Angeles’ Tara Brooks is one of the artists performing this year’s OK COOL, where she joins the likes of Eats Everything, Ardalan, Delano Smith, Cosmin TRG, Ataxia and more for a lineup that blends techno, house and tech house across multiple rooms in one of Detroit’s best venues.
We had a chat with Tara ahead of the Movement weekend to find out what her top 5 Movement Detroit moments are, and why. Read below and don’t forget to catch Tara at OK COOL on May 27th.
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It’s Movement Detroit weekend, so we found it fitting to invite one of this year’s performing artists to the Global Vibe Radio decks.
Christian Smith is one of the worldâs leading exponents of techno, as a DJ, a producer and founder of the well-respected Tronic label. You can catch him playing at the festival this coming Saturday. May 26th, when he will be performing at the Pyramid Stage at 7:30pm.
Tronic needs no introduction for those who have followed dance music for the last 20 or so years. Since its inception back in 1994, Christian Smith has founded a label that constantly delivers top techno tracks year after year. Not only does he run the label, but also has his long-standing Tronic radio show, which is syndicated in more than over 100 countries worldwide.
Known and loved for its albums, Tronic released the very first of its kind with a collaboration-only project in 2017 entitled Synergy. This June the label will be releasing a full Synergy remix package to the world including re-works by Shall Ocin, Petter B, Oliver Deutschmann and more — a release filled with their heavy hitting, synthetic soundscapes and intricate percussive elements.
Be on the lookout for more info on this upcoming release, but meantime enjoy Christian’s mix below, which was recorded live this past April at Resest Club in Zaragoza, Spain.
Raised in the same fertile music community that spawned his former label boss and mentor Richie Hawtin, Marc Houleâs obsession with electronic sounds goes back to the noise of â80s video games and vintage synthesizers. A decade-long career of seminal records on Hawtinâs Minus label, as well as his own Items & Things imprint, helped define the beloved minimal sound of the mid-â00s (âOn Itâ), before transcending the limits of the sub-genre completely by incorporating industrial, disco and new wave influences (âUndercoverâ).
2018 has already welcomed the arrival of a brand new project, and a key focus for Marc in the form of his Marsian project alongside Octopus Recordings boss Sian. Having released their debut EP on the imprint last month, the duo will combine this May to deliver their debut live show at the Octopus Showcase during Movement 2018, with a second EP and a tour of the Americas also scheduled for the coming months.
