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Movement Detroit, Movement Detroit 2018

Your Complete After-Party Guide to Movement Detroit 2018

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Movement Detroit, Movement Detroit 2018

It’s that time of the year once more as Movement Detroit nears and parties happening in the city throughout Memorial Day Weekend begin to get announced. With so much happening on the course of five days, we have put together this 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. It’s Detroit during Movement weekend, so bear in mind that some night parties turn into day parties, and sometimes certain events go longer than originally announced.

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.

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Win 2 GA Tickets to Movement Electronic Music Festival Detroit 2018

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Today Movement Detroit announced is full schedule and stage programming for this year’s edition.

You can find all the info relating to the festival in our comprehensive article, HERE.

As we do every year, we have teamed up with Paxahau and Movement to give our readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the festival.

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Movement Detroit Announces 2018 Schedule and Stage Programming

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This year’s Movement Festival will include the festival’s original five stages and will feature new designs and elements for the Red Bull Music Stage, Stargate Stage and the Pyramid Stage. More information will be posted to the festival’s social media channels following the set times announcement.

This year’s stages are as follows: Movement Stage, Red Bull Music Stage, Stargate Stage, Pyramid Stage and Resident Advisor Underground Stage. Red Bull Radio will be live streaming from the Red Bull Music Stage throughout the festival weekend on redbullradio.com.

Detroit Yoga Labs will once again host Movement Yoga on-site, taking place on Sunday (May 27) and Monday (May 28) at the Pyramid Stage.

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Techno.Girls Launches Movement Detroit Ticket Giveaway on Instagram

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Planning to head to Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit this coming Memorial Day Weekend?

The lovely people at Techno.Girls have just launched a giveaway for 2 GA tickets to the festival. Take the following steps to  enter:

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Laurent Garnier: “DJing Is Like My Drug”

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With a career spanning more than 30 years and counting, Laurent Garnier has become a driving force in the electronic music industry. At 57, the man hailed as a pioneer and godfather of the industry is still working and performing without let up.

In a recent interview with the South China Morning Post, Garnier explained the reason why he hasn’t stopped performing:

“(Electronic music) has always been about looking forward and not looking back. When I start sounding like a rusty jukebox, I’m going to have to stop.”

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Win 2 Tickets To Movement Electronic Music Festival 2018

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On March 31st 2018, WORK by 6AM and Synthetik Minds combine forces to present a special night in Los Angeles’ underground that celebrates not only 10 Years of 6AM, but the legacy of Detroit Techno with an Official Movement Pre-Party featuring pioneer Kevin Saunderson.

Platinum-selling recording artist, label boss, festival promoter, true innovator in the pantheon of popular music, cultural champion, cracking DJ: there’s a lot to be said about Kevin Saunderson. His influence runs deep, through both adopted hometown of Detroit, and music culture as a whole: as one of the Belleville Three, the high school trio which also includes Juan Atkins and Derrick May, he irreparably changed the face of electronic music; with Inner City, he gave it some of its most memorable tunes. 

The genesis of today’s enormous techno scene can be retraced straight to Kevin, Derrick and Juan, as their formative experiments on rudimentary hardware sketched a blueprint for a genre that was yet to exist. By absorbing Kraftwerk, cutting-edge funk, local radio stalwart The Electrifying Mojo’s electicism, and all manner of new synthesizer and drum machine-led pop music, the Belleville Three broke new ground as musicians and DJs in the 80s. 
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Movement Detroit Announces 2018 Lineup Featuring Steve Bicknell, Laurent Garnier, Maceo Plex, Wu-Tang Clan and More

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Movement Electronic Music Festival, one of the longest-running and most-acclaimed music festivals in the world, announced full lineup for 2018, led by Dirtybird boss and festival favorite Claude VonStroke, a rare b2b performance by Loco Dice and The Martinez Brothers, and a special performance by all nine members of the Wu-Tang Clan celebrating the legendary hip-hop group’s 25th anniversary as the closers for each of the festival’s three nights. The festival is scheduled to return to Detroit’s Hart Plaza on Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, 2018.

Festival organizers Paxahau revealed over 85 acts in today’s lineup announcement, including BADBADNOTGOOD, Carl Craig, Charlotte de Witte, Diplo, DJ Premier, Ida Engberg, Inner City (live), Justin Martin, Laurent Garnier, Maceo Plex, Mija, Nina Kraviz, Rezz, Seth Troxler, Shigeto (live), Tiga, Too Short and many more. Complete lineup listing can be found below.

In keeping with the tradition of providing the best festival experience, this year’s event will include the festival’s original five stages and will feature new designs and elements for the Movement Stage, Red Bull Music Academy Stage, Stargate Stage, Pyramid Stage, and the Resident Advisor Underground Stage. More information will be posted to the festival’s social media channels and website soon.

Movement 2018 3-Day GA Weekend Passes and 3-Day VIP Weekend Passes are now available for purchase at www.movement.us. Payment Plan options are also available.

Photo by Bryan Mitchell Photography

Listen to Movement Underground Stage 2017 Live Sets

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Last week we covered how the return of techno to the Underground Stage at Movement Electronic Music Festival was a positive move that, in our eyes, elevated the festival experience to what we would expect out of the Movement brand.

The stage, which this year was hosted by Resident Advisor for the first time ever, was the home of artists the likes of drumcell, Rrose, Headless Horseman, Adam X and Perc, Ben Sims, DVS1 and many more.

RA has just released a selection of live sets from the weekend, which we present to you below:

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Movement Detroit 2017: The Year Techno Reigned Once More Underneath Hart Plaza

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It’s likely that some North American techno fans look back at Movement Detroit’s 2016 lineup with a mixture of sadness and anger. Last year was the 10th Anniversary of Movement Electronic Music Festival under Paxahau, and while the lineup was definitely large in size and featured a lot of high-profile names., it lacked depth as far as techno was concerned.

Detroit techno continued to be represented en masse, and rightly so, but the iconic techno lineups that used to be hosted at the Underground Stage were slashed drastically. Usually taking place across the space of the festival’s entire three days, these lineups famously featured some of the most cutting-edge techno acts of the worldwide scene, names the likes of Luke Slater, Lucy, Speedy J, DVS1 and more. In 2016 however, two entire full days of the Underground Stage lineup were devoid of techno, dedicated instead to an Acid Stage and (gasp!) an OWSLA Stage. The one day dedicated to techno also seemed to lack the same kind of depth and quality of years past.

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Mayor of Detroit Mike Duggan Declares Techno Week 2017 in Honor of Movement

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Detroit will forever be known as the city that gave techno to the world. The genre was born during the mid-to-late 1980s, and remains as popular as ever in no small part thanks to the work of Movement Electronic Music Festival in the 10 years of its existence (and the prior years under different names).

This coming weekend, tens of thousands of electronic music fans will descend upon Hart Plaza for yet another three-day music bonanza featuring top-tier talent in techno, house, experimental and a series of other eclectic genres spanning from hip-hop to drum ‘n bass. Detroit techno legends will be joined by more recent underground favorites for what is surely the biggest event of its size in North America.

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