Check out this short Ben Klock documentary which looks at the Club Berghain resident Dj’s rise in the world of techno. The documentary is more of an interview on Ben Klock himself where he descibes some of his early influences in techno, his friendship and productions with fellow Berghain resident Marcel Dettman and the start of the Berghain label Ostgut Ton and his own label Klockworks. This mini documentary was also allowed to video Ben Klock at his finest inside club Berghain, a place where few cameras are allowed, giving a rare look inside the Berlin techno scene staple.

Ben Klock Documentary – Rare Look Inside Berghain Club

DEMF Schedule for Movement 2012 electronic music festival has been announced. First we saw the initial DEMF Lineup 2012 in February along  with additional artists added March. And of course the DEMF 2012 After Parties list continues to grow. Now is the complete day to day DEMF schedule 2012. Movement 2012 is an electronic music festival that will take place at Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan, Memorial Day weekend May 26-28, 2012. The birthplace of techno.

DEMF 2012 will feature 107 acts, performing across five stages, spanning nearly all electronic music genres. Paxahau will also make the DEMF schedule and other important Movement information available on a free smartphone app in the next coming weeks. The app has features that are suppose to make it easy to navigate the festival grounds as you move from stage to stage to see different sets.

If you haven’t got your weekend passes yet you better jump on it, they are set to increase to $90 on May 4th. There are pre-sale one-day passes now available for $45 per day. Three-day VIP passes are still available for $200 per person.

Leave us comments on what artists you like, hate and think should have been included in the Movement 2012 Schedule.

DEMF Schedule 2012: Saturday

Recommended Saturday Movement 2012 Schedule:

3-5 – Mark Farina (Mushroom Jazz Set) – Main Stage
4:30-5:30 – Actress – Red Bull
6-7 – dOP Live – Beatport
8-10 – Derrick Carter
8:30-9:30 – Photek – Red Bull
9:30-11 – Mike Huckaby – Made in Detroit
10:30-12 – Michael Mayer – Underground

DEMF Schedule 2012: Sunday

Recommended Sunday Movement 2012 Schedule:

3-5 – Carl Craig – Main
5-6:30 – Dj Sneak – Main
3-4:30 – Heidi – Beatport
4:30-6 – Maya Jane Coles – Beatport
7-8 – Dopplereffekt – Underground
8-9:30 – Marco Carola – Main
9:30-11pm – Loco Dice – Main

DEMF Schedule 2012: Monday

Recommended Sunday Movement 2012 Schedule:

6-7:30 – Radio Slave – Main
7-8 – Project 313 Live – Made in Detroit
8-9:30 – Derek Plaslaiko – Made in Detroit
7:30-9 – Chris Liebing – Main
10:30-12 – Jeff Mills – Main

Check out this short documentary Sliver & Light of this amazing photography project. Ian Ruhter decided to build his own camera, the largest in the world I believe, which is literally a box truck. I mean, this guy gets back to the rudimentary, hands on basics of photography and creates some incredible artwork in the process.

I recently ran across this great application/website which allows you to create art from your music; more specifically create art from your music uploaded onto Soundcloud. Head over to Spectrogr.am and the example track will start playing and creating a visual similar to the ones you see below.  Add “/artist/track” to the end of the Spectrogr.am URL to start creating art from your own Soundcloud tracks (Like http://www.spectrogr.am/blakeandrew/awakening). Some are a little boring, some are quite interesting. You can also press “H” on your keyboard once a track is loaded for some different options and results. Below are a few of my favorites with the different options available.

Top Ten Techno tracks from the month of March 2012. This is a special addition of Top Ten Techno and is dedicated to the art of Regis 1994-2001. It only features my top tracks from Regis over the years and was inspired by his recent limited edition, fully remastered 3xcd release The Complete Recordings 1994 – 2001 and the recent John Peel BBC Regis Live sessions. In usual top ten techno fashion this was mixed on the fly to keep it natural and fun. The mixes on here are particularly fast and menacing to pay homage to the one and only Karl O’Conner. Enjoy.

Top Ten Techno | March 2012 Track List

I recently ran across two classic Regis live sets from John Peel on the Downwards tumblr available for download. They (along with the recent limited edition, fully remastered 3xcd release The Complete Recordings 1994 – 2001) inspired me to dedicate the March 2012 Top Ten Techno to the art of Regis. A day or so later the download limit had been reached on the link. So I uploaded the live Regis recordings to soundcloud so more peeps could stream and download.

SESSION 1 – John Peel BBC session, Maida Vale Studio, London. 8/10/1998

SESSION 2 – John Peel Show – Live, Birmingham. 30/10/2001

Patterns of Behavior from zooloft records on Vimeo.

Giorgio Gigli and Obtane return with a beautiful ambient release on Gigli’s own Zooloft Records. Accompanying this release is a cinematic landscape music video that makes majestic mountaintops seem eerily alive and deeply connected. In typical Zooloft positive nihilist fashion this release and video is painted with a enigmatic message:

A Sad Wandering Dreamer Trapped in Contemporary Memory Architectures

As you can go away, there will always be something that will not make you forget where you came from…

Use your power and influence to help other people.
Never try to gain power for your own pleasure or supremacy.
Deceptions are everywhere but together we can defeat them.

We cannot be defeated by hanger or hatred!

Twilight Frequencies Podcast via iTunes

Download Twilight Frequencies Podcast 024 | Skimning

This month’s free music podcast comes from Skymning, a self proclaimed bedroom producer from Wellington, New Zealand. Using soundcloud as his main release platform he has released numerous remixes, two EPs, as well as a 7″ split with local musician Lontalius. This is Skymning’s first attempt at any form of mixtape. He keeps it pretty well based in rap/hip hop for the majority of the mix then takes some surprising turns and ends with a remix of his own from none other than Biggie Smalls. Previewing this podcast  had  me  feeling pretty hyped and gangsta – taking me back to some care free times…

Tracklisting | Twilight Frequencies Podcast 024 | Skymning 

We walk the streets in our minds everyday. Those streets fill the void in places we might not ever see. The atmosphere is rich, and the water is running all around us. There’s a distinct love in the air, so rich and absolute that it could easily make you blind. Then, there’s the sound to match, the one that got you to this place to begin with. This sunday I’m there, and I’m walking around amazing circles of antique hues, with buds from flowers that glow memories in the fold.

In the last few months I have come to know Allan Vizzuett out of Mexico City, Mexico. He has impressed me with his dedication to music, and his ability to express that passion by simply saying what he feels. He runs the music blog Matinée as Hell with a friend, and the new netlabel BadPop.

This evening, my dogs are sleeping in their beds, Holly is prepping our feast(her turn), and I’m writing about Allan, and his first song “Lifechild” under the thought provoking moniker notyou,may.

Well done Friend. Your first song is a breathtaker.

For DEMF 2012 we will be compiling a list of all the DEMF 2012 After Parties and updating as news comes in. If you have a party or know of one and it’s not listed please comment and we’ll update. Be sure to check out the DEMF Schedule 2012 for the days and set times for the Movement festival.

DEMF 2012 Pre Parties

• Tuesday May 22nd – Movement warm-up party with Avicii - Joe Louis Arena
• Thursday May 24 - Sucker Punch! Movement Pre-Pre Party - The Active Room – Qarrell, Iso Raw, Ekem, Enjoi, Nimbus, Mr. Sinder, Tony Lamar, Tommy B, Chris Demorrow, NoFi, Dj Pure

• Smart Bar’s Movement Opening Party and BBQ - TV Lounge - Prosumer, Kate Simko, Orchard Lounge, Nate Manic, Aran Daniels, Mister Joshooa, Kid Color, John Simmons
• Blank Artists & Friends at Park Bar’s Elizabeth Theater - Kevin Reynolds, Jared Wilson, Agents Of Woe
• Bang Tech 12′s Sixteenth Anniversary Event at Bookies Bar and Grill - DJ Seoul, T Linder, Detroit Techno Militia, Minx, Terrence Parker, More
• RE|FORMATION - Terrence Parker, DJ Rodimus, Karl Forde / Fusion 22, DJ Brian Banks, DJ Matthew J Bentley, Ecliptik
• Movement Kickoff – Bleu – Lutzenkirchen, Anthony Attalla, Tone Depth, Matt Herdman
• Some Like It Hot at The Works- J Paul Getto, Safeword, Atnarko, Gene Farris
• Motor City Meltdown at The Majestic - Crizzly, Crushendo, Superdre, Papaskunk
• Life & Death Vision Quest – Elysium Lounge – Matt Tolfrey vs Ryan Crosson, Life and Death (first live performance ever), Clockwork, Thugfucker, Pillow Talk, Bill Patrick, Lee Curtiss, Shaun Reeves
• Prelude – TV Bar (Rear Entrance) – Glenn Underground, Boo Williams, Delano Smith, Norm Talley, Brett Dancer, Bruce Bailey, Powdr Blu, Marc Duncan
• Friday May 25 - Hump: Festival Foreplay! – Foran’s Grand Trunk Pub – WaxTax-N Dre

DEMF 2012 After Parties – Saturday May 26, 2012

• CLR Detroit 2012: Official Movement Afterparty at Elysium Lounge - Collabs (Chris Liebing & Speedy J), Tommy Four Seven, Drumcell
• Down & Out Detroit – 1701 Cigar Bar & Lounge – Troy Pierce, Marc Houle, Magda
• Cynosure Showcase at Garden Pub - Mike Shannon, Akufen, Vincent Lemieux, Sassmouth
• Circo Loco – TV Lounge – Ellen Allien, more TBA
• Beretta presents ‘Ten Years of Techno’ A Movement Afterparty at The Works - Aril Brikha (live), Reference (Luke Hess & Brian Kage) (live), Omar-S, Ryan Crosson, Arthur Oskan (live), Christina Chatfield (live
• Point Blank Online presents: Dirtybird Detroit - City Club - Justin Martin, Claude VonStroke, & many more Dirtybird artists TBA
• Ndatl Pres Deep Detroit Vol  4 – Kai Alce, Marcellus Pittman & Specter
• Skyline 2012 at Vondie’s On The River - Charles Feelgood, Roy Davis Jr, Rolando, Woody Mcbride, Gene Farris Buzz Goree
• Love The D. Movement Edition at Park Bar – Mark Farina, Chuck Daniels, Jason Hodges
• Deep Detroit – Kai Alcé, Marcellus Pittman, Specter
• Lil’ Louis Official Movement Afterparty – St. Andrew’s Hall – Lil’ Louis, Rick Wilhite, Greg Wilson, Michael Geiger
• Soul Skate 2012 at Northland Roller Skating Center – KDJ aka Moodymann Big Bob, Ken Smalls, MZ DJ Tone
  Venue: Northland Roller Skating Center
• Scissor & Thread – Flat 151 – Francis Harris, Tripmastaz, Noel Jackson, Abelle, Dan Bain, AvA, Andrew Kevins

DEMF 2012 After Parties – Sunday May 27, 2012

• Interface 36 / Scene 04 by Droid Behavior + Blank Code - The Works Detroit - DVS1, Cell Injection, Raíz live PA, Luis Flores live PA, Jeff Derringer, Memnok vs. Tiari Live PA, Project 313 live PA, Dean Paul, Derek Michael live PA, Kero vs Annie Hall, Corbin Davis
• KMS 25 – St. Andrews Hall - The Creators of Techno Together for One Night Only
• Voyage Royale IV (Boat Party) – Detroit Princess – Danny Tenaglia, No.19 presents the Social Experiment floor with Art Department (exclusive) and DJ Sneak
• Soul Foundation at Foran’s – 2pm-2am - Mystic Bill, Frankie Vega, Kate Simko, Jake Reif, Todd, Mariana, John Simmons, Puffs Baggswelle, Brian Gardner, Brenda D, Tommy Ruffingers
• Rare Form at Waterfalls - Maya Jane Coles, Maceo Plex , Soul Clap, Magda, Wolf + Lamb, and More
• NO WAY BACK – 1515 Broadway – Derek Plaslaiko, Mike Servito, BMG, Erika, Spinoza +more TBA
• Houseschuhs:. A Celebration Of House Music at Vondie’s On The River – Doc Martin, Paul Johnson, Gene Farris, Terry Mullen, More
• Detroit <3′s London - Dave the Drummer, Chris Liberator, Product 19
• Afrojack with R3hab & Bobby Burns – The Fillmore Detroit
• Shit Show 3 (7 am) – Waterfalls – Kollektiv Turmstrasse (live), Ryan Crosson, Rich Korach , Darkcube
• Drunkbrunch (11am) –  L!V Resto | Lounge – Cash4Gold, Bruce Bailey, Earl “Mixxin” McKinney, Trevor Nygaard, Mike Louth, Steve Moller, Lynda Carter, Victor Vega
• The Story Narrated By Us – TV Bar – Chez Damier, Fred P., Keith Worthy, Basic Soul Unit, Luke Hess, Trinidadian Deep, Steven Tang, Michael Zucker
• James Zabiela – Bleu

DEMF 2012 After Parties – Monday May 28, 2012

• Movement Official Closing Party – Elysium Lounge – Marco Carola