About to get back on the plane and go home. Sitting in the Kalamazoo Airport, reflection is a must of course. First off I’m just glad my friends are as down with something and love a culture the way they do. It made the festival easier to enjoy, and a sense of security was prevalent indeed.

I enjoyed the whole trip, and the festival was bangin as they say. We spent most of the weekend at the Underground stage, seemed that was were the best Techno was being played. Especially the minimal stuff coming out of there. I want to write more about it all, and I might later. But I’m pretty tired, I’m sure Detroit is as well.

Highlights from last night were  Monolake, such an inspired artist, literally grinning as he performed. It wasn’t hard to tell he loves what he does. Plus the visual performer was genius, I would have been smiling indeed. After Monolake, we caught the end of Rich, he was playing some amazing house music. From the festival we bounced to the CLR party to see Marcel Dettmann, RadioSlave, Speedy J, and Chris Liebing. Two floors of sound, three floors of fun.

The View From Milner Hotel

Well we’re here, last night we went to the Akufen pre-party at the T.V. lounge, it was pretty cool, nothing stood out as exceptional, well maybe our dancing – lol!!!

Leading up to that we stopped at Cliff Bells for happy hour, five dollar Manhattans will blow the doors off at 4:30. Then we jumped to Cass Cafe, Erin took care of my meal – thanks sister. After the Cass we hit up Bronx Bar and played a ton of music on the juke box, but we left before it played. Some dude was playing Billy Joel. Fun times though, and after the bronx we got dropped off by the hotel. It was amazing, the tigers game just ended and the fire works were bursting bright right over our hotel. I love Detroit, and its much happier then its given credit for. Early in the day Daniel and Erin gave us a tour of their Urban Farm. Daniel’s building a chicken coop, and Erin’s landscape creativity shines right through the overcast. Big ups to them, two of the most inspiring people in my life. On my moral Compass they represent the North. I hope Daniel felt okay going to work at 3am, he’s just a little guy, HAHAHAHA!!!

Lets begin last night… Chilling at the pad waiting for the morning to come, an early flight gets those butterflies going something crazy. Just before bed and after spending a nice evening with my beautiful wife I checked my email, of course I get an URGENT alert telling me my flights canceled , which completely stuck a fork in my plans to see my brother and his groovy family – Let me back up for a quick second – The only reason I’m going to this Festival (its been 7 years) is because my best friend and creator of this site BlakeAndrew is getting hitched, this maybe the one time “the boys” can get together on a big trip before he plunges into the beauty of getting to know his truest friend, the one who will be there when he looks his best and especially his worst.

Don’t think this will look like Hangover 2, well maybe. There’s a cast of characters going that could rival any movie I’ve ever seen. Trust me when I say we’ve done the Hangover thing, we just never stole someone’s tiger. Anyway, so I was able to book a later flight same day. Now I find myself delayed, waiting to see my friend, and go to my sisters place for a delicious home cooked meal. I’m drinking the first beverage that will inevitably be a long line of altering beverages. I’ll keep you posted. The sun is coming out – “Pardon me miss, but could I have another one of those fine drinks you make!

Shit, people are sitting too close while I type this. Some asshole is sitting next to me with his family bitching about his extra large hair gel that was just confiscated. No shit sherlock, you can’t bring giant containers of hair gel on an airplane. The irony is, he admitted after he announced to the rest of us his hair gel was taken, he knew about the 3 oz limit. Homie needs to get his mind straight. I’m wearing headphones right now, these folks think I’m listening to something, but honestly their banter is more entertaining then my itunes folder.

I just came back from the bathroom, and this dude was walking away with my drink, I literally just chased him down in the Knoxville airport Ruby Tuesdays. Everyone was looking at me. Damn it, I miss my wife, she typically handles all the little things, like telling people “he’s not done with that.” Love you Babe!

OUT

The only thing the Movement 2011 schedule or afterparty lineup is missing is a few appearances from the Sandwell District crew. If only this was an event happening in Detroit instead of Berlin I would have my wish (I would actually wish it to be on Sunday the 29th instead of Saturday the 28th as to not disrupt my already secured Saturday Movement afterparty plans.

For this intimate clubnight in Berlin Scorn will play a live set, Function will DJ a solo set and also join Regis for a Sandwell District set. Sandra Electronics will also be making an appearance which may or may not be a solo set from Regis (as it was originally a solo project for he) or he could be paired with a recent Sandra Electronics collaborator, Silent Servent (It Slipped Her Mind’ 10).

Possibly to give you an idea of what you may hear Sandwell District/Downwards have been kind enough to offer a Sandra Electronics, Live in Santa Barbara 2009 free download. A 3:37 sample where the artist(s) for the track are aptly named KARL AND THE CURBCRAWLERS.

Though the actual Movement 2011 schedule (you know, when they finally tell you what day, stage and time your favorite artists will be playing) has yet to be announced, Paxahau has eluded to a rough estimate on the Movement 2011 lineup page which states the headliners for each of the five stages: Movement Torino, Beatport, Made in Detroit (underground), and Vitaminwater (main stage). (Organized in (roughly) the order I give a shit about)

Little Dragon is an electronic music group formed in 2006 an based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The band is made up of Yukimi Nagano (vocals), Fredrick Kallgren (bass), Hakan Wirenstrand (keyboards), and Erik Bodin (drums). To date, they released two studio albums: Little Dragon (2007) and Machine Dreams (2009).

Nagano was born and raised in Gothenburg to a Japanese father and American mother. She grew up listening to American folk, but she always had an affinity for R&B. Keyboardist Wirenstrand spent his childhood in Smaland before moving to Gothenburg where hearing a lot of Swedish folk music. Later he got into electronic music. Bodin grew up hearing early hip-hop and jazz. Fredrik was influenced by experimental, noise and electro house

A slew of new acts (about 58) have been added to the Movement 2011, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF),  lineup. Notable additions to the already impressive Movement 2011 lineup include:  Monolake aka Robert Henke, co-creator of Ableton Live who recently released The Granulator Instrument, an Max for Live instrument based on granular synthesis available as a free download, Adam Beyer, Aux 88, Flying Lotus and Richie Hawtin (who healined Movement last year as Plastikman Live) backed by Minus artists Marc Houle, Heartthrob, JPLS, Ambivalent and Gaiser.

Additions to the Movement 2011 Lineup:
Adam Beyer
Ambivalent
Anthony Attalla
Aril Brikha
Ataxia
Aux 88
B. Bravo
Brian “Starski” Gillespie
Boo Williams
Calvertron and Figure
Chuck Daniels
Clark Warner
Com Truise
Dabura
Daedalus
Deniz Kurtel
District 909
DJ Cent
DJ Godfather
DJ Three
DJ X-Change
Eric Johnson
Erika Sherman
Flying Lotus
Gaiser
Glenn Underground
Heartthrob
John Collins
JPLS
Justin Martin
Little Dragon
Livio & Roby
Marc Houle
Margaret Dygas
Mark Flash
Matthew Hawtin
Michael Geiger
Mike Brown
Mike Servito
Minx
Monolake
N-Ter
Nospectacle with Markus Guentner
Paranormal Tek
Paul Kalkbrenner
Pearson Sound/Ramadanman
Richard Devine
Richie Hawtin
Sammy Dee
Secrets
Skrillex
Space Dimension Controller
Space Time Continuum
Terrence Parker
The Siege
Tortured Soul
Venetian Snares
Victor Calderone

The full Movement (DEMF) 2011 Lineup:
69 (Carl Craig) – live
Adam Beyer
Al Ester
Ambivalent
Ana Sia
Anthony Attalla
Aril Brikha
Art Department
Ataxia
Aux 88
B. Bravo
Beardyman – live
Ben Klock
Boo Williams
Brian “Starski” Gillespie
Bruce Bailey
Calvertron and Figure
Chuck Daniels
Cio D’Or
Clark Warner
Claude Young
Com Truise
Dabura
Daedalus
Dam-Funk & Master Blazter (live)
Deniz Kurtel
District 909
DJ Cent
DJ Godfather
DJ Harvey
DJ T-1000
DJ Three
DJ X-Change
Dr. Atmo
DTM 5×5 (DJ Seoul, T.Linder, Neil V, Darkcube, DJ Psycho)
Dubfire
Echospace (live)
Elliot Lipp – live
Eric Johnson
Erika Sherman
Fatboy Slim
Felix Da Housecat
Flying Lotus
Franki Juncaj aka DJ 3000
Gaiser
Gaslamp Killer
Glenn Underground
Goldie
Green Velvet (live)
Guti – live
Heartthrob
Hudson Mohawke – live
James Zabiela
John Collins
JPLS
Justin Martin
Kero – live
Kerri Chandler
Little Dragon
Livio & Roby
Livio & Roby
Loco Dice
Marc Houle
Marcel Dettman
Margaret Dygas
Mark Flash
Martin Buttrich – live
Matt Clarke
Matthew Hawtin
Metro Area
Michael Geiger
Mike Brown
Mike Servito
Mike Servito
MiM0SA
Minx
Monolake
Nospectacle with Markus Guentner
N-Ter
Paranormal Tek
Paul Kalkbrenner
Pearson Sound/Ramadanman
Pulshar – live
Reference
Richard Devine
Richie Hawtin
Ryan Elliott
Sammy Dee
Scuba
Secrets
Shlomi Aber
Skrillex
Skrillex (live)
Soul Clap
Space Dimension Controller
Space Time Continuum
Steve Rachmad
Sven Väth
Terrence Parker
The Siege
tINI
Tortured Soul
Traversable Wormhole aka Adam X – live
Venetian Snares
Victor Calderone
Visionquest (live / DJ)

More headlining artists have been added to Movement, Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF) 2011 lineup. Most notable for myself and crew are the addition of Berghain resident, Ostgut Ton regular, Klockworks label boss, and in demand remixer Ben Klock. It’s also good to see Traversable Wormhole live at the festival. This is a project from long-time Sonic Groove label and record store owner, and brother to Brooklyn’s own Frankie Bones, Adam-X. 2010-2011 has been a great time for Adam-X. Traversable Wormhole gained much respect in the global techno community while it was still a mystery to who the producer was. Once the cat was outta the bag Adam finally started to see some much needed respect himself. Chris Liebing ended up re-released the entire Traversable Wormhole catalog, along with remixes from some of the best in the industry, on his CLR label. This has also given Adam the opportunity for further releases and re-releases on labels as Adam-X. Another notable addition is Steve Rachmad, which may be his first appearance at the actual festival, though he straight rocked an afterparty quite a few years back (which also happened to be his first performance in the US).

I believe the aforementioned additions as well as: 69 (Carl Craig) – live, Claude Young, Loco Dice, and Kero – live are really shaping Movement 2011 into a great festival lineup. These new 29 acts are of course in addition to the initial lineup including Cio D’Or, Marcel Dettman, Scuba and more.

For those of you who voiced your opinion on Movement’s lackluster lineup as compared to Ultra or Electric Zoo, maybe the chosen mainstage headliners like international success Fatboy Slim or two-time Grammy Award Nominee Felix Da Housecat are commercial enough for you to spend money on.

Other performs that may bring heads into the festival include: DJ Harvey, Dubfire, Gaslamp Killer, Ramadanman, Goldie, Soulclap, and Sven Väth.

The entire list of 29 new acts announced for Movement (DEMF) 2011:

• 69 (Carl Craig) – live
• Al Ester
• Beardyman – live
• Ben Klock
• Claude Young
• DJ Harvey
• Dr. Atmo
• DTM 5×5 (DJ Seoul, T.Linder, Neil V, Darkcube, DJ Psycho)
• Dubfire
• Elliot Lipp – live
• Fatboy Slim
• Felix Da Housecat
• Franki Juncaj aka DJ 3000
• Gaslamp Killer
• Guti – live
• Hudson Mohawke – live
• James Zabiela
• Kero – live
• Livio & Roby
• Loco Dice
• Martin Buttrich – live
• Matt Clarke
• Metro Area
• Mike Servito
• Pulshar – live
• Ramadanman
• Ryan Elliott
• Steve Rachmad
• Traversable Wormhole aka Adam X – live

In addition to the initial Movement 2011 Lineup:

Ana Sia
Art Department
Bruce Bailey
Cio D’Or
Dam-Funk & Master Blazter (live)
DJ T-1000
Echospace (live)
Goldie
Green Velvet (live)
Kerri Chandler
Marcel Dettman
Mimosa
Reference
Scuba
Shlomi Aber
Skrillex (live)
Soul Clap
Sven Väth
Tini
Visionquest (live / DJ)

The initial lineup for Movement 2011, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF), has been announced (View additions to the Movement 2011 lineup and mainstage headliners). The annual event will take place, in usual fashion, at Hart Plaza, Downtown Detroit, Michigan, May 28th-30th Memorial Day Weekend. The Movement 2010 lineup seemed to pay homage to the roots of Detroit techno with lots of classic Detroit talent and innovators of the early scene. That gives the 2011 lineup freedom to branch out into other genres and bring in more international acts and up-and-comers. The Movement lineup looks great so far, looking forward to what they have to come – and of course the afterparty lineup as well.

Movement, The Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF) 2011 Initial Lineup:

Ana Sia
Art Department
Bruce Bailey
Cio D’Or
Dam-Funk & Master Blazter (live)
DJ T-1000
Echospace (live)
Goldie
Green Velvet (live)
Kerri Chandler
Marcel Dettman
Mimosa
Reference
Scuba
Shlomi Aber
Skrillex (live)
Soul Clap
Sven Väth
Tini
Visionquest (live / DJ)

+ MORE TBA

The Official Movement 2011 Website from Paxahau