The Movement 2013 Pre Parties have already started rushing in. Your ‘official’ way to get ready for the Detroit electronic music festival (DEMF 2013) this coming Memorial weekend May 25-27, 2013. Be sure to check out the Movement 2013 Lineup and Movement 2013 After Parties as well.

Reference, DJ Jenny Lafemme, Joshua Harrison & more

• Date - Saturday, March 23, 2013
• Venue - The Works, Detroit
• Artists – Reference, DJ Jenny Lafemme, Joshua Harrison, Corbin Davis, Darkworks, Stone owl, Dru Ruiz

Official Movement 2013 Kalamazoo Pre Party

• Date – Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Venue – Bells, Kalamazoo
• Artists - Matt Clarke, Alexander

The Loft Presents: Kevin Saunderson

• Date – Saturday, April 6, 2013
• Venue – The Loft, Lansing
• Artists - Kevin Saunderson, Marcutio, Jay Arthur, Roque Ybarro & Andy Lynch, DJ Angel Beats, DJ Sizl, Pat Bosman, McRain, Dj Xaos

Audio Injection, Dustin Zahn, & more

• Date - Saturday, April 6, 2013
• Venue – The Works, Detroit
• Artists - Audio Injection, Dustin Zahn, Chuck Flask B2B Mr Joshooa, Asher Perkins, Joel Morgan, Ava

Disclosure Live

• Date - Friday, April 12, 2013
• Venue - Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit
• Artists - Disclosure live, Erno the Inferno (Tour Detroit)

Back2Basix

• Date – Friday, April 19, 2013
• Venue - Corktown Tavern, Detroit
• Artists - Bruce Bailey, Mike Clark, Jared Wilson, Alex Lugo, George Rahme

North Hex

• Date – Saturday, April 20, 2013
• Venue - The Leland Grand Ballroom, Detroit
• Artists - ORPHX live, ERIKA live, MARCELLUS PITTMAN, BMG

Movement & Datswotsup! Present Person Sound

• Date – Wednesday, April 24, 2013
• Venue - The Works, Detroit
• Artists - Person Sound, GIN & TRONIC, CALICO

Recloose Official Movement Pre-Party

FLASH / Movement Pre-Party feat. DVS1

• Date - Friday, April 26, 2013
• Venue - Q Capital Hill, Seattle
• Artists - DVS1

Official MOVEMENT Pre-Party: SYSTEM, Blank Code, and MTM

• Date – Friday, May 3, 2013
• Venue – Bolt Underground, Minneapolis
• Artists - Raiz, Project 313, Mike Gervais

Squared Presents: DJ Psycho

• Date – Saturday, May 11, 2013
• Venue - Victory’s Live, Columbus
• Artists - DJ PSYCHO, THE FALLEN (LIVE), LOWER FREQUENCY

Desolatismus – Official Movement Opening Party

• Date – Friday, May 24, 2013
• Venue - Bleu, Detroit
• Artists - Martin Buttrich & Guti

Movement 2013 Pre Parties

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.

Richie Hawtin is resurrecting Plastikman for live performances in 2010. The only confirmed date so far is Coachella. Richie has hinted at further performances. Could this mean new material as well?

The Rothbury music festival in Rothbury, Michigan has been canceled for 2010, postponed until 2011 is technically what the promoters are telling us. 2010 would be the events third year in existence; taking place each Forth of July weekend at the Double JJ Resort. They claim the cancellation is due to the inability to lock in various bands that are vital for the festival. This lack of commitment steps from recording and touring schedules. Despite the 2010 postponement, they intend to move toward continuing Rothbury in 2011. Though I wouldn’t purchase and pre-sale tickets just yet, a full year off from an event could cause festival goers to loose interest and no doubt will make an impact and the organization of any future events. The two years of the music festival offered a wide array of music from rock to hip-hop and electronic music with 2009 focusing more on jam bands, emerging indie artists and a few huge name artists including: The Dead, Bob Dylan, The Black Crows, STS9, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids, MSTRKRFT, The Glitch Mob and others.

First Depeche Mode was forced to cancel some shows due to lead singer Dave Gahan coming down with the stomach flu. Then more dates were cancelled, that’s when I thought something greater may be wrong. Turns out ”while in hospital, further medical tests revealed a low-grade malignant tumor in Dave’s bladder, which has since been successfully removed.” Dave is currently recovering and Tour of the Universe will resume June 8 in Leipzig, Germany, and they plan on continuing through the remainder of the year. They’ve updated the tour and rescheduled some dates. Unfortunately, I didn’t see Lollapalooza, or even Chicago, on the new list, but hopefully that was an oversight… we’ll see.