What started off as a small grassroots gathering of hometown heroes has now blossomed into one of the world’s most respected electronic music festivals. Every year on Memorial Day weekend, Hart Plaza turns into the capital of techno as people hail from far and wide to make a pilgrimage to the city where it all began. This year’s…
KMS, the record label started by Detroit techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson in 1987, has been reissuing seminal works on vinyl over the past several years. These include Saunderson’s Just Want Another Chance (made famous by its signature “Reese” bassline), as well as releases by MK, Chez N Trent, and Kreem (the duo of Saunderson…
As reported a few months back, Detroit techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson visited the Ford Wayne Assembly Plant with field recording equipment and film crew in tow. Now you can watch a short documentary produced from the trip. Throughout the video, Saunderson compares the rhythmic clanking and contrasting analog and digital machinery to the sounds…
High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music, a documentary filmed in 2006, has long been an important document in archiving the history of Detroit’s role in shaping the genre’s legacy but fell out of print quickly after its release. Now the film has been reissued on DVD, giving fans an opportunity to hear…
Detroit techno legend Kevin Saunderson recently visited Ford Motor Co.’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne to look for some inspiration and brought along field recording equipment, as well as a film crew. The producer commented on the high-pitched tones and the rhythm of the clanging chains, which reminded him of drums and synthesizers — his…
Detroit may have fallen on some hard times of late, but its musical spirit is soaring like never before. That’s the main takeaway from the seventh episode of Noisey’s Made in America series, which focuses on the diverse music being made by local artists. Past installments of this Budweiser-sponsored series have featured cities such as Memphis…
The electronic duo Disclosure has added a Detroit stop to their 2014 WILD LIFE tour, which has been scheduled for August 2, at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights. Disclosure suddenly announced the addition via Facebook, citing the tour date as one the group is “very excited about.” This could easily be explained by…
Electric Forest music festival is celebrating its fourth year of multi-genre entertainment with a four-day event at Rothbury, Michigan’s Double JJ Ranch campgrounds Thursday, June 26 – Sunday, June 29. The infamous Michigan music festival has become synonymous with electronic music heavyweights, Michigan vendors, fantastic nature-infused light shows, and eclectic crowds. Since 2011,…
Detroit’s Movement Electronic Music Festival celebrated its finale on Memorial Day with the sounds of some of electronic music’s most infamous acts. More than 30 artists took the six festival stages in the culmination of one of electronic music’s most highly-anticipated events of the year, with performances by: Carl Craig, Carl Cox,…
In conjunction with Movement Electronic Music Festival 2014, local pre-parties, day-parties, and after-parties have become a festival of their own. Movement performers and special guests showcase their most organic, underground, and unearthed material in the form of intimate performances hosted by nightclubs, area venues, and off-the-beaten-path concert spots. This year’s Movement festival provides…