Movement Festival Is A Celebration Of Techno's Past, Present And Future
This year, with a fair share of Detroit artists on the main stage and throughout the festival, there was also a Detroit stage celebrating local (and often famous) talent: diverse young and not-so-young house vinyl artists, EDM/Bass tuning in to play. The stage can be strategically located near the entrance/exit of the festival so that the act can attract passers-by and their fans. Here I see vinyl maven Wydad (Terry McQueen) playing sunny and cool house records, Rebecca Goldberg as the Queen of Acid 313 and Delano Smith's dominating Siligirl Carmen, wowing the crowd with a funky house-bop and fiery energy.
It's great to see female and non-binary talent showcased at festivals, both local and international. Other great Detroit bands include Lorraine Flax playing acid on the Waterfront Stage, Lorraine Radiator performing on the Main Stage, Ladymonix rocking the Pyramid Stage (again for the Armand Van Helden classic) and Two Beggies on the Stargate Stage. Processing per hour, from Electrospace. "Baize, who played the move for the second time in a row this year, has made an incredible effort to book local artists musically and demographically for the festival," he says. "It's great to see local favorites and newcomers pop up from all over, and I think it's a big boost for the 'underground' to really be here for the festival, not just after the holidays."
(By the way, the after-parties are some of the best in the world. I've been to a few, including the wildly popular D-Life at Brutal Clubhouse, Motor City Wines, Yes! at Marble Bar, and Bunker at Tangent Gallery.) As part of a weekend evening, back to the basics of Interdimensional Transmission ( But unfortunately for Octo Octa to Beige B2B.everything was nice).
However, Bazzi's observation is correct: the movement's increasingly exciting lineup seems to be attracting more people, who consider the festival "too commercial" than the offsite special nights. (Personally, I think it's refreshing not to be surrounded by a uniform group of "cool" people at the event: movement, EDC ravers, break dancers, doggy dads, goths, business techs and locals co-exist in 'a fun' and unconventional mix. .
But commercial and underground, big and small, every artist I spoke to called it the most stressful job of their week. It's an honor to have such a big stage at the center of the weekend's action and the opportunity to introduce your music to new ears.
