One of the interesting stories to come out of this year’s Movement 08 is the story of Grandma Techno, Patricia Lay-Dorsey.
She’s not a biological grandma - though she looks the part. She’s in her 60’s, gets around in a mobility scooter - and she rocks. She’s a social activist, a blogger, an artist, she’s [...]

Here’s a roundup of some of the coolest images from Movement ‘08, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival.
If you’ve posted images from DEMF, add a post in the comments!

Detroit’s Freep.com, says that Movement 08 took the Detroit Electronic Music Festival mainstream:
Eight years into Detroit’s electronic-music festival tradition, the event seems to have secured its future. At Hart Plaza this weekend, the fest audience was younger than ever, packed with teens and early twentysomethings who seemed eager to stamp their own mark on the [...]

The Detroit News has published an interview with Moby in the lead-up to the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Movement 08.
Moby is making his Movement debut at this weekend’s Detroit Electronic Music Festival.
Here are a few of the highlights:
What goes into putting together a live show versus a DJ set?
When I DJ, it’s just me playing [...]

Here’s a round-up of info for Movement 08: the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, May 24-26, 2008:

Movement 08 Schedule (pdf)
Movement 08 Hart Plaza Map
Movement 08 MySpace page
Official Movement 08 blog
Real Detroit Weekly coverage
Detroit info
Official afterparties
Movement 08 afterparty list (official and unofficial)
Movement 08 coverage at Synthopia
Movement 08 video previews

See the Official Movement 08 blog for updated info!

Here are the official promo videos for Movement 2008 - the Detroit Electronic Music Festival.

9am - 4am tonight, May 23rd, there’s a House party to kick off Movement 2008, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival:
Masters of House
A TRIBUTE TO KEN COLLIER WITH THE HELP OF SEVERAL OF DETROITS FINEST HOUSE DJ’s AND ENTHUSIASTS
This Friday May 23rd from 9p.m. until 4a.m. at Level 10 Nigthclub( Woodbridge and McDougall)
RSVP or tickets available [...]

Movement 07, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, is steaming up Detroit’s Hart Plaza, despite rain and the admission charge.

“It was a slow start,” says Jason Huvaere, president of Paxahau Promotions Group, which produced this year’s festival. “But after 4 p.m., people never stopped coming in.”
He said he’d grade Saturday a “B+” and by 9 p.m. [...]

Movement 07, Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, has announced a lineup for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend May 26-28 festival at its home in Downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza. The event will feature performances by legendary Detroit artists Moodymann live featuring Pitch Black City; Model 500 featuring the godfather of Detroit Techno Juan Atkins; and Jeff Mills, [...]

Movement 04, the free electronic music festival to be held in Detroit Memorial Day weekend, has released a list of artists that have confirmed that they will be performing.
Movement, Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, is the largest electronic music festival in the world. The event integrates musical and visual artistry, creativity, diversity and state-of-the-art technology, as [...]