Axehole has the scoop on the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, aka Movement, which recently seemed to have an uncertain future because of financial woes.

The Festival is on for May 27-29th, and the organizers have
announced a preliminary lineup. The 2006 Detroit Electronic Music
Festival?€™s artist lineup features legendary ambient producers Orb,
Detroit/Windsor/Berlin techno legend Richie Hawtin, Chicago House Music
DJ and Producer Derrick Carter, as well as past festival directors
Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig and Derrick May.

Visiting Performers also include:

• Photek, leading Jungle DJ from the United Kingdom
• Pascal F.E.O.S., pioneering techno DJ from Germany
• Derrick Carter, Chicago house music DJ/producer
• Rob Acid, German acid techno producer
• Ark, minimal techno DJ and first-time visitor to Detroit
• Josh Wink, globally recognized techno DJ/producer
• Orb, legendary ambient producers
• Greenskeeper, rapidly emerging house music band
• Tortured Soul, rapidly emerging house music band
• Alex Under, German minimal techno artist
• Mark Broom, British techno DJ/producer
• Pantytec, vastly popular German techno act
• Planet of the Drums, America?€™s most popular Jungle DJ/MC ensemble
• Krikor, German minimal techno artist
• Superpitcher, leading talent from Cologne?€™s Kompakt label
• Richie Hawtin, Detroit/Windsor/Berlin techno legend
• Collabs: Speedy J/Chris Leibing, European hard techno duo
• Dandy Jack, Perlon Records (Berlin) popular live act
• Doc Martin, West Coast house music legend
• Roy Davis Jr., globally known Chicago acid house pioneer
• Markus Guenter, German ambient artist
• Klimek, Kompakt Records down-tempo live act
• Jay Haze, minimal techno artist
• Socks and Sandals, making their Detroit debut
• Adam Marshall, international techno DJ/Producer making his Detroit debut
• Daniel Bell, Detroit minimal techno legend
• Jeremy Caufield, German techno DJ/producer
• Donald Glaude, West Coast DJ/producer
• Function and Regis, New York hard techno duo
• Neil Landstrumm, Veteran Techno producer from Scotland

In Addition, the festival will feature showcases from:

• Kompakt
• Ghostly International
• Most Wanted Agency
• J-Dilla Tribute
• Souldega / Kolour / 3 Degrees Global
• Nefarious
• Women on Wax
• Detroit Clubscene/Bleu Nightclub
• Picture This Detroit
• Detroit Underground
• Dark Course Productions
• Blazaebla

More information will be available at the DEMF site as it is announced.