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I wish I knew her real name. I don’t want to call her Grandma Techno. Surreal speakers in the sky. Flying Lotus tearing it up. Cybergoth kids raving by the Noguchi Fountain. Mr. Nice Guy playing Alice Cooper songs on Roland Micro Cubes.
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Francois K (emerging from the smoke) was one of Saturday’s wizards and true stars. Stacks of speakers on the Main Stage. A fan of techno and Belle Isle and a techno disciple preaching the word Jesus is God electronically on E. Jefferson all weren’t bad either for Act One at Movement ’09.
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Jesus Revolution guy: apparent live pa on the street. pic
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THE OTHER 9 TO 5 Accomplished minimal techno and house out-of-towners from Berlin, Dusseldorf, Chicago and San Francisco include Nikola Baytala, Camea, Daze Maxim, Bruno Pronsato, Tim Xavier and more. Up and running 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. at River’s Edge, 673 Franklin St., Detroit. HOUSE-N-HOME: Berlin’s Panoramabar resident Cassy, sensational on the Main...
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MPIII’s Mobile DEMF schedule looks great on my iPhone and computer.
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Special digital dub ambient hypermedia performance at the Detroit Film Theatre with Virgil Moorefield (Swans, Glenn Branca), Merge (Alvin Hill and Colin Zyskowski) and nospectacle. 8 p.m. More info here. Follow @jennpaull on Twitter for live tweeting and Twitpics from DEMF.
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Subterraneans columnist Walter Wasacz sits down for a roundtable with Detroit techno gentry Carl Craig and Kevin Saunderson this Friday (May 22), 1-3 p.m., on WDET’s Detroit Today. Moderated by Essential Music host Ann Delisi, the talk ranges from 1981 to this weekend’s Movement Festival to the future of electronic dance music. Dial in...
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After-parties are multiplying, as happens every year around Movement festival time, before our blurry eyes. By popular demand, here is a sneak preview of some of the hotspots we’re marking with a big, fat TIP! Starting with Friday, May 22, with more to come in the following days: FRIDAY, MAY 22 Pre-festival BBQ:
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