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MOVEMENT
Detroit
announces
2015
Phase
Two
LineUp
on
Memorial
Day
Weekend
May 23 -
25 at
Hart
Plaza
DETROIT
-
Paxahau
Events
is
pleased
to
announce
the
phase
two and
final
lineup
for the
2015
Movement
Electronic
Music
Festival,
taking
place
Memorial
Day
weekend,
May
23-25
inside
Detroit’s
legendary
Hart
Plaza.
After a
massive
phase
one
lineup
announcement
earlier
this
year,
the
globally
distinguished
and
independently
produced
three-day
event is
adding
67 more
artists
to its
wide
spectrum
of
up-and-comers,
local
luminaries,
pioneers
and
trailblazers
in
Techno,
House,
Hip-Hop
and
more,
featuring
a live
performance
by the
incomparable
Squarepusher
as well
as
dance-punk
band ! !
!,
Bromance
Records
label
boss
Brodinski,
House
music
legend
Kerri
Chandler
and
Hip-Hop
icon and
Wu-Tang
Clan
member
Method
Man. The
141
performances
represent
the most
the
festival
has
booked
to date.
In
addition
to
maintaining
its
status
as one
of the
longest-running
independent
music
festivals
in the
country,
Movement
continues
to
embrace
its
founding
principle
of
promoting
underground
artists
and
Techno
heavyweights.
"Techno
(music)
was
something
we
promoted
over two
decades
ago in
abandoned
warehouses
in
Detroit
- few
knew
where
this
music
was
going,"
says
Paxahau
founder
Jason
Huvaere.
"And we
continue
our
mission
of
cultivating
and
promoting
the
genre
and its
artists
to the
rest of
the
world.
It's
redeeming
to see
how
influential
Techno
has been
on many
other
promotions
across
the
country."
Techno
pioneer
and
hometown
hero
Juan
Atkins
is
celebrating
35 years
in the
industry
with a
special
performance
at
Movement
under
his
iconic
alias
Model
500. To
mark
this
milestone,
the
legend
will
also
bring
longtime
collaborators
as well
as new
talent
to
celebrate
30 years
of
Metroplex
Records
–
Atkins’
iconic
label
whose
catalogue
reaches
back to
over
three
decades
of
futuristic
sounds
and
releases,
including
No
UFO’s,
Night
Drive
and
Ocean to
Ocean,
just to
name a
few. "I
am
surprised
that it
has been
that
long
ago. I
remember
it all
like it
happened
yesterday!"
says
Atkins.
"I
really
didn't
want to
start a
label at
first,
but
after
being
overlooked
by so
many
labels,
I just
wanted
to put
my music
out. I
never
really
got full
support
from any
label
then, or
even
now!"
In a nod
to the
festival’s
continuous
support
of local
talent,
Movement
2015 is
collaborating
with
some of
Detroit’s
most
celebrated
names
and
figures
to
curate
multiple
showcases
throughout
the
weekend,
including
the
return
of Kevin
Saunderson’s
highly
acclaimed
ORIGINS
– a
celebration
of
originators,
torchbearers
and next
wave
creators
of
Techno
and
their
cross-generational
influence
on each
other.
Detroit’s
native
sons
Carl
Craig
and Mad
Mike
Banks
will
perform
a rare
set
together
as part
of
Detroit
Love – a
new
concept
from
Carl
Craig,
designed
to bring
together
and
support
the
sounds
of
Detroit
and take
a little
of the
Techno
brotherhood
to clubs
and
festivals
all over
the
world.
Ann
Arbor-based
collective
Ghostly
International
present:
Ghostly
International
Day – a
look
back at
the
label’s
roots
and peer
into the
future
with a
full day
of
boundary¬-pushing
music
from
their
creative
community.
Konkrete
Jungle
Detroit
will
host a
full day
of Drum
& Bass
music
from the
city’s
best and
brightest
talent,
including
performances
by KJDET
co-founder
Dilemma
and
Sinistarr.
Detroit
Techno
label
and DJ
collective
Detroit
Techno
Militia
present:
313 The
Hard Way
– a
three-hour
b2b
performance
set by
DJ
Seoul,
DJ
Psycho
and
T.Linder.
As
previously
mentioned,
Guy and
Howard
Lawrence,
the
Grammy-nominated
duo
behind
Disclosure
will
make
their
festival
debut
and
perform
alongside
some of
their
favorite
acts for
their
traveling
Wild
Life
showcase.
All
performances
to date
can be
found at
www.movement.us.
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