THIS JUST IN! Ricardo Villalobos to play Movement
The ‘Secret Artist’ placeholder on the Movement Electronic Music Festival schedule was announced via the festival’s official Facebook page at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The post said: “Ricardo Villalobos is the ‘Secret Artist.’ He WILL be in Detroit to perform at MOVEMENT May 29th and at the Voyage Royale: I’m on a Boat 3 afterparty. Check www.Movement.us for more info.”
Villalobos, a world-renowned microhouse and minimal techno DJ/producer, last performed in Detroit in 2002 when he played live at Paxahau Electronic Music Festival (PEMF), a four-day party that was held at the former Panacea Nightclub in downtown Detroit.
Paxahau originally released the Artist Set Schedule on May 12, but in the Sunday, May 29 vitaminwater stage slot inserted ‘Secret Artist’ as a placeholder, which created a lot of buzz and speculation in social media spaces since then—and is the reason festival organizers decided to release Villalobos’ scheduled performances via the festival’s official Facebook page.
Paxahau previously announced the full line ups and set times for the 2011 edition of the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit over Memorial Day weekend, this May 28th-30th. Five stages of world class DJs and electronic musicians will fill Hart Plaza in sunny downtown Detroit for three days of celebration in the birthplace of Techno. halcyon is an official media partner so we’ll be bringing you exclusive team coverage with pre-festival artist interviews and updates, multi-media on-the-scene reporting and follow up reviews of the whole weekend, down to the last after party…
The line-up this year as always features one stage called “Made In Detroit” booked full of homegrown talent from the D. Highlights there include Aril Brikha, our friend Mike Servito (who now resides in Brooklyn) and a closing one-two punch on Sunday of DJ T-1000 and Claude Young that promises to be brutal. The more eclectically programmed Red Bull arena covers everything from the glitch-hop of Daedalus and Flying Lotus to deep and disco-y acts like our boys Soul Clap (big up, fellas!), young phenom Space Dimension Controller, indie acts like Eliot Lipp, Dubstep stars like Scuba, Drum and Bass legend Goldie and Electro Techno godfather Aux88. There’s a stage sponsored by some guys we’ve never heard of who apparently sell some newfangled vinyl alternative (right, like that’s gonna catch on!) that boasts some solid Tech-House acts like Martin Buttrich, rising star Deniz Kurtel, our pal Three and Adam Beyer. The more proper Techno-oriented Movement stage has, at leastfor Saturday and Sunday, the most to offer the 4/4 crowd in terms of talent breaking boundaries in the here and now. There you’ll find a stacked line-up including Cio D’or, Traversable Wormhole (aka NYC’s Adam X), Dub Techno practitioners Echospace, obligatory Berghain ambassadors Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmanm, old favorites finding new favor Richard Devine, Steve Rachmad and Spacetime Continuum and a special surround sound performance by Monolake. Wow. Then on the main stage, some very interesting placements this year…. Saturday’s line-up starts with some major Disco players, DJ Harvey and NYC’s Metro Area followed by more NYC talent, the live soulful House act Tortured Soul, followed up by some more true school House by Kerri Chandler. Take note of Saturday’s main stage early as well. There you’ll find Sammy Dee and Margaret Dygas (star of Bandwagon 38) setting the table for Sven Vath and what promises to be the highlight of the whole shebang, the return of Carl Craig as 69. Not shabby.
For tickets and info on the 2011 Movement Festival of Electronic Music visit www.movement.us
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