movement 04..

[lasix]

3 1/2 months away..
already excited..

http://www.movementfestival.com

[girlee]

:D

My last Midwestern hurrah before moving back to New York.

[silente]

I wish!!! :(

Is the lineup published yet?

[jmaz]

I wish!!! :(

Is the lineup published yet?

I heard it will be released in Miami during WMC.

[lasix]

here's an article I came across.. taken from detroitfreepress.com

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Techno fest team builds on success

Leading DJ is upbeat about the '04 version
February 14, 2004







BY BRIAN MCCOLLUM
FREE PRESS POP MUSIC WRITER




The team behind the Movement techno festival will now admit it: Last February, they were scared.

Having just been handed the reins of Detroit's most popular music event after a midnight-hour decision at city hall, Derrick May and his staff were in a mad scramble. There were moments when they weren't sure the show would go on. International fans -- the visitors who had helped make Memorial Day weekend a Detroit showcase -- canceled travel plans.

Flash forward one year. Thursday afternoon at May's office near Eastern Market, it was a decidedly different atmosphere -- calm, crisp, efficient -- as a team of six worked phones and computer keyboards putting together the pieces for Movement 2004.

The free festival, which last year drew 630,000 fans, will take place May 29-31 at Hart Plaza.

With three months to go, some uncertainty continues. But after all, since the Detroit Electronic Music Festival launched in 2000, Memorial Day weekend has been a reliable source of backstage drama and financial ups-and-downs, despite the mammoth attendance and critically applauded performances.

May says he's feeling upbeat. Several potential sponsors, including one of the major auto companies, are expected to decide by month's end whether they'll link up with Movement 2004 -- an opportunity pitched by organizers as a way to connect with a hip, young and well-funded demographic.

Event insiders, who say the festival requires a budget of about $1 million, describe initial response as, in the words of one, "really, really strong."

"I have big dreams for this festival," said May, known internationally as a techno DJ pioneer. "Now we have to come up with the big budget to match them."

At a time when many other Detroit cultural institutions are fighting for their fiscal health -- the Labor Day jazz fest, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- Movement faces some of the same challenges. Last year's festival failed to turn a profit, despite help from dozens of artists who donated their stage time to help the event survive.

A festival team led by director Derrick Ortencio has been working since last year's event ended. But the action kicked into high gear in December. A snazzy DVD and sponsorship kit have made their way into executive offices across Detroit. More than 200 artists have been contacted for possible inclusion in the lineup of 70-plus acts. A Hart Plaza schematic sits in the Movement office as planners craft a high-tech venue design that will likely include five stages.

If sponsorships take root in the next two weeks, festival details will be announced in early March.

"It's night and day from last year," said Ortencio. "Everything's just that much easier, with the experience and knowing what needs to be done. We've spread out duties. We're working with a better time frame. We're able to dot I's and cross T's, unlike last year, where there was so much room for error."

May said Movement won't get out of the red this year. But he characterizes this year's event as a stepping stone in a five-year plan to transform the festival's creative bent -- and to make it profitable.

May's deal with the city, signed in January 2003, included a three-year Hart Plaza commitment with an option for two more.

Managers in Detroit's Recreation Department were unavailable for comment Friday. Shahida Mausi, the festival's liaison to city hall, described city officials as enthused by festival progress.

Organizers won't divulge specific artist names, but say fans can expect a lineup that pays the usual homage to Detroit techno with a diverse slate of international acts sprinkled in. Marquee names remain in the running, they say, though one rumored headliner can be ruled out: the German group Kraftwerk.

"It would be easy for us to just fall in line, but we've got to push the envelope," said May. "The concept this year is to put more emphasis on bands. We're not turning our backs on DJs, but we do want to show the graduation of electronic music."

Other plans include a Movement CD compilation with performances from some of last year's acts; a five-city tour this spring featuring some of the 2004 fest participants, and possible Movement parties later this year in London, Paris, Singapore and elsewhere.

"We're in serious discussions with sponsors, artists and promoters about taking the Movement banner overseas," said Ortencio.

At the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, fresh off a year-long national campaign promoting Michigan music, hopes are high for Movement 2004.

"We're really glad to see it growing in a positive direction," said spokeswoman Michelle Fusco. "This is one of those events that puts Detroit on the map."




Contact BRIAN McCOLLUM at 313-223-4450 or mccollum@freepress.com.

[bsb2002]

can't wait

i've heard some awesome afterparty rumors :evil:

[tekku7181]

DETROIT TEKNO CITY!!

last year was great fun,,,lookin forward to this one already as well :evil:

[DJ Becka]

I go to this every year and I am really looking forward to see who they are going to have play at this year's festival....should be a good time, as always :D

[LavenderMenace]

its looking like a good possibility.

that should be a fun car ride :evil:

[bluestar]

its looking like a good possibility.

that should be a fun car ride :evil:

everytime i say im flying im made to feel like a prissy bitch :(

why is that? ;)

[LavenderMenace]

everytime i say im flying im made to feel like a prissy bitch :(

why is that? ;)


I dunno :confused: I flew last year. Its much more convienient, just more $$$

I dont think youre a prissy bitch... and I will whoop the ass of anyone that thinks you are. just point them out!
En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style! :evil:

[girlee]

I want a fucking lineup already!

My wish list:

-Buzz Goree
-Carl Craig
-DJ Assault
-Crackhaus
-Carl Cox
-Mistress Barbara
-Sven Vath
-Ryan Elliot
-Laurent Garnier
-Derrick May playing his 2000 closing set :nice:
-Rolando
-Jeff Mills
-Kevin Saunderson playing as hard as he did Thanksgiving Eve @ Tangent
-Derrick Carter
-Derek Plaslaiko
-Akufen
-any other DJ named "Derek"/"Derrick" because they're usually good

Pretty please.

[girlee]

The Motormouth Interview: by Liz Copeland
Movement: The Festival that could
www.motormouth.com

In spite of endless controversy and drama since its inception, the old adage holds true: the show must go on. In this case, the show is known as Movement. Snatched from under the control of Pop Culture Media who produced what was then known as the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (2000-2002), the festival was awarded to Derrick May beginning in 2003 under the auspices of High Tech Soul.

High Tech Soul’s inaugural production year brought with it an expensive learning curve from very little festival experience, a preparation timeframe of just over four months, and, ultimately, the loss of tens of thousands of dollars. All this in spite of most artist playing for free - something which May doesn’t intend to repeat in 2004 - and attendance of over half a million people.

Lofty goals dominate 2004 festival headquarters: six stages over three days, more live bands than in previous years, and a Detroit versus non-Detroit quotient of 50/50. That, of course, and an entire redesign of what the festival is - all with a team of seven.

This year, many questions still linger. Who will be a major sponsor for the annual free festival? Will Movement turn a profit? Will the city of Detroit continue to neglect its duty of nurturing the massive influx of people and funds in favor or a more accessible (and profitable) hip-hop favoritism of the current administration? Most importantly, is it just an expensive sense of obligation that keeps this festival going, or will Movement mean something on a grander scale for years to come?

These questions all lead back to Derrick May, the somewhat conflicted yet determined crusader of the event. With a press conference not even announced, Motormouth scooped in and demanded some answers.

.:mm:.: Why is it necessary for an electronic music festival to happen?

DM: It’s essential for a new art form music festival, more than it is an electronic music festival, because we may do the festival for 10 years. It may not always be electronic music, but it will always art forms. It will also be shit that’s about to be at the forefront or should be at the forefront more than anything else.

.:mm:.: Why did you fight to be at the helm of this festival?

DM: I fought for it because my little brother (Carl Craig, former DEMF Creative Director) got beat up, and I wanted to protect him. I fought to get it away from the bureaucracy and the bullshit that was involved. We were fighting against people starting to believe it was old – because there’s nothing to compare it to. I think that is what we need to remember, that this is not for us; this is for the next generation.

.:mm:.: Do you feel that Movement detrimentally takes away from you as a person who should be concentrating on his own career?

DM: Oh yeah, thishas hurt m. But I can get my shit back. I’ve got a history. But if somebody doesn’t do something, what’s going to happen with these kids? If Carl and I left Detroit, there wouldn’t be shit here. Nothing. Because Mike Banks (of Underground Resistance/Submerge) is in his own world. Banks cares very much, but he’s fighting the true blue underground. We’re fighting the above underground.

.:mm:.: But that’s a huge undertaking, investing your own money and merely hoping to get it back….

DM: I didn’t get it back. I lost $130,000 dollars last year out of my own pocket. Then I borrowed $90,000 from my uncle. I paid for the whole fucking thing.

.:mm:.: And you never intend to get that back?

DM: I did this out of charity. I did this because it had to be done. I’m trying to save the world from bad music. That’s my campaign. This is the “Save the World from Bad Music Festival.”

.:mm:.: How’s the sponsorship situation?

DM: I had to get some special interest people that were in the organization out, and I wasn’t going forward if they were in. We’re not going to have the festival that we wanted to have, but it’s going to be better than last year for the fact that we’re going to have a better production.

.:mm:.: Can you tell us who will be playing this year?

DM: We’re hoping to get Erykah Badu. We wanted Radiohead, but they couldn’t do it. We’ve put in for Air; we’re just waiting for callbacks on a lot of people. Francois Kevorkian is coming back. Yello is not available. We’re trying to get in contact with Mr. Eno – we really want to bring him. We’re working with the French and Dutch Ministries if Culture to bring over acts for a multicultural stage. We’re not having all of the Detroit artist coming back, because if we really want to elevate this we have to share the wealth. I can’t say anyone’s confirmed – we won’t even sign contracts until the 1st of April. One act that we really did want to bring is Kraftwerk, but they wanted 6 figures. A festival like Coachella gets 80,000 people at $140 a head. We don’t have that. We’re a free festival and we need money from sponsors.

.:mm:.: What will be different this year?

DM: My dream is to make the festival an expo, not a festival. We’re going to have a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 ‘nodes’ off of Hart Plaza around the city; each one of these nodes will be partially constructed buildings within 5 to 10 minutes’ walking distance from Hart Plaza. “Hart” as in being the heart, the nodes as in being the arteries from the heart.

.:mm:.: How do you feel that relates to electronic music?

DM: It doesn’t relate to electronic music. It relates to vision. I’m not interested in electronic music. I’m interested in opening people’s eyes to the future. Electronic music to me is irrelevant if it has no backbone or philosophy. Electronic music…anybody can do that. Give me some weight; something that really has value, that holds its own, that stands the test of time. I want to inspire young people in the city of Detroit to believe that there are people like them (with) vision. I’m trying to make this shit accessible. Our ultimate goal is to take another Derrick May, Carl Craig or Kevin Saunderson and put them in a position where they have an opportunity that even we didn’t have when we were their age.

.:mm:.: Is Carl involved this year?

DM: No. Carl and Kevin will be involved when it comes to advisement, and that’s about it. I honestly think that that’s the most important place that they ever could be. They’re not going to come in here and bust ass. They don’t need to.

.:mm:.: What do you think the City’s involvement should be financially?

DM: I’m not defending the City at all, but I think that if they had money, that they would give us some. The city is broke. I don’t know necessarily why, but they are. Of course, we would love to have some support on this. They gave (former DEMF producer) Carol (Marvin) a fair amount of access to funds to make this happen. Which was a different time, a different administration. We haven’t had that.

.mm:.: What has the City contributed?

DM: They give us the festival grounds. They give us all the logistics, but that’s it. We’re more or less making a contribution to the city. People do not know I have sacrificed my record company. Transmat doesn’t even make records anymore. We will again, but right now, we are an events management company, 100%.

.:mm:.: How many acts total?

DM: We had 70 last year, we want to have 70 again. We want to keep the emphasis on 3-hour sets for the DJs to have a chance to groove and take people to another level. We want to try to keep the bands from an hour to two hours. I think that’s what sets us apart from everybody else – we don’t have our DJs play just one-hour sets.

.:mm:.: Will you be performing?

DM: No, not at all. I thought about it, but I’m not blowing my own horn.

Movement, billed as the world’s largest free festival, takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 29th-31st at Hart Plaza. www.movementfestival.com

[lasix]

This is the “Save the World from Bad Music Festival.”


:lol: :lol: awesome.