DEMF 2008 was without a doubt, one of the music highlights of my life. Only a city such as Detroit can host an inexpensive, diverse festival where it really is about the music. There’s a certain sound to the motor city you don’t find anywhere else. You may have heard Kevin Saunderson spin in Berlin [...]
Posts Tagged ‘DEMF’
sleepless in detroit
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Carl Craig, DEMF, Mark Farina, Stacey Pullen, Terrence Parker on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
what’s that sound
Posted in New release, Video, tagged DEMF, Tiga, Twitter on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tiga has been a busy bee. Because it’s Saturday and I have sports to watch, let’s do this with a list.
1. Follow-up to 2006’s Sexor, Ciao! is due out in the U.S. May 26th, featuring work with fellow hipsters Soulwax and James Murphy.
2. Preparing for spinning sandwiched between Ellen Allien and Bad Boy Bill on [...]
dichotome.net
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged DEMF on May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The cool kids over at dichotome hosted a guest spot by yours truly – a condensed DEMF write up complete with pretty pictures, links and mixes. I bow down to their Google skills. I highly recommend adding their music blog to your blogroll. They’re sassy, silly and have excellent taste in music.
Link: dichotome Guest Review: [...]
DEMF Day 4 – Departure
Posted in Events, tagged Add new tag, DEMF on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the rising sun Monday morning, it was time to head back home, to work and a city with no love for techno. At 8:00, we packed the car in silence and drove out of the parking lot without looking back. We were mentally prepared for this long drive, unlike our previous departure in the [...]
DEMF Day 2 – Sunday
Posted in Events, tagged DEMF, Lawnchair Generals, Magda, Mark Farina, Miles Maeda, Paco Osuna, Richie Hawtin on May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Arriving around opening time is great for the first day of any festival, but by now we knew the best route downtown and the stages by heart. Sunday we slept in and decided to eat a real meal – something we hadn’t done since dinner Friday night. We needed the energy. Sunday had the most [...]
DEMF Day 1 – Saturday
Posted in Events, tagged DEMF, Alex Smoke, Carl Craig, Joris Voorn, Josh Wink, Mike Grant, Stacey Pullen, John Johr, Dieselboy, Speedy J, The Cool Kids, Pete Rock, Kevin Saunderson, Justin Long, Eric Johnston, Terrence Parker, Moby, Kenny Dixon on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our hotel just outside Detroit came at the recommendation of a seasoned DEMF veteran, who promised the “best sleep of your life.” Considering the conditions festival attendees sleep under, I brushed off his remark as the result of sleep deprivation. Then I woke up Saturday morning trying to figure out how to bring the bed [...]
DEMF – Arrival
Posted in Events, tagged DEMF on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend I made the 14 hour journey Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival. It was my first multi-day music festival and nothing could have prepared me for what waited in Hart Plaza. I’m still flying high off the adrenaline, my soul drunk off the pulsating beats. Before I gush about the epic DJs, let me [...]
72 hour party people
Posted in Events, tagged Alex Smoke, Carl Craig, DEMF, Derek Plaslaiko, Derrick May, Joris Voorn, Josh Wink, Magda, Marco Carola, Mark Farina, Mike Grant, Peanut Butter Wolf, Richie Hawtin, Stacey Pullen on May 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In two weeks I will begin the ultimate road trip, the pilgrimage to techno mecca – DETROIT. Rather than attempt to express my excitement for DEMF in coherent sentences, I’ll namedrop.
ALEX SMOKE
CARL CRAIG
DERRICK MAY
DEREK PLASLAIKO
JORIS VOORN
JOSH WINK
MAGDA
MARCO CAROLA
MARK FARINA
MIKE GRANT
PEANUT BUTTER WOLF
RICHIE HAWTIN
STACEY PULLEN
– isn’t that enough?
