Hurrah!
On 23 Mar 2006, at 19:03, Roberto Ty wrote:
March 23, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Shannon McCarthy
313-701-9139
CITY OF DETROIT AND PAXAHAU SHAKE HANDS,
ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL GO ON.
DETROIT- Paxahau Promotions Group today announced they have been
chosen by
the City of Detroit to be the producers of this year’s Electronic Music
Festival on Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29.
“We are sincerely honored that the City has selected someone within the
electronic community to produce this event - we have worked extremely
hard
to establish ourselves as a globally respected organization,
specifically to
bring this event the cultural attention it deserves”, said Jason
Huvaere,
owner of Paxahau.
“Paxahau presented a sound plan to stabilize and grow the event,” said
Lucius A. Vassar, the City of Detroit’s Chief Administrative Officer.
“We
want to see this event flourish and continue to draw people from all
over
the world to Detroit.”
Since 1998 Paxahau has produced Electronic events in Detroit. In that
time
they have grown to include a record label, booking agency, web-archive
and
event production company which hosts an average of 20 events a year in
the
city.
The festival producers have also been endorsed by previous festival
directors, Carl Craig, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson.
“As the festival’s 2003 and 2004 producers, we are pleased to see that
Paxahau will be taking on the event,” said electronic music pioneer
Derrick
May. “Jason Huvaere and his group are not only competent event
managers, but
they are of the electronic music industry. I am confident that in their
hands, the event’s integrity as the world’s signature electronic music
festival will be preserved, and its operations and management
strengthened.
“
In an effort to maintain a globally recognized, positive brand image
for
Detroit, Paxahau will retain the name “Movement, Detroit’s Electronic
Music
Festival.”
With a network of alliances and resources that span the globe, the
Paxahau
team has emerged as a premier promotions group within the electronic
music
industry. They plan on growing the festival into a cultural attraction
that
celebrates not only to sonic art forms associated with Electronic
Music, but
also the visual arts culture that has evolved from its influences as
well.
“We see the festival as an opportunity to bring Detroit’s influence
all over
the world home and nourish one of Detroit’s primary opportunities for
tourism and development,” said Huvaere.
Specific details regarding the festival will be released at a later
date.
Please visit www.demf.com to find the latest news as it develops.
For now Detroit and the world needs to start getting ready for a 3-day
party at the end of May. Detroit’s electronic music festival will go
on.
