I couldnt agree more, but weve had it our way for 6 years prior and the
fest has consistantly caused its organizers to go into debt. Theres plenty
to love about the fest in its current form, so why not embrace it?
To each his own. I can overlook the crap thats on there. If you cannot, I
really DO understand. With so much going on all over hart plaza all
weekend, it will be really easy for me to miss all of the bullsh*t.
derek.
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dont you feel this has
more to offer than, say... timewarp? Or even I Love Techno? I do. Its
more
diverse than either of those, and with overall MUCH better music! (I dont
see any Happy Hardcore on there..)
Sorry, just can't say I see the same thing. When they've given time slots
to the Progressive House/Trance DJs of Picturethisdetroit.com something has
gone seriously askew. I don't care if they are local DJs and that's what
is going on in Detroit. That music is soulless and it's sh!t. Even if the
DJs are from Detroit the music isn't and has been ripped so far from it's
techno roots that it's practically anti-techno. You can find pro/trance at
any other festival around the world and it's absence from the DEMF was what
made the weekend so great. DEMF was a hi-tech soul music festival. As much
as I like a number of the additions (mainly the house artists - Blaze,
Louie Vega, etc.) I think the introduction of the Prog/Trance thing is
bogus and it paves the way for more of that nonsense in the future. I
liked the fact that you had to go to an afterparty to hear any prog/trance
- don't give that crap an "official" platform!
I realize that for alot of you, the fest has morphed into something else
(for better, or for worse).
Well, it's worse - should I be excited about that?
F*ck that.
MEK
