At 01:27 AM 03/18/2000 +0100, Rebelbass wrote: > > >any news about the festival in May from Carl Craig in Detroit?? >or dates??? > > > >peace > >the rebels...out >
>Subject: 2000 IN DETROIT >Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:46:52 -0500 >From: PLANET E HQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: Planet E Comm. Inc. >To: p e news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >FIRST FREE US ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL >SCHEDULED FOR SPRING 2000 IN DETROIT. > >Detroit electronic music producer and Planet E Communications labelowner >Carl Craig, joins forces with Pop Culture Media (the company that has been >instrumental in shaping the award winning Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival) >to present the world's largest FREE electronic music event in the city >where the music was revolutionized. > >The festival will feature more than 50 electronic music acts and djs from >Detroit and around the world and will take place in Hart Plaza (Riverfront >area, home of the Ford Detroit-Montreux Jazz Festival), running from 12 >p.m. to 12 a.m. on May 27, 28 and 29, 2000. (This Memorial Day weekend). > >"I believe that there's more validity to do a festival like this with the >rise of the Chemical Brothers and the popularity of electronic music in >America... now is the best time." Craig told Real Detroit Weekly reporter >Josh Glazer in an exclusive interview with the Planet E CEO and Carol >Marvin, President of Pop Culture Media last weekend. (for the full breaking >story check out www.getrealdetroit.com) > >"That's wonderful," enthuses Marvin "The music itself has matured in the >U.S. to the point where it will attract the audience that a festival >demands." "We have been working on this project for two years in absolute >secrecy" says Craig. As a musician, producer and label owner, Craig has >established himself above even Detroit's most revered techno musicians as >an artist with a holistic vision for the music. Marvin has proven herself >as an unmatched marketer/producer who has helped lead her other major >client, the Ford Detroit-Montreux Jazz Festival, to become the recipient of >1998's U.S. Music Event of the Year award. > >"The major focus for me is to spotlight the Detroit talent that is known >worldwide and to give an idea that Detroit has been a breeding ground for >this music over the last 10 years. It's important not only to make the >world see but to make the people of Detroit aware.... I feel that the >diversity of the people this event could draw will help expand the cultural >diversity within Detroit," enthuses Craig. "Different cultures coming to >this city that don't usually get together. I want to give them a common >ground in Detroit. It's very rare to see people coming from other places to >Detroit to have a good time. That's not something you see in Detroit at a >large scale. We don't have the melting pot like New York has or Chicago or >San Francisco. I think that this can help to develop the image that people >have of Detroit." > >As for the impact the festival has, Marvin relays the story of the one slip >in the secrecy veil that has shrouded this project until now. "As we were >finalizing this event, I told a kid in the coffeehouse that I frequent. He >was speechless. He said, 'I can't believe that this is happening in my >town.' That's what it's all about, that there is finally something in >Detroit that we can point to and say, This is who we are that matters in >the big picture. It's a contribution that we're making and now we're going >to celebrate it." > >For more information regarding the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, >including sponsorship and performing artist opportunities, please contact >Pop Culture Media at (734) 459-4880. A website will be launched for the >event in early January, 2000. Check it out after 1/1/2000 at >www.electronicmusicfest.com All proceeds will benefit the Detroit >department of recreation and its Be A Partner Children's program. Stay >tuned
