(313) movement '03
What are your thoughts on movement '03? Is the lineup as good as demfs past? Is the excitement still there? Are as many fans going to come from overseas? (If fans from overseas are planning on coming or not coming for some reason, I'd love to hear from them on Monday-my deadline.) message from Nosy Lisa, writer for metro times alternative newspaper, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(313) Movement '03
It's all over now except for the shouting :) The good news is, it was a great festival. The bad news is -- hmm, I can't really think of anything. To the average attendee, I would bet this year's felt pretty much like the previous three -- and that is the result of a lot of incredibly hard work. The staging, sound and lighting were all really good and there were few real problems. Things actually ran pretty close to schedule. Probably the two biggest changes this year, both for the good, were the lack of crass commercial hype (OK, Bacardi excepted) and the upgrade of the staging on all four stages: Movement (main stage): a great idea to move it down to the plaza level, it really helped the DJs and musicians connect better with the crowd, and I thought the sound was considerably better overall. High Tech Soul: this was in the small ampitheater area on the north side which had gone unused in previous festivals. A huge improvement for audience seating and the sound was also much better. Music Institute: the tent worked pretty well at enclosing the space and keeping focus on the music, and of course was welcome during the few rainy periods. And four-corner sound made another leap upward in quality. Underground: again, moving from the back (stage right) corner to the center made the performances much more visible and improved crowd circulation. Musically, it's hard to top what we got this year. I found more of sets and live performances perked up my jaded ears than the last couple years. In no particular order of importance, some of my highlights: Buzz Goree/Stacey Hale/K Hand back to back at the MI stage on Friday. Straight up great dance music. Ectomorph live, an even stronger show than they did in Portland Shake shaking the rafters of the tent with a superb funky set ranging from electropop to "Radio Clash" Matthew Dear with a well constructed live set that managed to walk the line between beats and abstraction Stacey Pullen's first hour was as good as I've heard from him in a long time, he really has learned how to move a big crowd (although that tendency kind of took over later in the set) Liquid Liquid was on fire, what a great performance that was, the energy was just tremendous Carlos Souffront/Marcellus Pittman/Norma Jean Bell played three really different and absorbing styles through the afternoon today on the main stage. Marcellus was a fill-in and he played a cool and jazzy set during the rain that kept the energy going. Dan Bell -- a terrific set, just the right balance of classics and new stuff with a steady, unhurried approach And what can I say about Jeff Mills, who just roared after the initial equipment problems. I'll say more about the pre and after parties elsewhere -- let the festival stand for itself. Today may have been my favorite single day of all four years. Total respect to Derrick May and everyone who made it happen. What a blast! phred
Re: (313) Movement '03
At 01:04 AM 5/27/2003, Fred Heutte wrote: It's all over now except for the shouting :) The good news is, it was a great festival. The bad news is -- hmm, I can't really think of anything. Agreed on all points - with a few more added. Loved hearing Aril & Tony (and co.) jazz up the live Groove La Chord. Akufen was hot; luckily he started early and Francois K. started late - quite a dilemma, bouncing between the latter two the The Three Chairs! Mike Dykehouse is hilarious and incredibly talented. Clark, Carlos and Mike Geiger all opened the fest with beautiful and well placed sets. Magda - wow. The Detroit Experiment was hot - but it was SO crowded over there for it. And everything Fred said was spot-on. I wish I could have seen the Thinkbox set...my wife and I had to skip out for a few hours to a previous comittment. As I sit here and peck this out, more and more comes back to me. It was just a bang up weekend. A good chunk of what made it so cool was meeting so many people I don't see often and putting faces on so many which I usually know from email text. I continue to be astounded that this is a free event and one which I can get to...most of the things I want to see are way past my bedtime (including the afterparties :-( . This makes up for what I normally miss. It's such a beautiful thing to take all of this in under the Detroit skyline. Surreal. jeff
Re: (313) Movement '03
... One bad thing for this year tho, Not nearly enough rsetrooms! evrything else excellent. - Original Message - From: Fred Heutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 2:04 am Subject: (313) Movement '03 > It's all over now except for the shouting :) > > The good news is, it was a great festival. The bad news is -- > hmm, > I can't really think of anything. > > To the average attendee, I would bet this year's felt pretty much > like the previous three -- and that is the result of a lot of > incrediblyhard work. The staging, sound and lighting were all > really good and > there were few real problems. Things actually ran pretty close to > schedule. > > Probably the two biggest changes this year, both for the good, were > the lack of crass commercial hype (OK, Bacardi excepted) and the > upgrade of the staging on all four stages: > > Movement (main stage): a great idea to move it down to the plaza > level, it really helped the DJs and musicians connect better with the > crowd, and I thought the sound was considerably better overall. > > High Tech Soul: this was in the small ampitheater area on the north > side which had gone unused in previous festivals. A huge improvement > for audience seating and the sound was also much better. > > Music Institute: the tent worked pretty well at enclosing the space > and keeping focus on the music, and of course was welcome during > the few rainy periods. And four-corner sound made another leap > upward in quality. > > Underground: again, moving from the back (stage right) corner to the > center made the performances much more visible and improved > crowd circulation. > > Musically, it's hard to top what we got this year. I found more of > sets and live performances perked up my jaded ears than the last > couple years. In no particular order of importance, some of my > highlights: > > Buzz Goree/Stacey Hale/K Hand back to back at the MI stage on > Friday. Straight up great dance music. > > Ectomorph live, an even stronger show than they did in Portland > > Shake shaking the rafters of the tent with a superb funky set ranging > from electropop to "Radio Clash" > > Matthew Dear with a well constructed live set that managed to > walk the line between beats and abstraction > > Stacey Pullen's first hour was as good as I've heard from him in > a long time, he really has learned how to move a big crowd (although > that tendency kind of took over later in the set) > > Liquid Liquid was on fire, what a great performance that was, > the energy was just tremendous > > Carlos Souffront/Marcellus Pittman/Norma Jean Bell played three > really different and absorbing styles through the afternoon today > on the main stage. Marcellus was a fill-in and he played a cool and > jazzy set during the rain that kept the energy going. > > Dan Bell -- a terrific set, just the right balance of classics and > new stuff with a steady, unhurried approach > > And what can I say about Jeff Mills, who just roared after the > initial equipment problems. > > I'll say more about the pre and after parties elsewhere -- let the > festival stand for itself. Today may have been my favorite single > day of all four years. > > Total respect to Derrick May and everyone who made it happen. > What a blast! > > phred > >
Re: (313) Movement '03
Back in Cleveland for a day of recovery before the final leg of my journey back home to Brooklyn. Had a really great weekend in Detroit at the festival and the afterparties. I'll probably need a day before I can write or comment on things from my point of view but overall I think everyone enjoyed it. Thanks to a lot of really cool people I met for the first time this weekend Dennis and Magda, you both are great. The list meet up at your house on friday was fun and a good way for me to put faces with names. You were excellent hosts and very generous. To all the other list members I metRob Theakston, Tristan, Bill Van Loo, Matt McQueen, TechnoToutrist Clan, Diana Potts, Ani, Plaslaiko...many more, it was great chatting with all of you. I'll have a photo gallery up on burnlab.net in a few daysafter a bit more sleep. +dave ps five fest for me: LiquidLiquid Detroit Experiment Shake Daybre Thinkbox
(313) Movement '03 Reflections
I had a super time at the festival but ever since I started going in 2001 I have always had a good time. Each festival for me has something special that makes it unique and worthwhile. Whether its a special afterparty, a DJ set or live performance from an artist I have heard or not heard before, or meeting new people, there is always some aspect of each year that makes me want to return for another year. But there is nothing more special than hearing a Detroit artist perform/ DJ his/ her music in the birthplace of techno. Thank you Derrick, Carl, and Kevin for keeping the festival going. I hope that everything works out financially for them in the end so they can bring it back next year. Orrin
(313) movement 03 - shake set
lots of highlights from the weekend and i can go on and on... one set i totally appreciated was anthony "shake" shakir's. his diverse track selection and sharing the music he enjoys with us was cool. ;) anyone know the name of the electro-bass heavy cut he dropped with a vocoded voice saying something to the effect of "bass. oh baby. oh my god." thanks, kered
(313) Movement 03 pix gallery
Finally got my Movement 03 pix up here: http://www.dogsquad.co.uk/~lisa/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Movement03 Having technical difficulties getting the mpeg movies up (ack!) - hopefully they'll be there soon. lisa
(313) Movement 03 video clips
At last! movie clips up here under the Motion album (wehey - thanks nick & seanc for the fiddling) http://www.dogsquad.co.uk/~lisa/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Movement03 I put the file size for each ... the Kevin Saunderson/Kenny Larkin one gives me the chills, it was really incredible seeing that - the intro still sounds amazing so many years later! gets me all emotional about the power of people & music *sniff* :) The People Mover clips start @ Greektown lisa
Re: (313) movement 03 - shake set
can someone give me a good review about movement. i dont care if its 20 paragraphs long i just want to hear the low down. ryan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) movement 03 - shake set Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 00:52:14 EDT lots of highlights from the weekend and i can go on and on... one set i totally appreciated was anthony "shake" shakir's. his diverse track selection and sharing the music he enjoys with us was cool. ;) anyone know the name of the electro-bass heavy cut he dropped with a vocoded voice saying something to the effect of "bass. oh baby. oh my god." thanks, kered _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
RE: (313) Movement 03 pix gallery
some great pics there Lisa, thanks for the post :) -Original Message- From: lisa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 June 2003 20:06 To: (313) Cc: NEDirty Subject: (313) Movement 03 pix gallery Finally got my Movement 03 pix up here: http://www.dogsquad.co.uk/~lisa/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Movemen t03 Having technical difficulties getting the mpeg movies up (ack!) - hopefully they'll be there soon. lisa --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 24/04/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 24/04/03
RE: (313) Movement 03 short video
Another one at http://www.urbanuniverse.tv/main.html Will post about the documentary.
