Memorial Day Weekend is always supa fun! In Detroit, if you are a lover of electronic beats, you already know about the Movement fest. I gotta couple gigs and am debuting an Altoid tin guitar I made. Got an amp, distortion pedal and a tall glass with some ice ready to be filled. PLUS, Saturday is my 18th birthday (all over, again!). Rock on, dude! See you in the streets- or at yo BBQ!
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Sam Wagstaff was curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts between 1968 and 1971. He was also one of the greatest inspirations and true love of reactionary artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The DIA hosts “Black, White & Gray: A Celebration of Sam Wagstaff” May 21, followed by panel discussion.
Read our review about Patricia Morrisroe’s Mapplethorpe biography.
Minimal Techno pioneer, Rob Hood interview here.
MAIN site here .
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Real Detroit Stage
Red Bull Stage
Beatport Stage
Vitamin Water Stage
Alex Smoke -live Alex Under -live Alland Byallo Benny Benassi Carl Craig Cobblestone Jazz -live Davide Squillace DBX -live Deadmau5 -live Deepchord presents Echospace -live Derek Plaslaiko Derrick Thompson Dieselboy & MC Messinian Dubfire Egyptian Lover -live Electrobounce.com presents DATABASS ghetto tech Eric Johnston -live Girl Talk ive Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts -live Heartthrob -live James Zabiela Jerry Abstract Joris Voorn -live Josh Wink Justin Kruse aka Kruse Kontrol Justin Long Konrad Black Lee Burridge Magda Marco Carola Mathias Kaden -live Matthew Hawtin Mike Grant Mike Huckaby Minx Moby j set Newcleus ive Par Grindvik -live Paul Ritch -live Peanut Butter Wolf Pete Rock Reggie “Hotmix” Harrell Richie Hawtin Shawn Michaels Soundmurderer Speedy J -live Tech Itch Terrence Parker The Cool Kids -live Tycho -live Zip
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Island Records founder Chris Blackwell organized a house band for his studio, Compass Point. The label was born in Jamaica in the 50’s and released tons of music from the wealth of talent found there. Notably, Bob Marley signed with the label in 1972.
The CD includes tracks by Grace Jones, Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads, among others. All types of bands recorded at the studio including Rolling Stones, Dire Straits and AC/DC.
No musical genre was off limits. The band thrived on experimentation. Disco and new wave gelled with Jamaican and reggae rhythms, commingled with pop and rock jams created by left of center musicians.
They were a group of talented artists and exacting studio rats. The compositions made at Compass Point brought an ecclectic vibe to the dancefloor. Tracks like Grace Jones’ “My Jamaican Guy” and Guy Cuevas’ “Obsession” have a loose reggae jam session feel. Members included reggae rhythm kings Sly and Robbie, engineer Alex Sadkin and Steven Stanley, among others.
www.compasspointstudios.com
Freep posted great sandwiches in Detroit.
Detroit Electronic Music Fest has posted a partial lineup that includes
ALEX UNDER –live
ALTON MILLER
BENNY BENASSI
BUZZ GOREE
CARL CRAIG
CASSY
COBBLESTONE JAZZ –live
COOL KIDS –live
DBX –live
DUBFIRE
EGYPTIAN LOVER –live
GIRL TALK –live
GUILLAUME & THE COUTU DUMONTS -live
HALF HAWAII –live
JAMES ZABIELA
JORIS VOORN –live
KONRAD BLACK
MATHIAS KADEN –live
MIKE GRANT
MINX
MOBY -dj set
NEWCLEUS -live
SPEEDY J -live with Scott Pagano VJ
TECH ITCH
TERRENCE PARKER
ZIP
More to come…
Stop by Ferndale Record Time this weekend to enjoy free music all day long!
Friday there will be DJ’s Spinning all day and Saturday will feature bands.
Check out the flyer for details.
All used product is now 50% off at FERNDALE ONLY as we get ready to close the doors to Ferndale.
Also 2 weeks from now don’t miss the big event at Record Time Roseville.
*New! Bileebob video Winter Blues
