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Star-Studded “Tresor 30” Compilation Features Huey Mnemonic’s Lead Single, “Transmutation”

Local techno fans know the name, Tresor from their esteemed annual gathering in Detroit during Memorial Day Weekend, but perhaps fewer know of the deep connection that the Berlin-based club and label has to the city of Detroit. Founded in 1991, Tresor has been a pioneering force in building and maintaining the Detroit-Berlin connection for the […]

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Premiere: “Dissolve: into” by ke thu from New Weekly Release Series

Detroit electronic du ke thu has been dropping a new track every Friday for the past few weeks, which debuted with a left-field Tiger King cover, then followed by last week’s banger track “Thinking About You,” and once again- this Friday with their latest offering “Dissolve: into.”  “The track starts with a noisy low frequency […]

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MOVEMENT 2019: SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS [PHOTO RECAP]

Movement Festival 2019 opened on Saturday with full-force- of nature, that is- due to dangerous storm conditions, the festival was promptly evacuated around 4pm to keep attendees safe while the rains pounded down. After (the mighty) but brief storm passed, electronic music hardly missed a beat, lining up once again to enter Hart Plaza to […]

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PLAYGROUND DETROIT MOVEMENT 2019 GUIDE: SATURDAY MAY 25

In Detroit, dedicated electronic music fans lovingly refer to Memorial Day weekend as “Techno Christmas.” Any account of Detroit’s storied musical history is incomplete without mentioning the origins of techno music and the many iterations of what is now Movement Electronic Music Festival. In celebration of what is without a doubt, one of the world’s […]

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DETROIT LEGEND JEFF MILLS RELEASES EXHIBITIONIST 2 DOCUMENTARY EXPLORING THE ART OF DEEJAYING

Eleven years after techno legend Jeff Mills released Exhibitionist, this September 25th he will finally release Exhibitionist 2. Exhibitionist 2 is a documentary film that explores into the art form of DeeJaying – showing graphic views of how a DJ manages himself with the usage of new DJ technology. This project consists in capturing the DJ […]

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GO SEE: DETROIT DJ MGUN PERFORMS AT OUTPUT CLUB IN WILLIAMSBURG

Up-and-coming Detroit DJ MGUN performs tonight at Output in Williamsburg, along with fellow Detroiter Robert Hood. The show is at 10pm and tickets are available online. Scroll and click on the poster for tickets purchase info! Earnestly positive, Gonzales radiates the infectious energy that categorizes his home of Southwest Detroit. Emerging as one of the first collaborators […]

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KYLE HALL DJ SET FOR THE BOAT PARTY ALBUM RELEASE SATURDAY AT PANTHER ROOM IN WILLIAMSBURG

Kyle Hall, part of the new generation of Detroit techno, has just released The Boat Party, which is his debut full-length on his own Wild Oats record label. The record release party is this Saturday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at The Panther Room. Tickets are only $15, buy them here! Hall has been touring internationally since he was 18 [now […]

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