Detroit Techno

Keeping It Local With Detroit Performers At Movement

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 05.25.2012

While electronic music fans will be crowding Hart Plaza this weekend to see Movement headliners Public Enemy and Lil Louis, and a long list of DJs fro...

David Sands

Documentary Explores The Untold Story Of Electronic Music's Female DJs

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 05.24.2012

Last year, DJ Jenny Lafemme was gearing up for the annual "Girls Gone Vinyl" after-party at Detroit's Movement electronic music festival when she had ...

Detroit Techno Pioneers Jeff Mills and Kevin Saunderson Celebrate Landmark Years at Movement Festival

Kelly Frazier | Posted 05.24.2012

Kelly Frazier

Both Jeff Mills and Kevin Saunderson are examples of artists that do what they feel, and will not compromise otherwise. They helped forge new horizons for music worldwide and brought new positive lights to the City of Detroit.

Hip Hop Pioneers Public Enemy Headline Detroit's Movement Electronic Music Festival

Kelly Frazier | Posted 05.18.2012

Kelly Frazier

With two albums set for this year and a major tour, Public Enemy is set to headline Detroit's annual Movement Electronic Music Festival this Memorial Day weekend at Hart Plaza.

British Drum 'N' Bass Pioneer Photek Set to Play Detroit's Movement Electronic Music Festival

Kelly Frazier | Posted 05.15.2012

Kelly Frazier

While Solaris might have had more of an obvious Detroit techno influence than Photek's previous works, the soul of Detroit has long been into the music of Photek and many of the other drum-n-bass originators.

New Reissues Prove Kraftwerk Is the Most Important Band Ever

Tim Mohr | Posted 05.25.2011

Tim Mohr

The birthplace of all that's cool and modern in music wasn't Memphis, Liverpool or the South Bronx. It was Dusseldorf, Germany, where Kraftwerk invented the future we are now living.