Invigorating 18-minute documentary on the state of electronic music in Detroit today. What the culture was like in its infancy, and comments about where it is now and its future. Commentary from Mike Huckaby, Kyle Hall, Brendan Gillen, and a few more awesome guys. Viva la Detroit!
Real Scenes: Detroit A collabo between Bench and Resident Advisor
Movement 2011 was another success. The organizers (Paxahau) boast another record in sales this year. Attendance to the event more than doubled in 2011 than in 2005, the first year tickets had to be purchased in order to attend. This year, 99,282 tickets were reported to be sold. Luckily, not everyone showed up to the festival at once seeing as Hart Plaza can only hold some 40,000 people. 
My favorite acts this year didn’t deviate far from the Red Bull Music Academy stage. I was first introduced to Beardyman at Ultra Music Festival in Miami earlier this year and wasn’t disappointed by his performance at Movement. One of the best acts in Detroit this year. I’ll stick my neck out to say that. Right before Beardyman, Eliot Lipp put on a set that had an awkward beginning, something more out of a festival in the 50s I’d imagine (lots of old tunes), but he realized that he was in Detroit after all and it’s the year 2011 so quickly he picked up the pace of his set and finished out strong. Though I was weak from dancing so much by the end of it.
Innocently walking by the Movement: Torino stage, I was caught up in the sounds Dabura was blasting at an ear-popping volume but I stayed just long enough to be able to hear something other than a monotonous ringing for the rest of the day. Anthony Attalla, of course, didn’t leave anyone not in a sweat, even himself after his 2 hour 15 minute set underground on the Made In Detroit stage, one of my favorites! Fatboy Slim closed out the festival with a mix of the new and the old. But definitely the jamming. And I was very impressed with MiMOSA‘s energy on stage. I think he was loving moving more than the crowd (but don’t doubt that the crowd wasn’t sweaty and lovin’ it). Flying Lotus had an awesome set but due to time-constraints finished a little weak.
Still on the way, interview with Fatboy Slim and videos of select few sets. Enjoy the photos till then. Photographs are all in chronological order (some good ones of MiMOSA and Flying Lotus are toward the back!). Photos are only from Sunday and Monday as I was out of town the first day of the festival. So sad to have missed Hudson Mohawke twice now… :/
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Movement, better known as D.E.M.F.!
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Mmm feeling good after Movement, Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival. Got lots of great photos and even better video. We’ve got all that on the way including an interview with Fatboy Slim and hopefully Carl Craig and Anthony Attalla on the way. Check back soon!
So after a long 4 weeks in Southeast Asia (including some travels around the place) I’ve come to find there is no music scene in Vietnam. It just plain doesn’t exist. Bob Dylan (pronounced Dye-Lohn by the Viets) did play here a few weeks ago which was pretty monumental considering he’s never played in Saigon and never thought he would. On the other hand I talked to a Viet that was excitedly awaiting the Backstreet Boys to come in concert. I ask, “have they even come out with a new album lately?” To which the Viet (name, Vuy) shrugs his shoulder and replies, “I dunno, I don’t think so?” I have to admit, this made me chuckle.
But besides that and on the serious side, music isn’t encouraged here nor are the Viets exposed to any incredible influences like many in the West are. If you’re in an environment where good music is all around and there are plenty opportunities to play, one might try the guitar, drums, etc. and realize they’re good at it and it gives them great pleasure to keep playing. Here, that doesn’t happen often and also on the sad side, many people have to worry themselves more with finding the next day’s meal than to spend that money on an instrument. Plus, when is there the time to play when you have to work? Children begin work here as soon as they learn how to walk (in some certain sad cases).
Thailand was a different story. Plenty of music there though I won’t quote whether it was good or bad. I’m sure there is good music there, but I didn’t hear any of it. Though the music I did hear was on Khaosan Rd. and many people aren’t in a state to keep an organized band going there… Though Thailand was much influenced by the West in the 60s and 70s when many American soldiers would vacation there during their time off in the army thus bringing a lot of the hippie culture and music scene to the Thai. You’ll see many older Thai counterparts of former 60s and 70s rockers who jammed to Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Deep Purple, etc.
I really wish I had more music to report on, but trust me, I’m starved for it here myself. Detroit in 5 days! Can’t wait! Immediately going to go see Zoos of Berlin with Deadbeat Beat and then DEMF! It’s going to be epic. More news on what will be with the den at that time. Till then, enjoy the good omens from my first day (first minutes) in Vietnam,
Phew, this is the one year mark for the den and like I’ve been alluding the last and final show until further notice. To celebrate and to end, I’ve put together a list of classic electronic songs in the first half hour of the first hour. And I went with my better judgement and left Darude – Sandstorm outta the equation. 
The third hour I’ve been meaning to compile for a while. It’s all the music on my external hard drive that I grabbed while on my travels in Europe. Some good and interesting stuff on there!
Look for updates on music in Vietnam, generally in southeast Asia.
Cheers!
Hour 1 – CLASSICS! (First half hour only)
| 21:00:32 | 0:03:44 | Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger | Daft Punk | Discovery | 2001 |
| 21:04:15 | 0:03:29 | Honey | Moby | Play | 1999 |
| 21:07:35 | 0:04:15 | Oxygene (Part IV) | Jean-Michel Jarre | Oxygene | 1977 |
| 21:12:06 | 0:05:25 | Traffic | DJ Tiesto | Just Be | 2004 |
| 21:17:31 | 0:04:02 | D.A.N.C.E. | Justice | Cross | 2007 |
| 21:21:32 | 0:05:43 | Smack My Bitch Up | The Prodigy | The Fat Of The Land | 1997 |
| 21:27:22 | 0:03:15 | Ghosts ‘n Stuff (ft. Rob Swire) | Deadmau5 | For Lack Of A Better Name | 2009 |
| 21:30:37 | 0:03:39 | GNB BNG | Flying Lotus | Los Angeles | 2008 |
| 21:34:16 | 0:04:08 | Born Free | M.I.A. | Maya | 2010 |
| 21:38:30 | 0:03:15 | Hairy Candy | Tobacco | Fucked Up Friends | 2008 |
| 21:41:45 | 0:06:16 | The Garden | Cut Chemist | The Audience’s Listening | 2006 |
| 21:48:00 | 0:06:29 | 3rd Eye | Men With Sticks | Fabric 14 | 2003 |
| 21:54:30 | 0:02:11 | All Caps | Madvillain | Madvillainy | 2004 |
| 21:57:10 | 0:03:35 | Pachuca Sunrise | Minus The Bear | Menos El Oso | 2005 |
Hour 2
| 22:00:00 | 0:09:41 | Music People | Moodymann | Silentintroduction | 1997 |
| 22:09:40 | 0:03:32 | Lose You | Peaches | I Feel Cream | 2009 |
| 22:13:11 | 0:04:46 | Girl And The Sea | The Presets | Beams | 2005 |
| 22:17:52 | 0:05:20 | Stingray | Public Relations | Weirdcore 2 | 2010 |
| 22:23:35 | 0:04:48 | Dead Dogs | Lord Scrummage | From The Future | 2009 |
| 22:28:22 | 0:02:44 | Kowboyz&Indians | Gonjasufi | A Sufi And A Killer | 2010 |
| 22:31:00 | 0:03:24 | Come To Light | Goldenrod | Painting For Prophets | 2009 |
| 22:34:22 | 0:03:21 | Twin Of Myself | Black Moth Super Rainbow | Eating Us | 2009 |
| 22:38:20 | 0:04:06 | Psychic Chasms | Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms | 2009 |
| 22:42:22 | 0:04:34 | Smile Around The Face | Four Tet | Everything Ecstatic | 2005 |
| 22:46:51 | 0:04:20 | We Could Forever | Bonobo | Black Sands | 2010 |
| 22:51:07 | 0:05:16 | Odessa | Caribou | Swim | 2010 |
| 22:56:49 | 0:04:02 | Suffocation | Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | 2010 |
Hour 3 – External Hard-drive Music from Europe
| 23:01:42 | 0:03:56 | Tech7 | Abfahrt Hinwil | Links Berge, Rechts Seen | 2002 |
| 23:05:36 | 0:03:38 | Zaira | Astyplaz | Buddha Bar XI – Lavra | 2009 |
| 23:09:14 | 0:05:52 | Celcius | Swayzak | Dirty Dancing | 2002 |
| 23:15:36 | 0:05:26 | Fuckaz ft. Spaceape | The Bug | London Zoo | 2008 |
| 23:21:00 | 0:05:47 | Para One (Midnight Swim (Surking Drowning Mix) | Surkin | Action Replay | 2007 |
| 23:26:40 | 0:05:20 | What Tomorrow Brings | Psychofreud | Ragga Jungle Dubplates | |
| 23:31:58 | 0:05:43 | Instinkt | Minimal Funk | 2009 | |
| 23:38:26 | 0:03:19 | This Way | Psapp | The Only Thing I Ever Wanted | 2006 |
| 23:41:42 | 0:05:13 | None of Dem (feat. Röyksopp) | Robyn | Body Talk, Pt. 1 | 2010 |
| 23:46:51 | 0:03:39 | Borino Oro | Shantel | Siddharta: Spirit of Buddha Bar | 2006 |
| 23:50:30 | 0:06:43 | Big Bud | Mombassa | Siddharta: Spirit of Buddha Bar | 2003 |
| 23:57:40 | 0:04:33 | Witch Box | Gong Gong | Mary’s Spring | 2008 |
Updated!
Third hour is all mashups. Just played out two albums in their entirety. The first from one of the greatest hip hop producers Detroit has ever seen – J Dilla (member of Slum Village) and The Beach Boys. Expertly done by Bullion, the album is truly something unique. The second mashup just came out this year, for fans of the Black Keys or Big Boi (member of Outkast), check it!
Yummy tunes the first two hours. Pay attention to Matthew Dear, Claude Vonstroke, Duck Sauce, Ruxpin, and Madvillain.
Hour 1
| 21:00:00 | 0:05:11 | Velocity Funk | E-Dancer | Elevator | |
| 21:05:08 | 0:05:55 | Electro Corrida | Alchemist Project | none | |
| 21:11:02 | 0:04:01 | No One Knows (Queens Of The Stone Age) | Scratch Perverts | Watch The Ride | 2007 |
| 21:15:15 | 0:05:57 | Der Mond | Moonbootica | Moonlight Welfare | 2007 |
| 21:21:11 | 0:04:10 | Lay Of The Land | Plej | Electronic Music From The Swedish Leftcoast | 2003 |
| 21:25:20 | 0:04:15 | Electronic Electro | David Amo & Julio Navas Pres. Paco Maroto | Back 2 Basics | 2005 |
| 21:29:35 | 0:04:05 | Subsonic Drive | Disco D | Coming From Tha D, Installment: Ghettotech | 1999 |
| 21:34:03 | 0:02:58 | Bonkers | Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden | Tongue ‘n’ Cheek | 2009 |
| 21:36:58 | 0:00:28 | Limelite Drum Machine: Original | Mike Huckaby | Deq Detroit Electronic Quarterly | 2005 |
| 21:37:24 | 0:02:25 | Call Me When You Get There | Ruxpin | Weirdcore 3 | 2010 |
| 21:39:50 | 0:06:23 | Isabel | Steve Angello | Legends Of Electro | 2009 |
| 21:46:24 | 0:03:21 | Pressure (w/Wajeed ft. Ta’Raach) | Dabrye | Two/Three | 2006 |
| 21:49:44 | 0:02:12 | Meat Grinder | Madvillain | Madvillainy | 2004 |
| 21:51:55 | 0:03:37 | Hooligans (VIP Mix) | Example | Won’t Go Quietly | 2010 |
| 21:55:58 | 0:03:17 | Barbra Streisand | Duck Sauce | single | 2010 |
Hour 2
| 22:00:00 | 0:04:12 | Sykur | Sykur | Weirdcore 2 | 2010 |
| 22:04:10 | 0:04:48 | Force Of Suction | Bassnectar | Mesmerizing The Ultra | 2005 |
| 22:08:59 | 0:03:49 | Neon Rocks | Calvin Harris | I Created Disco | 2007 |
| 22:12:46 | 0:02:20 | Apollo-Gize (Final Mix) | Digitalism | Idealism | 2007 |
| 22:15:45 | 0:05:40 | Past Machine | Lali Puna | I Thought I Was Over That | 2005 |
| 22:21:21 | 0:02:40 | Pom Pom | Matthew Dear | Asa Breed | 2007 |
| 22:24:00 | 0:02:48 | Toop Toop | Cassius | 15 Again | 2007 |
| 22:26:45 | 0:04:24 | What’s The Altitude | Cut Chemist ft. Hymnal | The Audience’s Listening | 2006 |
| 22:31:50 | 0:03:01 | Parisian Goldfish | Flying Lotus | Los Angeles | 2008 |
| 22:34:50 | 0:05:31 | Spider | Parov Stelar | The Flame of Fame EP | 2008 |
| 22:40:20 | 0:03:23 | Like You Said | Scratch Massive | Time | 2007 |
| 22:47:13 | 0:06:04 | Who’s Afraid Of Detroit | Claude Vonstroke | Beware Of The Bird | 2006 |
| 22:53:18 | 0:06:49 | Black Sands | Bonobo | Blacks Sands | 2010 |
| 23:00:05 | 0:05:45 | Sun | Caribou | Swim | 2010 |
| 23:05:47 | 0:09:32 | Unspoken | Four Tet | Rounds | 2003 |
Hour 3 – Mashup hour. First half = J Dilla/The Beach Boys [Pet Sounds - The Key of Dee]
Second half = Big Boi and The Black Keys [The Brothers of Chico Dusty]
| 23:01:09 | 0:01:03 | Pet Sounds | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:02:11 | 0:01:26 | Sloop Jay D | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:03:37 | 0:02:39 | Lets Go Away Fro A While | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:06:17 | 0:02:23 | I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:08:40 | 0:01:21 | Here Today | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:10:01 | 0:01:27 | Caroline, No | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:11:28 | 0:01:52 | God Only Knows | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:13:20 | 0:02:25 | You Still Believe In Dee | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:15:44 | 0:01:24 | I Know There’s An Answer | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:17:05 | 0:02:09 | Wouldn’t It Be Nice | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:19:13 | 0:02:24 | That’s Not Dee | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:21:37 | 0:01:50 | I’m Waiting For The Day | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:23:26 | 0:02:21 | Don’t Talk | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | 2007 |
| 23:26:26 | 0:03:35 | You Ain’t The Next DJ ft. Yelawolf | Wick-it the Instigator | The Brothers of Chico Dusty | 2010 |
| 23:30:00 | 0:03:30 | Afraid Of The General | Wick-it the Instigator | The Brothers of Chico Dusty | 2010 |
| 23:33:26 | 0:03:00 | Everlasting Shine Blockaz ft. Gucci Mane | Wick-it the Instigator | The Brothers of Chico Dusty | 2010 |
| 23:36:24 | 0:02:49 | The Only Fat Sax | Wick-it the Instigator | The Brothers of Chico Dusty | 2010 |
| 23:39:10 | 0:03:23 | Black Bug | Wick-it the Instigator | The Brothers of Chico Dusty | 2010 |
| 23:42:31 | 0:02:38 | Follow The One ft. Vonnegutt | Wick-it the Instigator | The Brothers of Chico Dusty | 2010 |
| 23:45:06 | 0:03:30 | Go Get Tangerine ft. T.I. | Wick-it the Instigator | The Brothers of Chico Dusty | 2010 |
| 23:48:35 | 0:03:36 | Backup Pistol | Wick-it the Instigator | The Brothers of Chico Dusty | 2010 |
Finally getting a bit caught up on the wordpress… Still no luck on the computer, haven’t been able to retrieve many files (namely the track listing for the two previous shows) but luckily this week I have a track listing as I made the show from WDET and haven’t lost the external that all that information is on (knock on wood).
Cheers
Hour 1
| 21:01:48 | 0:04:16 | Fleece On Brain | Matthew Dear | Asa Breed | Ghostly International |
| 21:06:04 | 0:05:52 | Ethiopo | Noze | Songs On The Rocks | Circus Company/Get Physical Music |
| 21:11:53 | 0:04:40 | Sugar | Parov Stelar | That Swing | Etage Noir Recordings |
| 21:16:50 | 0:01:53 | Polkamatic | Vitalic | OK Cowboy | Uncivilized World |
| 21:18:40 | 0:07:54 | Kidsos (Wippenberg Mix) | Sebastian Ingrosso | Kidsos | Refune Records |
| 21:26:28 | 0:07:52 | Roads Become Rivers (Rivers Become Oceans – Four Tet Remix) | Rothko | Remixes | Domino Recording Company Ltd. |
| 21:34:15 | 0:02:51 | Slowdance (How To Dress Well Séance) | Matthew Dear | Slowdance EP | Ghostly International |
| 21:37:06 | 0:04:32 | Brian Eno | MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia |
| 21:41:36 | 0:02:55 | Happy Up Here (Breakbot Remix) | Röyksopp | Hey Kids! | Wall of Sound |
| 21:44:33 | 0:05:57 | Der Mond | Moonbootica | Moonlight Welfare | Kontor Records, Moonbootique Recordings |
| 21:50:08 | 0:03:27 | Fabryka Hitów (Lux Ferro Remix) | Monopol | Remixed In Poland | Fonografika |
| 21:53:52 | 0:04:42 | Wir Tanzen | Abteilung Ton (5Felix Rennefeld Remix) | From Saturday To Sunday vol 5 | Clubstar |
| 21:58:33 | 0:02:59 | Deny Selected | Boys Noize | Oi Oi Oi | Last Gang Records, Turbo |
Hour 2
| 22:00:24 | 0:02:52 | Ephemeral Artery | Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms | Lefse Records |
| 22:03:14 | 0:05:19 | Drummer | Boys Noize | Power | Boysnoize Records |
| 22:08:29 | 0:04:12 | Hide And Seek In Geisha’s Garden | Booka Shade | Movements | Get Physical Music |
| 22:12:40 | 0:05:00 | After School Special | Detroit Grand Pubahs | Funk All Y’all | Intuit-Solar |
| 22:18:06 | 0:05:32 | Spoon | Cut Chemist | The Audience’s Listening | Warner Bros. Records |
| 22:23:37 | 0:08:00 | Center of Gravity | Umek | single | Proton Music |
| 22:31:30 | 0:06:56 | Over The Ice | The Field | From Here We Go Sublime | Kompakt |
| 22:38:22 | 0:05:05 | Banjo | E-Dancer | Heavenly | Play It Again Sam (PIAS) |
| 22:43:16 | 0:01:24 | I Know There’s An Answer | J Dilla/The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds – The Key of Dee | Not On Label |
| 22:45:27 | 0:04:15 | MmmHmm (feat. Thundercat) | Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp Records |
| 22:49:52 | 0:02:58 | Party With Children | Ratatat | LP4 | XL Recordings |
| 22:52:40 | 0:02:17 | Shot In The Dark | RJD2 | Dead Ringer | Definitive Jux |
| 22:54:52 | 0:06:41 | Manifest (Desert Dwellers Remix) | Karsh Kale | Manifest Remixes | Six Degrees Records |
Hour 3
| 23:00:05 | 0:03:44 | Jump Up feat. Leftside & Supahyp (Co-Produced by the Crookers) | Major Lazer | Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do | Downtown Music, Mad Decent |
| 23:03:48 | 0:03:28 | Galang | M.I.A. | Arular | XL Recordings |
| 23:07:16 | 0:03:54 | My Computer | Josh Dahlberg | Ego/Timid | Blank Artists |
| 23:11:08 | 0:05:18 | Arf (Bassnectar Remix) | Bassnectar | Mesmerizing The Ultra [Disc 2] | Organic Music |
| 23:16:26 | 0:04:12 | Air War | Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles | Last Gang Records |
| 23:20:38 | 0:04:53 | One Pure Thought | Hot Chip | Made In The Dark | EMI |
| 23:25:31 | 0:03:17 | I Believe | Simian Mobile Disco | Attack Decay Sustain Release | Wichita |
| 23:29:10 | 0:04:44 | Woof Woof | Dan Deacon | Bromst | Carpart Records |
| 23:33:52 | 0:06:12 | Amazing (DJ Feel Instrumental Remix) | Inna | Amazing WEB | Airplay Records, Universal Music Strategic Marketing |
| 23:40:01 | 0:04:31 | AA XXX | Peaches | The Teaches of Peaches | XL Recordings |
| 23:44:31 | 0:05:02 | Allergic | Miss Kitten | Mixing Me EP | Labels |
| 23:49:31 | 0:04:29 | The Girl And The Robot | Röyksopp | Junior | Wall Of Sound, EMI Music (France) |
| 23:54:00 | 0:06:13 | Unknown Track 01 | Tom Piper | unknown | 777 Records |
