I wanted to write a quick post to let people know that in a couple of weeks we’ll be taking a team of four people north to cover this years Detroit Electronic Music Festival or DEMF which is also known as Movement 2009.
It’s my first time to MotorCity, so I’m not sure what to expect personally. Detroit has been hit hard by the economic downturn, and stories of houses being sold for $1 paint a grim picture of what’s happening there. It’s clear that there’s not much prospect of things turning round in the near future so the people are having to hold on and try and ride it out. All in all it seems like what the city needs is a good party for a few days!
I’m pretty excited to get the chance to make the trip as the line-up for the festival is a smor-gås board of musical delights, with the likes of Anthony Rother (live), Kevin Saunderson, Innervisions Live, Derrick May, Loco Dice vs. Luciano, Wighnomy Brothers, and many, many others to choose from. The musical spectrum of the line-up is much more diverse than previous years with artists ranging from Bassnectar to Afrika Bambaataa, and Benny Benassi to Z-trip all sprinkled inbetween the otherwise techno-oriented roster.
What will rv be doing at Movement 2009?
Well, we’re planning to do as much as we can. The main goal for the trip is to get as much content posted to the blog daily. We want to try and bring the Detroit experience to as many people as possible with our posts. We’ll be there taking lots of video and photos, we’ll be tweeting and we’ll be facebooking. If there’s anything else we should be doing – let us know!
We’re planning to conduct video interviews with a slew of artists so naturally we’ll be uploading those daily. In addition we’ll be editing the footage from the previous day into a dairy style recap looking back at what happened that day. The videos will be accompanied by a photo gallery or two, alongside some writing from Eddie.
Our motivation is to go to Detroit to help bring it closer to the people that can’t go themselves. I know what it’s like when you can’t be part of something exciting like a music festival, and I know how hard it is to try and find good quality video and pictures to keep you informed of what’s going on while it’s happening. Hopefully you won’t have to spend time googling to find DEMF content, just check in with us and see what we can offer first. 
In the lead up to the event we’re working on landing some artist interviews to get your appitite going, so keep watching this space.
Tags: DEMF, Movement 2009, Detroit Eleectronic Music Festival
Tags: DEMF, Detroit Electronic Music Festival, DJs, Electronic Music
