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New this year: Live audio streaming from all 5 stages
he Electronic Music Festival hits Hart Plaza in Detroit May 28-30 and it's loaded with the best electronic music from across the planet.
Pre-sale one-day passes are available for $35. The three-day weekend passes are availalbe for $70 and provide fans access to the festival May 28-30. VIP passes to Movement are now available for $150.
Hours: noon-midnight Saturday-Monday
Here's a look at the schedule:
SATURDAY
Vitamin Water Main Stage
2 p.m. DJ Harvey: Irreverent UK DJ, disco and garage.
5 Metro Area: Brooklyn duo — disco and techno.
7 Tortured Soul (live): From Brooklyn, soulful house.
8 Kerri Chandler: House legend from New York.
10 Felix da Housecat: Chicago house and electro DJ/producer.
Beatport Stage
Noon Matthew Hawtin: Richie’s brother enjoys elegiac, experimental electronic.
3 JPLS: Indiana producer — throaty minimal techno.
4 Ambivalent: D.C. native pumps minimal techno and house.
6:30 Heartthrob (live): Stark, chirpy, minimal Michigan techno.
8 Gaiser: Grand Rapids artist’s intricately dark minimal techno.
9 Marc Houle: Windsor producer — spare retro synth techno.
10 Richie Hawtin: Global techno stalwart returns to home base. Arrive early.
Made in Detroit Stage
Noon Eric Johnson: Deeeep Detroit house producer and DJ.
2 Chuck Daniels: Shake-your-booty Detroit house vibe.
3:30 Mike Servito: Detroit techno funked up.
5 Michael Geiger: Organic Detroit house selector.
6:30 Aril Brikha (live): Stockholm producer tweaks the synths.
8 Visionquest: Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson, Shaun Reeves and Lee Curtiss … together? Expect trouble.
Red Bull Music Academy Stage
2 p.m. Electrobounce Presents: DJ X-Change, DJ Godfather, N-Ter (live), Brian (Starski) Gillespie, Good Money a.k.a. Coon Daddy (live) and Tone’ (live). Lineup promises hip-hop/ghettotech/electro Detroit MANIA.
5 Hudson Mohawke (live): Offbeat Scottish hip-hoppy electronic weirdness.
6 Daedalus (live): Suave, experimental electronic from Los Angeles.
7 Dam-Funk & Master Blazter (live): LA’s Ambassadors of boogie techno funk.
8 Matt Clarke: “Razorsharp” Detroit dubstep.
9:30 Goldie featuring MC Armanni Reign: Old-school Scottish drum-n-bass producer.
11 Skillrex: Sharp, shrill and twisted screamo dubstep.
Torino Music Festival Stage
2 p.m. The Siege (live/DJ): Artisan-level ridiculousness from brotherly duo.
4 Space Time Continuum: Seminal UK ambient electronic producer.
6 Cio D’or: Deep, filtered minimal electronic from Munich.
7:30 Kero (live): Detroit abstract experimental audio-visual electronic.
8:30 Richard Devine (live): Layered, heavily processed synthesized electronic music.
9:30 Venetian Snares: Glitchy breakcore-IDM from Winnipeg.
10:30 Monolake Surround (live): Collaborative audio/visual extravaganza in real time.
SUNDAY
Vitamin Water Main Stage
2 p.m. Sammy Dee: German precision-infused house and techno sets.
3:30 Mark Flash: Detroit DJ-producer merges house, techno and funk.
5 Margaret Dygas: Native of Poland produces avant-garde techno.
7 Ricardo Villalobos: Celebrated Chilean-German producer plays minimal, microhouse techno.
9 Sven Väth: Veteran German techno producer and DJ makes rare American appearance.
11 69 (Carl Craig): Live performance debut of Craig’s 69 persona, playing futuristic funk.
Beatport Stage
Noon Dr. Atmo: German ambient producer dishes up the chill.
3:30 Pulshar (live): Spanish ambient dub duo.
4:30 Livio & Roby: Romanian duo keeps the house groovy.
6 Tini: German deep techno and minimal house DJ.
7:30 Martin Buttrich: Dynamic veteran German techno producer.
9 Guti: Jazz-influenced Argentinean techno producer.
10 Loco Dice: German label owner and powerhouse techno DJ-producer.
Made in Detroit Stage
Noon DJ Cent: Delicious Detroit house music.
2 Mike Brown: Hometown-flavored techno and house.
3:30 Minx: Funky, powerful house with a smudge of grace.
5 John Collins: Deep Detroit underground house.
6:30 Al Ester: Old-school house jock outta Detroit.
8 Bruce Bailey: Detroit DJ is strictly about the house.
9:30 Delano Smith: Veteran schooled in Detroit house.
Red Bull Music Academy Stage
1 p.m. Com Truise (live): MIDI-fi, synth-wave, slow-motion electronic funk.
3 Space Dimension Controller (live): Ethereal synth house oddities from another planet.
4:30 Ana Sia: Dirty dubstep, grimy glitch and global psy-hop.
6 Soul Clap: Boston duo brings out the funk in techno.
8 Eliot Lipp (live): Vintage take on hip-hop and house.
9 Beardyman (live): London MC beatboxing and live looping.
10 The Gaslamp Killer: Los Angeles psychedelic dubstep hip-hop.
11 Aux 88 (live): Detroit electro artisans dabble in audio nano-circuitry.
Torino Music Festival Stage
2 p.m. Nospectacle: Live audio/video improvisational ambient outfit.
4 Deepchord presents Echospace: Detroit dub techno duo reaches for the stratosphere.
5 Traversable Wormhole (live): Sci-fi influenced space and bass techno music project.
6 Ryan Elliott: Bass-line-driven Detroit techno and house.
7:30 Steve Rachmad: Deep, groovy Dutch techno.
9 Ben Klock: Tension-filled, stripped-down German techno.
10:30 Marcel Dettmann (DJ set): Well-oiled techno from Berlin.
MONDAY
Vitamin Water Main Stage
3 p.m. Terrence Parker: Detroit’s “Telephone Man” pioneered inspirational gospel house.
5 The Dirtbombs (live): Detroit garage rock band plays covers of Detroit techno classics.
6 Reference: Detroit dub techno specialists Luke Hess and Brian Kage.
7:30 Dubfire: Native of Iran and Deep Dish member, he plays dark techno.
9 Green Velvet (live): Eccentric veteran Chicago techno and house producer.
10 Fatboy Slim: Multifaceted British musician and DJ plays crowd-pleasing, percolating big beat.
Beatport Stage
Noon Clark Warner: Now based in Denver, the longtime Detroit tastemaker plays eclectic electronic.
2 Secrets (live): Detroit techno mayhem.
3:30 Deniz Kurtel: Native of Turkey plays experimental, atmospheric techno.
4:30 Three: Eclectic New York-based DJ plays house and techno.
6 Art Department: Toronto duo plays deep, gothic house.
7:30 Justin Martin: San Francisco producer/DJ blends melodic and tough house.
9 Victor Calderone: Veteran New York house producer and DJ.
10:30 Adam Beyer: Swedish producer and label owner (Drumcode) plays techno.
Made in Detroit Stage
Noon Erika: Member of electro outfit Ectomorph, she plays eclectic electronic.
2 Paranormal Tek: Detroit Paranormal Society musician performs techno.
3:30 Franki Juncaj (aka DJ 3000): Hamtramck Underground Resistance DJ plays techno.
5 District 909 (live): Purist hardware techno and electro producer.
6:30 DTM 5x5: Detroit Techno Militia DJ collective.
8 DJ T-1000: Veteran techno DJ and producer.
9:30 Claude Young: Detroit producer and DJ blends lush melodies with hard techno.
Red Bull Music Academy Stage
2 p.m. B. Bravo: San Francisco producer likes the synthesizer funk.
4 Pearson Sound/Ramadanman: UK producer blends dubstep and drum-n-bass.
5:30 Calvertron and Figure: British producer plays gritty dubstep.
7 Scuba: Rinsed dubstep and techno from this North London producer.
8:30 Little Dragon (live): Swedish band blends twee indie pop and electronic.
9:30 MiMOSA: San Francisco native melds dubstep, glitch hop and experimental.
10:30 Flying Lotus (live): Los Angeles producer’s abstract jazz-influenced hip-hop and electronic music is jaw-droppinglymemorable.
Torino Music Festival Stage
1 p.m. Ataxia (live): Detroit duo churns out minimal techno.
3 Dabura: Detroit DJ plays tech-house.
4:30 Anthony Attalla: Celebrated Detroit house and techno producer-DJ.
6 Boo Williams & Glenn Underground: Veteran Chicago house producers-DJs join forces.
8 Shlomi Aber: Israeli producer-DJ melds minimal, acid and Detroit techno.
9:30 James Zabiela (live): UK producer-DJ combines tech-house and electro house.
11 Paul Kalkbrenner: German producer churns out melodic techno.
