Local Spins has a recap of the Memorial Day weekend celebration of electronic music in the birthplace of techno, as well as a photo gallery from the wrap-up of the Bus Benefit festival in Trufant.
En Masse at Movement: The scene on Monday in Detroit. (Photo/Michael Mastre)
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With the forced weather evacuation from Detroit’s Movement Electronic Music Festival for a few hours on Sunday night, organizer Paxahau offered an unprecedented courtesy to the crowd by allowing Sunday pass holders free entry on Monday — and the day did not disappoint.
Azzecca got the day moving near the entrance with a brilliantly positioned set of house and techno.
Fatboy Slim: Playing to a packed house on Monday night. (Photo/Michael Mastre)
Borderland offered up a cinematic soundscape that would been received just as well within the film interstellar as it was for those at the Movement Stage.
The back-to-back of DJ Tennis and Gerd Janson was the set Detroit didn’t know it needed, with a steady gallop of house and techno emanating off of the Detroit River near the Hart Plaza festival site.
The three-day fest closed out with a massive performance by Fatboy Slim. In my almost 20 years of attending Movement, I’m not sure I have ever seen the main stage quite so jammed pack. — By Todd Ernst
More About Movement: A Day 1 Recap and Photo Gallery
PHOTO GALLERY: Movement in Detroit (Days 2 and 3)
Photos by Michael Mastre
Memorial Day weekend also boasts the traditional Bus Benefit presented by Buses by the Beach, this year staged in its new location at Smiling Acres in Trufant. Loads of Michigan music and upbeat camaraderie dominated the three-day affair.
As attendee (and photographer) Owen J. Smith put it: “I am recharged with positive energy and love after another weekend of reverie with you all.”
Check out photos and recap of Day 1 at Local Spins here, with a photo gallery from the remainder of the festival below.
PHOTO GALLERY: Buses by the Beach Bus Benefit in Trufant (Days 2 and 3)
Photos by Owen J. Smith
