Movement Detroit

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News

You’re supposed to be based in Detroit, not London! A first glimpse at Movement’s lineup reveals Britain’s Fatboy Slim, Chicago’s Honey Dijon, Italy’s Joseph Capriati – and even Mr Human Diazepam is going…

ETTH Team 29 January 2024

Turning a one-off festival into an annual event isn’t something that comes naturally to many – and a lot of people have tried and failed in the process. Kudos, therefore, to Detroit’s Movement Electronic...

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Movement tickets won’t sell themselves, you know! Paxahau fire up Detroit propaganda machine with reference to “originator” Juan Atkins – ready for their flagship event later this year…

ETTH Team 4 January 2024

If there’s one thing that dance music has continued to cling onto like a bad smell over the years, it’s mythology. Because there’s nothing quite like historical stories that you suspect are mostly untrue...

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Not even Santa can manage THAT Christmas miracle! Detroit’s Belleville Three are fed-up with questions over techno’s origins story – but things aren’t getting better anytime soon…

ETTH Team 22 December 2023

If there’s one thing that Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May would love to see under their Christmas trees this year, it would be a well-wrapped box with a pretty bow on it...

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EXCLUSIVE: Carl Craig did NOT threaten to pull out of Movement Festival 2022 if Annabel Ross was allowed to review it – so where on earth did the dance music press doyenne get that idea from?

ETTH Team 1 November 2023

Last year, dance music press doyenne Annabel Ross found herself in one of her favourite places in the whole wide world – at the centre of everyone’s attention. According to the doyenne, who doesn’t...

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Business News

EXCLUSIVE: Juan Atkins walked out of Cybotron appearance at Movement Detroit half an hour early – but this detail didn’t appear in Annabel Ross’s gushing report for Mixmag…

ETTH Team 16 July 2023

Occasionally, Ears To The House is asked whether we would publish stories that dance music press outlets have declined or refused to cover. This is normally asked by newcomers, apparently unaware that this is...

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Business News

Revealed: the REAL reason why Tec-Troit and Movement Appreciation Party take place so close together – and it isn’t just because Detroit loves techno…

ETTH Team 24 June 2023

At the risk of upsetting those flaky people who get upset whenever we write about Detroit – including Derrick May, who pretends he doesn’t read our site – we’re going to start our weekend...

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Business News

Does Carl Craig just love a free party? Movement Detroit has its own appreciation party – and no one seems to know why…

ETTH Team 22 June 2023

Is an appreciation party of a party a thing? In most of the world, it isn’t – everyone goes to the party and just enjoys the party, then tells everyone how much they enjoyed...

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A bit of criticism is too much for you? Dance press doyenne Annabel Ross blocks Ears To The House across our socials – because we dared question her Movement review…

ETTH Team 20 June 2023

We can’t help but enjoy what we do here at Ears To The House. Not least because we don’t take some people in the dance music world as seriously as they take themselves –...

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Was the cherry blossom poisoning worth it? Annabel Ross went to Detroit’s Ash Lauryn and Ann-Marie Teasley for an interview – and got roundly snubbed!

ETTH Team 9 June 2023

Here at Ears To The House, we try to see things from as many angles as possible. Which is why when we first discovered that Annabel Ross was being sent by Mixmag to cover...

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News

“Last year, she was gunning for Detroit, now she’s kissing their asses!”: just what IS behind Annabel Ross’s change of heart towards the city?

ETTH Team 8 June 2023

It has to be said that journalists are not a popular breed these days – and the occupation has largely itself to blame. Their job is to question everyone, question everything, and trust nothing...

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Business News

What took them so long? Mixmag FINALLY publish the Annabel Ross review of Movement Detroit – and it’s just as sycophantic as we expected…

ETTH Team 7 June 2023

Sometimes, Ears To The House wonders what exactly holds up the dance music press from going to print. We’re only a small team here, yet we can get material published quickly when need be...

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Is Mixmag going to try sending Annabel Ross to Movement Detroit again – and how will Carl Craig respond if they do?

ETTH Team 4 March 2023

Earlier this week, the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit announced their full lineup. Thoughts at Ears To The House were the lineup has basically gone global – this is truly the year where...

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News

Movement Detroit breaks ALL the piggy banks to book Basement Jaxx, Charlotte De Witte and, er, Cybotron – but have they forgotten their roots?

ETTH Team 3 March 2023

So it’s official. The Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit has announced its full lineup. In a shiny poster which went out this week – going against the grain this year by having a...

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Detroit’s Movement festival releases its initial lineup – but will Carl Craig be allowed to block Annabel Ross from attending again?

ETTH Team 26 January 2023

This week appears to be a busy one for the festivals, who are keen to start making some money after spending some truly eye-watering amounts on some of the higher echelon DJs whose names...

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Does Louie Vega still think Derrick May is “a barrel of laughs”?

ETTH Team 25 August 2022

Back in May, Ears To The House posted an article about Derrick May’s attendance at the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit. As you might recall, Kevin Saunderson was flamed online after posting a...

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How festivals try to control media coverage

ETTH Team 7 July 2022

Anyone reading coverage in the dance music press of festivals usually finds the same thing. The review is normally very positive – the music was great, the atmosphere was friendly and so on. You...