Check this -- the 313 books Hart Plaza! >Subject: 2000 IN DETROIT >Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:46:52 -0500 >From: PLANET E HQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: Planet E Comm. Inc. >To: p e news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >FIRST FREE US ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL >SCHEDULED FOR SPRING 2000 IN DETROIT. > >Detroit electronic music producer and Planet E Communications label >owner Carl Craig, joins forces with Pop Culture >Media (the company that has been instrumental in shaping the award >winning Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival) to >present the world's largest FREE electronic music event in the city >where the music was revolutionized. > >The festival will feature more than 50 electronic music acts and djs >from Detroit and around the world and will take >place in Hart Plaza (Riverfront area, home of the Ford Detroit-Montreux >Jazz Festival), running from 12 p.m. to 12 >a.m. on May 27, 28 and 29, 2000. (This Memorial Day weekend). > >"I believe that there's more validity to do a festival like this with >the rise of the Chemical Brothers and the popularity of >electronic music in America... now is the best time." Craig told Real >Detroit Weekly reporter Josh Glazer in an >exclusive interview with the Planet E CEO and Carol Marvin, President of >>Pop Culture Media last weekend. >(for the full breaking story check out www.getrealdetroit.com) > >"That's wonderful," enthuses Marvin "The music itself has matured in >the U.S. to the point where it will attract the >audience that a festival demands." > >"We have been working on this project for two years in absolute secrecy" >>says Craig. As a musician, producer and >label owner, Craig has established himself above even Detroit's most >revered techno musicians as an artist with a >holistic vision for the music. Marvin has proven herself as an >unmatched marketer/producer who has helped lead her >other major client, the Ford Detroit-Montreux Jazz Festival, to become >the recipient of 1998's U.S. Music Event of the >Year award. > >"The major focus for me is to spotlight the Detroit talent that is known >>worldwide and to give an idea that Detroit has >been a breeding ground for this music over the last 10 years. It's >important not only to make the world see but to make >the people of Detroit aware.... I feel that the diversity of the people >this event could draw will help expand the cultural >diversity within Detroit," enthuses Craig. "Different cultures coming to >>this city that don't usually get together. I want >to give them a common ground in Detroit. It's very rare to see people >coming from other places to Detroit to have a >good time. That's not something you see in Detroit at a large scale. We >don't have the melting pot like New York has >or Chicago or San Francisco. I think that this can help to develop the >image that people have of Detroit." > >As for the impact the festival has, Marvin relays the story of the one >slip in the secrecy veil that has shrouded this >project until now. "As we were finalizing this event, I told a kid in >the coffeehouse that I frequent. He was speechless. >He said, 'I can't believe that this is happening in my town.' That's >what it's all about, that there is finally something in >Detroit that we can point to and say, This is who we are that matters in > >the big picture. It's a contribution that we're >making and now we're going to celebrate it." > >For more information regarding the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, >including sponsorship and performing artist >opportunities, please contact Pop Culture Media at (734) 459-4880. >A website will be launched for the event in early January, 2000. Check >it out after 1/1/2000 at >www.electronicmusicfest.com >All proceeds will benefit the Detroit department of recreation and its >Be A Partner Children's program. Stay tuned >
anyone find more info on this? the www.electronicmusicfest.com site
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