...this was from a press release from Planet E either this month or in Jan.
I've heard there is _supposed to be_ a web-cast press conference regarding
the conference and its details soon. I'm eagerly awaiting them.
...it's wierd, I'm really geeked about this thing, and when I ask people who
I thought would know about this, they haven't. It should be a great weekend!
It's a great chance for visitors to see Detroit really shine at something it
has always done best-music- at a great venue and an even better opp. for a
"family" reunion of sorts. So-spread the word!!
i love sudafed.
diana
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Subject: Re: (313) the 313 books Hart Plaza!?! Check it OUUUUT!
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:35:15 -0700
anyone find more info on this? the www.electronicmusicfest.com site
referenced here goes nowhere.
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
>
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