I find it interesting that the festival experience is at the point where two people can go and apparently not see any of the same acts! I tend to avoid the bigger stuff now, and more or less stick to smaller parties and events put on by friends, and at the festival (Sunday/Monday evening) basically found little reason to leave the Made in Detroit stage, where the sound was great and the crowd was really good. To be honest, I don't find much need to spend a huge amount of time at the fest or see every act, especially because spending quality time with friends is just as important as
What was definitely confirmed for me this year, was that the younger generation: Andres, Norm Talley, Delano Smith, and Mike Huckaby, are definitely at the top of their game right now, all of them are really doing it for me! [Best Set] Norm Talley at Prelude [Highlights] Delano Smith @ Prelude, and Made in Detroit Stage Andres @ Made in Detroit Stage Mike Huckaby @ Made in Detroit Stage Alton Miller @ Motor City Wine San Soda @ Motor City Wine Kevin Saunderson b2b w/ Seth Troxler @ Made in Detroit Stage ALSO: Heard Scott Grooves played great at the Soul Clap party. In my opinion he is BY FAR the most under rated of Detroit producers, and it's my personal mission this year to help ensure he gets some of the recognition he deserves. ~David On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:59 AM, Fred Heutte <[email protected]> wrote: > Had a pretty good time overall, though I mostly stuck to the familiar > (and didn't hear all that much of interest walking around). My motto > for the festival: "Wherever you are, you're at the right place!" > > The Fest > --------------- > > [exceptional] > Timeline > Jeff Mills (especially the first 90 minutes) > Terrence Dixon's live group (huge surprise, > though I hear they were even better at the Tangent) > > [real good] > Monty Luke > tINI > BMG > Dan Bell (Mr. Vocoder :) > Delano > Adam X > > [dishonorable] > Cheese Wiz Tong > > > The Parties > ------------------ > > [exceptional] > Carlos Souffront and Patrick Russell, 2+ hours of unplanned, inspired, > over the top mayhem on 2 f#@ked turntables and 2cds @ No Way Back > > [real good] > Jerry Abstract and then Jeedo/Ray (live) @ Synaesthesia/Red Bull > Stacy Hotwaxx Hale @ Mix > Dwele and the band @ Soul Skate pt 2, Magic Stick > > [wish I went] > GU, Terrence Dixon, Recloose @ Tangent > > [worst party name] > Get Thoughtless > > [lines even more than too long] > St Andrew's > > > speaking of No Way Back,a couple of those in previous years were > at the Bohemian National Home. Joel Peterson, who managed shows > there until 2008, and Rebecca Mazzei of MOCAD are now running > Trinosophes, a new cafe that opened a year ago at 1464 Gratiot (same > block as Transmat) which hosted a small party with UR DJs on Saturday. An > interesting new community space with eclectic music/etc performances > and this wonderful gizmo: > > http://trinosophes.com/MENTAL-MACHINE > > >
