What Movement 2003 artist are you dying to see?

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It's the Memorial Day Motor City celebration -- the DEMF by any other name -- but who's the real draw? I'll hit a softball and say Liquid Liquid. Anyone else?

― Erick H (Erick H), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Liquid Liquid
ESG
Timespace
Jeff Mills

everything else is sort of meh.

Funny thing is, I care more about seeing this than I do about 95% of the Detroit Electronic Music Funeral:

Laura Ani Gavoor
May 19, 1958 - October 1, 2002

"People across the globe are mourning her loss, and like she would've
wanted, they will dance for her." -Tamara Warren, www.venuszine.com

This is the time to dance for Laura. Please join us in remembering and
honoring her for her 45th birthday.

ONE NIGHT ONLY
Wednesday May 21, 2003

Performing:
The 3 Chairs
Derrick May
Rolando
+ a rare performance by Kenny Dixon Jr.
Live percussion by Andres

Panacea Nightclub
205 W. Congress, Detroit
313-965-8200

All proceeds will be donated to the Gavoor family.
For more information about the party, call Mahogani Music @
+1.313.341.3096
Please forward this email to anyone who loved Laura and would want to be a
part of this special night.

For more information on Laura's life and contributions to our scene, go
to:
http://www.detnews.com/2002/entertainment/0210/03/e01-602702.htm

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)

By chance, do you know Tony Drake? I think he's playing in Timespace...

― Erick H (Erick H), Thursday, 15 May 2003 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I met him once and have heard a few of his tracks, but I do not know him personally. Timespace kicked serious ass at Motor a few years back.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Thursday, 15 May 2003 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Unless I'm mistaken the last live Moodymann show was at last year's Trackmode DEMF afterparty. He had the Prince/cover-of-self-titled-album look and was running all over the stage while his uh woman suggestively writhed beneath the sheets of a makeshift bed. Moodymann: "Anyone wanna see my ass?" He then proceeded to simulate something.

Anyhow:

ESG
Liquid Liquid
Kevorkian
Shake
Parrish/Three Chairs
Amp Fiddler
Andres
Thinkbox

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 15 May 2003 23:00 (twenty-two years ago)

(BTW Erick: I'm not going to Adult.)

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 15 May 2003 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

No Adult. for Andy...Ah well. And I see that no one outside of Michigan cares about this thread, and that's ok, too.

― Erick H (Erick H), Friday, 16 May 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

everything else is sort of meh.

Mike Taylor OffTM shockah!!

By chance, do you know Tony Drake?

I used to work with Tony Drake at Harmony House many, many years ago.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 16 May 2003 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

To be honest, if the Laura Gavoor benefit were the only dance gig I attended in 2003 I would not feel like I missed much. There is a lot of talent on the demf bill, but it is talent that would be a lot more enjoyable in more intimate venues. I made my electronic music rounds in Detroit from 95-02 and I have seen just about every established talent 5 times in better venues.

Music is a very big world, and I have burned myself out on most electronic stuff. I am sure there will be a lot of great acts, it is just that there are other musical ideas that I find more interesting at the moment. I hope everybody does well, it is just that I am just not very excited about the festival in particular and electronic music in general. This year's DEMF is meh because of my lack of interest, not because of anyone else’s possible lack of talent.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Friday, 16 May 2003 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I worked with Tony for a few years in Mt. Pleasant at Michigan Wherehouse...then we went our separate ways. He's still making great music, but he's not releasing it. I'd go to his apartment and hear some cool track playing, and then he'd say it was him and play it off like it was nothin'. One of my former girlfriends said he looks like my doppelganger, but black.

File this post in the "who the hell cares?" department, right?

― Erick H (Erick H), Friday, 16 May 2003 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

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