DEMF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#10352Post 1 of 162005-02-24

hell ya, im going!!!!! Taken from Detroit Free Press

Techno festival will go on

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

BY BRIAN McCOLLUM FREE PRESS POP MUSIC WRITER

Detroit artist Kevin Saunderson has signed a three-year contract with the City of Detroit to produce Hart Plaza's annual techno party.

With the new contract comes a new name to adorn the marquee in downtown Detroit: "Fuse-In Detroit: Electronic-Soul Movement."

The signing, which came late Tuesday after two days of negotiations, means the groundwork is in place for a festival this Memorial Day Weekend, though hurdles remain for Saunderson and his team, who have indicated that a scaled-down event may be necessary to clear the way for 2006.

Saunderson is expected to name Fuse-In's top staff later today, include Ade Mainor of Submerge Records as festival director and Los Angeles events veteran Scott McIntyre as marketing director.

This marks Saunderson's first year as sole producer of the event. Last year, he coproduced the Movement festival with fellow techno star Derrick May.

May, who owns the Movement name, decided last fall to step down from the festival business, citing heavy financial losses and the stresses of producing an event that has come to be regarded as a Detroit cultural showcase. Saunderson submitted his own proposal to the city in September, and began discussions with officials in January.

The late start puts Saunderson into a scramble for sponsors, vendors and artists. Publicity director Barbara Deyo said several options remain in play, including the possibility that this year's Fuse-In will be a ticketed event, with admission passes in the $5-to-$10 range. Such a move would require approval of the Detroit City Council. Lucius Vassar, director of cultural affairs for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, would head up any political pitch to the council on the festival's behalf.

Saunderson broke onto the dance-music scene in the mid-1980s, scoring several international hits that combined Detroit's fledgling techno sound with classic R&B elements. He's aiming for a Fuse-In lineup that will feature an equal number of live groups and dance DJs.

"He wants more live acts, a wider variety of music," Deyo said Wednesday. "Kevin really wants to show the crossover between genres, and broaden the festival's horizons."

In previous interviews, Saunderson has indicated that he will rely heavily on the Detroit-area techno community for financial and logistical support. A series of fund-raising events is in the works - including parties in Detroit (Fifth Avenue Downtown, March 13) and Ann Arbor (April 3) - with details to come.

Steven Tebor, a Livonia electronic music supporter, said he's confident area fans will come through to ensure the festival doesn't die.

"If it's a matter of money - and I know that's what it always comes down to - then let's get it started," he said. "I think people will pull through to get this done."

#366425Post 2 of 162005-02-25

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"He wants more live acts, a wider variety of music," Deyo said Wednesday. "Kevin really wants to show the crossover between genres, and broaden the festival's horizons."

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they DESPERATELY need more variety in this event. i didnt agree with a lot of the music they chose to show case last year. this event has soooo much potential, and is a very good thing for detroit, but they need to bring music to the public that the non tech head can get into. the festival brings out a lot of people who dont normally listen to edm, the average person can't get into experimental shit, fuck i can't get even get into the experimental shit. nobody wants to hear that in a festival atmosphere. i really hope they can bring this together and maximize the potential of this event. what i enjoyed most last year were the afterparties that had nothing to do with the festival itself. last year was a major disapointment for me.

From what i hear about ULTRA at wmc being a bunch of under 18's on chemicals, this is a similiar enviroment. last year i saw a young young girl maybe 14-15 TOPS having to be carried away from parametics after she collapsed while in the crowd in on one of the stages, they laid her down in an open area, very close to where i was sitting, and she just vomited and pissed herself. i was pretty disgusted and left pretty quickly after i saw that. im all for having your fun with whatever substances you may enjoy, but when you see kids who cant even get a learners permit for there drivers liscnese fucked up out of there mind, not even realizing theres music on stage is just sad. hopefully this year draws a crowd more concerned to being exposed to new music as oppossed to getting fucked up until they piss themselfs. sorry to rant, last year left a horrible taste in my mouth, i'll never forget that young girl. it was disgusting.

#366456Post 3 of 162005-02-25

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[quote=3d_1200][quote=diskofreak]

"He wants more live acts, a wider variety of music," Deyo said Wednesday. "Kevin really wants to show the crossover between genres, and broaden the festival's horizons."

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they DESPERATELY need more variety in this event. i didnt agree with a lot of the music they chose to show case last year. this event has soooo much potential, and is a very good thing for detroit, but they need to bring music to the public that the non tech head can get into. the festival brings out a lot of people who dont normally listen to edm, the average person can't get into experimental shit, fuck i can't get even get into the experimental shit. nobody wants to hear that in a festival atmosphere. i really hope they can bring this together and maximize the potential of this event. what i enjoyed most last year were the afterparties that had nothing to do with the festival itself. last year was a major disapointment for me.

From what i hear about ULTRA at wmc being a bunch of under 18's on chemicals, this is a similiar enviroment. last year i saw a young young girl maybe 14-15 TOPS having to be carried away from parametics after she collapsed while in the crowd in on one of the stages, they laid her down in an open area, very close to where i was sitting, and she just vomited and pissed herself. i was pretty disgusted and left pretty quickly after i saw that. im all for having your fun with whatever substances you may enjoy, but when you see kids who cant even get a learners permit for there drivers liscnese fucked up out of there mind, not even realizing theres music on stage is just sad. hopefully this year draws a crowd more concerned to being exposed to new music as oppossed to getting fucked up until they piss themselfs. sorry to rant, last year left a horrible taste in my mouth, i'll never forget that young girl. it was disgusting.[/quote]

I agree...it's gotten kinda dirty. Most people there don't know how to handle their shit, it's not the safest environment, there's really only a few folks I wanna see anyway in their 1.5-2 hour slot. It's not what it was in the past, and I'm concerned it will never be...

#370484Post 4 of 162005-03-01

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[quote=3d_1200][quote=diskofreak]

"He wants more live acts, a wider variety of music," Deyo said Wednesday. "Kevin really wants to show the crossover between genres, and broaden the festival's horizons."

[/quote]

they DESPERATELY need more variety in this event. i didnt agree with a lot of the music they chose to show case last year. this event has soooo much potential, and is a very good thing for detroit, but they need to bring music to the public that the non tech head can get into. the festival brings out a lot of people who dont normally listen to edm, the average person can't get into experimental shit, fuck i can't get even get into the experimental shit. nobody wants to hear that in a festival atmosphere. i really hope they can bring this together and maximize the potential of this event. what i enjoyed most last year were the afterparties that had nothing to do with the festival itself. last year was a major disapointment for me.

From what i hear about ULTRA at wmc being a bunch of under 18's on chemicals, this is a similiar enviroment. last year i saw a young young girl maybe 14-15 TOPS having to be carried away from parametics after she collapsed while in the crowd in on one of the stages, they laid her down in an open area, very close to where i was sitting, and she just vomited and pissed herself. i was pretty disgusted and left pretty quickly after i saw that. im all for having your fun with whatever substances you may enjoy, but when you see kids who cant even get a learners permit for there drivers liscnese fucked up out of there mind, not even realizing theres music on stage is just sad. hopefully this year draws a crowd more concerned to being exposed to new music as oppossed to getting fucked up until they piss themselfs. sorry to rant, last year left a horrible taste in my mouth, i'll never forget that young girl. it was disgusting.[/quote]

Agreed, I remember seeing that. Crazy shit. Each yr just gets worse. As much as I say that I am not going to go next yr. I still end up there anyways. Now I usually only go one day instead of all three. I can't handle all the little kids there that are fucked up on E. I hope they do charge to get in. So that it will help to elminate some of the kids. This festival could be so much better. But when it gets down to it. If your not there for the music stay away. Do yourself a favor and do ur drugs at home.

#373455Post 5 of 162005-03-09

i agree completely, i was there the first 2 years of DEMF and it was nothing short of spectacular. ever since all i have heard is horror stories. i'm going to be back home visiting so gonna go up for this this year, and i hope shit like this dont happen. if i see a buncha little kids tarding up the area, i'm liable to bring the supreme pimp hand down upon them and teach them a lesson. so look for me in the news for being arrested for bitch slapping charges on underage drug crazed zombies

#377923Post 6 of 162005-03-14

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^ I agreed.

#378181Post 7 of 162005-03-15

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so a few friends of mine back in ohio need to schedule off work for this, and its been a while so i forget, is this usually fri/sat/sun, fri/sat/sun/mon, or sat/sun/mon?

#389607Post 8 of 162005-03-23

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[url]http://www.digitalcity.com/detroit/entertainment/event.adp?evid=1960988&type=eventschedule[/url]

keep checking back at that site. movementfestival.com seems to be down. They usually don't get all their lineups confirmed early. It's always memorial day weekend. I'd suggest finding the line-up and heading up for a day or two to see a few of the dj's you want to see and spend the rest of your long-weekend hanging out with friends or enjoying the road trip. 3 days is WAAAY TOO MUCH TECHNO for anybody's brain!

#389612Post 9 of 162005-03-23

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Well hopefully this yr there will be a broad range of djs not just techno. That is what I am hearing Kevin Saundrson wants to do. But yes I agree 3 days of techno is way to much. That is why i usually only go for one day. At the most I can handle is 2 day but 3 is way to much. The first day usually sucks anyways.

#413002Post 10 of 162005-05-04

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Just incase anyone cares. They have announced the lineup for this yrs festival. Also I just found out Rabbit in the moon is playing a afterparty on may 29th at the state. Sasha is playing at Club Bleu on May 29 th as well. So of the highlight act that are playing the festival this yr.

Green Velvet Richie Hawtin Christian smith Mistress Barbara Adam Beyer and many more

[url]www.fuse-indetroit.com[/url]

#413055Post 11 of 162005-05-04

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whoever above said they need more variety...they don't imo.

This is DETROIT. Not a prog/house/trance cuddle puddle.

I understand the logistics of wanting a variety of people to attend, but i'd attend this festival to get away from the ULTRA nonsense, which i didn't bother with anyway.

Line ups are...SICK!!!! This whole event has ME written all over it.

FUSE-IN 2005 : ARTIST LINE UP DATE STAGE TIME ARTIST Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 12 Noon DJ Shortround Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 1:00 PM DJ Marquis Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 2:00 PM The Surgeon Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 3:00 PM Pirahnahead Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 4:00 PM John Collins Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 5:00 PM Aaron Carl Live Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 6:00 PM Mike Huckaby Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 7:00 PM Minx & Genesis 4 Turntables Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 8:00 PM Fabrice Lig Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 9:00 PM Aril Brikha Live Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 10:00 PM Green Velvet-live Sat, May 28 Main Fuse-in Stage 11:00 PM James Pennington

Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 12 Noon Dwayne Jenson Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 1:00 PM Driving Soul Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 2:00 PM Eric Johnson Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 3:00 PM Keith Worthy Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 4:00 PM Kevin Dysard Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 5:00 PM Dj 3000 Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 6:00 PM Dj Dex Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 7:00 PM John Tejada Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 8:00 PM Quentin Harris Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 9:00 PM KDJ Live Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 10:00 PM Tony Ollivierra Sat, May 28 Waterfront Stage 11:00 PM Electrofunk Live

Sat, May 28 Underground/Mutekek 12 Noon Drew Maddox Sat, May 28 Underground/Mutekek 1:30 PM Tony Zadonia Sat, May 28 Underground/Mutekek 3:00 PM Egg Live Sat, May 28 Underground/Mutekek 4:30 PM J. Hunsberger Live Sat, May 28 Underground/Mutekek 6:00 PM Mike Shannon Dj/Live Sat, May 28 Underground/Mutekek 7:30 PM Jeff Milligan Sat, May 28 Underground/Mutekek 9:00 PM Pheek (Live) Sat, May 28 Underground/Mutekek 10:30 PM Akufen

DATE STAGE DATE ARTIST Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 12 Noon 3 Degrees Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 1:00 PM Brown Brothers Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 2:00 PM Dj Fingers Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 3:00 PM Strand Live Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 4:00 PM Dj Zapp Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 5:00 PM Scan 7 Live Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 6:00 PM Slum Village Live Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 7:00 PM Aux 88 Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 7:45 PM Buzz Goree Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 8:30 PM Stacey Pullen Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 9:45 PM INTERMISSION Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 10:00 PM Model 500 Live Sunday, May 29 Main Fuse-in Stage 11:00 PM Kevin Saunderson

Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 12 Noon to be announced Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 1:00 PM Tonka Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 2:00 PM E. Spleece Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 3:00 PM Houseshoes Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 4:00 PM Wasted Youth Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 5:00 PM DJ Cloud 9 Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 6:00 PM Invincible & Finale Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 7:00 PM Dj Dez Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 8:00 PM ONEBELO Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 9:00 PM 12 Tek Mob Sunday, May 29 Waterfront Stage 10:00 PM Athletic Mic League

Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 12 Noon Chuck Flask (dj/live) Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 1:30 PM Tom Newman (dj/live) Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 2:30 PM Trish Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 3:00 PM Bryan Zentz Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 4:30 PM Marco Corrola Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 6:00 PM Christian Smith Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 7:30 PM Ben Simms Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 8:30 PM Michel de Hey Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment Tronic Treatment Stage 9:30 PM Mistress Barbara Sunday, May 29 Underground/Tronicc Treatment 10:30 PM Adem Beyer

DATE STAGE DATE ARTIST Monday, May 30

Main Fuse-in Stage 12 Noon Kim James Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 1:00 PM Dj Digital Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 2:00 PM Tek Brothers Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 3:00 PM Mike Clark Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 4:00 PM Heath Bruner Vmax-Live Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 5:00 PM to be announced Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 6:00 PM Blake Baxter Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 7:00 PM Kenny Larkin Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 7:45 PM Octive One, Live Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 8:45 PM INTERMISSION Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 9:00 PM UR Live Monday, May 30 Main Fuse-in Stage 11:00 PM to be announced

Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 12 Noon Ray Bone Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 1:00 PM Bruce Bailey Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 2:00 PM Dj Bet Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 3:00 PM Divinity Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 4:00 PM Dj Greensky Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 5:00 PM Niko Marks Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 6:00 PM Zo & the Guerilla Funk Mob Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 7:00 PM Carl Craig Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 8:00 PM Rich Medina Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 9:00 PM Benny Rodriguez Monday, May 30 Waterfront Stage 10:00 PM Terrence Parker

Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 12 Noon Clark Warner Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 1:00 PM Rich Korach Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 2:00 PM Deetron Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 3:00 PM Rex Sepulveda Dj/live Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 4:30 PM Acid Diji vs. Deadbeat (Live) Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 6:00 PM Jeff Sameul Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 7:30 PM Luciano Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 9:00 PM Dan Bell Monday, May 30 Underground/Paxahauahau 10:30 PM Richie Hawtin

#413059Post 12 of 162005-05-04

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wow

#420500Post 13 of 162005-05-18

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Who is all going to DEMF from here. I am going on sunday and probably monday night. Maybe we can have a big MN meet up somewhere.

#420756Post 14 of 162005-05-19

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[quote=Jenks]whoever above said they need more variety...they don't imo.