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Paxahau, producers of Movement 08 – Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival introduces recycling program initiative creating a green festival experience.
“Music festivals, in general, can amass a significant amount of waste, and we felt it was the right time and necessary to create an efficient recycling model, not only for our festival, but for other Detroit events,” stated Jason Huvaere, Movement 08 director. “Everyone needs to do this.”
Paxahau Promotions Group has teamed up with Recycle Detroit, a non-profit organization founded by Detroiter Sarah Kubik; Omar S. George of Waste One Management in Clinton Township; and Great Lakes Recycling of Roseville to collect recyclable materials during the three-day Movement 08 festival, May 24-26, Memorial Day Weekend, at Detroit’s Hart Plaza.
The festival will have approximately 10 recycling tents, staffed with volunteers that will collect cans, bottles, and paper. Great Lakes Recycling, offering single stream capabilities, will store and process all the recyclable materials, and once separated, the recyclables will be transferred to a single location for further processing.
“What we are doing with the partnership of Paxahau with Recycle Detroit, Waste One Management, and Great Lakes Recycling is creating a greening template that can be duplicated by other events held in the City of Detroit,” added Sotiris (Sam) Fotias, Paxahau Promotions Group. “To add this recycling component the cost to Paxahau is surprisingly nominal. There is no reason why other event promoters and producers would not follow our lead.”
To create a Green program for Movement 08, Paxahau drew inspiration from the Detroit City Council Green Task Force that is chaired by City Council President Ken Cockrel, Jr., the Detroit City Council Environmental Justice Task Force, chaired by Councilmember JoAnn Watson; and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s Motor City Makeover program.
Paxahau continually upgrades the festival experience, from the artist line-up to the drastically enhanced sound systems as well as weatherproofed staging. Paxahau is also committed to improving the environmental impact of Movement 08 as well as future events held in Detroit’s Hart Plaza. Paxahau is planning to have a larger green push for 2009, and is considering the use of solar panels to power festival stages.
Thursday, May 1 through Sunday, May 4, 2008 dubbed STOP THE VIOLENCE WITH HIP HOP WEEKEND in Detroit:
A local coalition between the Better Detroit Youth Movement, True Infinity Solutions, the City of Detroit, Fusicology, and many other grassroots community-based organizations has come together to name this weekend, May 1 - 4, 2008, the 1st Annual "Students Taking On Prevention" Weekend, which will celebrate, inspire, and endorse positive cultural actions on behalf of the city's youth and prominent city figures that provide alternatives to violence as a method of expressing anger, angst, frustration, or oppression... such as through TRUE Hip Hop - through creative and constructive MC battles, DJ battles, music production, break-dancing, and graphic art.
In an effort to revitalize the original culture of Hip Hop, these organizations are coming together to create opportunities and situations which allow Detroit youth to practice and develop their skills in Hip Hop-related arenas, rather than fall prey to violent situations, such as street fights and gunplay. This movement also disspells the mantra surrounding today's popular Rap music, further boycotting the violent and materialistic stigma now attached to Hip Hop.
The weekend happens to also surround the much-anticipated "Pioneers of Hip Hop" concert @ The Fox Theatre on May 3rd, which features legends KRS-One, Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh, Whodini, MC Lyte, and more, which represents popular Hip Hop icons that have not had to resort to violence or bling in order to attain or maintain their respect in music. Originally scheduled to appear at several community forums around the city this weekend, as well as give talks at local schools, KRS-One unfortunately had to cancel his visits due to an injury incurred from a thrown bottle at a recent concert in New Haven, CT. However, pioneers Kurtis Blow and Grand Master Jay of NYC will still be giving talks to students at 3 public schools on Friday, May 2nd, as well as appearing at several in-studio, riverfront, and church functions over the course of the weekend.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Thursday, May 1: Silence the Violence Rally @ Coleman A. Young Municipal Center | 6pm - 7pm
Friday, May 2: Kurtis Blow, Grand Master Jay, local Hip Hop artists give student talks @ Farwell Middle School, Martin Luther King Jr. High, Highland Park High School | 8:45am - 2:15pm /// Live local radio & television interviews | 3pm - 6pm
Saturday, May 3: ALR Lupus Walk w/The Dilla Project & STV Students @ Detroit Riverfront | 8am - Noon | RSVP to Walk for Dilla & STV here!
*All events are FREE & Open to the Public*
{with exception of the Fox Theatre concert}
And get some rest after all that action to prepare for the Erykah Badu concert wsg The Roots, also @ The Fox Theatre on Sunday night, May 4th... only to be followed by the Official Roots "Rising Down" Album Release / Listening Afterparty featuring a 4-hour set from DJ ?UESTLOVE and hosted by Roots front man, MC BLACK THOUGHT @ Confidential Lounge Hosted by PublicMediaGroup, this afterparty is a sure-shot, if their last Devil's Night party with ?uestlove is any guage...
In order to keep everyone informed on the developing details of the Movement '08 Festival, a live web station has been launched with festival news, music reviews and live DJ's. Go to Paxahau.com, click on “tune in” link for directions on how to hear the show. Tentative run schedule will be Tuesdays 6-9 pm. The special guest for Tuesday April 29th is Michael Geiger. These broadcasts will also be available in the Paxahau & Movement archives.
Tickets are available online at Wantickets. com and are now available in Metro Detroit at the following places:
- RecordTime (27360 Gratiot Ave, Roseville) - (586) 775-1550
- Urban Bean Co (200 Grand River, Detroit) - (313) 962-9797
LINKS: OFFICIAL PAXAHAU SITE | OFFICIAL MOVEMENT '08 MYSPACE
Public Media Group is giving away a pair of tickets to Rising Down - the official listening party for The Roots new album with DJ ?uestlove and hosted by Black Thought on Sunday May 4th at Confidential Lounge (211 W. Congress) in Detroit. Just go to the PublicMediaGroup.com and sign up for their mailing list. The winner will be chosen on Friday April 25th.
Limited $10 advance tickets can be purchase HERE and their are going fast. Plus, $5 discount at the door with ticket stub from the Erykah Badu / The Roots show earlier that night at The Fox Theatre.
Taken from The Official Movement '08 MySpace:
It takes a lot of volunteers to make this huge event run smoothly. As a volunteer, you will play a critical role in producing this weekend long event. Being a Movement volunteer puts you in the middle of all of the action and excitement from the initial volunteer meetings to the actual festival. It also gives you the opportunity to hear some of the best electronic music from around the world.
All festival volunteers will receive:
* A Movement volunteer event t-shirt
* Free admission to the Festival
* Complimentary meal for each shift of volunteering
* An unforgettable experience!
All volunteers are required to attend one of two Volunteer Informational Meetings. These meetings will be held in locations to be announced on the website and via email. During these meetings you will meet festival staff, learn about your duties as a volunteer and be assigned your position(s)/shift(s). Both meetings will be held on Saturdays between the hours of 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM. To register as a volunteer, you must be at least 18 years of age and you must have a valid photo id.
General areas of volunteering are listed below. However, please note that actual placement for volunteer work in any of the below listed areas will be based on availability and experience level and will not occur until after a short interview at one of the volunteer meetings.
General Volunteer Work Areas:
*Artist Relations/Credentials
*Airport Pick-up
*General
*Media
*Photo
*Pre-festival
*Post-festival
*Production
*Promotion
Please send an email to volunteer_08@demf.com so you can be informed of when and where the meetings will take place.
So my brothers in this Detroit hip hop shit are finally on tour overseas together as DJ Dez, House Shoes along with Phat Kat and Elzhi as Cold Steel hit Europe this month. Dates and cities are as followed. Check your local listings for more venue and show information.
Apr 16 2008 Rust - Copenhagen
Apr 17 2008 Stall6 - Zurich
Apr 18 2008 LeRomandie - Lausanne
Apr 19 2008 Kassablanca - Jena
Apr 20 2008 TBA - Warszana
Apr 23 2008 Roxy - Wien
Apr 24 2008 Batofar - Paris
Apr 25 2008 Loco Mateo - Valencia
Apr 26 2008 TBA - Barcelona
Apr 30 2008 Golshaus - Vechta
May 2 2008 Halle02 - Heidelberg
May 3 2008 TBA - Stuttgart
LINK: HOUSESHOES MYSPACE | DJ DEZ MYSPACE | COLD STEEL MYSPACE
It's that time again. Time to put in your application for the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy, this year held in Barcelona, Spain. The Red Bull Music Academy is a multi-genre event created for DJs, musicians, producers, MCs, singers, sound engineers (you get the picture)…anyone with a true passion for music and its evolution. Receive a unique opportunity to discuss music, equipment, techniques, share ideas, and create with musicians and artists from across the world! Listen to and learn from the shared experiences of our tutors and special guest lectures. In previous years, locations for RBMA included Rome, Cape Town, London, Berlin, and Australia!
Red Bull Music Academy is free to apply, with ALL EXPENSES PAID! Don’t miss your opportunity to experience this phenomenal event! To provide more information on the academy itself and the application process, we will conduct a general information session on Thursday, April 7 th, at 7:00pm at Submerge Bldg 3000 East Grand Blvd Detroit. Please contact Brian Gillespie (Throw76@hotmail.com) to obtain more information and to RSVP for this session. Those outside of Metro Detroit Area may feel free to contact him as well and he will put you in contact with with more details. Meanwhile, please visit www.RedBullMusicAcademy.com to learn more and view past lectures.
RedBull Music Academy Info Session Detroit Chapter
April 7th at the Submerge Bldg.
3000 East Grand Blvd
Detroit, MI 48202-3134.
Free
Doors open at 7pm
Guest Lectures start at 8:30pm
RSVP: Brian Gillespie - Throw76@hotmail.com
Application Phase: March 14th - May 5th
DOWNLOAD: Free RBMA Application
Guests Speakers/Production room.
Todd Sines - OFFICIAL SITE
Brian Kage (Production) - OFFICIAL SITE
D.L. Jones (Production; Sao Paulo 2002 Red Bull participate) - OFFICIAL MYSPACE
DJ DIck (Monthly Mixer) - OFFICIAL SITE
Todd Osborn - Red Bull Radio
Dennis Coffey - Motown/Sussex Hair & Thangs/Dennis Coffey & Detroit Guitar Band. Evolution Ground Breaking solo album "Scorpio" OFFICIAL SITE
On Saturday, March 29th, I'll be spinning at The Sneaker Project from 4pm-6pm at The Boll Family YMCA along with the afterparty at Confidential.
The Sneaker Project :: Art from the Street Up
This is a 2-Day Event!
Friday, March 28th: 7pm-Midnight
Saturday, March 29th 2pm-7pm
@ The Boll Family YMCA | 1401 Broadway | Downtown Detroit
$10 per day | All Ages!
BRIAN GILLESPIE
FRANKIE BANK$
ERROL
K-FRESH
JAY SPLIFF
+ MORE!
Featuring a rare and unusual Sneaker Exhibition, live art installation by Dr. Revolt, Mark Bode & Tristan Eaton, special guest DJs, autograph sessions with celebrity athletes and artists, giveaways, doorprizes, and much more...
Tickets available at BURN RUBBER in Royal Oak, SPECTACLES in Detroit, REFUGE in Dearborn, and online at groovetickets.com
All Proceeds Benefit the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign
SPREAD THE WORD!!!
Sponsors: Sneaker Freaker | Puma | Mass Appeal | 10 Deep | Universal | Refuge SkateShop | Burn Rubber Sneaker Boutique | Vitamin Water | Klever Printing | G.O.A.T. | Fusicology | Real Detroit Weekly & MORE
Here's some video footage from the Guilty Simpson album release party last Tuesday at The Shelter put together by Midigi.com.
LINK: Guilty Simpson @ Midigi.com
Guilty Simpson Performance Part 1:
Guilty Simpson Performance Part 2:
Royce Da 5'9" Performance:
A partial lineup for this years Movement Festival has been announced by Paxahau this week. The annual Detroit Electronic Music Festival during Memorial Day weekend (May 24th-26th) will include involvement from MySpace along with the new Red Bull Music Academy Stage (replacing the Pyramid Stage). The RBMA Stage will include performances by: Newcleus, Egyptian Lover, Shawn Michaels, James Zabiela, Benny Bennassi, The Cool Kids, Girl Talk, DATABASS (featuring Godfather), Justin Kruse, Tech Itch and Dieselboy. Pre-sale tickets for Movement '08 are now available online at the Official Movement '08 MySpace Site. The initial lineup is as followed:
ALEX UNDER –live
ALTON MILLER
BENNY BENASSI
BUZZ GOREE
CARL CRAIG
CASSY
COBBLESTONE JAZZ –live
COOL KIDS –live
DBX –live
DIESELBOY
DUBFIRE
EGYPTIAN LOVER –live
GIRL TALK –live
GUILLAUME & THE COUTU DUMONTS -live
HALF HAWAII –live
JAMES ZABIELA
JORIS VOORN –live
JUSTIN KRUSE
KONRAD BLACK
MATHIAS KADEN –live
MIKE GRANT
MINX
MOBY -dj set
NEWCLEUS -live
SPEEDY J -live with Scott Pagano VJ
TECH ITCH
TERRENCE PARKER
ZIP
LINKS: OFFICIAL MOVEMENT '08 MYSPACE | RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY | PAXAHAU PROMOTIONS
Yep. I'll be spinning at the official Detroit release show for Guilty Simpson's album titled Ode To The Ghetto, due out this Tuesday on Stones Throw Records. Get there early and get this party started right with ya boy.
Starting March 4th, Todd Osborn and James T. Cotton (aka Tadd Mullinux, Dabrye), together known as TNT, will be launching a weekly dance music night every Tuesday at the Firefly Club in Ann Arbor. The night will features disco, funk, boogie, house, techno, new wave, and whatever crazy dance music they can pull out into the seamless sets along with unreleased original tracks, exclusive edits, and rare dance tracks.
Recently, Spectral Sound released the new James T. Cotton album Like No One. Check out more information about this release HERE. JTC will be the guest at FreshCorp's newly reformed Family party at Oslo in Detroit (1456 Woodward) on March 7th with residents Todd Osborn and Brian Gillespie.
Todd Osborn has a pair of releases dropping via Spectral Sound soon with the Ruling EP on March 4th and the full length album Osborne on May 5th.
LINKS: TNT MYSPACE | SPECTRAL SOUND | GHOSTLY STORE
photo credit: Vanessa Miller
During the early hours of February 6th, the Forest Arms Apartments caught fire, leaving many homeless and unfortunately taking the life of one individual. Forest Arms was the residency for many Wayne State University students along with the Amsterdam Cafe and People's Records.
Relief funds have already been set up for the residents of Forest Arms. For us in the music community, People's Records was one of the main stores that all us music loves, music producers, and all around vinyl junkies shopped at so we need to band together and help out. People's Records owner Brad Hales will be holding a benefit for his store during his monthly Original Funk Night on Friday February 29th, now held at The Woodbridge Gallery on 1761 W. Forest (at Rosa Parks). Right now, People's Records is continuing business as usual at 5835 Third St. Email peoplesrecordsdetroit@gmail.com. Look for an addition People's Records benefit party mid-March brought to you courtesy of House Shoes and Rensoul.com. Stay tuned for details.
Forth Horizon, the creators of the First Fridays Beat Lovers parties at the now closed Buzz Bar comes this month's edition of The Reset dance party held every 2nd Friday at The Old Miami. Since it's Forth Horizon's Mike MacCool's birthday, he put together an Aquarius line-up for the party with DJs Milieu, E. Spleece, and yours truly K-Fresh, along with a special performance from the band Noman. Everyone that was at my birthday bash (dancefloor craziness) know how I'm about to get down this Friday. Old Miami is located at 3930 Cass Ave in Detroit. Afterparty will be held at 6 - details at the show (I think I'm playing there too).
This Sunday, February 10th, on the 2nd anniversary of the passing of J. Dilla, House Shoes presents The Light - a benefit for Maureen Yancey. The party will include performances from House Shoes, Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat, Big Tone, 5 Ela, and many others. The show will be at Northern Lights Lounge located at 660 W. Baltimore in Detroit. A majority of the proceeds will be donated to Maureen Yancey. Come out and spread the word about the greatest to ever do it.
Stones Throw announced the dates for the upcoming European tour with Guilty Simpson, Percee P, and DJ House Shoes. They are as followed:
FEB 14 DUBLIN @ The Village
FEB 15 MANCHESTER @ Mint Lounge
FEB 16 LONDON @ Cargo
FEB 19 SHEFFIELD @ Fusion & Foundry
FEB 20 LEIPZIG @ Conne Island
FEB 21 VIENNA @ B72
FEB 22 ZURICH @ Stall 6
FEB 23 HAMBURG @ Hafenklang
FEB 27 ROTTERDAM @ Waterfront
FEB 28 OSLO @ BLA
FEB 29 STOCKHOLM @ Mosebacke
MAR 01 PARIS @ La Batofar
In honor of MLK day, Mos Def brings together a Big Band in Tribute to J Dilla @ UM Hill Auditorium, 7:30 pm, 1-21-07.
"UMS and the U-M office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives will co-present this Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day concert featuring Mos Def in a tribute to Detroit's most influential and respected producer, J Dilla, who died in February, 2006 at age 32 from complications from lupus. Through poetry and hip-hop, his infectious rhymes — infused with an acute social consciousness — reclaimed hip-hop's revolutionary soul, critiquing the violence and deceit found in "gangsta" rap and examining head-on the issues of the Black experience in the U.S. This concert tribute will be presented only in Ann Arbor."
Proceeds to be donated to Maureen Yancey and the J. Dilla Foundation.
LINK: PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE
On Saturday, December 22nd, real Detroit hip hop makes it return to Saint Andrews Hall for the venue's X-mas party with a lineup that this city hasn't see in such a long time. The schedules line up is Trick Trick, Slum Village, Phat Kat, Royce Da 5'9", Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, and DJ House Shoes. The best part about this is that this show is absolutely free, so this bitch BETTER be packed. This is a show Detroit needs!! I can't wait to see Royce perform. He hasn't really done many appearances in Detroit over the past few years.
Saint Andrews X-mas Party
wsg Trick Trick, Slum Village, Phat Kat, Royce Da 5'9", Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, and DJ House Shoes.
Saturday, December 22nd
Saint Andrews Hall
431 E Congress St. - Detroit (Google Map)
No cover!
On Friday, December 21st, I'll be spinning at Instinctive Movement's The Big Payback at Northern Lights Lounge. I plan to get a bit ignorant on the dance music tip, mixing old school New Dance Show joints with some new joints, along with all sorts of ignorance. It'll be mad fun. Below is the official press release from IM.
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PRESS RELEASE - The artists of Instinctive Movement, in support of Gleaners Food Bank & the Coalition On Temporary Shelter (COTS), launch a three-fold outreach program. The Big Payback partners Instinctive Movement with local businesses to collect food for needy families during the Holiday Season. I.M. invites community members to set up a food donation sight for the food drive, attend The Big Payback event on Friday December 21st, & volunteer for meal service at COTS on Saturday 22nd.
From November 19th – December 21 st, Instinctive Movement joins Gleaners Food Bank in the fight against hunger by organizing a canned food drive. For over 25 years, Gleaners has "nourished communities by feeding hungry people." Instinctive Movement is proud to partner with Gleaners in raising food donations in support of the fight to end hunger in southeastern Michigan.
The Coalition On Temporary Shelter helps homeless individuals and families break the cycle of homelessness through a wide array of services. One such service is serving meals to needy families. Instinctive Movement joins COTS in serving lunch & dinner on Saturday, December 22 nd. Volunteers are encouraged.
For information on canned food collection or to volunteer for meal service, contact Instinctive Movement at (313) 283-2744, instinctivemoves@gmail.com or www.myspace.com/instinctivemovement.
The Big Payback will bring the Detroit community together on Friday, December 21st at Northern Lights Lounge. Enjoy Soul-Funk-Dance music, spun by the DJ collective, The Four Horsemen with special guest, DJ K-Fresh. The host for the evening is Detroit's luminary, songstress and MC, Monica Blaire. There is an at-the-door charge of $3, however, to feed those in need, donate canned food and the entry fee is waived.
I.M. promotes dynamic creative expression and works to create social change. The Big Payback calls for community involvement through food donation & meal service. Instinctive Movement looks forward to uniting forces with the metro-Detroit community and as a result, touching & changing lives of those in need.
Joshua Adams (PublicMedia | Exchange Bureau) just posted his new dance mix titled 11.
LINK: Josha Adams - "11" mix (mp3)
Also, Joshua Adams and his EB bandmate El-Mahdi, collectively known as Affiliates Program, will be doing a DJ, live keys, and vocals set at Tactical House Squad's (THS) monthly Hot House party on December 8th at Corktown Tavern (1716 Michigan Ave | Google Map) in Detroit.
