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Finally we getting something cool in Detroit for once. The Foreign Exchange will be hitting the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit for a show on June 4th. The Foreign Exchange is a project from producer Nicolay and Phonte of Little Brother. The touring band also consists of Yahzarah and Darien Brockington on vocals, and backed musically by Zo! (from Detroit) & The ELs. Should be fun times. Nicolay has long been a Rensoul supporter so show my boy some love in the D.
PURCHASE: June 4, 2009: The Foreign Exchange | Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit MI
LINKS: NICOLAY OFFICIAL SITE | NICOLAY MYSPACE | THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE OFFICIAL SITE
Detroit rappers Black Milk and eLZhi are embarking on a month-long, 14-venue tour across Europe later this month to promote Black Milk's latest solo album TRONIC, which was released in October. eLZhi, member of the Detroit rap group Slum Village, released his Black Milk produced solo album The Preface on Fat Beats Records in August. The dates are as followed:
Thurs-March 19 Mainz, GERMANY TBA
Fri-March 20 Manchester, UK Mint Lounge
Sat-March 21 London, UK Cargo
Tues-March 24 Heidelberg, GERMANY Karlstor
Wed-March 25 Berlin, GERMANY Cassiopeia
Thurs-March 26 Duisburg, GERMANY Hundermeister
Fri-March 27 Arnhem, NETHERLANDS Loxor Live
Sat-March 28 Paris, FRANCE Batofar
Tues-March 31 Bremen, GERMANY Zucker Club Delmenhorst
Wed-April 1 Copenhagen, SWITZERLAND Rust
Fri-April 3 Barcelona, SPAIN Rote Fabrik
Sat-April 4 Madrid, SPAIN ClubbersDay Fest Telefonica Arena
Wed-April 8 Basel, SWITZERLAND TBA
Thurs-April 9 Biel, SWITZERLAND Coupole
Fri-April 10 Zurich, SWITZERLAND TBA
Sat-April 11 Cologne, GERMANY Luxor
LINKS: BLACK MILK MYSPACE | ELZHI MYSPACE
From what I heard was an amazing night, here is some video footage from the Suite For Ma Dukes performance last night in Los Angeles of the finale & encore. There were numerous cameos throughout the night but this video features Posdnous of the great De La Soul and Talib Kweli performing "Stakes Is High" and Illa J doing adlibs over "Fall in Love".
Timeless: A Suite For Ma Dukes is a four-song orchestral EP produced by Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood Ferguson of music originally produced by J. Dilla. The EP is available now via iTunes and with be on sale physically on April 1st in conjunction with ArtDontSleep and Mochilla. All proceeds from the EP will go to Ma Dukes. The pair with also perform the EP with a 40-piece orchestra on February 22nd in Los Angeles with opening DJ sets by J. Rocc & House Shoes, with help from VTech.
MORE INFO: Timeless @ VTech
PURCHASE: Timeless: A Suite For Ma Dukes - iTunes
TRACKLISTING:
1. Find A Way
2. Antiquity
3. Fall In Love
4. Nag Champa
Obey's Shepard Fairey, with B+, has created a print of J. Dilla based on B+'s 2003 Jaylib photograph. the 400 prints that were on sale at obeygiant.com quickly sold out, but 50 prints will be sold at the Timeless event "Suite for Ma Dukes" on Sunday Feb. 22.
MORE INFO: Obey x Dilla
LINKS: ARTDONTSLEEP MYSPACE | MOCHILLA | CARLOS NINO | MIGUEL ATWOOD FERGUSON MYSPACE
It my birthday on Friday, January 23rd, but I'm starting off the celebration early.
ROUND 1: Tuesday January 20th. K-Fresh's StoopidFresh 28th Birthday @ TV Bar with DJ Dez. I'll be DJing until I'm so wasted to pick up another record. I think I'm going to do a no-Serato/vinyl-only night myself. DJ Dez will pick where I left off and close the night in his amazing fashion. TV is located at 2554 Grand River in Detroit.
ROUND 2: Friday January 23rd. Jason "Brownstudy" Hogans is throwing an event at the Trowbridge House Of Coffee (THC) in Hamtramck (formerly the Lush Lounge) and he let me get on the gig. Brownstudy will be performing as Medium Parnell, along with special performances from leftfield hip-hop emcee Dial81 and techno/house producer/DJ legend Anthony "Shake" Shakir. Flyer posted above.
In between these days, who knows what I'll be doing. Maybe Noh Worry Wednesdays at The Bullfrog. Anyways, come have some fun with me for my birthday.
Grammy Nominated artist Janelle Monae will be performing January 16th at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theatre (603 E. Liberty) for University Of Michigan's 23rd Annual MLK Symposium, hosted by F.O.K.U.S. (Fighting Obstacles Knowing Ultimate Success), a student arts organization based in Ann Arbor and New York. Tickets for the event are $12 for U Of M students, faculty, and staff with an M-Card and $15 for the general public. Tickets can be purchase at the Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) on 503 State St.
LINKS: OFFICIAL F.O.K.U.S. SITE | OFFICIAL MLK SYMPOSIUM SITE | JANELLE MONAE MYSPACE
On Sunday night, January 11th, I'll be spinning live on Minced Meat Radio on Windsor/Detroit's CJAM 91.5 FM. The show goes from 12mid-2am and highlights dope underground hip-hop and electronic music with the lovely host Emily Copeland. The show can be heard live online at www.cjam.ca, and if you miss it live, they archive the show for 30 days. Along with my set, we'll be discussing the Detroit music scene, Rensoul.com, and StoopidFresh Tuesdays.
For more information on Emily Copeland and Minced Meat Radio, visit the links below. I'll post the archive audio links and tracklisting afterwards.
LINKS: MINCED MEAT RADIO MYSPACE | VEGETARIAN SELECTRONICS BLOG | CJAM 91.5FM
My boys at RandomReason will be bringing out the duo known as Dark Party on January 9th at the Park Bar in Detroit. Dark Party is a collaborative project from Chicago's Leo123 and New York's Eliot Lipp that was inspired by their favorite classic electro, techno & hip-hop producers. The two met a few years back in San Francisco and are currently finishing their album to be released on Mush Records. Eliot Lipp was in Detroit along with Daedalus a few months back to a packed crowd at The Old Miami so you do not want to miss it. Below is a little sampler the RamdomReason boys been passing out around Detroit in promotion for the show. Also playing the party is the great Kevin Reynolds and RandomReason residents K. Attic, Mr. Joshoooa, and Jeremy Kypta. The Park Bar is located at 2040 Park Ave in Detroit. The party starts at 10pm and runs until 4am. Admission is $5 before 11pm and $10 after.
DOWNLOAD: Dark Party @ Park Bar in Detroit Sampler
LINK: DARK PARTY MYSPACE
In wait of the October 25th release of TRONIC, Fat Beats has put together a free mixtape showcasing 25 of Black Milk's dopest tracks titled ELEC, which can be download via HipHopDX.com.
DOWNLOAD: Black Milk - ELEC mixtape
Tracklisting:
1. Fat Ray & Black Milk - Take Control
2. Black Milk - Give the Drummer Sum
3. Caltroit - Go Hard (feat. Ras Kass & Royce Da 5'9")
4. Elzhi - Motown 25 (feat. Royce Da 5'9")
5. Elzhi - D.E.M.O.N.S.
6. Caltroit - Goatit (feat. Elzhi & Bishop Lamont)
7. Black Milk - Dub Rock
8. Fat Ray & Black Milk - Nothing to Hide
9. Jake One - I'm Comin (feat. Black Milk & Nottz)
10. Dabrye - Special (Black Milk Remix, feat. Guilty Simpson)
11. T3 - Yawl (feat. Elzhi)
12. Caltroit - Mouth Music (feat. Guilty Simpson)
13. Slum Village- Call Me (feat. Dwele)
14. Pharoahe Monch - Bar Tap
15. Young RJ - Welcome to the District (feat. Black Milk)
16. Black Milk - The Matrix (feat. DJ Premier, Pharoahe Monch, & Sean Price)
17. Slum Village - Bootleggin
18. Genius / GZA - 7 Pounds
19. Caltroit - Bang that Shit Out (feat. Bishop Lamont & DJ Rhetttmatic)
20. Guilty Simpson - My Moment
21. Marv Won - Talk About
22. Caltroit - Everything (feat. Kardinal Offishall)
23. Fat Ray & Black Milk - Get Focus (feat. Phat Kat)
24. Fat Ray & Black Milk - When it Goes Down
25. Caltroit - Inconvenient Truth
Also, Black Milk is now on the Caltroit European tour with Bishop Lamont and Guilty Simpson, along TRONIC release parties in New York, Detroit, and Toronto. The dates are as followed:
Thurs-Oct-9 Aarhus, DENMARK Train
Fri-Oct-10 Zurich, SWITZERLAND Aktionshalle
Sat-Oct-11 Paris, FRANCE Gibus
Mon-Oct-13 Leipzig, GERMANY Connie Island
Tue-Oct-14 Amsterdam, HOLLAND Paradiso
Wed-Oct-15 Rotterdam, HOLLAND Watt
Thu-Oct-16 Cologne, GERMANY TBA
Fri-Oct-17 Basel, SWITZERLAND Das Schiff
Sat-Oct-18 Oslo, NORWAY Bla
Fri-Oct-24 New York, NY Southpaw- "TRONIC" ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
Tue-Oct-28 Detroit, MI The Shelter@ St. Andrews Hall- "TRONIC" ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
Thurs-Nov-6 Toronto, CANADA Revival- "TRONIC" ALBUM RELEASE PARTY w/eLZHI
Sat-Nov-15 Los Angeles, CA Key Club w/Sean Price
LINKS: BLACK MILK MYSPACE | FAT BEATS
On Tuesday, August 12th, me and DJ Dez played the album listening party for eLZhi's the Preface, but there ended up being performances from eLZhi featuring Phat Kat and Royce Da 5'9", along with an opening set from Danny Brown. It was a dope party and essentially the kick off to Soul In The Hole Tuesdays at The Shelter with yours truly K-Fresh and DJ Dez. Nic Notion put together some video footage from the event (above) along with a Detroit demo reel (below) that features some footage of me getting down at eLZhi's party.
Over at Angela's Eye, video footage from last week's Brooklyn's Finest party with Talib Kweli, Idol Warship, and DJ Graffiti at Plan B has been posted. It was a slammin' event.
LINK: Angela's Eye - Video: Talib Kweli & Idle Warship At Plan B In Detroit
(Source: Press Release) - eLZhi, esteemed member of Slum Village, will be releasing his solo debut, The Preface, on August 12, 2008 through Fat Beats Records. The 16-track album, produced almost entirely by rising star Black Milk, features guest appearances by a who's who of the Detroit hip-hop scene. Royce Da 5'9", T3 (Slum Village), Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat, and more add to what many have predicted will be one of the most noteworthy hip-hop releases of 2008.
With The Preface, eLZhi displays the unpredictable flows and rhyme schemes he is known for and also touches on an impressive variety of concepts and subject matter. He demands perfection in his tracks and the attention to detail shows in the expert production of Black Milk. Having worked with countless hip-hop talents like Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank, Lloyd Banks, Canibus, Pharoahe Monch, T3, and J Dilla, Black Milk tidies up the tracks with his signature air-tight beats and samples.
In the late-nineties, eLZhi made a name for himself by moving his way up through the ranks of Detroit's underground scene and teaming up with Slum Village for his first big taste of success. He has since been making the rounds, working with local Detroit luminaries such as J Dilla, Waajeed of Platinum Pied Pipers, and Dwele, in addition to a well-received solo tour of Europe during his early years in the game. Hip-hop enthusiasts across the globe consider eLZhi to be one of the most skilled emcees in the entire scene, and bloggers and critics have been trumpeting this sentiment since the release of the last Slum Village album in 2005. With the release of The Preface, eLZhi looks to cement his name amongst the greatest emcees in the game.
DOWNLOAD: eLZhi - "Motown 25 (feat. Royce Da 5'9")" (mp3)
PURCHASE: Fat Beats (CD, MP3, and combo deal w/ Buff1's "There's Only One")
Also, there will be a pair of local eLZhi listening parties coming up. The first at Burn Rubber Sneaker Boutique in Royal Oak on Saturday, August 9th. The second is down at The Shelter at Saint Andrews Hall on Tuesday, August 12th with DJ Dez and yours truly K-Fresh.
Los Angeles’ ArtDontSleep in conjunction with KCRW and The Echoplex present a soulful night of music spanning from Detroit to DC with performances from the Platinum Pied Pipers Cast No. 2 and Muhsinah. The PPP duo of Waajeed and Saadiq are back with a new album Abundance, due out this October, with a new cast of players including St. Louis’ Coultrain, Texas’ Karma, NYC’s Jamilia, and Detroit’s Neco Redd. The night will also include DJ sets from Kutmah and one of my new favorite DJ/producers The Gas Lamp Killer. The Echoplex is located on 1154 Glendale Blvd in Los Angeles, CA. Admittance to the show is 21+ and tickets are all $15. Presales are available at TicketWeb.
LINKS: PPP MYSPACE | MUHSINAH MYSPACE | PURCHASE @ TICKETWEB
On Saturday, August 2nd, Quest M.C.O.D.Y. presents The Light Show, the album release event for his new album The Light Project. Quest will perform live with the Gorilla Funk Mob backing him. Please note that the venue has been changed to The Shelter at Saint Andrews Hall (431 E. Congress) in Detroit. The show will also include guest performances from Guilty Simpson, Buff1, Marvwon, Miz Korona, and Finale & Invincible.
LINKS: QUEST MCODY MYSPACE | QUEST MCODY ARTICLE ON METROMIX (7/28)
The Burn Rubber Mixtape Release Party is Friday July 25 at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. Octane & Illite, Big Sean, Marv Won, Quest MCODY, Monica Blaire & Ill Street will all be performing. Speaking of the store, they have the illest t-shirt on sale there that totally encompasses my thoughts on coke use these days. Here's a picture and item description taken from their site.
"Now, on to the In4Mation tees. These tees raise a lot of eyebrows, but that’s what streetwear does, if done properly. It get’s people talking and thinking. The average person may look at these tees and say they are reckless, some may say they are borderline genius. We have both shirts in Men & women. I’ll explain the first one. The first one just shows a picture of a bloody nose with powder, and a mouth. Some people may look at this and say that it promotes drug use, but on the sleeve it says, “Blow Blows”. Sick!!!"
Now I don't editorialize too much on this site, but this item gives me fodder to express my hated of blow. Now I know its always been around, you do not need to tell me that. My problem is that for as long I have been in the music/club scene in Detroit, his shit has never messed up my good time until now. The lacksidaisycal attitude about it all these days just makes me uncomfortable. What ever happen to just blunts and brews? Oh well. Blow blows! Never have! Never will! (and I already know someone reading this will think I'm sounding holier-than-thou, so what! If others can say whatever they want all the time, give me that luxury once.)
On Saturday July 26th is the opening of the Elements Gallery, a Detroit music based art gallery/cybercafe started by Detroit's DJ Sicari and it will serve as a place for musicians, artists, photographers, bands, djs etc... to showcase their talents. The party starts at 3pm for the all-day event and live performances are at 11pm. The Elements Gallery is located at 2125 Michigan Ave (at 14th across from Slow's Bar-b-que) in Detroit. This is something of OURS so please support and respect it.
LINK: DJ SICARI MYSPACE
On Saturday, July 19th, Kicksounds and Burn Rubber present the official Creme De La Creme album release party from Michigan emcee Illite. The flyer says it all. Below is a track to download. See you there.
DOWNLOAD: Illite - "Champion"
LINK: OFFICIAL ILLITE MYSPACE
On July 31st, at The Majestic Theater (4120 Woodward) in Detroit, Red Bull Music Academy presents the Red Bull Big Tune head to head producer battle tour. For the Detroit stop, the featured producer is Detroit's own Mr. Porter along with a performance from Guilty Simpson. Red Bull Big Tune is a program created to showcase the talents of established and emerging producers and sound providers. To RSVP and for producer submission go to the link below.
House Shoes will be in town this Thursday for the Danny Brown Hot Soup listening party at Oslo, then two nights later he is hosted his own Shoes House Producer Showcase at Alvin's (5756 Cass) in Detroit. The showcase will feature beats from House Shoes, 14KT, Denmark Vessey, Big Tone, Nick Speed, and Apollo Brown. Doors open at 9pm and the showcase starts at 11:30pm. Cover is $5 for 21+, $8 for 18+ (yes its for the kiddies too).
The debut solo album from Danny Brown Hot Soup is set for a July 1st release via Nick Speed's Libido Sounds imprint. The album features a majority of production from Nick Speed, along with Danny Brown and Quelle.
The official Danny Brown Hot Soup listening party goes down June 26th at Oslo (1456 Woodward Ave) in Detroit with DJ House Shoes (and maybe yours truly, hehe). Then, the official release party is on July 1st at Northern Lights Lounge (660 W. Baltimore) in Detroit as a part of the venue's weekly The Next Big Thing with DJ Dez, Uncle Paulie, and Benny Ben. The cover is $5 and you receive a free copy of Hot Soup if you bring in a can of soup.
As I posted once before, here's some Danny Brown stuff you can download for your enjoyment:
- Danny Brown Detroit State Of Mind (zip file)
- Danny Brown Detroit State Of Mind Vol. 2 (zip file)
- Danny Brown Detroit State Of Mind Vol. 3 (zip file)
- Rese-vor Dogs "Yes" (mp3)
LINK: OFFICIAL DANNY BROWN MYSPACE
The Michigan jazz/funk collective NOMO has announced their Summer 2008 tour dates. NOMO's latest release Ghost Rock is now available via Ubiquity Records. The dates are as followed:
July 2 Detroit City Fest—Detroit Michigan
July 4 Top of the Park—Ann Arbor, Michigan
July 5 Frankie's—Toledo, Ohio
July 8 El Mocambo—Toronto, Ontario
July 9 Le Petit Campus—Montreal, Quebec
July 10 The Middle East—Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 11 Joe's Pub—New York, New York
July 12 Zebulon—Brooklyn, New York
July 13 Zebulon—Brooklyn, New York
July 14 World Café Live—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 15 Rock and Roll Hotel—Washington DC
July 16 Local 506—Chapel Hill, North Carolina
July 17 TBA—Asheville, North Carolina
July 18 Exit In—Nashville, Tennessee
July 19 The Earl—Atlanta, Georgia
July 20 The Republic—New Orleans, Louisiana
July 22 Emo's Lounge—Austin, Texas
July 23 Hailey's—Denton, Texas
July 25 Off Broadway—St. Louis, Missouri
July 26 Wicker Park Festival—Chicago, Illinois
July 27 The Waiting Room—Omaha, Nebraska
July 29 Quixote's True Blue—Denver, Colorado
August 1 First Friday Street Fair—Las Vegas, Nevada
August 2 Detroit Bar—Costa Mesa, California
August 3 Spaceland—Los Angeles, California
August 4 The Casbah—San Diego, California
August 5 Bottom of the Hill—San Francisco, California
August 7 Doug Fir—Portland, Oregon
August 8 Northwest World Reggae Festival—Marcola, Oregon
August 9 Nectar Lounge—Seattle, Washington
August 10 Media Club—Vancouver, British Columbia
August 14 7th St. Entry—Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 15 The Annex—Madison, Wisconsin
August 22 Campus Marius—Detroit, Michigan
LINK: NOMO MYSPACE
This weekend in Detroit, I'm be spinning at a couple parties. The first is playing at Northern Lights Lounge (660 W. Baltimore) in Detroit on Friday, June 13th with DJ/producer from Manchester, UK named Trus'me. To Detroiters, he's similar style-wise to the disco house of Theo Parrish or Moodymann. Get there early, it'll be a slamming party all night long. Check out a few mixes and the Trus'me MySpace below.
LINKS: LISTEN TO TRUS'ME @ PLAY.FM | OFFICIAL TRUS'ME MYSPACE
Then the next night, Saturday, June 14th, I'm be spinning at Survival Rating: 39, the birthday bash debauchery of Flint's DJ Psycho with a bunch of other house and techno DJs. Below is the set times and link to more info on Psycho's birthday madness.
UPSTAIRS:
10pm - K-FRESH
11pm - DAN LUCAS and NEIL V.
12.30am - RONIN SELECTA
1:30am - MATT K.
2:30am - FUCKSTARTER
DOWNSTAIRS:
9pm: SUPERJOINT
10pm: AVA
11pm: THEE UNKNOWN (aka C. Roy)
12am: DJ SEOUL
1am: BIG JOE HIX
LINKS: MORE INFO ON SURVIVAL RATING: 39 | OFFICIAL DJ PSYCHO MYSPACE
On Saturday June 7th, the Gorilla Funk Mob will be performing with Allan Barnes (original saxophonist for the Blackbyrds) live at Alvin's in the debut concert of Barnes 'Blackbyrd Revue'. I'll be doing special jazz DJ sets at the beginning and end of the night. For more information and a preview of tracks being played, go to the Official Gorilla Funk Mob MySpace page.
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.
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