Category Archives: Festivals

Sonic Rolling Ball Sculpture

My friend Rory recently got to exhibit his Sonic Rolling Ball Sculpture at the Royal Festival Hall during the Ether Festival 2010. I was quite pleased to catch it on the final day in April, having seen some of the work in progress a few weeks earlier. A few days ago he posted a video

London police vetting musical performances for terror risk

Police vet live music, DJs for ‘terror risk’ Staggering, even given the way authoritarianism has been taking hold in London over the last few years.

Finally got last year’s Movement report up

Lots of pics and some video clips if you don’t feel like reading the whole thing. …and Here’s April’s top 10: Zero Duma – DJ Tools Volume 5: Alternative Conclusions [Ibadan] Sam Prekop – Who’s Your New Professor [Thrill Jockey] Orlando Voorn – Underwater [Ignitor] Chateau Flight – Celestial Showers [Versatile] James Duncan – Peoples

Part V

It’s here! So who all is going? Remember if reading on my blog you can post comments here. This is both the lineup and my comments, and I’d love to know more about the peepz I’m asking about at the bottom: Movement 2004 lineup Aardvark Alden Tyrell live Amp Fiddler live Barbara Preisinger Biological Live

DEMF 2003

Saturday If you’ve actually read all of this, you must be starting to get an idea of what it felt like to finally reach this Saturday morning. I was *so* ready for this festival to start. It turned out that the Omni was further away than the Lycos mapquest thingy led me to believe (yes

Pre-DEMF 2003

Thursday …As I was saying, Thursday morning started with a trip to Detroit airport so we could return the rental car. We stopped one exit early in order to get gas. When I was walking in the building to pay for it, a guy pulled in bumping some amazing techno – I thought “Welcome to

All Tomorrow’s Parties

Note: this post has been moved above the two below it, in order to preserve chronology – originally posted yesterday. You may want to read those for the full story. I’m trying to recap in order (and what I remember – thank goodness for this little line-up card): Friday ==== The Fall were really good.

DEMF 2002

I can’t say I really felt the vibe I came to Detroit for this year @ the festival proper, but I don’t think that had much to do with festival execution. Much like last year, it was hard to find the right place for your mood. I had some issues with the schedule/stages, like Dave