BY: VIIAAN Photos: Doug Wojcieschowski, Stephen Bondio y Sam
DETROIT 2022
DETROIT IS, HAS BEEN, AND WILL BE THE HOME OF TECHNO: A CITY THAT ENCAPSULATES THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.
Movement Festival opened its doors again after the last edition in 2019. Years after, a series of events undoubtedly changed the world and how we perceive it and our envi- ronment. Thousands of people gathered in downtowns Hart Plaza with the same goal, listening to music and dancing.
More than 100 artists who have been vital in the history of electronic music performed from May 28 to 30, including Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew, Delano Smith, Maya Jane Coles, Andrés, Flying lotus, Carl Craig, Goldie b2b LTJ, DJ Sting- ray 313, and of course Jeff Mills, a representative figure of techno and club music who as part of the festival and in collaboration with Axis Records alternately exhibited his latest album and visual project, “Mind Power Mind Control,” a film produced during the last six years under his direction, a history with a profound message that addresses issues such as the transformation and self-control of our environ- ment through the mind, alchemy, contemporary art, esoter- icism, and lucid dreams.
Mills made it clear that everything is language, purposes, and concepts and that the power of communication has been linked to the power of the mind since the beginning of humanity. The film has clips of what could be the first archive of thousands of years ago when language was primitive, and dancing was a priority. Textures, colors, and symbolism within all these images.
On the other hand, the nightlife is a mixture of good music and rave lovers, after-parties are an essential part when we talk about Movement. Detroit indeed hosted not only artists and listeners but promoters, curators, and local and foreign record labels in charge of producing dozens of alternating parties throughout the festival and after closing. Resolute and The Bunker, both projects from New York threw a cou- ple of parties with very diverse line-ups and engaging, the latter including one of Forest's Drive West only tour dates in America alongside CCL X Batu, an out-of-body experience with sounds Naturally extracted from the jungle.
During the first after- party Aurora Halal, producer and DJ based in Brooklyn, New York, presented her live act focused on dark textures and melancholic overtones at Marble Bar. She captured the public's attention from start to finish thanks to her particular way of playing with rhythms and BPM. Halal and its hardware revealed a more intimate and mysterious part of the artist compared to her more dynam- ic DJ sets focused on the dance floor that serves as part of the same stage.
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