So Sunday May 27th I was in Detroit to play that evening for NextAid's official movement afterparty at MotorCity Wine which by the way was awesome, i'll explain that night later in this recap.
I arrive with Oscar P, Jessica Bendig & friends to get my V.I.P badge around 4:00pm and the minute I enter Carl Craig is ROCKING THE SPOT. Never heard Carl Dj before and I was always a fan of his productions so to walk in while he's rockin it was awesome, I was expecting him to play borderline Techy/Driving Techno sounds but NO! the dude was playing some dope ass HOUSE Tracks, straight soulful, techy funky shit hard...*see video below*
Right after Carl...comes in Dj Sneak, who as of late started his own personal WAR with Swedish House Mafia that's gaining some enormous fame and criticism on both ends, I haven't heard Sneak play in awhile so I was really hoping for him to KILL IT, and from the very 1st jam he played....HE DELIVERED!!! talk about sending subliminal messages thru music? I listened to Sneak who had a 1hour & a half slot for about 30 mins. then off I went to check out Maya Jane Coles....
I head to the Beatport stage and there she was, not like if we never met because we did briefly about 2 years ago but there she was, in the mix, and the crowd was all into it, the area was VERY packed in and loving the sounds, she was playing something that sounded like she produced it and it was DOPE!! although I liked it and it was funky I had to head back to check out Dj Sneak & sure enough the dude was Wrecking it!
20 mins. later I see Piranahead who tells me he's Djing in 20 mins @ the "Made In Detroit" stage, so I meet with Diviniti Divine and my peoples and watch Piranahead drop some soulful house gems on the crowd, 45 mins later I leave, see Loco Dice arrive on the scene also with my dude Filsonik, we chill Main Stage/Backstage and I notice Josh Wink setting up, yet another Dj who I heard was awesome but NEVER HEARD BEFORE so I had to sick around...well at least I tried to until I bumped into Shauna from the Objektivity [Dennis Ferrer, Filsonik, TMB, etc. etc] and she told us that Jaime Jones was Djing @ the Red Bull stage.....
Off we go as I have been hearing alot about this guy, so I head there with an open mind and when I get there, it's FULLY PACKED so I have a Guest Access badge which entitles me to get backstage but that was full, I tried getting into what he was playing and it was funky and dope but honestly it reminded of what I heard Maya Jane Coles doing, the tracks she was rockin?... so I wasn't really impressed but granted I only gave him about 30 mins of my time because security was clearing out backstage cause it was just to crazy?, so back to the main stage I go to check out Josh Wink and the DUDE WAS SMASHING THE STAGE WITH CLASSIC HOUSE RECORDS!!!!
In retrospect people really NEED TO ATTEND THE MOVEMENT FETIVAL aka DEMF regardless if Deep House is not represented to the tee. I would love to see more Deep House/Soulful represented from all area's but regardless if you love HOUSE MUSIC it is a reason to go because you DO learn something new......
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Please note the video here shows the early time, this starts @ noon and ends around midnight and get's busier by the hour!!!