Movement has announced set times for the 2025 Movement Festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend in Hart Plaza, Detroit. This year’s festival features over 115 acts spread out across six stages from May 24 through May 26 2025. Headliners include sets from Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills, John Summit, Charlotte de Witte and more. This [...]
Kwame Safo hosts an expansive conversation with Kevin Saunderson, DJ Paulette and Lovie, reflecting on their journeys as Black electronic musicians, navigating the industry, and joining the dots between the past, present and future of dance music Kwame Safo: Four individuals, three different time zones. I deeply appreciate that you're all here with us today. Kevin [...]
Detroit techno is more than just a genre—it’s a cultural movement, a philosophy, and an unstoppable creative force that has shaped the global electronic music landscape. Rooted in innovation and resilience, it has continuously evolved while maintaining its core identity. Stacey Pullen, a pivotal figure in this evolution, embodies the genre’s forward-thinking ethos. His [...]
As part of Blackout Mixmag, Dantiez Saunderson – son of techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson – selects 10 artists who are continuing the legacy of Detroit's innovative dance music scene into the new generation Detroit, a city synonymous with innovation in sound, has long been the beating heart of techno music — a genre born [...]
Mike Clark. Agent X. The Ambassador. He’s one of the most pivotal, most essential figures in electronic music history, holding down the underground for Detroit house music before such a thing existed. In that time he’s worn a number of guises. Clark was part of one of the early DJ groups in the [...]
A new BBC Essential mix from the duo is set for release on Friday February 7. Kevin Saunderson has revealed a new e-Dancer album. Written and recorded with his son, Dantiez, it's the Detroit techno veteran's "first original" e-Dancer since debuting the alias with 1998's Heavenly. Saunderson and his son previously collaborated when [...]
Carl Cox, DJ Minx, DJ Gigola and Jamie xx are among the bill Detroit’s Movement Festival has shared the first raft of names playing its 2025 edition, due to take place across Memorial Day Weekend, May 24 to 26, at Hart Plaza. Among the headliners are Carl Cox bringing his live hybrid set to the birthplace of techno, [...]
"This is about me, the pioneer, passing the torch to carry the legacy. I know it's in Dantiez's DNA. I know he’s ready," said Kevin Saunderson Kevin Saunderson and his son Dantiez have teamed up to release a new e-Dancer single, 'Melodica'. Listen to it below. The track marks a new era for e-Dancer, [...]
The “signature” portable sampler is limited to just 600 units, priced at $599.99 Roland and Moodymann – AKA Kenny Dixon Jr. – have teamed up to create a limited edition version of Roland’s “signature” portable sampler, the SP-404MKII. In celebration of Moodymann’s “continuing legacy”, the sampler pays tribute to the Detroit legend with sound banks created [...]
Robert and Lyric Hood make house that’s clear in its sanctified intentions — but whatever your beliefs, the music that the father-and-daughter duo create as Floorplan is some of the most joyous club material you’re likely to hear. Their new album, ‘The Master’s Plan’, came out on Classic Music Company last month, and Bruce [...]