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Review: Detroit Electornic Music Festival - May 27th, 28th & 29th

I can't believe no one has started this thread yet!

I only got to go to DEMF one day this year, but it was definatly an amazing day. For sure the best DEMF I had been to. The weather...holy CRAP it was hot. That's the way I like it though...it was GORGEOUS!

I went on Sunday. Got there just after 3:30pm with Cale and Sam after a mega lunch feast at The Olive Garden. We met up with Shanny and Derek at the main stage for Donald Glaude and quickly found Nat, Jenn, Chris, Kris and a few of their friends (sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you...I'm shy!). I LOVE Donald Glaude's energy. He's so much fun to dance too. He played a few tracks that I recognized. Apparently when I got there I had JUST missed Arcadia. Super fun dancing in the sorching sun. There was tons of room and it was awesome to look around and see the different, unique people around you.

Afterwards Cale, Sam, Shanny, Derek and I got some drinks (best lemonade EVER) and walked around the festival. It was cool to check out the different tents and to get a little wet in the fountain. Then we went down to the water to hang out. The breeze was awesome.

We were all going over to check out the Real Detroit tent at 6pm for Kenneth Thomas, but Cale and I headed over a bit before so we could look for some smoothies on the way. We didn't find any so we got some cherry-ade instead. Got to the RD tent where Yos was spinning and the next song that came on was that "So fucking sexy, you're a sexy fuck" I LOVE this song. We immediatly found some dancing room and started busting a move. He ended with "THIS IS MIAMI" and I just about FREAKED out. Right then, Shanny, Derek & Sam jumped into the tent and we all started rockin' it out. KT went on after that - I love that guy - and he was spinning super fun tunes. I really liked that tent. Shady, breezy, tons of room to dance and really friendly people.

We had to leave at around 6:30pm, but no worries, it was a great time. One of my favorite weekends in the summer for sure. I love the festival, the atmosphere and getting to hear all kinds of music I don't listen to as often. Glad it was gorgeous out.

Unfortunatly I didn't get a chance to go on Monday night to check out Ritchie Hawtin but I had to work early on Tuesday so I opted for sleep!

Best DEMF yet.

I think lack of reviews can be attributed to all the people who attended being in a non stop four day party.

Demf was great, I have tons of pictures and will put them up along with a full review when i get home from work tonight.

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Originally posted by shanny I think lack of reviews can be attributed to all the people who attended being in a non stop four day party.

oh shut up! Haha

4 days? Was it on Friday too? I thought just Saturday - Monday!

The pre-parties started friday night.

Donald Glaude was fucking awesome, I wish it wasn't so hot and I wish I didn't look like such a douchebag with rolled up jeans.

Smart thinking on my part not to pack shorts.

Oh yeah, $11 USD for lemonade.

Re: Review: Detroit Electornic Music Festival - May 27th, 28th & 29th

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 I wish I didn't look like such a douchebag with rolled up jeans.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* "So fucking sexy, you're a sexy fuck"

Don't worry you looked fine!

And that $11US for lemoade was for 2 giant lemonades which you have to admit was damn good lemonade.

I haven't posted yet cuz last night I got home from work at 8.. had dinner and went to bed until 8am this morning from not really getting any sleep after Sunday night.

And tonight I will post my review when I get home from Richmond Hill cuz I have to attend that as well

HOLY FUCK!!!!! demf is a techno lovers dream!!!!

great music from great djs......unbelieveable

too many memories

- getting a mantis from magicb (JEnn)
- "but i wasnt in long enough"
- abandoned detroit city blocks
- THE GHETTO!!!!
- the stoned black guy at taco bell
- guy eating puke in a plate
- hot indiana chick
- hooking up with a homeless chick
- the goth club........
- Guy Chris' crazy adventures
- hating richie hawtin one night/loving him the next (dunno why)


i hope to see some pics........we didnt take any

DEMF RULES

Chick Chris/Kris you rule!!!! you and keith supplied the laughs

Nats pleasure as always........8 step combo!!!!! its like riverdance!

proper review later.....this is a teaser


Vince

I seriously can't get enough of Donald Glaude's tunes

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 I seriously can't get enough of Donald Glaude

he put on a great set.........

its sooooo shit that the sound crapped out during his set!!!! but he recovered well, great show

josh wink, liebing/speedy j, beyer, hawtins close, the french guy in the beatport tent ALL WERE BRILLIANT

WOODY McBRIDE ruled!!!! i cant believe i got to hear him!

I am alive.

Barely, but I made it - Keith & I slept in till 4pm yesterday, ate, saw X-Men III and resumed being comatose till 7am this morning. Full review later today or tomorrow as my brain recovers.

I had a fackin' blast.

Kris

P.S. Hey Vince - "JESUS CHRIST!" lmfao

lol

holy shit i watched x-men too......jesus christ (wierd)

Tell me one of you spent your weekend hearing TECHNO...

How was Beyer??

THE REVIEW

I started my weekend on Friday afternoon - picked up Jason and Keith and started eating Keith's Killer Jello Shots as well as making Killer Mixed Drinks. Headed to Bleu for the Opening Party with Mathew Johnson. He was amazing - hard, tight techno beats and I had a blast. Wandered over to a local pub for more tunes post-2am before running an errand and then passing out. Delays on the Canadian side caused me to meet the TOTAs down at teh Festival. Saturday day at teh Festival was meh - the best I heard was Magda's set at the Beatport tent.

Went to the Min2Max Tour show at Masonic Temple and had a blast - Magda, Marc Khoule (?), and Hawtin made my night. I danced hard, long, and fast. They tried to get Richie to cease playing and he was like "fuck you" and kept going even when they turned all the lights on. They ended up turning them off 20 mins later 'cause he just flat out refused to cease. Left around 6am, picked up the TOTAs and went back to the Haus in Royal Oak.

Slept in till noonish on Sunday. Got up and back to the festival we went. Wandered around listening to tunes - have to say that Liebing/Speedy-J's closing set and Glaude's afternoon insanity were the best from Sunday. Went to the City Club show and the tunes were great. The sketch was off the hook though and we ended up bailing around 4am. Back to the Haus to pass out and enjoy some more quality sleep.

Got up around 4pm on Monday and made it to the Festival around 6pm. Wandered again and Adam Beyer's set was the shit. Saw Jeremy Caulfield in the Beatport Tent - funky techno! Nitzer Ebb = wtfgwar@demf?!?! I didn't like Hawtin's closing set Monday night as much as the set at Masonic. It was neat to watch Vince exclaim "I get it! I finally get Hawtin!"

Some memorable random moments from the Festival:

1.) I wasn't in there long enough!
2.) JESUS CHRIST!
3.) Some guy?
4.) I enjoy being stuck in my own head.
5.) Hey Jason, is this how you properly auto-exfixiate someone?
6.) Not the mama.
7.) You know, your style of dance meshes well with techno - funky techno.
8.) I NEED TO MOVE TO GERMANY!
9.) And lastly, FUCK TRANCE!
10.) No pooning or boning this weekend - I am dating and sleeping with my friends. But spooning is okay.

I had a great time this year - musically, far better than last year and well organized. The after parties were too many so the quailty was down as well as the amount of people at them. Hopefully, people will know better next year. 15+ parties on Sunday night = way too fackin' many.

Nat - YOU are MY sanity, dear. Glad you had a great time - you def should come back b4 I leave for the wild wild west and just hang out.

Vince - I had a great time hangnig out with you - I laughed my ass off so hard.

Jenn & Masis (?) - also rockstars - great company, great times.

Penny - MUAH!

J-Ho & Keith - my guys, reunion weekend = success.

Fran - great to see you again hon. And I will try for NYC b4 I leave - we shall see.

I am still excited for Lawler in two weekends - just let me sleep a little bit more and I'll be alright.

Kris

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Originally posted by Skipper Tell me one of you spent your weekend hearing TECHNO... How was Beyer??

I don't think I heard anything but techno all weekend long. Beyer was the shit - it was a tie between him, Speedy J/Liebing tagteam, and Caulfield for best set at the Festival.

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Originally posted by kabelicious Fran - great to see you again hon. And I will try for NYC b4 I leave - we shall see.

When was Fran there?!?!

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* When was Fran there?!?!

all weekend, lol

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Originally posted by TheNeonAlien - getting a mantis from magicb (JEnn) 8 step combo!!!!! its like riverdance!

hahahaa.. the mantis rematch 2006 @ the next event is in order I am sure
OMG.. laughs @ the riverdance. That was effn classic and caught on tape..lol

well, I guess I should start somewhat of a review now
Masis and I got there at around 830pm on Saturday due to him having some car problems along the way forcing him to be stuck in Toronto until about 4pm and not getting to my place until 5 but we finally got on the road.

Once parked and on our way, the ticket line for the festival was pure insanity and what we thought was going to take hours to get through ended up only taking 20 min. Apparently if you look lost and spaced out such as I did, they will let you get in line infront of a shitload of people... whatever works!

Anyhow, finally finding Kris & Chris and into the festival we go. I only managed to catch a slight bit of Holden and then wandered around for my first time experience. We ended up at the mainstage where Robert Hood was playing and we were certainly diggin the sounds there. At about 10:30pm we decided to head back to the car and get ready for Holden and Fair @ Bleu.

Got to the club around midnight and Fair was still playing. I wasn't really in the mood to groove yet but walked around, checked out the place and found myself a spot on the floor for Holden to take the decks. All I have to say about Holden is he is absolutely amazing. I have seen him several times in the past and have never experienced what I did on Saturday. The man had it going on and so put together. I had VIP as well, so I spent some time up there at the end of the night and just enjoyed sitting there watching him play. At the end of the night, Masis and I managed to snag our pic with the man himself. Such a nice guy all around and so humble. Definitely worth the trip to Detroit right there

Sunday rolled around and we all went out for a nice breakfast then off to see Glaude play. It was a hot one outside but I couldn't tear myself away from the beats to sit in the shade so away I went. It was my first time seeing him and he definitely put on a show. It was too bad when the sound died in the middle of his set but he got it back up and running and proceeded to get back into the same tune which was good. After that I sat for a short time in the shade to cool down and then Nat, Vince, Masis and myself wandered around the grounds checking out Kenneth Thomas along the way as well as some of the other tents. Then came dinner....

Kevin Saunderson came next... we only managed to catch the last 30 min of his set but as I was walking up to the mainstage I hear him getting ready to drop Preach. So I start walking a little faster so I could dance to Broken Inside. I wish I could have caught more of his set as it was just a teaser for me, but next time I won't be missing him. ORB came on after where Nat and Masis were totally diggin the sounds while Vince and I kinda sat there like kids with our "can we go now" antics Sorry Nat, your children were not behaving very well at that moment but we wanted to go see Josh Wink. So that is what we did. I really enjoyed his set. He was playing a very minimal funky/erie style set, but again only got to see about an hour of it cuz I didn't want to miss Liebing and Speedy J. The beatport tent though really needed to be open. It was incredible hot in there and almost unbearable at times for me but I managed.

Liebing and Speedy J was the last for the night. They started off pretty slow and I couldn't get completely into it at first so I laughed at Vince as he recorded some pretty funny scenes from the party.. lol (that dude, eww what was he eating :nervous and found Mike (e*motion) finally. Then they started to pick it up and before long I was on my feet dancing for the rest of the night. They had tons of energy and the crowd/vibe was amazing. Of course I can't ID anything so I can't give you details, but I had an absolultely amazing time. I really didn't want to leave and I wanted to go to the Beyer afterparty since I had to work Monday and wouldn't get to see him but off we drove home and I got home at about 4am.

I had a great time partying with you all this weekend.
Kris... thank you so much for all your hospitality. You are one of a kind and a blast to party with. The morning chat Sunday was hilarious too
Nat.. always a pleasure having you around. Gotta keep those steps going. I don't think I have seen you bust it like that before
Vince.. what can I say.. you certainly are a funny guy... lots of laughs to be had and good times... this will occur again sometime soon
Mike.. finally got to meet up with you but you got there way too late.. always a pleasure and we need to chill more often. What's next on the list?
Keith, Jason, Fran, Chris, Cale, Lisa and Josh.. it was a blast and I am glad I got to meet some new peeps and party with some old friends. I know I am forgetting people but there were people all over the place so sorry if I have forgotten you here

Well, yeah it was a long review. I just couldn't stop writing once I got into it, but if I am still here this time next year.. you better believe I will be at DEMF. What an experience!

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Originally posted by kabelicious all weekend, lol

WHAT IN THE FUCK! How did I miss him!? Was he there with you on Sunday during the day?

omg, I was at the end of this long-ass review, and I accidentally closed the window.

sucks to be me.

Will try again later. No patience now.

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Originally posted by tatgirl omg, I was at the end of this long-ass review, and I accidentally closed the window. sucks to be me. Will try again later. No patience now.

I feel for you Nat. I absolutly HATE when that happens!!

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* How did I miss him!?

the guy is like pookaroo........

missed him again!!!

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Originally posted by Skipper Tell me one of you spent your weekend hearing TECHNO... How was Beyer??

ALL TECHNO!!!!

Minimized to the MAX is more like it!!!!!

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I feel for you Nat. I absolutly HATE when that happens!!

...and once again only one word exists to explain this behaviour...

sketchbags!

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Originally posted by TheNeonAlien the guy is like pookaroo........ missed him again!!!

Hahahaha oh if Fran was polkaroo!

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Originally posted by shanny ...and once again only one word exists to explain this behaviour... sketchbags!

You're a douchebag!

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