​12 top tracks from the relentless Movement Electronic Music Festival

With six stages to choose from there is never a dull moment at Movement, but if a venture to the Made In Detroit Stage is not on your itinerary, that’s a big mistake. Here’s where the local heroes come to showcase the music that built the scene in the Motor City, from hard hitting techno to gritty deep house. The first day featured heavyweights like Kai Alce, Keith Worthy, Jammin Collins, Mixxin Mckinney, DJ Minx and Alton Miller, but Norm Talley’s set was particularly special as the first half consisted of music that featured “Detroit” vocals. Pirahnahead’s ‘Whatupdoe (Tha D)’ was a clear standout track that had the crowd, which seemed to be mostly locals, moving vigorously in the warm Michigan sun. When visiting a city like Detroit, it’s best to be immersed in the local community in order to truly feel its infectious energy.

Patrice Baumel's first release on Afterlife is a favorite peak-time track in the techno world right now, and Mixmag heard it at least twice over Movement weekend. First, powerhouse Nicole Moudaber dropped 'Glutes' in her set on the main stage on Saturday, and it hit hit hard for the thousands of people on the dance-floor. Then, at Lee Foss' Repopulate Mars closing party, Mind Against (which seemed like an odd booking alongside Shiba San and Golf Clap) closed out their set with this one and the small crowd on the patio stuck around until that final fade out. A class ending to a compelling set.

Sunday, we had a particularly techno-heavy schedule, and that night on the Underground Stage, we found ourselves with the American Midwestern artist, DVS1. DVS1's set and the underground stage he occupied made you feel like you were in the darkest of warehouses rather than a festival at sunset. We were hooked when he dropped Discrete Circuit's 'Incursion', a dark, powerful MISTRESS Recordings release, which is the sublabel of DVS1's imprint HUSH. This pounding tune left us wishing we'd ID'd the whole set.