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The 10th-annual Movement Electronic
Music Festival will be held May 23-25
at Detroit's Hart Plaza. The festival
features more than 100
of electronic music's
pioneering legends and
illustrious heavyweights
(including DJ Mike
Huckaby, left) in the birth-
place of techno music (for
details, dates and tickets,
visit movement.us). Here,
Aaron Siegel's guide to
his favorite picks appear-
ing this year:
to remix tracks.
As Siegel took on DJ projects, he
found inspiration from those who
don't stick to any particular genre
and instead push boundaries. He
admires the early Detroit radio DJs,
such as Electrifying Mojo and the
Wizard. He also has been motivated
by recordings played by 1980s DJs
on WBMX from Chicago.
Siegel, who still listens to a range
of musical styles from rock to clas-
sical, is a fan of John Zorn, who
takes an experimental approach to
various styles, including klezmer.
"I consider myself culturally
Jewish," says Siegel, who had his
bar mitzvah at Temple Beth El.
"I'm more spiritual than religious
and like music that is spiritual:'
Siegel, who often travels to New
York for work and to be with his
longtime girlfriend, has settled
into a street around the corner
from where his great-grandfather,
Abraham Siegel, had a scrap metal
yard.
In a music community that
understands heavy metal as part
of an art form, Siegel sadly recalls
that his great-grandfather and the
man's secretary were murdered in
an attempted robbery.
"I like to think of the better times
in the area" Siegel says. "I'm hoping
to create a new future very different
from what my great-grandfather
experienced"
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Carl Craig with Mike Banks: "Both Carl
[DJ] and Mike [keyboards] are Detroit
techno veterans so there will be some
special moments during their set of
live performance, improvisation and
DJing."
Luke Hess: "Luke has been mak-
ing some great records the last few
years. His sound is raw and deep — a
soundtrack for a late-night drive
around the city."
May 24
Model 500: "This is the alias of
Juan Atkins, who set the foundation
for techno music 35 years ago. The
Model 500 band, consisting of Atkins
along with members from Detroit's
Underground Resistance crew, will
play much of Juan's work, many titles
now considered classics."
Mike Servito: "Mike cut his teeth as
a DJ during the rave scene in Detroit
in the mid '90s. He is a great selector
with impeccable taste."
May 25
Ben UFO: "London's Ben UFO has
been gaining a steady following over-
seas, and after hearing some of his
mixes, I can see why. He doesn't stick
to a particular genre, has very good
taste and isn't afraid to experiment."
D. Wynn: "One of the unsung heroes
in techno, D. Wynn was a resident DJ
at the Music Institute, a legendary
downtown club in the late '80s." L
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The Preakness Stakes, the second
jewel in the Triple Crown of thor-
oughbred horse racing, takes place
on Saturday, May 16, in Baltimore,
with coverage on NBC begin-
ning at 4:30 p.m. The favorite is
Derby winner American Pharoah
(stories vary about the misspell-
ing of Pharaoh). Anyone who
watched the celebration following
the Derby knows that the horse's
owner (and his oldest son) are
very demonstrative winners. Far
fewer know that Pharoah's owner,
Ahmed Zayat, 52, is an Egyptian-
born Jew who, in 1980, came to
the States, where he owned an
Egyptian beverage company, which
he sold for millions to Heinekin (he
retains other interests in indus-
trial companies). Zayat, a father of
four, resides in New Jersey; a 2011
Daily Racing Form profile says
he "is so observant that during
Passover, for instance, there were
days he would not return calls,
owing to religious custom." ❑
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