Madison Music Review

You heard it here first! Plastikman Live is back… Richie Hawtin is donning his Plastikman alter ego and is going to be headlining the opening night’s festivities at this year’s Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit May 29 -31.

“It has always fascinated me how sound, lighting, visuals and human interactivity define and deepen a concert experience. By focusing on my own unique Plastikman sound I hope to find new freedom and explore the extremes of where these elements converge, challenging our senses, stimulating our memories, and creating an experience of physical and mental intensity that can be only Plastikman” – Richie Hawtin, January 2010

More details on the festival coming up… this year is going to be special. It is the 10th year anniversary for Detroit’s Electronic Movement Festival… with Carl Craig at the helm as Director of this year’s event, I am looking forward to the complete lineup announcement and the Plastikman booking has got me smiling. This is going to be magic…

The duo were back at The High Noon in Madison Thursday night once more searching for a Eurotrash girl… Here are some pictures from last night’s show.

Dark Star Orchestra were back in Madison recreating the Grateful Dead experience, this time with a set from the May 4th show at the Olympia Theater in Paris France, the legendary Europe ‘72 tour. Listed as show # 1766 on the band’s website, this performance also introduced the Madison audience to Jeff Mattson on guitar and vocals, doing a swell job channeling the Jerry Garcia spirit. A fun, epic 4 hour plus mid-week performance was just the dose needed to keep on truckin’ through the work week! Here’ s the set list from the show and some pictures…

Setlist: 05-04-72 Olympia Theater, Paris, France
1: Greatest Story Ever Told, Deal, Mr. Charlie, Beat It On Down The Line, Brown Eyed Women, Chinatown Shuffle, Playing in The Band, You Win Again, Hurts Me Too, He’s Gone, El Paso, Big Railroad Blues, Two Souls, Casey Jones
2: Good Lovin’, Next Time You See Me, Ramble On, Jack Straw, Dark Star> Drums> Dark Star> Sugar Magnolia, Sing Me Back Home, Mexicali Blues, Big Boss Man, Uncle John’s Band, Not Fade Away> Going Down The Road Feeling Bad> Not Fade Away
Encore: One More Saturday Night. Filler: Rockin’ Pnuemonia, Hard To Handle

Less than 12 hours and I was back at the High Noon Saloon, this time to support the efforts by our local radio station – WORT 89.9 FM to raise funds for the Haiti relief effort. I couldn’t stick around for the entire show but was able to catch sets by local reggae-roots-rock band Roots Collective, Tani Diakate Malian Blues Band and Limanye. Thanks to True Endeavors for setting up the show and Jamerica for the tasty treats. Some pictures from the afternoon:

Madison Music Review is donating a couple of high quality poster prints of your favorite DJ’s in a raffle to help raise money for DJ Mike Carlson who recently lost his home (and more records than I can bear to think of) to a devastating fire (more details here). The raffle is at the High Noon Saloon this Monday, February 8 and starts at 5:30pm. This is a no cover event and donations will be accepted at the door to benefit DJ Mike Carlson & family. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the event to win cool prizes! Talking about prizes, here are a couple of prints that we plan to have at the raffle:

These (and tons of other) goodies will be up for grabs at the High Noon on Monday evening… limited edition prints (11″x14″ or larger) on high quality photo paper…