Yesterday’s build at Lincoln Factory for Visionquest 15 Years.
Really lucky to have so many beautiful friends and collaborators helping bring this one to life.
Getting close now.
Timeslots have landed.
23 + hours across four spaces at Lincoln Factory with Detroit legends, live acts, extended sets, old friends, and the next generation pushing things forward.
From morning coffee into deep night and beyond.
This one is about drifting between rooms, unexpected moments, losing track of time, and being surrounded by people who truly care about the music.
May 25.
Detroit.
15 years deep.
Last ticket tier now live.
Get them via @resident_advisor while you can.
Detroit after midnight.
The lights get lower. The rooms get darker. The music gets deeper.
For Visionquest 15 Years, Lincoln Factory transforms over the course of 24+ hours into a full environment. As the night unfolds, all areas of the space come alive with different energies, different sounds, and different moments happening at once.
This is the part we look forward to most. The stretch of night where time disappears a little and the party settles into its real rhythm.
May 25
Detroit
Timeslots dropping later this week.
Final ticket tier now active. Get them while you can.
For the first time in a long time, the three of us will be performing together as Visionquest together again in Detroit.
Monday, May 25
Visionquest — 15 Years
Lincoln Factory
A full-circle moment for us and for everyone who’s been part of this story from the early days until now. Detroit has always been home at the center of it all, and it feels right that this next chapter starts here together.
We’ll be taking over the Freezer stage Monday evening as part of the 15-year celebration alongside friends, family, and a new generation carrying the spirit forward.
@shaun.reeves@ryancrosson@leecurtiss
Set times soon.
Tickets moving fast via RA.
Who’s joining us?
Our Visionquest catalog countdown ends with the landmark VQ001- the Where The Freaks Have No Name EP, the label’s absolutely massive debut release delivered by production maestros/extended Visionquest family members @benoitandsergio . The DC/Berlin duo are seasoned producers with finely honed electro pop sensibilities who have been showcased via notable releases on DFA and Spectral Sound. The opening track “Walk and Talk” is the EP’s ironic and iconic sing-along barnstormer, featuring a heartfelt lament documenting the narrator’s sad resignation to the compromised state and aloof nature of an anesthetized lover. Rarely has such a mournful refrain adopted the form of such a buoyant earworm; appealingly emotive while its psychedelic touch caresses willing crowds worldwide, unified under the spell of this quintessential slice of blurred romantic techno. Hissing, breathing sounds weave in and out of its steadily hypnotic groove as the ethereal vocal adds yet more hallucinogenic resonance to this masterpiece of a track.
The EP’s title track “Where The Freaks Have No Name” is another killer venture into electronic psychosis, with undulating arpeggios and ominous sounds that dramatically rise and fall atop busy congos and pitched-down phantom voice snippets that manage to create an atmosphere of compellingly seductive dread- like the soundtrack for a heated tryst in a haunted boudoir. The release closes with the beautifully warped last opus “Day Residue” which initially evokes a nostalgic 80s synth feel, like Human League via a hybrid Vangelis/Moroder filter; rich textures then arise and run wild to conjure dynamic depths and highs, and bubbling widescreen sci-fi sounds give way to a wave of gleaming pads and jewel tones that envelop the listener in a rush of sparkling sonic optimism. At nearly 10 minutes long, it’s an epic and enthrallingly experimental close to the EP that began Visionquest’s 15 year legacy of releasing ambitious, witty, and exciting electronic music that can’t help but extol heightened emotion within its irresistible grooves.
VQ002 is the Utopia EP, the superbly beatific release by the masters of sublime synthpop songcraft Footprintz, aka @addy_weitzman and @clarianmusic . Footprintz possesses a unique kind of musical skill borne of this magnetic partnership’s perfectly balanced pop sensibilities. Title track “Utopia” opens the release with a plucked guitar line and a charming synth melody over which blissful intimately delivered vocals complete the track’s warm, dreamy atmosphere. A captivating blend of pop magic, hatched in a dream and painted in vivid colour, it beguiles the listener with its genuine heartfelt hooks.
“Golden Dreams” follows with a touch of romantic darkness, cloaked in mystery and soaked with mood. With a clanging metal pulse, uttering choral cries, and apocalyptic echoes, it evokes a thrilling sensation of sweeping drama unfolding within a new wave noir atmosphere. The EP closes with @ewanp ’s inspiring take on “Utopia”, which steers the track to the dancefloor by adding a bit of 4/4 clubby heartbeat energy along with beds of pulses and bleeps and a complementary minor key synth figure, leading to a climactic chorus of sighs that soars with melancholic beauty and grandeur. With this EP, Footprintz announced themselves as creators of songs that seem at once familiar yet strikingly new; a hybrid of early morning synth sounds, improbably lovely vocal harmonies, and forward-thinking recontextualizations of dance, indie, and folk moods that captivate both hearts and dancefloors alike.
VISIONQUEST — 15 YEARS
What started as a small collective of friends pushing their own sound grew into a global community of artists, dancers, and dreamers.
This Movement weekend we return to Detroit to celebrate 15 years together.
Phase One Lineup
Visionquest (@yourvisionquest )
Magda (@magda_official )
Rick Wade (@rickwade1986 )
Hiroko Yamamura (@hiroko__yamamura )
Luke Hess (@lukehess_deeplabs )
Andrea Ghita (@andreaghita )
Tomas Station (@tomasstation )
O.bee (@libremo )
Justin Shaffer (@shafferj )
Aline Umber (@alineumberlive )
Greg Paulus (@gregpaulus )
Monday May 25
Lincoln Factory — Detroit
Tickets now available.
More artists and details soon.
Artwork and video - @christopher_mohn
#Visionquest #Detroit #MovementWeekend
VQ003 is The Dark Song EP from melodic techno luminaries @taleofus , which marked the Italian duo’s Visionquest debut with a stunning trio of tracks that captivate with their evocatively serene yet haunting atmospheres. Engulfing the listener in a luscious wall of sound from the onset, “Dark Song” begins the EP with a mournful flutelike melodic figure accompanied by simple, sparse percussion. Understated beats then kick in along with more percussive elements and yearning vocals soulfully make the request to “activate your mind” in a reflective take on house music that subtly stimulates the senses through a warm tapestry of sound.
Using a similarly dreamy production style that resonates from the depths, “Circle Of Love” is a magnetic slice of ethereal dancefloor music. Its skittering beats and rippling bass enthrall as soft ambient pads fill the track’s vast skies, but it’s the sensual vocal that gives “Circle Of Love” its unique edge by adding an intimate, highly emotive element of mystery. “Valiant” completes the package, starting out strong with a muffled pulsing beat over which a running synth line is slowly revealed; it then acidically accents its melody with bubbling fervor and urgency, building towards a widescreen climax bolstered by swirling pads and meticulous 909 pattern flourishes that concludes this accomplished EP with a spellbinding, masterful hybrid of techno and deep house.
VQ004 is The Visionquest Club Collection (Spring Summer 2011) EP, a special release intended to showcase some of the most promising artists of that year. @vernon_bara & @signorvicente open the EP with their rolling tech masterpiece “Don’t Feel No Way” - a powerful display of energetic drive exemplified by layered percussive textures and a rumbling bassline that builds the momentum. Wisps of a soulful electric voice slip in and out accompanied by birdsong transmitted from the outer reaches where the electrifying currents of deep techno take hold and don’t let go.
Hurting from the lack of love Next Matthew Burton & Nick Lawson provide “Gruff It“, a sinuous slice of deep groovy house. Trippy FX bring the weirdness and are underpinned by a moody funk bassline, along with off-kilter beats and bleeps that give “Gruff It” its edgy, playful, mischievous soul. Last, @laura.jones.music cements her place in the Visionquest canon by lending her cool, melodic style to the package via her track “Live A Little”- a classic blend of fluid house grooves and hypnotic sunrise techno, warm and gritty in equal measure with sharp oscillating stabs, spectral voices, and a plucked melody that threads the whole affair together until shimmering glassy moments gleam atop the irresistibly bouncing rhythm that closes this immaculate collection of fresh and beguiling sounds.
