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Santiago Concert, Rasheed Concert, Juan Atkins Int., Juan Atkins Concert, Eddie Fowlkes

VHS tape containing a transfer of DV camcorder footage shot at the 2002 Detroit Electronic Music Festival in Hart Plaza during the first two days of the event--Saturday, May 25th, and Sunday, May 26th. The tape includes footage of performances by Sundiata O.M. Ex-Spear-Re-Essence, a rap group, Juan Atkins, Blake Baxter, and Eddie Fowlkes, as well as interviews with Atkins and an attendee.

The video opens with footage of Sundiata O.M. Ex-Spear-Re-Essence's live set on the main DEMF stage, which opened the festival on Saturday. Sundiata O. Mausi introduces his set with a brief tribute

Next a rap group--presumably Zero Degrees--including member Rashid Salaam performs on the DEMF stage. The group is not listed on the official program. Mausi briefly joins in on hand drums which are left over on stage from his set. Their set includes "Do the Detroit." One of the members of the group wears a t-shirt with the logo of Switch Play TV, a locally-produced sketch comedy television show on WADL.

Afterward, Sulaiman Mausi interviews Juan Atkins. He asks Atkins about being known as the creator of techno, his take on the Detroit Historical Museum's upcoming exhibit Techno: Detroit's Gift to the World, and about his definition of techno.

A portion of Juan Atkins' D.J. set on the main stage on Saturday night follows. Atkins incorporates Cybotron's Cosmic Cars, Yellow Magic Orchestra's Computer Game, and Kraftwerk's It's More Fun to Compute as part of his mix.

Footage from Sunday begins with a brief clip of Blake Baxter performing on the main stage, followed by a longer clip of Eddie Fowlkes' performance on that same stage. Fowlkes is accompanied by three women who sing and dance, as well as live percussionists.

In the final shot on the tape, a festival attendee is interviewed about what techno means to him and what young people can learn from it and its founders. This interview is duplicated on the tape 2015.012.052.

The video is on a "Premium" T-60 tape with a handwritten label on the top. The tape is housed within a clear plastic VHS case.