Detroit is known as the birthplace of techno music in America, which originated with The Belleville Three in the 1980s. The city is also home to the Movement Music Festival, which brings thousands of electronic music fans to Hart Plaza on Memorial Day Weekend. 

Leading up to World Techno Day on Dec. 9, BridgeDetroit reporter Micah Walker recently sat down with two Detroit electronic music artists, Jennifer Witcher who goes by DJ Minx and Ariel Corley known as DJ Holographic. The two are passionate about techno and house music and have both performed at Movement. 

Both Witcher and Corley are queer artists. Witcher said the festival highlights electronic music artists and brings together people in the LGBTQ+ community. 

“It’s like building another family on top of the one we already have,” she said.   

Witcher and Corley talk with Walker about how their friendship began, their musical influences, and the excitement of playing on the Movement stage. Plus, they each share their personal coming out stories as well as what projects are on their respective horizons. 

This story was produced by One Detroit’s Zosette Guir.