Electro, Trance | Ummet Ozcan – Here & Now
Posted by Middy on March 25, 2013
You could not go an hour without hearing his collab with W&W “The Code” on the various stages at Ultra across the two weekends and with his previous single “The Box”, still meandering its way into sets, it is fair to say Ummet Ozcan is here to stay. “Here & Now” represents the harder, more in your face sound we have heard in his hits lately but still remains true to his trance roots with bombastic synths, a driving bass line, distorted key play and soothing progressive trance interludes. “Here & Now” is already picking up support from the likes of Porter Robinson, W&W, Arty, Sander van Doorn and many more, so do not miss this one.
Beatport: Ummet Ozcan – Here & Now
Electro-House | Nicky Romero – Symphonica
Posted by Middy on March 25, 2013
At long last Nicky Romero’s single “Symphonica”, first played at last year’s Tomorrowland, gets its official release and sets itself up to be an early summer anthem. Nicky is still riding the high of his collab with Avicii “I Could Be The One“, as well as his house smash “Still The Same Man” and with Protocol Records tracks getting plays from Djs all across the spectrum, he is making his push to manage the collasal task of having an even bigger year in 2013 than last year. “Symphonica” embodies the hard hitting sound you come to expect from Nicky with foreboding piano, rough, jarring, almost sand paper like saws and orchestral strings, bringing together this outstanding arrangement from the young Dutchman. No word on the trap remix from Bare that Romero gave a whirl during his mainstage set last weekend at Ultra, but it is one to look out for.
Beatport: Nicky Romero – Symphonica
Electro-House | Kindergarten Yearbook Vol 1
Posted by Middy on March 25, 2013
The dance music world is paying homage to Swedish House Mafia for their epic farewell at Ultra tonight, but that does not mean the rest of the music has stopped. Wolfgang Gartner’s revived Kindergarten Records has decided to give away 4 tracks from some of its brightest talents on the label. You might expect some subpar throwaways to be mixed in with these freebees, but that is absolutely not the case. Taking tracks from the labels brightest up and coming talents, DallasK, Popeska, Charlie Darker & Conro, these four tracks bring together the unique electro house sound that you would expect from them with tough, melodic properties. With 4 free downloads from these names and each standing out on their own, you won’t want to pass up on this.
Free Download: Kindergarten Yearbook Vol 1
Electro-House | Fedde le Grand & Sultan + Ned Shepard – Long Way From Home
Posted by Middy on March 18, 2013
In the lead up to Ultra, Fedde le Grand & Sultan & Ned Shepard did a 2 week bus tour across the US, “On The Road To Ultra” and this collab of their’s was the anthem. “Long Way From Home” is a rework of RL Burnside’s 1978 blues tune “Poor Boy A Long Way From Home“, keeping the catchy guitar riffs and vocals of the original and adds their own electronic spin on it with grungy, distorted electro and punchy bass lines. You may have caught Fedde play this during the first 15 minutes of his set at Ultra, so do not hesitate to grab this unofficial anthem below. Updated with official video clip.
Beatport: Fedde le Grand & Sultan + Ned Shepard – Long Way From Home
Events, Videos | Ultra Music Festival Weekend 1 Live Stream
Posted by Middy on March 15, 2013
If you were unable to score tickets for Ultra or simply could not make the pilgrimage to Ultra Music Festival, well here is the live stream that lets you live vicariously through those who are going to be having a better time than you this weekend. Below are the set times that will be shown tonight. Check back for times tomorrow and Sunday.
Friday:
5 PM EST – Goldfish Live (Live Stage)
6 PM EST – Jamie Jones (Mega Structure)
6:55 PM EST – Nicky Romero (Main Stage)
7:55 PM EST – Fedde Le Grand (Main Stage)
9:00 PM EST – Afrojack (Main Stage)
9:45 PM EST – Carl Cox (Mega Structure)
10:30 PM EST – Fatboy Slim (Mega Structure)
Saturday:
4:00 PM EST – Flux Pavilion & Doctor P (Main Stage)
5:00 PM EST – Madeon (Main Stage)
5:30 PM EST – Chuckie (Ultra Europe)
6:00 PM EST – Porter Robinson (Main Stage)
7:00 PM EST – Hardwell (Main Stage)
8:00 PM EST – Knife Party (Main Stage)
9:00 PM EST – Carl Cox (Mega Structure)
9:50 PM EST – Kaskade (Main Stage)
10:20 PM EST – Martin Solveig (Worldwide Stage)
10:45 PM EST – Deadmau5 (Main Stage)
Sunday:
4:00 PM EST – Flosstradamus (Worldwide Stage)
5:00 PM EST – Dog Blood (Worldwide Stage)
6:00 PM EST – Steve Aoki (Main Stage)
6:45 PM EST – Crookers (Worldwide Stage)
7:00 PM EST – Dillon Francis (Worldwide Stage)
7:30 PM EST – Zedd (Main Stage)
7:45 PM EST – Bassnectar (Main Stage)
8:00 PM EST – Tiesto (Mega Structure)
8:30 PM EST – Rusko (Worldwide Stage)
9:00 PM EST – Subfocus (Worldwide Stage)
9:40 PM EST – Above & Beyond (Main Stage)
10:00 PM EST – Armin van Buuren (Main Stage)
Progressive House | Henrix – Miami Heaters – Volume 2: The WMC EP
Posted by Middy on March 13, 2013
Miami native Henrix has seen the yearly worldwide dance music pilgrimage for Ultra come and go and patiently waited his turn to make his mark on the most important week in dance music. This time with 7 gigs coming up, he is kicking it off with a 3 track EP with some of his most requested tracks including the Tiesto supported “After All”. With his much anticipated single “Hit It” still sitting high in the charts and ready to rock stages at UMF, he turns back to the mode of free downloads to give out more quality tunes.
The EP sandwiches the acid fueled “Miami Bounce” with 2 massive big room tracks. “After All” makes good work of chopped vocal bits, aiding Eran Hersh’s etheral vocals over a sublime melody of soaring synths and a playful piano top line. For those of you saying this is a cheap knock off of “Million Voices”, here is a clip of it being made before “Million Voices” was even public. “Close Your Eyes” is the first of several collabs between two of our artists to watch in 2013, Henrix and Jakob Liebholm, as they tab Zashanell to lay down angelic vocals over an uplifting big room track that shows the subtlety of Jakob Liedholm’s sound and the melodic sensibilities that Henrix is capable of drawing upon.
Free Download: Henrix – Miami Heaters – Volume 2: The WMC EP
Electro-House | Afrojack – Air Guitar
Posted by Middy on March 12, 2013
After his rather poor attempt at remixing “Gangnam Style”, Afrojack makes up for it with a single “Air Guitar”, designated to be an anthem for this years Ultra Music Festival. Afrojack delivers on this intense track with powerful bursts of electro growls, distorted vocal samples and blistering bleeps with a small interlude to let you catch your breath before getting right back into it. On the heals of Tiesto, Quintino and Alvaro’s somewhat lackluster effort last week and Avicii’s contribution “UMF”, known to many as “ID2” or “Fire” or “Put Your Piano On”, coming next week, Ultra is pulling out all the stops, not only in terms of bookings, production, but also new songs for the two weekend, 15th edition of the world famous festival. With Afrojack’s debut album coming later this year, expect much more to come in 2013 from the towering Dutchman.