Why does Ale Campos pronounce her band’s name, Smvt, as smut? “When I first started the band, it was me playing aggressive music by myself,” she says. “It was really heavy. Smut was the most intense, gross word I could think of to describe those feelings,” Campos explained. Campos is Miami born…
The final day of Ultra included shows by original headliners Rabbit in the Moon and a live show — that’s right, a live show — by the Wailers, strange as it may seem. On the Arcadia Resistance Stage Sunday night, Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Skream, and Seth Troxler did amazing work as…
Now that Ultra Music Festival and Miami Music Week have come and gone, you may be looking for your next musical fix. Some Ultra artists, like GTA, are hanging around town a little longer to quell your festival withdrawals. A huge party led by the Queen of Bounce Big Freedia is on the horizon this Friday, while Demi Lovato and DJ Khaled take over the AAA and legendary drummer and Prince collaborator Sheila E. plays a free (yes, free) show at Palm Court in the Design District.
And on the second day, the dance music gods sent down a constellation of pop stars. Yes, Ultra Music Festival kept pumping out the beats on Saturday, March 24. While there were no major surprises on Day Two (Daft Punk isn’t coming, people), festivalgoers still got a few guest appearances,…
Ultra Music Festival’s 20th edition hasn’t even wrapped up, and the festival has already quietly announced the dates for its 2019 event. The dance music festival will be returning March 29, 30, and 31, 2019, at Bayfront Park — that’s according to the festival guides handed out to attendees Friday…
Unlike the last few editions, the dance music gods gave Ultra Music Festival a break this year and blessed the festival with clear skies and cool weather. And despite all the commotion about extra security, things seemed to go relatively smoothly on the first day. Even if you aren’t lucky…
By far, the most rampant rumor is a Swedish House Mafia reunion, and with Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso in town to play the festival, speculation has heightened even more. We asked Ultra attendees their guesses at to who this year’s Sunday night surprise guest might be.
So you aren’t going to Ultra Music Festival this year. Maybe the cost of flying to Miami, securing lodging, and buying a ticket was too high, or perhaps your idea of a fun weekend is simply staying in bed.
Lowlight has played in small rock clubs at home in New Jersey and in converted Iowa barns. This Sunday, March 25, the band will make its South Florida debut at the Fillmore Miami Beach.
By now, you’re probably aware that the Miami Marlins will debut their new and, um, well, different lineup at Marlins Park next Thursday during a nationally televised Opening Day afternoon matchup against the Chicago Cubs. What you likely didn’t know, though, is the team will be roll out a new anthem featuring DJ Khaled titled “Just Gettin’ Started,” which will be performed and released during the season opener.
Ready for the Ultra Music Festival mayhem set to take over Bayfront Park this weekend? You have your festival-approved clear bag stocked up with essentials, you’ve carefully selected the crew you plan on PLUR’ing out with, and you’ve figured out how the hell you’ll get to Bayfront Park (Metrorail, please). Now…
Although he is a globe-trotting, chart-topping DJ/producer, Eats Everything prefers to be described as a raver. The man born Daniel Pearce is known for getting as excited about dance music as his crowds, and it’s common to catch him throwing down with the masses between sets. So there’s a palpable disappointment…
It takes a lot to get house legend and electroclash innovator Felix da Housecat to come out for a DJ set. He’s already been to all of the best parties. Hell, he’s DJ’ed for most of them.
Today Ultra Music Festival marketing manager Albert Berdellans announced the festival’s acquisition of Winter Music Conference during a news conference aboard the yacht SeaFair, docked next to the festival site at Bayfront Park.
Tattoos and thongs meant something once upon a time. Now they’re as typical as DJs performing with orchestras. You’ll be able to see all the trends this Miami Music Week in a pool party lineup that’s primetime for exhibitionists and ratchets. Equally, it’s a time for the sophisticated to laze in the shade…
Miami’s globetrotting house DJ Cedric Gervais first made waves by debuting his controversial song “Molly” at Ultra Music Festival 2012. The next year, his remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” became a massive hit on pop radio, going double-platinum in the United States and earning him a Grammy. The song’s runaway success was nothing Gervais could have planned.
This weekend, Ultra Music Festival will kick off a three-day exercise in all forms of dance music. House, techno, bass, EDM, dubstep, trance, and other styles will be well represented by acts from all over the world. It’s something Ultra has been able to do extraordinarily well for the past 20 years.
From South Beach to Bayfront to Bicentennial and then back to Bayfront, Ultra Music Festival has lived many lives. From simple stages to foggy tents to massive structural wonders, Ultra has grown from a bright idea to a monolithic temple of electronic dance. It was one of the first music…
Bunny, the imposing, blond-dreaded frontman of Rabbit in the Moon, remembers Ultra Music Festival beginning with a bang. “One of the memories I have from the first Ultra was walking back to the stages — they were facing the ocean and they had a fence in the back. I get…
The magnitude of Paul Oakenfold’s “highest party on Earth” might sound strange in South Florida, where the tallest point is the garbage dump in Palm Beach County. In 2017, the DJ traveled to Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. Climbing it is dangerous, and the allure of its 29,029-foot summit…
Miami Music Week DJs Kristen Knight, Ultra Naté, and Lisa Shaw address the #MeToo movement in the electronic music world.
Each February, tech-house producer Loco Dice makes a pilgrimage to Thailand, where he spends nearly three weeks training under muay thai masters and with pro fighters from around the world. He also meditates and cleanses his body in preparation for playing more than 100 concerts per year.
