Ultra Worldwide releases teaser video for ULTRA EUROPE
Music really does make the world go around! We have great news for Europeans, as one of the best music festivals in the world is going to travel also!
The news about the Ultra Music Festival has been coming in bunches. Miami's Ultra has been expanded to two weekends, you've probably read about Swedish House Mafia making their final appearances there. Now, it's been announced that Ultra Worldwide will be bringing the legendary music festival to Europe, Croatia in the Summer of 2013!
ULTRA EUROPE will take place from July 12 to 14 in Croatia. The first two days are going to be held at Poljud Stadium, whereas the third day will be at the amazing Hotel Amfora Grand Beach Resort on the island of Hvar. So after two days of action at the stadium, there's the stunning tropical island of Hvar just a ferry ride away! The performances from the 3-day festival will be streamed globally through UMF TV and UMF Radio. First line-up information is going to be released December 5. But you can grab limited early-bird tickets starting 5th December for just 40 euros!
Some more info on the Ultra Europe It's organized by Ultra Worldwide and Croatian partner company Adria MM Productions. This will be the biggest boost for Croatian tourism and entertainment industry, as 15 million Euros have been planned for investments in the next 5 years. It is estimated that Ultra Europe will bring in an additional 20 million Euros from one of the highlight of the upcoming summer in Europe!
Ultra's been one of the most highly acclaimed events in the recent years. It has won 'Best Music Event' at the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) six consecutive years (2005-2011), 'Best International Dance Music Festival' by the Ibiza DJ Awards in 2008 and 'Best Festival' at the Village Media New Times from 2005 to 2009. The festival was originally created back in 1999. Growing through the years it has gotten THE biggest names on its roster: The Prodigy, Swedish House Mafia, The Chemical Brothers, Tiësto, Avicii, David Guetta, deadmau5, Underworld, Kraftwerk, Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, Moby, Fatboy Slim and Justice to name a few.
In 2012, Ultra had a special gift for the partiers as they got Madonna to introduce Avicii – the final headlining artist of the main stage. The pop icon joined him behind the decks to premiere Avicii's remix of her single 'Girl Gone Wild'. There was also the premiering of 'Can You Feel It', a major documentary of the festival. As 2012 was the most successful year they've seen, the 15th year of existence will be seeing them expanding the festivities to two weekends as well as bringing the party to 4 continents in 7 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Europe (Croatia), Ibiza, Korea, Miami
Check out the masterfully edited teaser for Ultra Europe!
Official after-movie for ADE 2012
One of the most versatile and comprehensive music festival out there – Amsterdam Dance Event – has released an official after-movie of ADE 2012. After-movie is an obvious overstatement, as according to the festivals introduction there's a lot more to cover than the 1:29 minute mini-movie can take:
"With over 1700 artists from around the globe performing in 75 of the best clubs in Amsterdam, ADE's festival has grown into the world's biggest club festival for the whole spectrum of electronic sub-genres. ADE offers 200.000 clubbers 5 days of guaranteed partying with a stunning total of 300 events taking place."
Read about Netherlands' DJs here!
Check out the mini-movie nevertheless! It's a really good piece of editing and the tune is really cool!
Gina Star: Official video for Bananular
A DJ and a producer out of the United States, Gina Star has been rocking the scene for only a half a decade, and she's already #1709 in The Official Global Rankings. Her own brand of sound is something of a mix of uplifting progressive house and trance. Her new track 'Bananular' is no exception to this. The track features trancy synths and a housy kick with some pretty peculiar flute riffs to give it a bit of a edge. To top everything off, there's some horror-movie vocals throughout the track which goes well with the gloomy video. This one's going to be welcomed with open arms by the EDM crowd no doubt!
Check out the official video for 'Bananular' by Gina Star!
Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston: Official music video for ‘Alchemy’
The trance trio Above & Beyond have just released an official music video for their recent single 'Alchemy' featuring the tender vocals of Zoë Johnston. The track comes off their highly appreciated 'Group Therapy' album and it was also played on their last Group Therapy Radio show (head here, to listen). This isn't a video to watch to get you psyched for a night out. It is a rather sad visual piece, portraying a love betrayed. A&B has done these kind of sad undertoned tracks before, in addition to the usual dance-floor trance bangers.
Check out the official video for the single 'Alchemy' by Above & Beyond feauturing vocalist Zoë Johnston!
Deadmau5 helping Nokia’s comeback
After a year, deadmau5 returns to promote Nokia's comeback effort. With the emergence of smartphones, Nokia's been struggling to cope in the market dominated by Apple and Samsung. They've been trying to change that with the Nokia Lumia series. The release of Lumia 800 was a success and largely because the most famous dead rodent jumped in to promote the launch with a huge show (check it out here).
This time, Nokia rigged every piece of surface in the Flat Iron Square in Southwark to make the architecture come alive as deadmau5 plays his set. Adam Johnson, Head of Consumer Marketing (UK & Ireland) at Nokia said: "We wanted to do something as innovative as our products to celebrate the launch of the new Nokia Lumia range. The show took its inspiration from the vibrant colours of the range. The Nokia Lumia 920 has extraordinary low light capabilities and we wanted to create an event that would showcase this fantastic feature and still show that our products stand out from the current sea of faceless black handsets".
deadmau5 said: "Playing Millbank Tower was an incredible experience, so it's great to be back in London to team up with Nokia again. The new show was a totally different concept from last year, but equally inspiring and technically challenging."
So Nokia released Lumia 920, a smartphone with Windows Phone 8 in hoping to achieve greatness on the ruthless smartphone market. At the same time deadmau5 got to show off and go home with pockets full of cash. We'll see if Nokia's comeback attempt is a success. Also, if deadmau5 reaches the Forbes 11,5 million dollar mark (although, in a recent interview he told he's about 9 millions short).
Check out some amateur footage of the show!
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