Monday Choon: Swedish House Mafia - Ray of Solar

The Swedish trio have been playing to packed out crowds across the US and Europe in the past few months all whilst teasing the release of their latest track "Ray of Solar".  Finally after weeks of sneak peeks, the track is finally out and it certainly delivers in true SHM style! The track takes you on a nostalgic journey of the past, present and what we can expect in the future from them. The levels to the track is amazing with the layers of different electronic sounds, coupled with that invigorating bass line just provides momentum for it as it goes along. It definitely has the hardcore SHM excited and with good reason, lets hope this is just a taste of more to come. 

Monday Choon: Axwell /\ Ingrosso - Dancing Alone ft. RØMANS

While everyone waits with bated breath for Swedish House Mafia to release some new music, it seems we have to wait a little while long but that won't be such a bad thing if the duo Axwell /\ Ingrosso release fire tracks like this! Dropped just last week is their latest single featuring Romans, titled "Dancing Alone", the cover art alone will leaving you wondering, with a picture of a young Paris Hilton posing for the pic, all dressed up in her rave gear, doubt she danced alone that night though! The track harks onto their original work with many of the electronic synths and beats in the opening a clear reminder of their music back then, the vocals come in and brings in the modern aspect of the track and just carries itself well throughout. It's a steady progression to a fuse with old and new, it's extremely catchy and one that you're going to be hearing a lot. 

Monday Choon: Axwell /\ Ingrosso - Dreamer

With just 12 days remaining in the lead up to Ultra South Africa 2018, today's featured artists are a duo whom were part of the iconic trio, Swedish House Mafia before they decided to go their separate ways, however Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso formed the duo Axwell /\ Ingrosso there after and have enjoyed much success since then. Where or not things got a bit rough with Steven Angello in the SHM days, we're not to sure as long as the continue to bring us great music. 

After their last hit "More Than You Know" which ended up topping most charts towards the end of last year, the talented Swedish Duo are back with another great track, "Dreamer". It features the vocals from Trevor Guthrie who most trance fans will know from his collaborations with another DJ icon, Armin van Buuren.  The song has that same sort of dance tempo which much of their newer stuff has, lots of melodies and no real drop as such. Still a great track none the less. 

Monday Choon: Axwell /\ Ingrosso - More Than You Know

It's been a while since we heard from the Swedish duo Axwell /\ Ingrosso on the blog and while this track of their's dropped in early June, it's started to gain moment a lot now. The track "More Than You Know" has been playlisted on many radio stations and has been a feature of many live sets at recent music festivals, most notably Tomorrowland. We have the official music video of the song today and while the song is pretty epic, the video is too as it shows the journey of a fan capture through an old video recorder attending one of their shows. 

Monday Choon: Axwell Ingrosso - This time

For those who attended Ultra South Africa earlier this year, you would know this song very well. Even though it took a while for the team to set up the stage for these two Swedish producers, it was well worth it in the end. Axwell and Ingrosso killed it and even I had my doubts about them closing the show but I had to eat humble pie and accept that the organisers knew what they were doing when they had them close off an memorable day. Their track "This Time" has been out for a while but it's received a fresh mix from the two and some lyrics from Pusha-T, and the end result is fantastic.

                       
               

Ultra 2015: Full Line Up!

After phase one of the artist line up was released, we knew Ultra 2015 was going to be a big one! But this morning organizers dropped the bombshell on the full line up in store for Ultra goers! South Africa really are getting spoilt with some of the best that EDM has to offer, the names speak for themselves and Ultra have outdone them self yet again this year!

In addition to the big name headliners, this morning Ultra have announced that 3 more international headliners to join the stella line up. DVBBS out of Canada were behind the hit track Tsunami, Gorgon City who needs no introduction to SA audiences as their single "Use to be real" was a firm ffavoritewith many and the last DJ to complete Phase 2 headliners, is Oliver Heldens out of Netherlands. Just like his fellow countryman Martin Garrix, Oliver is one of the top youngsters on the circuit and at just age 19 he's sure to have the crowds jumping.

There additional local artists added to the event, for the full line up and stage info, visit the official Ultra website. With this awesome line up, you wouldn't want to be the one missing out on Ultra 2015! So if you haven't already, get your tickets now!

More Info:

Twitter: @UltraSA

Facebook: Ultra South Africa

Website: www.ultrasouthafrica.com

Ticket Info:

Cape Town

Early Bird General: R750 (SOLD OUT)

Early Bird VIP: R1000 (SOLD OUT)

Advance Price General: R850

Advance Price VIP: R1,250

Full Sale Price General: R950

Full Sale Price VIP: R1,500

Johannesburg

Early Bird General: R750 (SOLD OUT)

Early Bird VIP: R1,250 (SOLD OUT)

Advance Price General: R850

Advance Price VIP: R1,500

Full Sale Price General: R950

Full Sale Price VIP: R1,750

Early Bird VVIP: R3,000 (SOLD OUT)

Advance Price VVIP: R3,500

Ultra 2015

As the days go by, we're creeping ever closer to 2015 and with it brings anticipation of the Ultra 2015. It was with out a doubt the biggest dance festival SA has seen to date and next years show promises to be bigger and better. Last week the organisers released Phase One of the international DJ headliners and just like this year, some big names were announced. Three out of the five are featured in DJ Mag's Top 5 DJ's for 2014 so you know they're not slacking on getting just any DJ to headline the event, here are the 5. 

Hardwell

Number 1 DJ in the world for the second year in a row, he toured SA last year December to sellout crowds around the country and after see him play, I can see why he is ranked at the top. Professional at what he does and creates some great music.

Martin Garrix

One of the stand out DJ's from this years event, Martin Garrix is coming back to rock our crowds. The young disc jockey sensation was recently boosted up the rankings to number 4 in the DJ Mag Top 100 list, a major achievement given his age and time in the industry. 

Armin van Buuren

He is a legend in his own right, with his record label, Amarda Music being one of the biggest in electronic music and his radio show A State Of Trance having gone through the years, just growing bigger and bigger. He has done so much for electronic and trance music, helping younger DJ's come through his ranks and turning them into superstars. I personally can't wait to see his set. 

Axwell Λ Ingrosso

They made up two thirds of the award winning Swedish House Mafia, good friends Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso have teamed up once again and are coming back to our country. I'm sure die hard SHM fans will be happy to see this duo as it is probably the closest thing we will see to the now non existent Mafia.

Some of the local artists that were also announced in the phase one line up include, Goldfish, Protoculture, Pascal & Pearce, Euphonik, Rodger Goode, DJ Kent and Black Coffee. So far that is an incredible line up and there is still more to come! So keep an eye out on this blog for more info related to the upcoming Ultra South Africa. 

Early bird tickets were sold out in a matter of days and public tickets have just gone on sale now, so don't hesitate or they might get sold out! Visit www.ultrasouthafrica.com for more info on ticket purchase or buy them direct from computicket.

Cape Town

Early Bird General: R750 (SOLD OUT)

Early Bird VIP: R1000 (SOLD OUT)

Advance Price General: R850

Advance Price VIP: R1,250

Full Sale Price General: R950

Full Sale Price VIP: R1,500

Johannesburg

Early Bird General: R750 (SOLD OUT)

Early Bird VIP: R1,250 (SOLD OUT)

Advance Price General: R850

Advance Price VIP: R1,500

Full Sale Price General: R950

Full Sale Price VIP: R1,750

Early Bird VVIP: R3,000 (SOLD OUT)

Advance Price VVIP: R3,500

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Monday Choon: Steve Angello, Matisse & Sadko - SLVR

It's been been almost 6 months since the trio that formed Swedish House Mafia parted ways, all of whom have gone back to concentrating on their solo careers. Sebastian Ingrosso's latest track "Reload" is a current chart topper and Axwell back in business as well. Steve however was doing gigs but nothing new was ever released, until now that is. His single SLVR (Silver) with Russian DJs Matisse and Sadko which was released in late August is fast becoming a favourite track for DJs to spin in their mixes.