Ultra Music Festival 2018 - Aftermovie

If there's one aftermovie I look forward to every year, it's definitely Ultra Music Festival's in Miami. The production and great editing by Final Kid Productions is next level, they encapsulate what the festival is all about and get you so engrossed that you feel like you were there and makes you want to buy tickets for next years festival. Essentially that is it's purpose as Ultra always launch the Aftermovie when tickets go on sale for the following years festival. With Ultra Music Festival 2019 venue being in jeopardy with the city siding with residents around the Bayfront Park area to ban the festival from taking place there next year, it is still unclear if a resolution will come about or Ultra will choose another location, but for now, lets just enjoy another great aftermovie.

Monday Choon: Swedish House Mafia are back!

ITS WAS TIME

There was plenty of speculation in the build up to the 20th Anniversary of Ultra Music Festival and finally, last night, closing of the weekend, it happened. Swedish House Mafia are back and from what we saw last night/ early morning, it seems they're here to stay. Axwell mentioned during their set that they've missed performing with one another and all three are friends, so it seems like Axwell and Ingrosso have settled their differences with Steve Angello and this is for the better of House music. The trio took the world by storm in 2008 till their eventual break-up in 2013 which saw them go their own way until last night. They've produced music that not only united people from various genre's of electronic music but also people simple never took interest in it all. So in spirit of this reunion, we don't have a single song for you today but the entire set from Ultra Music Festival Miami of Swedish House Mafia which featured a lot of their old music but with some great mash-ups and remixes. 

Monday Choon: NWYR - Ends of Time

It's no secret that I am a massive fan of NWYR and in my honest opinion they were the biggest break-through artist of 2017. Even though they haven't officially released much of their work, their live sets are just something else. The Dutch duo who are better known under their main guise as W&W have been playing as their new alias NWYR for just over a year now, with one of their first performances at the ASOT stage at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, which is where they first played today's featured track. You could tell that this song mean't a lot to the do as when they played it, the emotion on both Willem and Wardt's faces showed it. It is a great track, full of energy, awesome build ups and a killer drop. Honestly loving the work coming out from NWYR and hope to see more in the horizon. 

Monday Choon: Fedde Le Grand vs Ian Carey - Keep On Rising

Dutch House DJ Fedde Le Grand needs no introduction, ever since his hit track "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" went viral in 2006, he's been one of those DJ's that were always on the scene and one to look out for at any major festivals. No doubt one of his most sort after sets come from Miami Music Week where he is one of the popular artists to play on the Ultra Main Stage, this coming from his other hit track with Nicky Romero, "Sparks". Fedde of recent has been experimenting with some pop culture in his music but one of his most recent releases features the a classic by Ian Carey "Rise" and Fedde has given a make over of this 2008 track. 

Monday Choon: Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (Tiesto AFTR:HRS Remix)

It's been about a year since Norwegian DJ Kygo first made his name on the EDM scene with his fresh new sound that was dubbed "tropical house" which was a fusion of electronic, house and the sounds of the Caribbean. He killed it on the Ultra Main stage and soon thereafter had much success world over. Fast forward a year later and he released a new track with Disney Superstar turn actress and singer, the gorgeous Selena Gomez. The track "It aint me" enjoyed some time in most of the charts but it got a special remix treatment from Tiesto which he featured on his AFTR:HRS compilation. Yes, I know, another track taken from that set, if I could I'd feature the whole damn thing on here, it is seriously that good and I can foresee many other tracks from there being released as singles. 

Ultra Music Festival 2017

It's been 2 weeks since Miami was taken over by the sounds of Electronic, Dance and House music, Miami Music Week 2017 proved to be as usual, bigger and better than the years before and headlining this international acclaimed music event was Ultra Music Festival which has been a firm favourite for many fans of the genre's over the years. Ultra really has been the one music festival that set standards for every other one around the globe and since grown and now finds itself being taken around the world in various countries. 

Coming back to the Miami event, the line up was endless and the stages were insane to say the least. You practically had the top 100 DJ's in the world all in one place over one weekend, playing their hottest and latest tracks to crowds of thousands. The lighting and pyrotechnics display that go into the event is next level crazy, even though it is already one of the most highly rated music events in the world, the organizers still go out of their way to make every year bigger and better. It saw a host of new releases from various DJ's and the sets at Ultra are always worth a watch, UMF have released all of the DJ sets to the respective DJ's, all of which were uploaded in HD and we have as link to all of them for you to watch! I've selected some of my favourites for you to watch below. 

Armin van Buuren	Tiesto	Above & Beyond
Andrew Rayel	Dash Berlin	Armin van Buuren ASOT
KSHMR	Fedde Le Grand	Axwell /\ Ingrosso
Hardwell	Nicky Romero	Sam Feldt