Hot DJs the Martinez Brothers Keep New York's House Tradition Alive

Dance music thrives on young blood – but when the Martinez Brothers began spinning house music a decade ago, they weren't even in high school. Now, Bronx-bred Steve, 25, and Chris, 21, are globe-trotting DJ superstars – inspired by their dad, who regaled them with stories of clubbing at New York's greatest underground discos, the Loft and Paradise Garage.

First Listen - Turismo's 'Interstellar Rollercoaster'

Turismo's latest 'Interstellar Rollercoaster' is already picking up big support from Fedde le Grand, Erick Morillo, Marcus Schossow and Jaytech, who premiered the release on his show. Get a first listen below!

For a country of just five million people, some would say it's surprising how much quality electronic music comes out of Finland. Turismo is no doubt one of those that's making his music heard across the Nordic countries and beyond. 'Interstellar Rollercoaster' - his latest release on the constantly quality Hahmo imprint has already picked up a batch of global support from DJ kingpins including Fedde le Grand, Erick Morillo, Marcus Schossow and Jaytech, who premiered the release on his eminent podcast.

Comprised of stadium-sized kicks, lush synth lines, dreamy progressive pads and beautifully crafted breakdowns with high impact drops - this is a shining example of Turismo's high-level production ethics which have earned him respect from many top figures in our music world. As the name suggests, the release is a rollercoaster of finely tuned layers that hurl the listener up and down through the drops, risers and breakdowns that are already sending arms skywards on dance floors around the world.

Already picked up by Beatport for feature and making a move on the sales charts, the release is just the latest example of Hahmo's ever-growing quality Progressive discography.

Soundcloud stream: https://soundcloud.com/hahmorecordings/turismo-interstellar

David Guetta Brings Rousing Set To Ultra Music Festival

MIAMI — Trance and electro house music reigned supreme at the final day of Ultra Music Festival, closing out the annual three-day dance music mega-fest that saw more than 200,000 people walk through the gates at Miami's Bayfront Park.

Sunday, Carl Cox handed over the Cocoon's "mega-structure" stage to Dutch trance-music icon Armin van Buuren, who continued his globe-spanning celebration of the 550th episode of his "A State of Trance" radio show, streaming epic, dazzling sets of some of his larger-than-life trance-music friends. Gareth Emery, ATB, Ferry Corsten, Tritonal, and Sander van Doorn were but some of the big stars who had fans packing Cocoon right up to the stage's back gates.

Earlier in the day, 2012 MTV Woodies closing act Steve Aoki set the Ultra Main Stage ablaze with his driving electro-metal house show, and a few of his recent Wonderland album collaborators helped him celebrate the occasion. Lil Jon launched the set into overdrive early, joining Aoki for "Turbulence" and more, and singers Polina, and Alyssa Palmer all hit the stage to perform alongside Aoki. Before ending his set with an inflatable boat ride across a sea of tens of thousands of fans, as he traditionally does, Aoki caked two lucky fans in the front row of the audience — with dexterity, we'd like to add, right in the face from more than seemingly 15 feet away.

Sunday night marked the UMF return of dance-music king , certainly the biggest crossover brand in EDM. While one might assume that after a throttling set by Knife Party followed by excellent performances by Kaskade and Fedde Le Grand, fans might have been a bit fatigued by then. If they were, they didn't show it.

"Can I hear my party people?" Guetta asked as he took the stage. The audience roared back as he launched into Alesso's remix of Guetta's "Titanium."

Notably, after the French superstar began a mix of little broski Afrojack's "Can't Stop Me Now," Afrojack, Lil Jon, Aoki and Italian DJ/producer (and Madonna MDNA collaborator) Benny Benassi all joined their friend onstage, causing pandemonium. They posed for a group photo for the history books, and the set continued, only with the volume lower.

"Every time I play a track at Ultra, it brings me luck!" Guetta told the audience. "And I'm going to start a new electronic label, and this is the first track on the label.

"It's with Nicky Romero, and it's called 'Metropolis,' " Guetta continued, before pumping the volume back up and letting the audience take in the electro-house banger that both he and Romero have been previewing in their sets recently.

Throughout his set, Guetta maintained a bouncing tide of tens of thousands of screaming fans with his typical ease. There were a couple of new stadium house tracks in addition to known crowd-pleasers like Swedish House Mafia's "Greyhound," with the addition of Example's "Changed the Way You Kissed Me" vocal, and Avicii's "Le7els," with Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" vocal.

Before ending his set with a remix of "Turn Me On," his single with Nicki Minaj, and finally "Without You," his Usher hit, Guetta turned down the volume again and asked folks to take out their cell phones. As a sea of small lit-up screens formed around the UMF Main Stage, he made a remark that would underscore just how big the Ultra Music Festival and electronic dance music are in 2012.

"Wow! Thousands and thousands and thousands of people partying together feeling like one," Guetta remarked. "Do you realize what's going on in America? How our music is taking over?

"I never imagined that one day this would happen," he added. "But this is only the beginning, right?"

Deadmau5 slams Madonna for ecstasy references

Deadmau5 may wear a mask, but he's hardly hiding behind it


The 31-year-old electronic music producer -- real name Joel Zimmerman -- lashed out at Madonna on his Facebook page after the pop icon, 53, took to the stage to introduce electro artist Avicii at Miami's Ultra Music Festival Saturday night.

According to concertgoers, Madonna addressed the cheering crowd, asking, "How many people in this crowd have seen Molly?" ("Molly" is a term used to refer to MDMA, one of the drug ecstasy's main ingredients.)

Deadmau5 wasn't amused and vented to his Facebook followers later that weekend. "Very classy there Madonna," he blogged. "'HUR DUR HAS ANYONE SEEN MOLLY?' Such a great message for the young music lovers at Ultra."

The music producer's rant didn't end there. "I can appreciate [Madonna's] metoric career, and all good deeds done, but WHAT THE F--- WAS THAT?...That's your big message to Ultra attendees? Hipsterspeak for looking for drugs? F--- off you f---ing IDIOT."

"Quite the f'in philanthropist," he continued. "Can't smack my head hard enough right now."

Deadmau5's fans pointed out that the singer may have been attempting to reference her new album -- MDNA -- but that didn't seem to satisfy him. "Still seems the same to me...MDNA/Molly/MDMA/whatever...something about a track?"

i say... stick to your own side of the road bitch.
Get the FAWK outta the electro lanes!!

Dj Liqid Touch

Ultra Music Festival Takes Over Miami 2012

Ultra Music Festival Takes Over Miami With Tiesto, Afrojack, Skrillex

MIAMI — Ultra Music Festival hit every note — delivering a spectacular splash into this weekend's EDM takeover of Miami's Bayfront Park. Massive crowds, including fans of all ages and from every part of the world, amassed to make for a remarkable opening show.
The main stage for Ultra's day one Friday included an all-star list of talent including Afrojack, Skrillex and Tiësto, who all delivered spectacular visual elements and new music and exploited Ultra's new tricks to take the crowd — and perhaps EDM in the United States — to new heights for 2012.
Future EDM hall-of-famer Tiësto closed the night with a thunderous roar from the crowd and a sensational fireworks show that smacked an exclamation mark on the opening day. He previewed a number of new tracks from his upcoming album, Club Life: Volume 2 -Miami, including his fired-up remix of Coldplay's "Paradise" and the still-unreleased "Chasing Summers" and fittingly closed his set with "Maximal Crazy," perfectly capturing the energy of the crowd.
Leading into his set was MTV's #1 EDM Artist of 2011, Skrillex, who maximized the potential of Ultra's main stage, specifically the giant LED screens that echoed the futuristic sounds of his set. Especially stunning were the images of animated dancing robots that matched every bass-crunching riff of Skrill's signature sound.
Afrojack brought along a new friend, experienced hype man Lil Jon, who jumped along the top of the DJ booth for most of the set and fired up the crowd, professing his love for EDM and Miami along the way. Afrojack also brought along some new music, but laced his set with a collection of his fan favorites, starting his show with "Bangduck" and integrating "Take Over Control" and "Pon de Floor."
The festival's eight stages brought many highlights, even from the smallest stages. The Bao Dome, which looked like half an exoskeleton of Disney World's Epcot Ball, jammed with Spencer & Hill, Swanky Tunes and many other talented artists.
At the Carl Cox & Friends tent, Richie Hawtin incited hundreds of party-goers who couldn't fit inside the tent to dance in groups along Biscayne Boulevard, which was closed to vehicles during the festival.
With lofty goals for Ultra in the wake of EDM's huge collective progress in 2011, organizers and artists appeared particularly inspired to blow away new fans and loyalists alike.
Miami Music Week is going down, and MTV News is on the ground! Check back all week as we report from EDM's biggest parties, bringing the latest news from your favorite electronic dance music stars!


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Interview with Hardwell ahead of Gatecrasher's Dutch Invasion

We caught up with award-winning DJ, producer, label manager and DJMag Top 100 list newcomer Hardwell for a chat ahead of his Gatecrasher debut.

Following road-blocked events in 2011 by Holland homeboys Afrojack , Laidback Luke and DJ Chuckie, Gatecrasher presents a double-whammy of Dutch brilliance as ground-breaking superstars Hardwell and Nicky Romero hit the club on for an almighty Dutch Invasion on the 4th February 2012.

We caught up with award-winning DJ, producer, label manager and DJMag Top 100 list newcomer Hardwell for a chat ahead of his Gatecrasher debut.

At only 23 his “Big Room House” trademark has catapulted him to the #24 spot in the coveted DJ Mag Top 100 poll, and with a main stage appearance at Creamfields, top ten Beatport hits under his belt and a storming collaboration with Tiesto, the young gun is already at the top of his game.

2011 was a phenomenal year for you. Can you pick a few highlights?

Working together with Tiesto, being #24 in the DJ Mag list, several big tours abroad and my first Revealed Label night.

You played the Creamfields mainstage last year, tell us about that?

Yes 2011 was the first time main stage for me, it was a total madness and the party was awesome. The crowd in the UK always party hard and I love that!

And you played the amazing Sensation in 2011, that must have been amazing?

Yeah, that was phenomenal!

At 23 you are already no. 24 in DJ Magazine top 100 DJs. What's your secret?

There is no secret... it’s all by dedication and big love for music.

You toured a lot with Tiesto last year, how was that?

It was a big honour to go on tour with world’s greatest DJ. I learned a lot from him and it was a great experience for me.

And you’ve been working in the studio with Tiesto?

Yes that’s right, we did track 'Zero76', which was number one on iTunes and Beatport. There is also a lot more coming.

Tiesto & Hardwell - Zero 76 by HARDWELL

Any other big names you’d like to work alongside?

Avicii, I would love to work with him.

You seem to constantly be in the Beatport Top Ten with your releases, do you have a specific formula that works?

No, there is no formula. It just happens and I’m happy so many people like my music.

Your production output is really high, why is that important?

It’s a good thing to keep your sets fresh and new, because of that it’s important to keep producing and keep the people interested and wanting to come to your gigs.

Can we expect an album soon?

No, not in a short period of time. That’s really something for the future.

What’s the next release on your label?

'Spaceman'. It releases on the 23rd of January. (Out now)

You also collaborated with Nicky Romero in 2011. You seem to have a lot in common? Are you looking forward to playing alongside Nicky at Gatecrasher?

Yes, definitely. It’s always nice to play alongside Nicky Romero.

You’ve had phenomenal success for one so young, what advice would you give to other producers/DJs trying to break into the scene?

Be dedicated and original and keep on making tracks.

The Dutch are taking over the dance music scene yet again, what makes the Dutch so incredibly talented when it comes to the electronic scene?

In Holland there are so many parties, so for DJs there are a lot of ways to get some experience and to grow.

This is your Gatecrasher debut, are you looking forward to it?

Yes of course. I’ve heard a lot about Gatecrasher and I find it really cool to finally play there myself.

What can we expect from your set?

You can expect a lot of new tracks and one big crazy madness.

Thanks Hardwell, see you on the 4th!