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Miami Music Week is taking its toll as 3 DJs end up in hospital

We promised to bring you the latest developments and gossip from Miami Music Week; well here are some juicy bits straight out of the Sunshine State!

Twitter erupted night last in the wee hours as party-goers at the SLS Hotel in Miami were told that Avicii would not be performing his scheduled headline set because he had been taken to hospital with a mysterious illness.The Hotel had pulled out all the stops for the massive pool party, even replacing their usual logo on the side of the building with 'AVICII' - awkward!

Very few details have emerged as to why he was rushed to hospital and many are speculating on Twitter as to what is wrong with Ultra’s Saturday night headliner. We hope the Swedish superstar DJ recovers in time to wow the crowd on Saturday night but unbelievable, Avicii wasn’t the only DJ visiting A&E yesterday.

Ultra Debuts

On the eve of Ultra Festival, the greatest concentration of dance music artists and fans anywhere in the world, we take a look at who will be making their debuts at this year’s festival!

Ultra has stepped it up with a bumper line-up for 2014 and by adding phenomenal new stages to Bayford Park, including a live stage. The new live stage features many debutants and offers an eclectic selection of artists ranging from drum and bass kings Chase & Status, to electronic pop Aussies, Empire of the Sun.

French artist Gesaffelstein is headlining the opening night of the live stage and will be bringing his hard hitting techno beats to the ears of the Ultra crowd for the first time. However, the must see act of the first night has to be Basement Jaxx, who are also taking their carnival-like live show to the festival for the first time. Basement Jaxx are a British dance institution and with a back catalogue jam packed with hits such as Where’s Your Head At?, Good Luck and Bingo Bango, expect this debut to be one of the liveliest sets of the weekend.

5 tunes that are going to go off at MMW


Of course, so many new tunes are going to emerge throughout the week that’ll blow the ravers away, but we here at URN predict these 5 tunes will become certified anthems of Miami Music Week 2014.


Oliver Heldens – Gecko

This absolute anthem has been knocking around since before Christmas and has had great support from the world’s biggest DJs and is sure to feature in many sets across the week. Depressingly for the rest of us, Heldens is only 17, so expect to be hearing his name for years to come.


Diplo, Deorro, Steve Aoki – Freak

If I had to name 3 artists that are none for their enormous and sometimes unusual bass lines, these 3 would certainly spring to mind. Freak is a dream collaboration for bass lovers and it certainly doesn’t disappoint, I expect this to be booming from Ultra’s main stage speakers on the reg!


R3hab & Deorro – Flashlight

Recently number one on Beatport, this incredible song has an atmospheric progressive house build up before slapping you in the face with a ferocious EDM drop.


Eric Prydz – Liberate

One of the key features of Miami Music Week are the enormous pool and beach parties that are thrown by various superstar DJs and their record labels. Here’s a rundown of the hottest tickets in town this week…


SIZE #DECADE
Steve Angello was a legend even before Swedish House Mafia and the Size Record’s boss is celebrating a decade of releasing great dance music by throwing a massive party, Miami style. #DECADE will introduce the iconic RC COLA PLANT to the music scene, delivering a must see show that Steve Angello fans will not want to miss, with guests Thomas Gold, Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano, Third Party and Nari and Milani.





MAD DECENT/OWSLA/HOT CREATIONS at the Red Bull Guest House

It is Miami Music Week which means superstar DJs and hoards of UV painted EDM fans are flocking to the tip of the sunshine state for the most exciting 7 days in the dance music calendar. This week is thrilling for lovers of all dance music genres as a flurry of new music always emerges that DJs have been saving up to debut during the week.





Miami Music Week coincides with the Winter Music Conference, seen as a pivotal platform for the advancement of the industry, with thousands of artists and music industry delegates attending each year for a concentrated schedule of more than 500 events, parties, seminars and workshops.





The week then culminates with Ultra Music Festival, undisputedly the greatest festival in the world for dance music. The line-up is unchallenged by any other and the concentration of hundreds of thousands of EDM enthusiasts leads to incredible atmosphere.





Throughout the week we will be discussing what to look out for at this year’s Miami Music Week, bringing you the latest gossip from the biggest parties and of course the brand new music as it emerges throughout the week.