ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL +NORTH AMERICAN SCREAM BUS TOUR

FEDDELE GRANDROAD TO ULTRA

GENERATIONWILD TOURFEATURING DANNY AVILA

CONSPIRATORUNLEASHED TOUR

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Spinr would like to thank the following Markus Schulz, Fedde Le Grand, Conspirator, Danny Avila, Stark Profiles PR, Dataset Clothing, Vitamin Water, UKF, Never Say Die Records, GetIn!, AEI Media, The Confluence, ULTRA Music Festival, MSO PR, Magnum PR, Art Of Electronica, Steez Promo, Airos Design, DQ Films-Photography, Rudgr.com, DougVanSant.com, J Held

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Fedde le grandtheir own album anyways. I plan on dropping singles until then, and the album will have about two or three special tracks.”

As the interview conclu-ded, I thanked Fedde for taking the time to sit down to answer a few questions for Spinr, and left excited and anxious for his evening set at Lit UltraBar. By the time I left the green room and hea-ded back to the dance flo-or, the venue was packed full of fans and music lovers, ready to listen and dance to hours of Fedde’s set planned for that night. He took the stage around 1 am and kept the crowd on their feet until the wee hours of the night, leaving fans amped and beyond pleased by his performan-ce, and also wishing he wasn’t heading back to Europe so soon.

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Spinr sat down with Dutch DJ and Producer, Fedde Le Grand. His last stop on his Road to Ultra Tour happe-ned to be in Philadelphia at Lit UltraBar, presented by Art Of Electronica. Spinr sat down with Fedde to talk about his non-stop eventful month of perfor-ming for his American fans, his musical influences and also plans he has in store for the upcoming summer months.

The night before the inter-view, Fedde Le Grand had just finished up his final set of the second weekend of Ultra Music Festival in Miami. “Weekend two went really good. The first weekend was amazing of course, and it’s always ama-zing. But there were some technical issues, so that made weekend one more stressful than usual. But yesterday [Friday, March 22nd] was quite amazing.” Fedde performed on the Ultra Worldwide Stage and said the experience was “absolutely phenomenal”.

When Fedde was asked what his favorite place to

the first time in America. Both nights sold out in the end”, Fedde commented about the show’s first time on this side of the pond. “Musically, we brought something slightly different from what’s already here. I think people loved it, even if they were overwhelmed a bit, they still loved it”, he added, proud to be apart of the success of America’s first Sensation.

After talking about his Road to Ultra Tour and performing at Sensation, I asked Fedde who some of his main musical influences were, both in and out of the electronic music scene. “Outside, I have always been interested in old funk. I think it is so amazing how they can minimize every groove to something so simple. Its interesting for hours, and kind of goes the same for house music. As for electronic dance music, I usually try to listen to guys that I don’t get to hear that much – it’s a different ap-proach to dance music, and I try to take little things out of that to inspire me.”When speaking of his new

perform in and travel to during his Road to Ultra Tour, his response was, “I can’t pick just one. The places that I have played before, like New York and Chicago, were pretty much what I expected. But the place that really surprised me most was Syracuse. I’ve never been there befo-re, and it was absolutely amazing.”

In September, Fedde had the opportunity to perform at the first ever event at the beautiful and brand new Barclay’s Center in Brook-lyn, for Sensation, another night jampacked with elec-tronic music. This was also Sensation’s first time in the United States, bringing the night of positive vibes and non-stop electronic music over to the states from Eu-rope. “I think that Sensation went really, really well. I’ve done a lot of Sensations over the years, of course, so I sort of know what they are all about. It was really cool because all of the people that worked the event had done it so many times, everyone was really nervous because it was

track, Long Way From Home, which has been in-ching it’s way to the #1 spot on Beatport charts, Fedde told a story about being in LA with some close friends. “I had a day off in LA and we were talking about music. We kind of think that there is a lot of stuff that is very generic, every record really sounds the same. We were listening to some other tracks from different genres and kind of got inspired. I then came up with the Daft Punky riff, and then we played the chords with it. We sampled something, started looking up old blues records on YouTube – and we came up with Long Way From Home.”

The upcoming months are jam-packed for Fedde, for he is planning on touring come September, and also currently working on his album which is expected to be released in December 2013. Normally artists drop their album and then tour, but Fedde doesn’t believe that always works towards the artist’s advantage. “People kind of make up

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rests, he tends to make more music. Consequently, Conspirator was born in 2004 during a brief hiatus

It’s a frigidly cold Colorado night as plumes of smoke scurry away with the wind whipping through the back alley of The Aggie Theater. Marc Brownstein of Conspirator stands shivering amidst streaks of snow answering a fan’s question about his age by saying, “it’s like the wind-chill factor, I’m almost 40 but it feels like 25.” As that iconic smile stretches across his face, it’s evident that Marc embodies this youthful, optimistic outlo-ok, enabling him to both possess the wisdom of a jam-band veteran while preserving the ambition of a musical rookie.

Marc started the Disco Biscuits back in 1995, but despite all his accom-plishments through the

turn from a thing that our old fans used to come to see just as a novelty becau-se we were in it, into really having it’s own identity,” Marc says. “We’re trying to do something completely different and when you’re starting something new, you don’t know if it’s going to be popular. You just put your heart and soul into it, then promote it and believe.”

That constant belief and promotion has paid off with the recent release of Conspirator’s first studio EP, Unleashed, as well as a 28-city tour and a full festival season this summer to back it. There’s no telling what their future holds, but with that much momentum, it’s clear that they don’t plan to slow down or stop anytime soon.

years he says, “I don’t feel bored at all making music.” This creative restlessness has resulted in him starting up multiple musical endea-vors (Conspirator, Younger Brother, SuckerPunch), co-founding a non-profit to promote voter registration (HeadCount), establishing and headlining a highly successful music festival (Camp Bisco), composing a rock opera (Chemical Warfa-re Brigade), hosting a radio show (Jamtronica on Sirius XM), and remixing hip-hop albums (Ski Beatz vs. The Disco Biscuits).

Marc’s current focus is Conspirator, which has gradually grown from being considered a side project into a full-fledged band with it’s own sound and fan base. “I’m starting to see it

Newton’s first law of motion states that bodies at rest tend to stay at rest, but when Marc Brownstein

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from touring with The Disco Biscuits, when fellow Biscuit, Aron Magner, who Marc refers to as his “musical soul-mate,” first proposed the project. The idea took off and allowed them to guide their well-honed crea-tive chemistry in a different direction. This departure from The Disco Biscuits developed a unique sound that strays away from a jam-oriented style, yet maintains the same spirit of eclectic-nes and excitement. “We wanted to make electronic music with an element of surprise,” Marc says, “playing with the beat and adding in all kinds of stuff that all comes together to create a whole new genre.”

Genre is a tricky word when it comes to Conspirator. Their music encompasses

a wide range of rock and electronic elements that fuse together to form a sound that orbits around, “a heavy, electronically produced core with a skillful and melodic homage to instrumentation.” Marc is quick to sight Simon Po-sford of Shpongle as one of the forefathers of this type of live electronica. “ He is a huge influence of mine and also one of the guys who gave us the idea that this was something that could be done.” Conspirator con-tinues to build off of what Posford pioneered and their diverse audience is a testament to the way their music bridges genres.

Conspirator’s crowd encom-passes all ages and types of fans. Ranging from middle-aged men who hired bab-

“We wanted to make electronic music with an element of surprise,” Marc says, “playing with the beat and adding in all kinds of stuff that all comes together to create a whole new genre.”

ysitters to come to catch a couple of their favorite Disco Biscuit’s play, to neon-clad college kids unaware of the band’s past. “Sometimes we’ll meet kids and have to explain to them who we are,” Marc says, “That’s my favorite thing, people just being there and loving a new band when they don’t know about our other band or the last 20 years.”

Having just turned 40, the topic of age is inescapable, yet rather than pondering the past, Marc chooses to focus on the future. When asked about his opinion on age, Marc replies, “To answer your question, Phil Lesh just turned 73 the other week and that guy still throws down hard for four hours. I see him as inspira-tion to be somebody who

just has the longevity and also Miles Davis as some-body who was not afraid to completely switch things up and change the way they make music.”

While Marc may disprove Newton’s first law of motion, he personifies the theory that the only constant is change, and also ‘haters’. “Don’t let the haters get you down, because if you’re going to be anything, you’re going to have haters. Since before the Internet, there were haters, but you shouldn’t give up if some-body else is telling you it’s not there. We had an OG hater back in 1997 who was at a show and said, ‘I’m in the music industry and you guys don’t have it. Go back to school and don’t quit your day jobs,’ which just

fueled us and we were like ‘Screw that guy, we’re going to be successful on our own terms with our own sound’.”

Conspirator has managed to transcend the haters, and thanks to a positive and progressive attitude, they’ve prevailed. “It’s all tied into dedication. That’s the key-practice hard, never give up, and be yourself. ”

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enthusiasm for partying as they went.

With more huge Generation Wild dates planned across Europe this summer before the riotous quintet return to North America in the Fall to continue the madness.

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neration Wild juggernaut blew through North America’s city limits with high-octane per-formances that drove crowds to the peaks of crazy. From glowstick-wielding teenagers to performers blasting CO2 cannons, to leopard-print, leotard-clad midgets, pandas, rabbits, horses and even Spiderman getting in on the action, if chin-stroking next to the DJ booth is your thing, Generation Wild was most definitely not for you.

Generation Wild was, at its very core, a tour that was all about the party; about the dance floor, the music and the new generation of clubbers coming through the raving ranks who want pure, unadul-terated entertainment from start to finish – and Koyu, Avila, Weermets and dBerrie did not disappoint. Dropping a blistering array of the hottest tracks with unbridled gusto, the foursome, closely follo-wed by Kirillwashere, romped across the massive continent, stamping their undeniable

Generaton Wild Tour Whim Nightclub Pgh, PA. presented by Art Of Electro-nica.

What happens when you mix up four of the hot young DJs, twenty US and Canadian cities brimming with thousands of screaming fans, one madcap celebrity photographer, coun-tless champagne showers and one big, fat tour bus?

Those were the vital ingre-dients of the Generation Wild Tour, featuring Deniz Koyu, Danny Avila, dBerrie, Mikael Weermets and infamous super-snapper Kirillwashere – now captured in all its adre-naline-inducing glory in this 15 minute-long after movie.

Hauling electronic ass from Chicago through Columbus, Toronto, Syracuse, Foxwo-ods, Worcester, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, State College, Madison, Bloomington, Miami, Albany, New York City, Atlantic City, Boston, Washington DC, Ottawa and Montreal, the Ge-

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Markus SchulzSpinr: You are a Ger-man born DJ / Producer residing in Miami. Besides the beautiful beaches and rise of Elec Music in the US why the move to the US and to Miami?

Markus: To the States

itself, that was a decision my mother took and I, for one, am certainly delighted that she did. Miami, well, supposedly the best climate in the world, a cultural hub, in-credible buzz and vibrancy everywhere you go, beau-

tiful skyline and a major electronic music capital too. I could hardly have gone anywhere else. Spinr: You recently embarked on your 2013 SPRING NORTH AMERI-CAN SCREAM BUS TOUR.

wall-to-wall music lovers going justthe right kinda nuts. Since then it’s just got big-ger and crazier and more full on, which is all down to the crowds that are tur-ning out. We’ve taken it to Buffalo, NY, Echostage in

How is this tour going so far?.... Markus: It’s early days, but I gotta say the vibe is great. We really just kicked off the other Friday in Chicago, which was just amazing. A sold out and slammed event, with a

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Spinr: You recently launched New World Punx with your close friend Ferry Corsten. How did this colab and con-cept come about?

Markus: Ferry and I are good buds, and have been for a while. We started playing to-gether b2b last year and ma-king a few reboots of some of our old, not-forgotten fa-vorite tracks that we thought could do with another roll of the dice. New World Punx is a sort of formalizing of that and a kind of umbrella name/term

Spinr: We read the debut show will be held at Madi-son Square Garden... That’s pretty huge what else can we expect?

Markus: We launched it at Miami Music Week at

moment it kicks off, you’re always being rushed from one thing to another. ‘Markus we gotta go here now’, ‘Markus you gotta be there in like 5 mins’. Sometimes – and I’m talking especially about Ultra here – I feel like hitting the ejector seat and just ha-ving the time to walk around and see what’s going on. But hey, there’s always next year!

Spinr: You also played shows during WMC what did these consist of?.... What did or do you do for down time?

Markus: I played the Space terrace on the Sunday after the first weekend of Ultra. Oh. My God. That was insane. Scale the cliff face, dive off the top of the high board and then straight down-the-rabbit-hole till 10am the next day.

just working with what they already have - the whole set-up is custom. We arrive, monster trailer in tow, the rig comes off, the lights go up, the hardware is set up and we let fly. It doesn’t matter where the show is, you’re going to be hearing and seeing something way more spectacular than you’re used to. It’s rigged up more like a concert that ‘just’ a DJ set. Spinr: With ULTRA and WMC just ending what was it like to be part of 2 weekends of ULTRA? How did you sets go?

Markus: Oh, phenomenal – it just keeps getting better down at Bayside Park. It was hot though and in more ways than one - the weather did not let us down. But MMW and the whole WMC stretch is crazy, you know. From the

DC, Boston, Philly so far and this week we head inland.

There’s been some sleepless nights too. They warned us about that before we got on the bus. The tour manager said ‘listen, you’re not going to sleep much, because this thing really takes some get-ting used to’. And they were right! The roads between Boston and New York, boy, there are so many curves and potholes - we barely got a wink. Think that aspect will get easier, the further we get along the tour route though.

Spinr: What will this Tour consist of?

Markus: The entire show/tour has been planned and designed to my specs. This is really all on me! There’s no going into clubs and

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Mansion and the response was phenomenal. Madison Square Garden was a whole different level though - one of the greatest experiences of my life. Stepping out into that auditoria, and to be sharing the experience with someone like Ferry, made it even better.

Spinr: What’s new in the wor-ks releases, colabs that you can give us a hint about?

Markus: I’ve just premiered my first New World Punx track with Ferry Corsten (‘Romper’). We dropped it at Mansion at our debut show and it brought the house down. You’re definitely going to be hearing some of that action soon.

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drawing a record setting 330,000 attendees over the 6-days of the fe-stival. The two weekends now serve as the grandest of openings and the sincerest of conclusions for Miami Music Week.

The gates for Ultra don’t open until late afternoon on Friday but the anticipation is palpable throughout the day as thousands of people descend upon downtown Miami eager to be a part of the 15th anni-versary of one of the biggest parties on earth. The all ages-event brings people from all walks of life; busines-smen, college students, and parents all come together for a short period of time under the magic of Ultra. Ultra has a reputation for bringing the hottest talent in the world to headline and perform at the festival and 2013

Ultra Music Festival is a truly unique experience, one that is unparalleled in the festival circuit. For two long weekends (previously one) a year, Bayfront Park tran-sforms from an average park into a tumultuous sea of dancing and pure happiness. The bass from the festival grounds can be felt from blocks away, and the sleepless city of Miami has yet another reason to stay awake.

Ultra Music Festival debuted in 1999 with humble beginnings and since 2009 UMF has brought an incredi-ble annual turnout of over 100,000 attendees over the course of the weekend. UMF 2012 drew an asto-unding 165,000 attendees, and in 2013, Ultra expanded to 2 weekends

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FEDDE LE GRAND Rollin’ n Rockin’ ULTRA Main Stage Pages 04 - 05

MARKUS SCHULZ delivers an amazing set to a packed ULTRA Mega Structure Pages 16 - 17

ULTRA CUSTOM DESIGN ARTWORK Featuring an abstract compo-sition of ULTRA Music Festi-val 2013 derived from Airos Design point of view. Pages 20 - 21

ULTRA MAIN STAGE The crown jewel of Ultra, the main stage boasts state of the art production that provides an experience like no other in the festival circuit. Pages 22 - 23

NICKY ROMERO salutes the crowd from behind the decks at the ULTRA Main Stage as he blows them away with an elec-tric progressive infused set. AFROJACK rocks the house as he takes the ULTRA Main Stage crowd by storm, dirty-dutch style. Pages 24 - 25

KASKADE Kaskade lights a fire under the dance floor of the main stage with one of the most highly acclaimed sets of the entire weekend. CARL COX The king of tech-house, Carl Cox brings the party unlike any in the world in the legen-dary ULTRA MegaStructure. RUSKO slays ULTRA Wordwide stage with a blend of heavy-hitting dubstep and drum and bass to send the crowd into an absolute frenzy. Pages 26 - 27

DEADMAU5 Raise your weapon...In his triumphant return to the festival circuit De-admau5 closes out the second night of weekend 1 with an incredible set.SWEDISH HOUSE MADIAurges the biggest main stage crowd of the weekend to save the world as they close out the first night of ULTRA with the penultimate show of their touring career. Pages 28 - 29

ARMIN VAN BUURENArmin Van Buuren, the #1 ranked DJ in the world, shuts down the first weekend of ULTRA with a truly magical set that one could only expect from the king of trance himself. Pages 30 - 31

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was no exception. The weekend one headliners alone were enough to create excitement. The world-renowned Swedish House Mafia closed night 1 as the penultimate show on their “One Last Tour.” Deadmau5 made his much-anticipated return to the festival circuit by closing out night 2 with my personal favorite set of the weekend. Last but certainly not least, the trance king himself, Armin Van Buuren closed out the entire first weekend, reminding everyone why he is DJ Mag’s #1 DJ in the world.

Ultra boasts production on absolutely outrageous levels at every one of their individual stages. Each stage features state-of-the-art light fixtures and graphic panels combined with bone rattling sound systems.

The Ultra Worldwide stage is a massive arcing structu-re located adjacent to the Mega Structure that pays homage to the various Ul-tra Music Festivals held in Korea, Ibiza, Brazil, Argen-tina and Poland and featu-res some of the premiere talent of the weekend. On Friday, trance enthusiasts were treated to an incre-dible selection featuring ATB, Paul van Dyk, Markus Schulz and Ferry Cor-sten to name a few. The following day featured an absolutely packed day of artists with early killer per-formances from Walden, Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano and the Nervo twins followed by Laidback Luke, Martin Solveig and Benny Benassi to close out the night. As the sun rose Sunday, day 3 at the worldwide stage brought a much harder sound, with bass filled drops coming from Adventure Club, an exclusive set from Skrillex and Boys Noize as Dog

Blood, Dillon Francis, Rusko, and Zeds Dead to cap off the night.

Ultra Music Festival must not be described in words or phrases, but in the emotions it evokes from the passionate fans that attend. The all-encompas-sing “Mega Structure” was a highlight of the weekend and an idiosyncrasy of The Ultra Music Festival that festival goes flock to. Having only heard of its magnitude and seen pictures of its splendor, we were not aware of what the mammoth of a structure was capable of until stepping in. 2 days controlled by the Carl Cox & Friends Family and a day of Big Room house crea-ted an atmosphere of unli-mited dance possibility. The vibes all around made the setting comfortable and only added to the intimate connection with each artist. The lowering and rising of the multiple octagonal graphic panels (affectionately referred to as the “honeycombs”) that stretched the length of the roof brought excitement and incredible visuals. The bass from this stage was chilling and the ultimate sound resonating touched all who dared to enter. From Cox and Hawtin on Friday and Saturday, to Prydz and Tiesto on Sun-day, this legend of a “tent” was a staple of the musical experience of Ultra. When there are countless options and new music opportunities for all, the Mega Structure stands out as its own microcosm in a vast multiverse of musical exploration.

Ultra’s crown jewel, the Main Stage, is where the truly incredulous pro-duction really came into play. The enormous “U” can be seen shining like a beacon from hundreds of yards away and the

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music pours like an ocean of sound over the crowd. Expect anything and everything from Ultra’s production team during a set at the Main Stage. 50-foot flames shooting into the air, massive CO2 cannons blasting in every direction, water fountains, unreal visual effects, and of course fireworks are all likely. Hyped up by acts like Hardwell, Madeon, Fedde Le Grand, Knife Party, Deadmau5, Above and Beyond, Armin Van Buuren, Swedish House Mafia, the frenzied crowd at the Main Stage was unrivaled in energy com-pared to any other stage during weekend one.

The Live stage presented a different dynamic, ranging from bands, live electro-nic music displays, and a few incredible vocalists. The amphitheater’s layout

provided area to sit, stand, lie out, and most impor-tantly, enjoy the music. Names like Disclosure and Boy Noize tamed fans with their own unique sounds of deep house/garage and trademark electro. Bands like Yeasayer and Crystal Castles brought a live alternative to the multiple DJs that had fans dancing in the isles. Legends also made their mark. Snoop Dog and Infected Mushro-om as well, left their marks on a weekend of endless talent.

The smaller stages like UMF Radio, Bayfront, and Eco Village don’t feature the extensive production or huge name artists, but what they lacked in the former they made up with easily in the overall vibes and intimacy. It was obvious that most of the people who visited these stages were there for the

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in each other’s minds. The goodbyes were real but so are the memories, and as the crowd began the longest trek of the weekend back to their respective hotel rooms, a sign already welcoming them back for the next weekend and Ultra 2014 greeted them. Everyone smi-led because they knew they

than a dream. Groups that travelled from thousands of miles asked random strangers to take one last picture to immortalize the moment. In three days, over 100,000 people became a family of sorts. Each newly founded relationship no more fleeting than the last; everyone will remain forever

As the final strips of confetti fell from the sky and Armin Van Buuren gave one last bow and wave before the first weekend of Ultra Music Festival officially came to a close, everyone looked around them as if they weren’t sure if what they just experienced over past three days was, in fact, more

music, and the resulting vibe was beautiful. The stages feature more off-the-beaten-path genres like deep and tech-house and drum and bass. As impressi-ve as seeing 100,000 people raging to a SHM set was, seeing 300 being mesme-rized Seven Lions is just as impressive.

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would be back. This kind of experience deserves to be had more than once. ULTRA 2014 expects to be even bigger! Until then relive all your memories by watching ULTRA MUSIC FE-STIVAL 2013 ‘Forever In Your Mind’ – Memory Video and Live Sets on UMF TV.

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