Ultra Music Festival to be broadcast on Twitch this year

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Photo by Rukes

Twitch made a huge move into the EDM world today being named the video streaming platform of choice for the Ultra Music Festival (UMF). The Ultra Music Festival will take place in Miami and is set to start this weekend (March 27th - 29th). Historically Ultra has gained the loyalty of millions of online viewers to their UMF stream each year and it's fair to expect the same kind numbers this year. 

I am a big fan of the Twitch network because of its gamer friendly platform that allowed a whole industry of streamers to make a living out of playing video games. The Twitch community is generally very tight knit with their own culture of emoticons. Newer visitors not used to the experience will find itbewildering at first, but don't worry because it's easy to pick up. 

Twitch recently made moves to branch out of the e-sports world into music with their recently installed Beta Music Service category that allows labels like Monstercat to create a music channel that thousands of fans listen to at any given time. 

The move to bring UMF to Twitch is a big move for both parties and it's going to be very interesting to see how music EDM fans and gamers will interact in the live chat. So get your kappa's ready as the EDM world is about invade Twitch - I can't wait!

The action starts on March 27th, click below to subscribe to the channel ASAP: 

http://www.twitch.tv/ultra

 

The hottest tracks from the past 7 days

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Here's last week's selection of the hottest tracks hand-picked by the biggest radio shows and charts in the land. I know that it's hard to keep up with so many EDM shows on a weekly basis so let this list help you out and keep you up to date on the hottest tracks in the land, enjoy:  

#1 on the Beatport top 100: 

Pete Tong's "Essential New Tune":

#1 on Hypem and EDM Canada approved:

Above & Beyond's Group Therapy Radio "Record Of The Week":

BIG ROOM

Hardwell On Air "Exclusive":

W&W's Mainstage Podcast "Smash Of The Week": 

Max Vangeli's Code Radio “Tried and Tested”:

TRANCE

A State of Trance  "Tune Of The Week": 

Cosmic Gate's Wake Your Mind Radio "Big Bang":  

New music Friday with Nero, Gareth Emery, and Orjan Nilsen

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In the last few days the EDM world has been treated to 3 great brand new tracks that are worthy of our attention. The first is Nero's latest track in a soon to be released album that has had fans waiting for far too long to be released. The track is called "The Thrill" and it brings back memories of their melodic bass music that had originally put them on the map: 

Gareth Emery has been busy in the studio by producing an excellent remix of the ever popular "Going Home" by Cosmic Gate featuring the vocals of Emma Hewitt. With a brand new club mix and now a Gareth remix, "Going Home" is assured to be heard in clubs worldwide for a long time to come: 

Last but not least we have Orjan Nilsen, who in my opinion, has created a powerful track with "The Edge". It's a no-nonsense track that is imminently listenable, check it out: 

Win an advanced copy of Trance Nation compilation mixed by Simon Patterson!

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On  April 5th the Ministry of Sound will be releasing their next edition of the Trance Nation compilation and they have invited none other than red hot trance artist Simon Patterson to put it together. Simon Patterson currently has a huge streak on Beatport with 17 in a row #1 tracks, making him one of the most successful trance producers in the world today. 

Trance Nation will be a 2 disc compilation composed of 36 tracks with 7 exclusives that includes his own production cheekily called "Drop The Bass", give it a listen:  

EDM Canada is giving the chance to a lucky winner to get a hard copy of Trance Nation mixed by Simon Patterson! The winner will get their copy sent to them directly by mail. All you have to do is get on Twitter, follow EDM Canada's main Twitter account (@edm_canada) and tweet the following: 

Win yourself a hard copy of Trance Nation mixed by @Sipatterson! Simply follow @edm_canada + RETWEET this to enter! http://ow.ly/i/a1gqA 

The contest starts now and will end on Wednesday, March 25th at 3 pm EST. The winner will be selected randomly - best of luck!

Note: The contest winner must give me their address for home delivery of Trance Nation. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. If the potential winner does not answer the direct message on time, a new winner will be selected. 

Full Tracklist: 

CD1

01: Tyler Michaud - Life In The Breakdown Lane [New School Recordings]
02: Kyfu - Future Past [Enhanced]
03: James Harcourt - Nutation [Twisted Frequency Recordings]
04: Alistair Albrecht ft Matt Heanes - Once More (Vocal Mix) [Muskox Records]
05: Pete K - Beyond [Intricate Records]
06: Arjonas - Symbols [Uplifting Music]
07: Jamie Walker - Rojo [Outburst Records]
08: Hard Fi - Fire In The House (Simon Patterson Remix) [Warners]
09: Alex Di Stefano – I’ve Got The Power [Outburst Records]
10:Future Disciple - The Mayans Are Coming Back [Perfecto Fluoro]
11: Harper & Green - Lost [Perfecto Records]
12: Extravagance SL - Tama [Vandit Records]
13: Paul Oakenfold ft. Tiff Lacey - Hypnotized (Markus Schulz Remix) (Perfecto)
14: Simon Patterson ft. Sarah Howells - Dissolve [Armada Music)
15: Tempo Giusto - Benzin [Lange Recordings]
16: Johnny Yono - Poison Whispers [Perfecto Records]
17: Sean Tyas – Da Doo Da Dah [Black Hole]
18: Armin van Buuren - Ping Pong (Simon Patterson Remix) [Universal]

CD2

01: Gaudium - Wrong Theory [Iboga Records]
02: Angry Man & Harmonic Rush - Purple Haze [Perfecto Records]
03: Sonic Element - Evolve [Borderline]
04: Greg Downey & Bo Bruce - These Hands I Hold [Perfecto]
05: Runa vs. In Progress - Saam (Under This Remix) [Expand Records]
06: Reverse - Ultima [Komplex Sounds]
07: Astrix - Sapana [Fine Play]
08: Magnus - Neon Division [Exclusive]
09: Simon Patterson - Drop The Bass [Exclusive]
10: Angry Man – Night Crawler [Perfecto Fluoro]
11: Eddie Bitar vs Fady & Mina – Shamiram (Extended Mix) [Exclusive]
12: Harmonic Rush - The Acid Test [Perfecto Records]
13: Simon Bostock ft. Becca White - When We Collide (Club Mix) [Monster]
14: XGenic & Proyal - Ganges [Exclusive]
15: Simon Patterson - Whites of Her Eyes [Perfecto Fluoro]
16: Simon Patterson Ft. Lucy Pullin - The One [Armada Music]
17: Simon Patterson & Matt Adey - Time Stood Still [Armada]
18: Oleg Byonic - Lyra (Green Morning)