ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL is teaming up with Digitally Imported (DI) for 24/7 UMF Radio, a festival-dedicated channel which will stream all ULTRA festivals around the globe including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ibiza, Korea and Croatia. Launching this Friday, March 15 with ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL in Miami, FL, 24/7 UMF Radio will stream live sets from all the major stages at the festival over six different channels via DI. A player supporting DI will also be included with the official ULTRA 2013 app. More information can be found at www.di.fm/umfradio.
Since 2005, ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL--the world's premier electronic music festival--has provided a taste of its festival experience via its radio show. Every week, UMF Radio serves up a proper two-hour mix of the industry's most prominent and up-and-coming artists. The format of the show crosses the boundaries of various genres of dance music week-to-week, highlighting only the most significant and forward-thinking artists. Hosted by RioTGeaR, UMF Radio airs every Friday on Digitally Imported Online.
Digitally Imported is the #1 online radio network for electronic music fans around the globe. One of the first online radio networks to go live in 1999, it has grown into a destination and lifestyle for over two million unique listeners who tune in every month and growing. Digitally Imported has a home for every electronic music fan. Digitally Imported works hard to deliver only the best electronic music to our listeners around the world around the clock; it's an obsession. Online, Mobile,
Social and on-site, Digitally Imported is entrenched in electronic music culture... it's not just music, it's a lifestyle. What makes Digitally Imported different from other online radio networks is the careful curation of 50+ channels, each managed by an expert in their specific electronic music genre. This creates an authentic online listening experience, one where the listener can enjoy music without working to hear it. In addition to content curation, Digitally Imported is partnered with the largest DJ's and promoters around the world creating live, exclusive listening experiences from events everywhere. If they can't make it to the event, we bring the event to them. Digitally Imported has the technical experience to ensure the best experience for our listeners no matter their location. The importance to deliver nothing but the best is top priority so our listeners have no barriers to enter the world of electronic music. Digitally Imported is structured with the advance hardware, software and bandwidth necessary to successfully deliver only the best experience possible.
As the world's most famous outdoor electronic music festival, ULTRA has won "Best Music Event" by the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) six consecutive years, from 2005 to 2011, "Best International Dance Music Festival" by the Ibiza DJ Awards in 2008 and "Best Festival" by the Village Voice Media New Times consecutively five years running from 2005 through 2009. Originally created as a pure EDM (electronic dance music) festival in 1999, ULTRA has grown through the years to present not only the genre's hottest, biggest and best headline artists (The Prodigy, Swedish House Mafia, The Chemical Brothers, Tiësto, David Guetta, deadmau5, Underworld, Kraftwerk, Armin van Buuren, Moby, Fatboy Slim, Justice,
Carl Cox and Avicii to name a few), but also crossover headline bands that incorporate EDM elements in their music and have a history or new beginning in the EDM community and culture (The Cure, The Killers, New Order, Duran Duran, The Black Eyed Peas, Erasure, M83, Santigold, The Ting Tings, Cut Copy,
Empire of the Sun and Bloc Party). In 2012, global pop icon
Madonna appeared as a special surprise guest-the festival's gift to their fans-to introduce the main stage final headlining artist AVICII, joining him behind the decks to premiere his UMF remix of her new single "Girl Gone Wild." The year also was the subject of CAN U FEEL IT, a major documentary feature about the festival, which was shown in over 500 theatres nation-wide. Together with its signature, cutting-edge productions, ULTRA is unrivalled by consistently presenting the world's greatest, most diverse EDM line-ups year after year. In 2013, as it celebrates its 15 year anniversary, ULTRA will become the first major EDM festival in the world to expand to two weekends with dates set for March 15, 16 and 17 and March 22, 23 and 24. Weekend 2 is already sold out, and Ultra has broken their previous record with ticket sales in 85 countries so far for the 2013 Festival. A global brand, ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL takes place in Miami, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ibiza and Korea, expanding into Europe with ULTRA EUROPE July 2013 in Croatia.
