Claptone is an enigmatic presence. His Venetian guise, black attire, golden-beaked mask, and white gloved hands complete the mystique that continues to draw sophisticated crowds from all over the world. The artist celebrated his sold out âThe Masqueradeâ events at AFAS LIVE at ADE, Zamna, Tulum and SLS Hotel during Miami Music Week, along with what Miami New Times called a massive set at Ultra Music Festival in Miami.Â
https://www.6amgroup.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/16A9733-1-e1651120892220.jpg6821024Skylar SchossbergerSkylar Schossberger2022-04-29 06:00:302022-04-29 08:52:28Thereâs No Masking the Love Claptone Shares with His Worldwide Audience
Ultra Music Festival has added more than 60 powerful performances to its already stacked lineup that will be occurring in the notable Bayfront Park on March 25 – 27, 2022.
In 2021, Ultra announced headliners Afrojack, Alesso, Alison Wonderland, Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, DJ Snake, Carl Cox, Jauz b2b NGHTMRE Martin Garrix, Kygo, Amelie Lens, Pendulum (Live), Illenium, Madeon (Live), Oliver Heldens, Seven Lions, TiĂ«sto, Timmy Trumpet, and Knife Party, as well as a highly-anticipated performance by one of the most iconic artists in electronic music history as Sundayâs closing act.
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SpinnZinn is a multifaceted musician and a man who boasts a long relationship with the city of Miami. A host at the Bassment Sessions radio show WVUM 90.5FM for 6 years, he’ll be back again at Miami this year, as he returns to Ultra for a set alongside some serious global DJ heavyweights such as La Fleur, Marcel Dettmann and more, all of whom will play the PLAYdifferently stage.
Indeed, itâs his role at Allen&Heath, where he acts as the Global Product Specialist for the PLAYdifferently mixer for which SpinnZinn is best renowned. Working alongside Minus boss Richie Hawtin — who created the mixer with Andy Rigby-Jones — in the final stages of prototype testing, he also helped put the final touches and adjustments to the brandâs MODEL 1.
In advance of his gig at Ultra Miami on 29th March, we decided to put some questions to the man himself.
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In this week’s #TBT Series edition, we travel back in time to March 13th 1999 where, on the warm shores of South Beach a true festival sensation was born.
On that day, thousands traveled to Miami  to attend the inaugural edition of what would eventually become Ultra Music Festival. The now three-day event was originally founded and produced as a one-day affair by Russell Faibisch and Alex Omes. Faibisch was inspired Depeche Mode’s 1997 album Ultra, which is where the event got its name from. That first year the event was held at Collins Park and coincided with the end of Winter Music Conference, attracting an estimated 10,000 people in attendance.
Despite its success, it is believed that the festival lost between $10,000 to $20,000 in its first year. Regardless, it came back the following year for its second and final edition on South Beach before expansion saw the event move in 2001 to Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami.
As the flyer for 1999 shows, first year artists included Rabbit In The Moon, who returned to Ultra this past March, drum and bass maestro LTJ Bukem, Armand Van Helden (also known as one half of Duck Sauce alongside A-Trak), Ovum boss Josh Wink, VIVa Music’s Steve Lawler as well as an onslaught of other European imports the likes of Seb Fontaine, Danny Rampling and Union Jack.
Naturally, Ultra was a much smaller affair at first. The number of sponsors on the flyer alone paint the picture of what it took for Faibisch and Omes to kick start what would become a string of the most successful and well-known electronic music festivals around the globe.
The Ultra Music Festival family has since expanded exponentially. Between 2006 and 2011 the festival moved to nearby Bicentennial Park only to move back to its home at Bayfront where it still now resides. In honor of its fifteenth anniversary, the 2013 edition of the festival was held over two weekends, but reverted back to its three-day one weekend format the following year. 2016 saw the festival sell out and coincide with the end of Miami Music Week and beginning of Winter Music Conference.
The brand has become an international symbol for electronic music, holding festivals in Ibiza, Spain; Buenos Aires, Argentina; SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Seoul, South Korea; Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa; Split and Hvar, Croatia; Bangkok, Thailand and Tokyo, Japan.
Below is a playlist containing series of interesting and revealing videos of just how it was like to be at that first Ultra in 1999. It is easy to see just how much things have changed since, both in the size and music influences of Ultra. It regardless makes for a perfect journey back in time to a world before massive electronic music festivals were a thing; to a world where Ultra was about to help lay the foundations for the future of such large-scale festivals in the United States and beyond.
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