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We’re less than a month away from heading to South Padre Island for the 2014 edition of Ultimate Music Experience. Starting with the official pre-party at Clayton’s Beach Resort with Steve Aoki on March 12th, the next three days will see UME take over Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark with sounds from some heavyweights in dance music from March 13-15th. Tickets are now available, buy your tickets online today!

Though we aren’t usually ones to brag, our UME lineup is massive this year! We’re so honored to hear and host many fresh, exciting, and diverse sounds from the handpicked roster. For this sound clash, we’re pairing two of our performers who are shaking up the “standard” forms of production. Though one is known for introducing the world to festival trap, and the other for carving a nîche in the Dirty Dutch sound, get ready for two very different epic performances by Carnage and Sandro Silva when they make their way to UME.

Carnage

Carnage has had a tremendous impact on dance music this past year. From being selected to play some of the biggest festivals in the world, to introducing fans to a new sound by making a name for himself in the big room house circuit, this Ultimate Music Experience talent is unstoppable.

After bursting onto the scene with his remix of Hardwell’s massive single “Spaceman,” Carnage was the first to fuse two very distinctive sounds to create “festival trap.” Incorporating lively stab strings in his early productions, much like the big room style, Carnage paired the familiar sound with bass heavy trap beats. Tracks like “Bang” and “Turn Up” with Borgore were international hits, inspiring many to try the new style out for themselves – even UME veteran Tiësto has dropped some productions from the Chipotle lover. Not wanting to be pigeonholed to one genre, Carnage’s latest releases see him exploring new styles, “If I want to make a rap record I make it; if I want to make a house record I make it. If I want to make some pretty shit I make some pretty shit.”

We’re really loving Carnage’s latest releases which are oozing with that big room “festival-style” sound but woven into genres like deep and electro house, drum and bass and anything else that strikes his fancy. Marching into 2014 with a documentary and an artist album to be released later this year, we’re ready to turn up with Carnage at Ultimate Music Experience.

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Sandro Silva

With releases gracing many respected dance music labels like Dim Mak, Musical Freedom, Mixmash, Revealed Recordings, and Spinnin’ Records, Sandro Silva has made quite some traction in the four years since his first release, “Prom Night.” The debut track was even picked by Pete Tong as an “Essential Choice” on his famous Essential Selection show. His following release “Told Ya/Blaze” just added fuel to the fire as many headliners championed the track in their own sets.

Crafting a future sound of electro, the tribal loving producer breathed new life to the Dutch house sound, incorporating progressive synths and moombah elements to his productions. Often creating his own synths free of any VST usage, Sandro Silva’s unique style comes from a rather unconventional production techniques, “I really hope to make [my music] even more special than it is now, by using my own unique sounds. I’m trying to be different and original but in a way in which many people can understand it.”

Sandro’s latest release with newcomer Junkie Kid, “Miraj,” is out now on Doorn Records. The Middle Eastern-inspired track layers melodic chord progressions with boisterous horns. Never shy of an iconic show, we are going to have one epic night when Sandro Silva performs at Ultimate Music Experience.

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