Michael Fossati of SpiritOfHouse.com once again in the driver’s seat this year delivering the very first of his SpiritOfMiami daily updates…
SPIRITOFMIAMI # 01
It's that time of the year again where most DJ’s, producers, label representatives and fans of house music make their way down to Miami for the yearly Winter Music Conference (WMC)... Although there must be said that some big players won’t do it this year, most notoriously like Tony Humphries and Bobby & Steve to just name those coming to mind by the time dropping those lines.
I arrived in the evening of Sunday, just to find out that the weather is bad (and had been bad the days before as well). Lots of rain and clouds, and not the sun you'd expect (and hope for)... Gladly on Monday there was no rain, although it was humid and cloudy.One of the first things to do once you're in Miami is to get your hands on "The List", the official party guide to the WMC. This year the guide is 226 pages strong which looks to be a ground breaking record. Again, as in past years, there is simply to much going on, giving you no possibility to witness all the events you would like to...
Monday started off with a late lunch with Valentino (from the UDM Show) and Beppe Gioia. We had a nice talk about some possible future projects as well as we exchanged our thoughts on the current state of the music scene. In the afternoon, I met Teeman-X from DeepHaven Music and we went to his studio where I got an exclusive preview of things to come from the label in the near future (to be more precise, I got a listen to tracks from his artist album to be released later this year). As we used to get from the label, its all about musicianship and real songs, not just some simple tracks that might rock the floors but will be as quickly forgotten.With the WMC officially not starting before Tuesday, there was not much going on - in fact there was only the Underground Collective party running that evening. That fiesta was really rockin', with capacity being reached early (you got to remember that Blue is not that big of a place) and a great vibe created by the DJ’s (which included Master Kev, DJ Spinna, Tony Touch and Jellybean Benitez).
The heat is supposed to be finally on Today, at least with respect due to the number of simultanous parties. But of course we hope the weather will change for the better as well! MF
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