Ultra Music Festival 2016 Compilation Album No. 1 on iTunes

11 February 2016 - 21:05 By Azizzar Mosupi

Dance music junkies have put their money where their mouths are‚ with the Ultra Music Festival 2016’s compilation album already topping the album log of the South African iTunes Music chart.Released on February 5‚ the albums boasts 58 songs by various artists including Dillion Francis & Skrillex‚ Carnage‚ Afrojack‚ Calvin Harris and Faithless among others.The digital version of the album offers just over half of the album for download through the music portal‚ while the rest of the songs are only available on the physical album. The release comes as Ultra fest fiends dust off their dancing shoes and ready their glowsticks for later this month‚ with this year’s Electronic Dance Music taking place in Johannesburg at the Nasrec Expo on February 26 and 27 and in Cape Town on February 27 and 28 at the Ostrich Ranch. Tickets are selling fast with the website stating that 85% of tickets in the Mother City are sold out and 87% of the City Lights’ also already snatched up. Acts for the event include Black Coffee‚ Lulo Café‚ DJ Shimza‚ Afrojack‚ Kid Fonque‚ Mobi Dixon‚ Dash Berlin‚ Carnage‚ Tiesto‚ Skrillex‚ Zedd and many more. Following the South African celebrations‚ March will see the festival move to Miami followed by Korea in June‚ Europe in July‚ Singapore and Japan in September and Brasil in October. Since its inception in 1999‚ the festival has grown from being a one-day event to now taking place over two days at a time. ..

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