By Hank Justice

 

Don’t know about ya’ll, but we’ve been wearing our dancing shoes since Ultra kicked-off the Winter Music Madness (or Miami Music Week, whatever you wanna call it) last Friday. You may be tired but hey, you only live once and isn’t that why they made Redbull (and drugs)? Although you may have seen some of the Fixed dance commanders throughout the week, Sweat Records and The Vagabond are bringing them together under one roof for the fifth annual Fixed music showcase this Friday, March 22. Fixed V will be featuring Tensnake (live), Flight Facilities, Bicep, Maxxi Soundsystem and more and best yet, we’ve got a pair of tickets for you to try and score…Bring on the dance magic!

With all that being said, we want you to arrive at this event with an idea of the awesomeness that you’re getting yourself into, so we invite you take a few minutes and become familiar with your commanders for the evening. Keep in mind that there are special secret guests as well. Get your advance tickets here!

Tensnake

Vital Facts

Name: Marco 
Niemerski

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Genre: Tropical

Record Labels: Mirau / Mule / Permanent Vacation / Running Back / Defected

Random Fact: He came up with the name Tensnake randomly while playing with words.

Recommended Listening

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Bicep

Vital Facts

Names: Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar

Location: Based in London but both from Belfast, Northern Ireland

Genre: House

Record Label: Feel My Bicep

Random Fact: feelmybicep.com was a blog they started just as a personal thing.

Recommended Listening

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Flight Facilities

Vital Facts

Names: Hugo Stuart Gruzman and James “Jimmy” Nathan Lyell

Location: Australia

Genre: House / Electro

Record Labels: Future Classic / Glassnote / Flight Facilities

Random Fact: They are extremely detail oriented as you can see in this blog entry.

Recommended Listening

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Maxxi Soundsystem

Vital Facts

Name: Sam Watts

Location: Brighton, UK

Genre: House

Record Labels: Ellum / Hypercolour / Futureboogie / Hot Wave

Random Fact: He was nominated twice for DJ Mag’s Best of British 2012 award.

Recommended Listening

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Poolside

Vital Facts

Names: Filip Nikolic and Jeffrey Paradise

Location: Los Angeles

Genre: Daytime Disco

Record Label: Day & Night Recordings

Random Fact: Their debut album ‘Pacific Standard Time’ is now out.

Recommended Listening

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Light Year

Vital Facts

 

Name: Jordan

Location: Surry Hills, Australia

Genre: House/Electro

Record Label: Bang Gang 12 Inches

Random Fact: His claim to fame came from his track titled ‘Sex Education.’

Recommended Listening

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Classixx

Vital Facts

Names: Michael David and Tyler Blake

Location: Los Angeles

Genre: Boogie

Record Labels: Various labels

Random Fact: They produced Mayor Hawthorne’s amazing “No Strings” song.

Recommended Listening

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JDH & Dave P

Vital Facts

Names: Dave Pianka and Josh Houtkin

Location: New York

Genre: Eclectic Electronic

Random: They started a party called FIXED at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York in early 2004.

Recommended Listening

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Paul Raffaele

Vital Facts

Name: Paul Raffaele

Location: New York

Genre: Eclectic Electronic

Random: He’s a co-founder and resident of Dog & Pony Show.

Recommended Listening

TICKET GIVEAWAY

WMC can get expensive, thats for damn sure!

Lucky for you, we’ve got a pair of tickets to the show to giveaway.

You know the drill…

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Winner will be announced Friday, March 22 at 4 PM.