For many in the North American electronic music scene, Ultra Music Festival marks the beginning of festival season. A cross section of the DJ/producer elite use it as an opportunity to debut tracks that will become each year’s soundtrack, and the surrounding Miami Music Week serves as a veritable beacon by which countless industry connections are made each year.
Be that as it may, this year’s edition of the festival will make for a particular mile marker in the electronic music landscape.
We’ve already pointed out the unprecedented representation that house and techno artists have on the 2016 lineup. In addition to that, there are also a handful of acts that will make this year’s edition of Ultra an occasion not to be missed by anyone invested in the various iterations of electronic music culture.
So, on that note, here are 10 acts that we feel will make Ultra Music Festival an incredibly memorable affair this year.