Ultra Korea draws electronic dance music favorites

[rikayla.livejournal.com]

Beyond the dominance of K-Pop, South Korea boasts a vibrant electronic dance music scene.

About 100,000 people are expected in Seoul’s Olympic Stadium on Friday and Saturday for Ultra Korea, according to the event’s organizers. While smaller than Ultra’s home base of Miami, the Korea edition stands out as one of the world’s top parties.

“Some of hottest partiers in the world,” are in South Korea, “more so than Vegas or Ibiza,” says Choi Hun, CEO of Octagon, the highest-rated South Korean club on DJ Mag’s Top 100 Clubs list, referring to two of the better-known dance music capitals.

“In Seoul’s top nightclubs, the real ‘Gangnam Style’ is not dancing rappers or K-pop – it’s superstar DJs and EDM,” said Bernie Cho, president of Seoul-based K-pop agency, DFSB Kollective.

Re-branded as Ultra Korea from UMF Korea for its second annual edition, the event attempts to re-create the vibe of the 15-year-old Miami-based Ultra Music Festival that brings together the genre’s biggest names. Its March event in its hometown attracted more than 330,000 people from 95 countries over two weekends.

South Korean organizers said more than 80,000 tickets were sold to the domestic audience and expects up to 20,000 more from abroad for this weekend’s event. About 50,000 people attended last year, according to the organizers.

This year’s line-up again includes some of the most in-demand DJs in the world: Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Avicii, Afrojack and Kaskade as well as scores of up-and-coming entertainers from around the world.

Other than its Florida home and Seoul, the Ultra tours through Ibiza, Spain; Buenos Aires; Sao Paulo; Santiago; Split and Hvar, Croatia.


Source: Korea Real Time

Comments

[45s.livejournal.com]

i won't let this escape without a comment.

i wonder if the turnout is as big as ultra miami? anyone go?
ultra miami is a shit show (gone once, never again).

[dorawa.livejournal.com]

i went, it was fun! how many people usually go to ultra miami? by the end of the night, the whole olympic stadium was filled so there was a loooot of ppl there, 100k sounds abt right

[45s.livejournal.com]

Wasn't perfume at this one? I seriously wish I could go to sk and experience that ultra.

Ultra Miami is huge. It's at bayfront park and its usually packed. I felt like death lol. Too hot

[digitalqueen.livejournal.com]

That's weird, I've never heard of this show in Santiago, maybe it has another name here...

The nightlife in Korea looks like it's fun.. (picspam)

[sayufied.livejournal.com]

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Re: The nightlife in Korea looks like it's fun.. (picspam)

[cherrypop.livejournal.com]

Nightlife is more the reason I'm here than any other honestly... haha. It's just THAT awesome.