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Ultra Records is an electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner. Ultra's current roster includes American artists Steve Smooth, Kaskade, deadmau5, Sharam, Wolfgang Gartner, Cedric Gervais, and international artists Chicane, Tiësto, Paul Oakenfold, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz, The Young Punx, Benny Benassi, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Inna, Kraak & Smaak, Morcheeba, Fedde le Grand, Enur, Basshunter and others in North America. Ultra has featured releases from the aforementioned artists and many others such as The Crystal Method, Timo Maas, Sasha & John Digweed, 4 Strings, Panjabi MC, Despina Vandi, and Junkie XL. Ultra Records is #11 on YouTube for overall massive audience.^[1]

On 24 July 2006, Ultra Records signed a pact to join the Alternative Distribution Alliance/Warner family and began distributing the company's records in September 2006, including albums by Tiësto and Kaskade. Ultra is distributed by EMI Canada and Vital UK. For the 24th Annual Winter Music Conference's IDMA, Ultra Records won the award for "Best American Dance Label" as revealed on March 25, 2009, making it the label's award the fourth year in a row. The label also received the award for Billboard Dance Airplay Label of the year for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Ultra Records was the A&R behind the Public Enemy remix project which earned one of Ultra Records' artists, Benny Benassi, a Grammy for Best Non-Classical Remixed Recording.

On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records assuming 8 of the Top 10 spots, including Armin van Buuren (#1), Tiësto (#2), deadmau5 (#3), Above & Beyond (#4), and Paul van Dyk (#5).^[2]

Sublabels[link]

Ultra Records owns the following sublabels:

• Escondida Music
• Sequence Records
• You Records
• Mau5trap
• Musical Freedom

Compilations[link]

Ultra Records has produced many dance compilation mixes. Listed below are their various series.

• Club Anthems Vol. 1 - 3
• Ultra.Chilled 01 - 06
• Ultra Electro 1 - 3
• Ultra.Dance 01 - 13
• Ultra.Trance 1 - 10
• Out.Anthems Vol. 1 - 6
• Ultra.80's vs Electro 1
• Ultra.Club Classics: '90s 1
• Ultra.Video (DVD) 1 - 2
• Ultra.Weekend 1 - 8
• Ultra.Rock Remixed
• Ultra.2008
• Ultra.2009
• Ultra.2010
• Ultra.2011
• Ultra.2012
• Ultra.10 1
• Ultra Hits 1
• Ultra.Mix 1 - 3
• Just Dance 1 - 3
• Ultra.Latino 1
• Electric Daisy Carnival Vol. 1 - 2

Festivals[link]

Ultra:NY[link]

On September 16, 2006, Ultra Records hosted the dance festival Ultra:NY in New York's Central Park. The main headliners were Danny Tenaglia, Timo Maas, Paul Oakenfold, The Chemical Brothers, and Mylo. Ultra:NY also featured Erick Morillo, David Waxman, Boris, Liquid Todd, and Kevens.

Ultra International Music Publishing[link]

Ultra International Music Publishing (UIMP) is the music publishing company arm of Ultra Records representing artists, songwriters, producers and agents from around the world.^[3] The company attempts to place artists in film, television, gaming, and advertising.^[4]

List of Notable UIMP Artists[link]

• Akon
• Beenie Man
• Crookers
• deadmau5
• Evidence
• George Acosta
• Inna
• Jonathan Peters
• Kaskade
• Max Glazer
• Sander Kleinenberg
• Slick Rick
• The Chemical Brothers
• Wolfgang Gartner

See also[link]

• List of record labels

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Ultra International Music Publishing

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Fedde le Grand
Fedde Le Grand
Background information
Birth name	Fedde le Grand
Born	(1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 (age 34) Utrecht, Netherlands
Genres	Eurodance, House, Electro house, Tech House, Techno
Occupations	DJ, producer Fiancè- Tana StCyr 2002-Current
Years active	2003-present
Labels	Flamingo Recordings, Ministry of Sound Australia, Toolroom Records
Website	Official Web Site

Fedde le Grand (born 7 September 1977) is a Dutch house DJ and producer whose single "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" (UK/US) / "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit"^[1] (Europe, excluding UK) reached number one on the UK's singles and the top 5 in the Dutch singles chart, and spent five weeks in the Spanish dance chart. On 28 October 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records artist Fedde le Grand placed at #29.,^[2] climbing to #21 in 2010 and #14 in 2011.

Biography[link]

1998 - 2000[link]

Inspired by Masters At Work and Mousse T, Fedde le Grand kicks off his DJ career in the Danssalon in Eindhoven. For two years he is the resident DJ on the Sunday night. He also plays Dutch clubs like Panama, the Escape and the Love Boat in Amsterdam, and Jackies, Thalia, Discothèque and Now & Wow in Rotterdam, De Rechter in Eindhoven and he can also be seen at Extrema. Fedde le Grand is also popular abroad and performs in Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Greece and Israel.

2001 - 2006[link]

From 2001 Fedde le Grand works on his own productions. His first release, under the name F.L.G., is the Electronic EP on Flamingo Recordings, a co-production with Robin M and with contributions from Funkerman (Ardie van Beek). Le Grand's records are released on labels such as Little Mountain Recordings (Sander Kleinenberg's label), Influence, Work and the British labels CR2 Records and Toolroom. Le Grand makes remixes for artists like Anita Kelsey (Every Kiss, 2004), Erick E (Boogie Down, 2005 and The Beat Is Rockin', 2006), Funkerman (The One, 2005), Olav Basoski (Proper Tunes, 2006) and Camille Jones (The Creeps, 2006). The DJ is a regular guest in Dutch radio show Ministry of Beats on 3FM radio. Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit (2006), an electro track with vocals by Mc Gee, is officially awarded 'the summer anthem of Ibiza 2006'. The single climbs to the top slot of the UK charts and is also a big dance hit in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Australia. Hiphop crew D12 from Detroit (known for their work with Eminem) puts out a vocal version of the hit record. Le Grand provides a remix for Robbie Williams' single Bongo Bong/Je Ne T'Aime Plus.

2007[link]

In March the DJ commences an Australian tour and as of May he tours the US. Fedde le Grand wins three prizes at the International Dance Music Awards staged at the Winter Music Conference in Miami (March). Not only he is Best Breakthrough Solo Artist, but also his hit Put Your Hands Up For Detroit is awarded in the categories Best Breaks/Electro Track and Best Underground Dance Track. On March 31 he receives a Danish Dance Award. On July Fedde le Grand he appears at Amsterdam's Westerpark edition of the worldwide Live Earth festival, supervised by climate guru Al Gore, who raises awareness for the global warming problem. Especially for this event Fedde le Grand writes the Mirror070707 Anthem. The festival is broadcast live on public Nederland 3 (TV) en 3FM (radio). At the same day Le Grand is prominently on the bill of dance event Sensation White at the Amsterdam Arena. During the tenth edition of the DJ Awards on Ibiza, Fedde Le Grand wins in the category Breakthrough. Le Grand's remix of Let Me Think About It, sung by Danish singer Ida Corr, reaches the Top 3 of the British charts. This makes it the third British hit single for the producer within a year. In the annual Top 100 of the influential British DJ Mag Le Grand the 22nd place which makes him the Highest New Entry. Under the name The Flamingo Project the single Take No Shhhhhhhh is released.

2008[link]

Fedde le Grand's club hit Put Your Hands Up For Detroit is mixed with Madonna's Music during the opening of Madonna's live shows. The American singer asks Le Grand to do a remix of her single Give It 2 Me, which is to be released in July. After Junkie XL Fedde Le Grand is now the second Dutchman to do a remix for Madonna.

2009[link]

The title track of Le Grand's debut album Output (September) is used in the promo videos of the OUTPUT World Tour and the Flamingo Nights. It's also being played by the DJ during the Ultra Festival in March in Miami. The first single of the album is released in May: Scared of Me, with vocals by Mitch Crown and a remix by Dutch producer Hardwell (Robbert van de Corput). Mitch Crown can also be heard on the Let Me Be Real (August). One of the remixes of the fusion between pop and dance is done by Kraak & Smaak.

2010[link]

The single Back & Forth has vocals by MC Mr. V. from New York (real name: Victor Font), whom Fedde Le Grand has met at the Miami Winter Music Conference in 2008. Le Grand again travels around the world for performances. He plays in Las Vegas and Chicago (January), Lausanne, Lyon, Munich, Bangkok and Jakarta (February), São Paulo and Miami (March), Casablanca, Berlin, Budapest, Birmingham and Düsseldorf (April), Hong Kong, Singapore, Quebec, Toronto, Seattle and San Francisco (May), Ibiza, London, Los Angeles and Broek op Langendijk (June). The DJ has just finished his set at the Love Parade in Duisburg, Germany, on 24 July, when 20 people are crushed to death at the entrance to the festival grounds. He offers his condolences to the victims on Twitter. The world tour continues in July and Augustus with performances in England, France, Turkey, Lebanon, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania. A tour around the USA with stop in New York, Los Angeles, and The Necto (nightclub) in Ann Arbor.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Fedde le Grand's channel on YouTube
• Artist Site at Ultra Records

References[link]

1. ^ IMO Records "Fedde le Grand Biography", IMO Records,Retrieved on 11 February 2012.
2. ^ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. http://www.djmag.com/top100. Retrieved 19 November 2009. 

Sultan and Ned Shepard are a Canadian electronic music duo who frequently collaborate in record production, songwriting, and remixing.^[3]

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

• "Walls" (featuring Quilla) (2012)
• "Deeper Underground" (2012)
• "Block Party" (2012)
• "Call My Name" (featuring Nadia Ali) (2011)
• "Jeopardy" (featuring Kuba Oms) (2008)
• "Together We Rise" (2007)

Collaborations[link]

• "In the Air" (featuring Morgan Page, BT and Sultan & Ned Shepard featuring Angela McCluskey) (2011)
• "Running" (Fedde Le Grand vs Sultan & Ned Shepard featuring Mitch Crown) (2011)

Production discography[link]

• Embers, Nadia Ali (2009)

Remixography[link]

All remixes listed have been released on the respective song's official remix EP unless noted otherwise.

• "Give Me All Your Luvin'", Madonna (2012)
• "Disobey", Kate Havnevik (2012)
• "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)", Nelly Furtado (2012)
• "Something for the Weekend" (featuring Luciana), Dave Aude (2011)
• "Meiri", Thomas Sagstad (2011)
• "The Edge of Glory", Lady Gaga, Born This Way: The Remix (2011)
• "Drunk Text", Manufactured Superstars (2011)
• "Call Your Girlfriend", Robyn (2011)
• "Army of Love", Kerli (2011)
• "A Million Stars", BT (2011)
• "One Hot Pleasure", Erika Jayne (2010)
• "I Want You", Dean Coleman (2010)
• "Hey Sexy Lady", i SQUARE (2010)
• "Give It All Away", DJ Rap (2010)
• "Fire in Your New Shoes", Kaskade, Club Life: Volume One Las Vegas (2010)
• "Fight for You, Morgan Page (2010)
• "Century", Tiësto, Kaleidoscope: Remixed (2010)
• "You Can Be The One", Late Night Alumni, Ultra Electro 3 (2009)
• "This is Our Night", Sander Kleinenberg (2009)
• "The Rose of Jericho", BT (2009)
• "Love Story", Nadia Ali (2009)
• "I Like That", Richard Vission (2009)
• "Golden", Second Sun (2009)
• "Dust in Gravity", Delerium (2009)
• "Addicted", Serge Devant (2009)
• "Pressure", Dirty Vegas (2008)
• "Deliver Me", Paul Harris and Cevin Fisher (2008)
• "Crash and Burn", Nadia Ali (2008)
• "Asteroidz", DBN (2008)

References[link]

Joey Youngman, better known by his stage name Wolfgang Gartner, is a Grammy-nominated American house music producer and DJ. Much of his music prior to 2010 was released through his own record label, Kindergarten,^[1] but he signed with Ultra Records in 2010 and Ministry of Sound in the UK in 2011.^[2]

Background[link]

Youngman created the Wolfgang Gartner name in late 2008 after establishing a moderately successful name as a Deep House DJ. Not wanting to be criticized for such an abrupt departure in style, Youngman created the name anonymously. Gartner's identity was revealed officially in July 2008.^[3] Youngman took the name from the coach of the Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer team.^[4] The Wolfgang Gartner logo was created in 2010 by New York graffiti artist Eric Haze who created logos for the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and EPMD.

Gartner hosted the first episode of MTV's dance music show "Clubland" which aired on September 22, 2011. ^[5] A portion of the episode was filmed at his home in Los Angeles, where he gave a tour of his studio and introduced music videos.

Music[link]

A total of eight of Gartner's songs have held the #1 position on the Beatport Top 10 Chart.^[6] His single "Wolfgang's 5th Symphony" was the highest selling song on Beatport.com in 2009. Gartner received a Grammy nomination for his remix of Andy Caldwell's "Funk Nasty" in the Best Remixed Recording (Non Classical) Category in 2010.

On September 20, 2011 Gartner released his first full length album Weekend in America. The album featured vocal cameos from Omarion, Jim Jones & Cam'ron, will.i.am and Eve. It peaked at #2 in iTunes' dance chart and #1 in Beatport's album chart. Gartner also collaborated with Deadmau5 on "Animal Rights" and with Skrillex on "The Devil's Den." These collaborations were released on Deadmau5's 4x4=12 album and Skrillex's Bangarang, respectively.

Gartner's music has been featured in a number of video games including the racing game Midnight Club: Los Angeles ("Squares" and "Montezuma"), snowboarding game Stoked ("Circles"), and as downloadable content for Activision's DJ Hero ("Wolfgang's 5th Symphony"). His music has also been featured in the TV shows Teen Wolf ("Illmerica") and The Secret Circle ("Get Em"), and in the movie Limitless ("Hook Shot").

Gartner was nominated for four International Dance Music Awards in January 2011, including Best Electro/Tech House Track, Best Progressive Track, Best Breakthrough DJ and Best Breakthrough Artist.^[7] That same month Gartner announced a new video for the single Illmerica.^[8] Forever, a collaboration with will.i.am, was released on April 12, 2011. The music video received regular rotation on MTV UK, MuchMusic (Canada), and AMtv in the USA. The single received virtually no commercial radio airplay in America, while reaching A-List rotation on BBC Radio 1 in the UK.

DJ Career[link]

Gartner has performed at a number of music festivals including Coachella 2010, Electric Daisy Carnival 2010 and 2011, Ultra Music Festival 2010, 2011, and 2012, Parklife (Australia) 2011, Creamfields (UK) 2011 and tours extensively around the world. In 2010, Gartner debuted as a featured guest on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix series, hosted by DJ/producer Pete Tong.^[9] He is ranked #7 in the "America's Best DJ" poll and #56 in the "DJ Mag Top 100" poll.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

2011[link]

• Weekend in America

Singles & EPs[link]

2007[link]

• Shapes EP

2008[link]

• Candy EP
• Play Dub
• Hot For Teacher EP
• Killer / Flam Mode
• Montezuma / Frenetica
• Bounce / Get It
• Emergency
• Hook Shot
• Flashback (feat. MC Flipside)

2009[link]

• Montezuma – Remixes
• Yin / Yang (with Francis Preve)
• Push & Rise
• Wolfgang's 5th Symphony / Grey Agenda
• Fire Power / Latin Fever

2010[link]

• Undertaker
• Conscindo (with Mark Knight)
• Animal Rights (with Deadmau5) (UK chart peak: #72)^[10]
• Illmerica (UK chart peak: #158)^[11]
• Space Junk

2011[link]

• Forever (feat. will.i.am) (UK Chart Peak #43)
• Hell Yeah! (with Mark Knight)
• Ménage à Trois
• The Devil's Den (with Skrillex)
• Still My Baby (feat. Omarion)

2012[link]

• There and Back
• We Own The Night (With Tiësto feat. Luciana)
• Redline
• Flexx

Remixes[link]

2008[link]

• Cold Act Ill (Wolfgang Gartner's Monster Mix, and Club Mix) – Classixx
• Helium (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Bass Kleph & Anthony Paul
• Funk Nasty (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Andy Caldwell
• Cruel World (Wolfgang Gartner Kindergarten Slam Mix) – Ron Reeser & Dan Saenz
• Me & Myself (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Ben DJ (feat. Sushy)
• Play (Wolfgang Gartner Remix, and Dub) – Jin Sonic & Dive

2009[link]

• Heartbreaker (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – MSTRKRFT (feat. John Legend)
• I Will Be Here (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Tiësto & Sneaky Sound System
• Cruelty (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Alaric
• 3 (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Britney Spears
• Morning After Dark (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Timbaland (feat. Nelly Furtado & SoShy)
• Imma Be (Wolfgang Gartner Club Mix) – The Black Eyed Peas

2010[link]

• Blame It On The Girls (Wolfgang Gartner Remix, and Dub) – Mika

2012[link]

• Paddling Out (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Miike Snow
• Sorry For Party Rocking (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – LMFAO

References[link]

1. ^ Kindergarten – CD's and Vinyl @ Discogs.
2. ^ Rimmington, Stephen. (2011-05-27) Wolfgang Gartner signed to Ministry of Sound? (Update: Yes) | Nothin' Gonna Change. Nothingonnachange.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.
3. ^ Wolfgang Gartner – Bio, CD's and Vinyl at Discogs.
4. ^ Holbrook, Natalie. (2011-11-03) Constant Gartner | Vegas Seven. Weeklyseven.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.
5. ^ http://www.mtv.com/videos/calvin-harris/676133/bounce.jhtml#id=1671000
6. ^ Wolfgang Gartner | AM Only.
7. ^ List of IDMA Nominations.
8. ^ "Illmerica" Video.
9. ^ Essential Mix Playlist.
10. ^ [singlechart|UK|72|artist=Deadmau5|song=Animal Rights|date=2010-10-02]
11. ^ CHART: CLUK Update 16.07.2011 (wk27)

External links[link]

• Wolfgang Gartner on Facebook
• Wolfgang Gartner on Twitter

Chris Lake is a Scottish House music DJ/producer who lives in West London. Lake first became recognized for his bootleg remixes of The Prodigy's "Climbatize", Leftfield's "Phat Planet", and Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams". which he did under the alias "Cristophe D'Abuc".^[1] His 2006 track with vocals from Laura V, "Changes", reached the UK Singles Chart,^[2] peaking at #27.^[3] "Changes" was first released in 2005 on Alternative Route Recordings and was licensed to Universal Music for a full worldwide release in Summer 2006.^[4] It reached #10 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart.^[5] His 2007 single, "Carry Me Away" (featuring Emma Hewitt), topped the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay Chart.^[6] He scored his third consecutive top ten hit on the US dance chart with "Only One". "If You Knew" featuring Nastala, became his fourth consecutive top ten single on the US dance chart. A debut album is planned for release in 2009.

Lake has been a guest DJ on many radio shows such as Pete Tong's Radio 1. Tong hailed Lake as the "best thing to come out of Scotland since Mylo."^[4][7][8]

Chris Lake runs two labels: Rising Music and Rising Trax. For in-studio mixing, Lake uses Apple Logic.^[8]

Selected discography[link]

Album

• 2009: "Crazy" (Nervous Records – NRV 20839)

Singles

• 2002: "Santiago de Cuba" (Lost Language)
• 2004: "Filth" with Rowan Blades (Alternative Route Recordings)
• 2004: "Hiatus" (Pangea Recordings)
• 2005: "One Too Many / Electro Retro" (Rising Music)
• 2005: "Until She Rises" (Little Mountain Recordings)
• 2006: "Changes" featuring Laura V (Alternative Route Recordings, Apollo Recordings) (Billboard Hot Dance Airplay #10, Global Dance Tracks #18, European Hot 100 Singles #77)
• 2006: Mistakes EP (Rising Music)
• 2007: "Carry Me Away" featuring Emma Hewitt (Rising Music) (Hot Dance Airplay #1, Global Dance Tracks #28)
• 2008: "Word / Ghost" with Sébastien Léger (Rising Music)
• 2008: "Only One" (Rising Music) (Hot Dance Airplay #9)
• 2008: "If You Knew" featuring Nastala (Hot Dance Airplay #4)
• 2008: "Start Again" featuring Nastala
• 2010: "Minimal Life" with Nelski (Rising Music)
• 2010: "Sleepwalker" (mau5trap)
• 2010: "Running Out" with Marco Lys (Rising Music)
• 2010: "Cross The Line" with Marco Lys (Rising Music)
• 2010: "La Tromba Risin'" with Marco Lys and Copyright (Defected)
• 2011: "Colours" with Nelski
• 2011: "Secrets In The Dark" (Rising Music)
• 2011: "Sundown"
• 2011: "Build Up"

Remixes

• 2001: Leftfield - "Phat Planet"
• 2002: Sia - "Drink to Get Drunk"
• 2002: The Prodigy - "Climbatize" / Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams" (as Christophe D'Abuc)
• 2003: Joshua Collins - "Project 3"
• 2004: Sia - "Buttons"
• 2004: Bod - "Copycat" (as Echofalls)
• 2007: Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen - "Oh My God"
• 2007: Robbie Williams - "She's Madonna"
• 2008: Kylie Minogue - "In My Arms"
• 2009: A.T.F.C - "Tell U Y"
• 2009: Madonna - "Celebration"
• 2009: Mini Viva - Left My Heart In Tokyo
• 2010: The Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body
• 2010: Nalin & Kane - "Beachball"
• 2011: Lady GaGa - "Judas"

Unreleased

• 2008: "Mission" (Rising Music)
• 2008: "Released" (Rising Music)
• 2008: "Deadline" with Adam Shaw (Rising Music)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Site
• Chris Lake discography at Discogs
• Chris Lake discography at MusicBrainz
• Chris Lake Essential Mix 2010