Voice lost, check. Can't feel my feet, check. This Cochella virgin's first night at the arts and music festival was epic to say the least.

Did I make classic newbie mistakes? Without a doubt. After pool party'ing all day at the Riviera Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, we didn't eat dinner before catching the shuttle to the Polo Fields. Let's just say, the greasy, sweaty beer garden pizza line doesn't make for the best first fest impression. Once rescued by overpriced pepperoni, the evening could officially begin.

The highlight of night one for me, by far, was Swedish House Mafia's performance on the Main Stage. Sebastian Igrosso, Steve Angello and Axwell spun their smash hits for an undulating crowd of screaming fans, jumping high, hands in the air, with nothing but smiles for endless rows.

Sonos has kicked off a new campaign – ‘Listening is Back – that captures iconic musicians and their Sonos listening moments, beginning with Toronto-based progressive- and electro-house producer deadmau5.

“From day one, our mission has been to make listening to music at home amazing again,” says Sonos, which makes wireless home audio systems. “Music doesn’t have to be tucked away in headphones or just background to other activity; it can be savored in your space as the integral moment.”

Deadmau5 was trolled by his fans today when he decided to hold an impromptu live stream where he answered questions from fans on his Twitter page. Fans sent him a fake link to the ECD Vegas Festival asking why he was on the lineup on the 8th of June and if he was confirmed to play. Deadmau5 then looked up his calendar and saw he was scheduled to be in Ireland on the 7th and Scotland on the 9th. He then tried to call his manager to find out what was going on before realising the lineup he had been sent was fake.

MIAMI — Trance and electro house music reigned supreme at the final day of Ultra Music Festival, closing out the annual three-day dance music mega-fest that saw more than 200,000 people walk through the gates at Miami's Bayfront Park.

Sunday, Carl Cox handed over the Cocoon's "mega-structure" stage to Dutch trance-music icon Armin van Buuren, who continued his globe-spanning celebration of the 550th episode of his "A State of Trance" radio show, streaming epic, dazzling sets of some of his larger-than-life trance-music friends. Gareth Emery, ATB, Ferry Corsten, Tritonal, and Sander van Doorn were but some of the big stars who had fans packing Cocoon right up to the stage's back gates.

Earlier in the day, 2012 MTV Woodies closing act Steve Aoki set the Ultra Main Stage ablaze with his driving electro-metal house show, and a few of his recent Wonderland album collaborators helped him celebrate the occasion. Lil Jon launched the set into overdrive early, joining Aoki for "Turbulence" and more, and singers Polina, and Alyssa Palmer all hit the stage to perform alongside Aoki. Before ending his set with an inflatable boat ride across a sea of tens of thousands of fans, as he traditionally does, Aoki caked two lucky fans in the front row of the audience — with dexterity, we'd like to add, right in the face from more than seemingly 15 feet away.

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Marco Lys is all about the beat. But not 'Just The Beat' as the title of his latest single on Toolroom's Miami 2012 compilation may imply, as Marco is packing his bags for Miami's illustrious WMC bash as we speak. Headlining the People Of The Night party on 24th March alongside Moguai, Max Vangeli, and AN21 at the city's superclub SET, the cool but refined super-producer is set to expose his latest & exclusive material to the Miami Beach masses. Already raking in countless single sales and Youtube views, Marco Lys has stamped his trademark hypnotic House grooves onto the scene's biggest dance floors and best radio playlists. Known across the World for his recent infectious tracks Cross The Line (with Chris Lake), Go, and La Tromba; Marco has defined his own genre of widely appealing groovy House music and is already one of 2012's most sought-after producers.