Winter Music Conference announced its second wave of programming for the March 24-26 event, filling out panel rosters and confirming the Beatport Live pool party schedule at the Kimpton EPIC Hotel in Downtown Miami. The update adds artist speakers and industry executives across the conference's two-track format while revealing which labels will anchor the three-day pool series that runs parallel to the educational programming.
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The Beatport Live pool deck programming breaks down across three label showcases. Tuesday opens with Mood Child, the imprint run by Sirus Hood and Manda Moor, featuring DJ Sneak, Manda Moor, Sirus Hood, Jean Pierre, and Ms. Mada. Wednesday marks 20 years of Rekids with founder Radio Slave alongside Danny Tenaglia, a Radio Slave b2b DJ Minx set, Doc Martin b2b Tal Fussman, and Anja Schneider b2b William Kiss. Thursday closes with Hot Creations and Three Six Zero Recordings, with the lineup for the Jamie Jones and Lee Foss collaboration dropping later. L-Acoustics provides production across all three days, demonstrating their new spatial audio system that separates tracks into individual elements in real time.
Sara Landry joins Beatport CEO Robb McDaniels for a conversation session. Radio Slave, DJ Minx, Junior Sanchez, Arielle Free, Lizzy Jane, OOKAY, Alleycvt, Sippy, Sandflower Dyson, and Eli from Soulclap fill out panel and workshop slots. Industry speakers include representatives from SoundCloud, StubHub, Experts Only, Palm Tree Records, Ultra Records, Dirtybird, Bandsintown, mau5trap, SoundOn at TikTok, Interscope, Helix Records, and HE.SHE.THEY.
Panel topics cover AI ethics in production, sustainability practices, spatial audio technology, and K-pop's crossover into electronic music. Workshop sessions include SoundOn powered by TikTok and "Zen and the Art of DJing" with Sydney Blu, Junior Sanchez, and Doc Martin, plus AlphaTheta gear demonstrations and sessions on event production and scoring careers.
The Label Radar A&R Pop-Up Lounge confirmed its participating labels: Balance Music, Brobot Records, Create Music Group (covering mau5trap, Monstercat, !K7, and Cr2 Records), Dirtybird, Dirty Workz, Experts Only, Spinnin' Records, and Ultra Records. Badge holders can book direct meetings and submit demos. SoundOn at TikTok hosts a separate mixer connecting artists with independent label executives and distribution professionals through structured tabletop networking.
WMC runs March 24-26 at the Kimpton EPIC Hotel. Tier 1 badges sold out. The conference ends Thursday before Ultra Music Festival starts March 27 at Bayfront Park.
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