Miami Music Week is a seven-day music conference that shakes up the palm tree-laden oasis of South Beach. MMW and its industry-oriented component, the Winter Music Conference, have essentially become the SXSW of dance music. A weeklong schedule of pool parties, BBQs and all-night soirees accompany panel discussions covering everything from new DJ technology to intimate sit-downs with the world's greatest electronic music icons. And after it ends, everybody shifts gears and heads straight into one of the most celebrated festivals in the galaxy—Ultra Music Festival.The auto industry has the New York Car Show, Milan has Fashion Week and Silicon Valley has SXSW—but the best and brightest in EDM strut their stuff during this week in March. Here are five tracks that we suspect will shaking speakers, moving feet, and sending a whole lotta hands in the air down in MiamiShiba San - "OKAY"If there's one dance music label that exemplifies the Miami vibe it's the San Francisco party starters at Dirtybird. Founded by Claude Von Stroke and Justin Martin, this imprint is known for their special blend of booty bass, which as you may know, is impossible for your hips to resist. The label will be hosting their beloved annual Dirtybird BBQ during MMW and it's pretty much a guarantee that Shiba San's dancefloor destroyer,"Okay," will be dropped here, there and just about every where else you could possibly go.
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Chromeo - "Come Alive"
Sometimes there's nothing better than taking a step back from festival-size anthems to dance to a funky sing-along. Our parents got down to the Bee Gees and Prince while we got silly to everything from Will Smith to Usher and Lil' John. But now, in the year of 2014, funky electro outfit Chromeo has emerged as the new go-to for fun light-hearted jams that we all love to shake it to. This track off the new album, "Come Alive," will surely be the catalyst of more than a few impromtu dance circles in South Beach.