Its time to update you all on our Journey into the future. We´ve made our move to LA where we plan to be based for the next few months while we do our final shows for the Illumination Era.. We´ve just spent the last week doing shows with our buddies EMPIRE OF THE SUN over here in the US which were ridiculously fun although short lived! .

We plan to spend the last part of our LA months writing for the next album, hopefully after being inspired by all the freaks, geeks, colour and awkward charatcer of Los Angeles. We have some ideas of what it may sound like but its going to be an interesting few months while we lay down the basis for at least some of the next album..
Will we use loads of synthesizer? YES
Will we use more guitar? Yes
Will it still be dancy? Yes with more rythm than ever.
Is it time to get out of the bedroom and into a professional studio? we´ll see…
Will we smother the album with Piano house? God no..
Is Disco dead for the 3rd time? Never, but Disco is a dirty word.
Will aaron come up with some crazy sounds by recording the the voice of a small woman in a blender and putting a slow phaser over the top? Quite possibly.

I think both the writing process and the resulting album is definitely going to be something different to what the guys and I are used to but we have all learnt ALOT about music since the final stages of the last album as well as being inspired by completely different music to last time. I can only hope we succesfully utilize what we have learnt to make our best work yet.. We are all experimenting with new sounds and projects so who knows what you may hear come out of us over the next few months. We hope to have a fairly solid Album finished or close to finsihed towards the end of Next Year. We wont be touring so lets hope it happens!

We have some final shows in California/US and Europe over the next few months so check our Calender and get down while you can.

We’ve just announced our final Australian tour before we re-locate to the U S of A. Check out all the details below:

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MIAMI HORROR ANNOUNCE THE SUMMERSUN TOUR!

Through Australian in June and July – with guests Gold Fields

In the midst of a highly successful world tour, MIAMI HORROR have announced their last Australian shows for 2011. Come August, the indie-electronic adventurers will re-locate to L.A for a busy Northern hemisphere summer spent performing and writing new material.

The June/July Summersun Tour will end a snowballing run of dates across the globe. Including standout showcase performances at South By South West in Austin, Texas, where they played to crowds who jammed themselves into clubs and venues so tight that fire marshals had to eject some punters due to overcrowding.

The crazed tour has seen MIAMI HORROR gather in-store airplay at H&M throughout Europe, a #1 airplay song in Denmark, radio and music TV play in Switzerland, sell-out shows in L.A and Mexico and dates from Vegas to Rio.

With Ballarat’s Gold Fields in stride, MIAMI HORROR hit Ballarat, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Bateau Bay and Sydney. The tour launches the group’s fifth single ‘Summersun’ from their acclaimed full-length, Illumination.

Illumination delivered on two years of teeth-cutting live shows and an ever-escalating wave of buzz that’s made the group one of the most daring dance acts. The roots of the record stretch back to a synthesizer-obsessed Benjamin Plant huddled in his bedroom studio. Initially brought to light by a bunch of thoroughly blogged remixes, his latest, a remake of Gorillaz ‘Empire Ants’ sat at #1 on the Hype Machine for weeks.

Illumination has spawned 4 club hit singles so far with ‘Sometimes’ (peaked ARIA #2), ‘Moon Theory’ (peaked ARIA #15), ‘I Look To You’ (peaked ARIA #20) and ‘Holidays’ (peaked ARIA #36).

Avoiding the limitations that have been stereotyped by dance acts, Benjamin rewired MIAMI HORROR’s genetic makeup, deploying the talents of Josh Moriarty, Aaron Shanahan and Daniel Whitechurch back in 2009 to form the live band which has taken them to some of the world’s best stages. See below for dates and ticketing details.

Tickets on sale Monday 28 March. ‘Summersun’ at Australian radio now. An iTunes bundle is available from April 15 including remixes of the single ‘Holidays’ featuring Alan Palomo by Cassian and Adrian Lux.

WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE – THE KAROVA LOUNGE, BALLARAT VIC
Tickets available from Oztix.com.au & 1300 762 545

FRIDAY 1 JULY – THE ZOO, BRISBANE QLD
Tickets available from Oztix.com.au & 1300 762 545

THURSDAY 7 JULY – VILLA, PERTH WA
Tickets available from moshtix.com.au (1300 GET TIX) & Moshtix Outlets

FRIDAY 8 JULY – THE GOV, ADELAIDE SA
Tickets available from moshtix.com.au (1300 GET TIX) & Moshtix Outlets

SATURDAY 9 JULY – THE FORUM, MELBOURNE VIC
Tickets available from ticketmaster.com.au (136 100) & Ticketmaster outlets

THURSDAY 14 JULY – ENTRANCE LEAGUES CLUB, BATEAU BAY NSW
Tickets available from Oztix.com.au & 1300 762 545

SATURDAY 16 JULY – METRO, SYDNEY NSW
Tickets available from metrotheatre.com.au or at the Metro Theatre Box Office

As some of you may or may not know, we will be heading over to North and South America this week for a massive 6 week tour! We will be playing shows from LA to New York, Montreal to Sao Paolo and the annual SXSW conference in Austin, TX. Check out all our up coming tour dates below or in our events tab on the left hand side of this page.

We’re also incredibly excited to announce our debut album, Illumination was released in Japan on 26th of January. The album will also be released in Mexico on the 14th of March with other international releases coming later in the year.

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North and South American Tour Dates

Su Mar 6 Vail,CO Snowball Music Festival
We Mar 9 Las Vegas NV Ghostbar – DJ SET
Th Mar 10 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine
Sa Mar 12 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex
Su Mar 13 Denton/Dallas, TX 35 Conferette
Tu Mar 15 McAllen, TX Never Say Never Festival w/ LMFAO, Scrillex, Neon Trees, The Amity Affliction
Th Mar 17 Austin TX Iheartcomix Showcase @ Beauty Bar
Fr Mar 18 SXSW Morning After Party
Fr Mar 18 SXSW Windish showcase at 501 studios
Sa Mar 19 Mexico City MX, Noiselab
Tu Mar 22 Miami FL Bardot
Th Mar 24 Lookout Mountain GA Covenant College
Fr Mar 25 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
Sa Mar 26 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
Mo Mar 28 Knitting Factory, BK
Tu Mar 29 Mercury Lounge Tu Mar 29 New York NY –
We Mar 30 Philadelphia PA Messiah College
Fr Apr 1 Toronto ON Mod Club
Sa Apr 2 Montreal QC Le Belmont
Apr 5 – Apr 18 South American Tour Dates TBA

Holidays from Miami Horror on Vimeo.

Made by KROZM.

Hey! So to start our summer and celebrate the release of our next single HOLIDAYS we are throwing a few parties around Australia in November! Come hang out with us!!

Get your tickets here:

10 Nov 2010
LIVE @ Rocket Bar
Adelaide, SA
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11 Nov 2010
LIVE @ Beach Road
Bondi, Sydney
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18 Nov 2010
LIVE @ The Globe
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
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19 Nov 2010
LIVE @ Northbridge Festival
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
FREE SHOW

24 Nov 2010
LIVE @ The Espy
St Kilda, Melbourne
BUY TICKETS

A swanky venue we played in Miami.

We’ve never shot a gun, so we decided to learn how to use an UZI in Las Vegas.

The Granada Theater in Dallas.

Us at the observatory in Hollywood, CA

Our gig in Miami

Dan in our awesome hotel in Miami

One of the crazy mutilevel burials in an Argentinian Cemetery.

Echoplex from Miami Horror on Vimeo.

Made by Cara Stricker (carastricker.com)

I Look To You from Miami Horror on Vimeo.

Directed by Phillip Sage (www.phillipsage.ws)
DOP: Adam Heise
Produced by Marina Younger.