Eli Brown interview: ‘Coming in Heavy’ debut at Ultra

Eli Brown performed a late-afternoon set on Ultra Music Festival’s Resistance MegaStructure stage in Miami Beach on March 28. This Eli Brown interview notes that the set included the tracks ‘Wavey’ and ‘Be The One.’ He also dropped Fatboy Slim’s ‘Star 69’ and Da Hool’s ‘Meet Her at the Love Parade’ during the performance.

He debuted ‘Coming in Heavy,’ his collaboration with Pan-Pot, and that track is the 100th release on the Arcane imprint. Armin van Buuren joined him onstage to debut their collaboration ‘Silence.’ Brown described sending stems to Pan-Pot and going back and forth to test different ideas during the collaboration process.

Eli Brown performed a late-afternoon set on Ultra Music Festival’s Resistance MegaStructure stage in Miami Beach on March 28. He said going on around 6 p.m. worked out really well, I think, because people were still full of energy and dancing from start to finish. He described the Resistance Megastructure as an iconic and massive stage and said he had been looking forward to playing it.

The set included tracks such as Wavey and Be The One. He also dropped Fatboy Slim’s Star 69 and Da Hool’s Meet Her at the Love Parade. He debuted Coming in Heavy, his collaboration with Pan-Pot, which is the 100th release on the Arcane imprint. He said he sent stems to Pan-Pot and they went back and forth testing different ideas during the collaboration process. He called Pan-Pot ‘absolute legends’ and said he really respects what they do. Armin van Buuren joined him onstage to debut their collaboration Silence.

Eli Brown expressed his satisfaction with his late-afternoon set at Ultra Music Festival, mentioning that performing around 6 p.m. was advantageous because attendees were energetic and engaged throughout. He remarked that the Resistance MegaStructure is a significant and expansive stage and noted that it met his expectations.

Regarding his collaboration with Pan-Pot, Brown stated that the process involved exchanging ideas back and forth, experimenting with different sounds. He acknowledged Pan-Pot’s contributions and expressed respect for their work. Brown highlighted the importance of organic collaborations, which he believes typically begin with initial concepts or grooves and evolve as both parties explore different possibilities. He emphasized that such collaborations can lead to unexpected and unique outcomes.

Eli Brown described the working process for “Coming in Heavy” as a workflow that began with him sending stems to Pan-Pot and continued through iterative exchanges and testing of different ideas. He said the development of the track involved reciprocal experimentation, with each party sending material and adjusting elements in response to what the other provided. Brown characterized this approach as organic, noting that the process typically started from a rough idea or groove and evolved as both sides left each other space to explore alternatives.

Brown stated that the finished track combined both artists’ sonic identities and characterized it as “U.K. meets German techno.” He expressed respect for Pan-Pot by referring to them as “absolute legends” and acknowledged their contribution to the track’s development. “Coming in Heavy” was released on the Arcane imprint as the label’s 100th release and was debuted during his Ultra Music Festival set. The available sources do not provide additional technical details about the production timeline, studio locations, or specific division of production tasks beyond these statements.

Armin van Buuren joined Eli Brown onstage at Ultra Music Festival to debut their collaboration “Silence.” The available material notes the live debut of the track during Brown’s set but does not specify the exact timing within the performance, the arrangement used for the onstage presentation, or any technical setup that accompanied the debut. No information is provided about the roles each artist played during the live rendition, whether the performance included additional contributors, or whether the track was presented in a finished release format at that time. The available sources do not provide this information.

Eli Brown performed a late-afternoon set on Ultra Music Festival’s Resistance MegaStructure stage in Miami Beach on March 28, during which he played tracks including ‘Wavey’ and ‘Be The One’ and also dropped Fatboy Slim’s ‘Star 69’ and Da Hool’s ‘Meet Her at the Love Parade.’

He debuted ‘Coming in Heavy,’ a collaboration with Pan‑Pot that is the 100th release on the Arcane imprint, and described the production process as beginning with him sending stems and continuing through iterative exchanges and testing of ideas.

Brown said the track brought together both artists’ sonic identities and characterized it as a U.K.-meets-German techno collaboration, and he described Pan‑Pot in complimentary terms.

Armin van Buuren joined Brown onstage at Ultra to debut their collaboration ‘Silence.’

The available sources do not provide additional information about release formats, technical production details, or subsequent performances.