It is arduous to imagine the Amsterdam Dance Occasion is lower than two weeks away, however right here we’re.
Our neighborhood is abuzz forward of the world’s largest digital music summit, which returns to Amsterdam from October nineteenth to the twenty third. And regardless of its billing as a convention, this 12 months’s ADE is extra akin to a dance music utopia.
Between its Lab, Professional, Pageant and Arts & Tradition packages, there are sufficient occasions to make even probably the most skilled ADE veteran’s head spin. So we dug deep into the programming to spotlight varied must-attend events, panels and extra.
Learn on to find 22 occasions you possibly can’t miss at ADE 2022, in no specific order. And if you would like to attach with the staff at EDM.com in Amsterdam, RSVP to our first-ever international networking occasion.
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Carl Cox: The Three Deck Wizard Goes Dwell
Location: Brakke Grond – Nes 45, Amsterdam
Date and time: Saturday, October twenty second, 15:15 – 16:00
Artists: Carl Cox
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With a long time of expertise on the forefront of dance music, enjoying all around the globe and pivoting from his three decks to full stay units, the one and solely Carl Cox joins ADE Lab 2022 for a singular and intimate session on ADE Saturday.
His a lot anticipated first album in over ten years, ‘Digital Generations’, is out on October twenty eighth. Written, produced and carried out by Carl Cox, it really captures the sensation of these hybrid-live units all of us lengthy for. Curious how he does it? The legend himself is available in with a bang and takes you inside his stay setup!
Carl Cox.
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Hardwell: The Return
Location: Felix Meritis – Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam
Date and time: Thursday, October twentieth, 15:45 – 16:30
Artists: Hardwell
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Nearly 4 years after he introduced an prolonged sabbatical whereas on the absolute prime of his sport with two World’s No.1 DJ awards and a whole lot of sold-out reveals, Hardwell returned to the stage at Extremely Music Pageant in entrance of 150,000 folks this 12 months.
He is additionally been busy within the studio with a brand new sound and a brand new LP titled Rebels By no means Die, plus he is endeavor a 24-date world tour that began in Brazil this October, ending in Frankfurt subsequent Could. At ADE, he’ll be speaking about his new work and future manufacturing plans, why he took a sabbatical, what he discovered in that point, and what he’ll be doing otherwise on this new section of his stellar profession.
Hardwell.
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A deepdive into the world of Arts & Music NFT’s
Location: TOBACCO Theater – Nes 75-87, Amsterdam
Date and time: Wednesday, October nineteenth, 15:00 – 15:30
Artists: Richie Hawtin, Merel van Helsdingen, Micol Ap, Sam Madhu
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Following up on an insightful dialog on middleman collaborations between digital/visible artists and DJs, Nxt Museum groups along with VerticalCrypto Artwork and can take you on a deep dive into the world of Music & Artwork NFTs and their position throughout the developments in digital music. VerticalCrypto Artwork is main throughout the NFT ecosystem, empowering and elevating artists that incorporate NFTs and blockchain in up to date artwork.
Along with a digital artist, the importance of NFT’s and their potential will likely be mentioned, taking a important stand on the query: What does the NFT imply for the way forward for digital artwork and digital music? This discuss is Half 2 of a 3-part program in collaboration with Nxt Museum at ADE Lab.
Nxt Museum
Tomorrowland presents: Eric Prydz HOLO
Location: Ziggo Dome – De Passage 100, Amsterdam
Date and time: Thursday, October twentieth, 20:00 – 23:45
Artists: Eric Prydz
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After being one of many highlights of the competition’s iconic three-weekend summer season version with three packed reveals on the gorgeous Freedom Stage, Tomorrowland now presents Eric Prydz HOLO on Thursday October 20 within the Ziggo Dome throughout Amsterdam Dance Occasion. Collaborating as soon as once more with the Belgian competition, the Swedish producer and certainly one of digital music business’s main stay artists will carry his spectacular HOLO present to Amsterdam for an unique European present within the fall.
Swedish dance music legend Eric Prydz will carry out throughout Amsterdam Dance Occasion along with his acclaimed HOLO stay present, which would be the solely European efficiency of HOLO for the remainder of this 12 months. Famend for its mind-blowing three-dimensional visible points and immersive one-of-a-kind manufacturing, Eric Prydz HOLO will unquestionably be one of many absolute highlights of this 12 months’s ADE program, welcoming folks from all corners of the world. The distinctive mixture of video, mixed with Prydz’ signature and cutting-edge audio-visual applied sciences and laser set-ups, have made HOLO one of the crucial admired stay reveals in digital music.
Eric Prydz
Spinnin’ Academy XL Dwell
Location: Q-Manufacturing facility – Atlantisplein 1, Amsterdam
Date and time: Wednesday, October nineteenth, 11:00 – 18:00
Artists: Sander van Doorn, Sam Feldt, Firebeatz, Extra
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We return to Amsterdam Dance Occasion with our Spinnin’ Academy XL Dwell and couldn’t be extra excited for this version! Spinnin’ Academy is the place to be for producers who need to broaden their skillset in producing and their data of the music business. The day will likely be crammed with attention-grabbing Q&A’s, panels and masterclasses.
Doorways open at 10:30, we’ll kick-off our first masterclass at 11:00 am and end the day at 18:00. Please observe that it is a FREE occasion and everyone seems to be welcome to return by!
Spinnin’ Data
Our Home – Digital Dance Music Museum
Location: Our Home Museum – Amstelstraat 24, Amsterdam
Date and time: Wednesday, October nineteenth to Sunday, October twenty third, 12:35 – 19:00
Artists: N/A
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Be taught extra about dance tradition throughout ADE with a visit to the World’s first home music museum, Our Home, positioned centrally within the Rembrandt District.
Discover the roots of digital dance music by a number of academic displays curated by DJs and occasion organisers like deadmau5, Kevin Saunderson, Avicii, Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, Charlotte de Witte, Diplo, Tomorrowland, Extremely Music Pageant, The Frankie Knuckles Basis and ID&T.
Our Home
Creating Beats with you because the human instrument
Location: TOBACCO Theater – Nes 75-87, Amsterdam
Date and time: 16:45 to 18:00
Artists: Alexander Spoor, Tantu Beats
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Have you ever ever heard an digital beat, created with out the usage of any conventional devices? Effectively, if you happen to ever heard a manufacturing by Tantu Beats you in all probability have! The multi-platinum producer who has labored with artists resembling bbno$, Well-known Dex, Paulo Londra, Joost, Greater Brothers and S10 is understood for his artistic method of sampling day-to-day sounds and utilizing these in his productions.
Right this moment, Tantu is even pushing the sampling sport fairly a bit by creating totally completed beats with solely the usage of the human voice, turning their hums into heavy bass and tongclicks into excessive kicks and sharing these artistic manufacturing methods by way of brief movies on platforms resembling TikTok. Throughout ADE Lab, Tantu will likely be reworking this on-line idea right into a real-life studio session and get engaged on a beat along with you as The Human Instrument! Sure, you learn that proper – your voice will likely be reworked into the subsequent beat, totally created by solely utilizing the human voice as Tantu his instrument!
Tantu Beats
AI Sequence Masterclass with Albert van Abbe
Location: TOBACCO Theater – Nes 75-87, Amsterdam
Date and time: Thursday, October twentieth, 17:00 – 17:45
Artists: Albert van Abbe
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Self-proclaimed sound nerd and visible artist Albert van Abbe has taken it upon himself to combine present and future expertise in his new mission SYNC – an AI-driven sequencer that creates new midi patterns based mostly of his earlier musical works.
Throughout this masterclass, the artist and the mind behind this AI sequence prototype will present you the versatile methods of utilizing synthetic intelligence and machine studying in future productions.
Albert van Abbe.
Bianca Paul
What the Hell is Web3?
Location: Lynk & Co – Rokin 75, Amsterdam
Date and time: Friday, October twenty first, 15:30 – 04:00
Artists: shesaid.so
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Streaming Platforms: How To Truly Make a Residing?
Location: Felix Meritis | Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam
Date and time: Wednesday, October nineteenth, 11:00 – 11:45
Audio system: Helen Smith, Richard James Burgess, Silvia Montello, Tracy Chan, Extra
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Whereas we hardly ever hear most artists singing the praises of streaming companies, circumstances are slowly bettering.
Fan-Powered Royalties, first launched by Soundcloud, had been adopted by Warner Music this summer season, plus Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music Limitless are obliged to pay considerably extra to music publishers and songwriters within the US. Our specialists will likely be analyzing methods wherein streaming companies must be getting higher within the brief time period, what else could be completed to assist artists who want all the help they will get post-COVID, and what the streaming panorama might and may appear like within the not-so-distant future.
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Anjunadeep European Tour
Location: Paradiso – Weteringschans 6-8, Amsterdam
Date and time: Thursday, October twentieth, 23:30 – 06:00
Artists: Franky Wah, Jody Wisternoff, Marsh, Penelope, Extra
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Anjunadeep was based in 2005 by Above & Past and James Grant to create extra space for a deeper and extra progressive sound inside their trance label Anjunabeats. Since then, the unbiased label has grown into one of many main platforms within the area of melodic dance. Anjunadeep has launched the world to artists resembling Lane 8, Cubicolor, Dusky, and lots of extra.
Throughout Amsterdam Dance Occasion 2022, the label hosts the night time in Paradiso’s Predominant Corridor.
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Martin Garrix & Joseph Capriati: Completely different Paths, Identical Finish Sport
Location: Felix Meritis – Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam
Date and time: Friday, October twenty first, 12:15 – 13:00
Artists: Martin Garrix, Joseph Capriati, Dave Clarke
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Martin Garrix and Joseph Capriati have been buddies for years, and at ADE Professional they will be discussing how they every method their productions, who or what they give the impression of being to for inspiration, who their manufacturing/artist heroes are, the significance of buddies, the ups and downs of being well-known, and rather more.
A casual chat about friendship and a lifelong ardour for music between artists from totally different genres whose approaches and attitudes could effectively change into reasonably extra comparable than you would possibly assume or anticipate.
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Defected ADE
Location: IJLAND – Vamos Pra Gaiola, Tt. Vasumweg 171, Amsterdam
Date and time: Thursday, October twentieth, 23:00 – 06:00
Artists: Hannah Desires, John Summit, Ferreck Daybreak, Low Steppa, Melé, Extra
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Defected Data returns to Amsterdam Dance Occasion after 2 years, to host our very personal two-room rave alongside Sondela Recordings at IJLAND.
Defected Data
Nicky Romero Presents: 10 Years Of Protocol
Location: Escape Membership – Rembrandtplein 11, Amsterdam
Date and time: Thursday, October twentieth, 23:00 – 05:00
Artists: Nicky Romero, Deniz Koyu, DubVision, Third Celebration, Stadiumx, Extra
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Nicky Romero presents: 10 Years Of Protocol at ADE 2022. Protocol returns to ADE for his or her tenth label showcase! This 12 months, Protocol will likely be touchdown their bombastic, extremely visible and energetic label night time within the Escape! On Thursday, October 20, 2022, Nicky Romero and Pals will likely be channeling all their power and expertise for you in an unforgettable night time.
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HE.SHE.THEY. @ Shelter
Location: Shelter Amsterdam – Overhoeksplein 1, Amsterdam
Date and time: Thursday, October twentieth, 23:59 – 08:00
Artists: DJ Bone, Dr. Rubinstein, LSDXOXO, Sandrien
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This ADE we’re proud to welcome again the inclusive and free-thinking idea, the constructive drive that’s HE.SHE.THEY. Noticing the absence of nights that actually mirrored the variety and illustration that had been traditionally on the coronary heart of the roots of home, disco and techno, a number of like-minded creatives got here collectively to carry HE.SHE.THEY to life.
“A spot with out prejudice for folks to be folks”, working nights “no matter age, race, intercourse, gender, potential, faith, background or sexual choice.”
HE.SHE.THEY.
DGTL ADE: We Nonetheless Imagine
Location: NDSM Warehouse – NDSM-Plein 85, Amsterdam
Date and time: Saturday, October twenty second, 12:00 – 22:00
Artists: The Blessed Madonna, Seth Troxler, SHERELLE, HAAi, Derrick Carter, Extra
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Amsterdam, we’ll meet once more! On October 20, 21 and 22, we will likely be again for six DGTL ADE occasions. After these previous years of hardship, the power you confirmed us throughout our flagship version in April was one thing we had not witnessed earlier than. That’s the reason this 12 months, we now have created our most in depth ADE program ever.
On Saturday, October twenty second, we unite with We Nonetheless Imagine and The Blessed Madonna. In a world the place being your true self is just not at all times accepted, We Nonetheless Imagine encourages you to discover, specific and have a good time who you might be. Come dance with us.
DGTL
Afrojack Presents Wall Recordings
Location: Escape Membership – Rembrandtplein 11, Amsterdam
Date and time: Wednesday, October nineteenth, 23:00 – 05:00
Artists: Afrojack, Extra
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Throughout this 12 months’s Amsterdam Dance Occasion, WALL will likely be internet hosting a label night time! WALL is the music label of GRAMMY Award-winning DJ and EDM producer Afrojack and he plans to carry you the very best of the artists represented by WALL, in addition to play an unique set himself. With Afrojack behind the decks and all of the artists which might be guided by him, you recognize it will likely be an epic night time crammed with insanity!
The night time goes to be held in ‘Escape’, one of the crucial standard dance golf equipment in all of Amsterdam. Previously, WALL events have at all times bought out. So you’ll want to get your tickets shortly for an evening you’ll always remember!
Wall Recordings
Armada College x Ableton
Location: Armada Music Headquarters – Pilotenstraat 6, Amsterdam
Date and time: Friday, October twenty first, 11:00 – 16:00
Artists: Camiel Daamen, Luke Bond, Maxim Lany, ReOrder
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Amsterdam Dance Occasion is on our doorstep once more, and nothing beats throwing an enormous Armada College occurring in our headquarters in Amsterdam in the course of the world’s greatest dance music convention. So on Friday, October 21, we’ll be internet hosting 4 hour-long masterclasses from Ableton, Maxim Lany, Luke Bond and ReOrder, in addition to two demo drops within the Armada Studios with the artists and our A&Rs.
All masterclasses are taught in Ableton Dwell and provide invaluable info whatever the DAW you utilize your self. As you RSVP, please be sure that to pick which of the 2 shifts you like.
Armada Music
Monstercat Showcase
Location: Melkweg – Lijnbaansgracht 234A, Amsterdam
Date and time: 23:00 – 6:00
Artists: Curbi, Habstrakt, Koven, Pegboard Nerds, Tony Romera, WHIPPED CREAM, Extra
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In 2022 Monstercat returns to Melkweg with an enormous line-up for his or her fifth ADE gathering on October twentieth. Yearly the ADE Monstercat Showcase grows larger and higher, and it’s due to the unbelievable assist of followers such as you! How Monstercat pays you again? This 12 months they will tackle each the Max and OZ rooms at Melkweg for one huge night time.
Monstercat
Purple Tea Data x NØID ADE Showcase
Location: 50:HERTZ Home Café – Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 45, Amsterdam
Date and time: Thursday, October twentieth, 16:00 – 22:00
Artists: Curtiba, Elternhouse, GIANT, Havoc & Garden, Extra
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Soiled Workz – 15 Years
Location: AIR – Amstelstraat 16, Amsterdam
Date and time: Wednesday, October nineteenth, 22:00 – 06:00
Artists: Audiofreq, Coone, Da Tweekaz, Arduous Driver, Psyko Punkz, Sub Zero Mission, Extra
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One of many main Arduous Dance labels, at all times pondering outdoors the field and in search of the proper alternatives to broaden the sound, Soiled Workz has been on prime of the sport for over 15 years! Famend for that notorious household feeling, the staff and artists behind the label are all arduous working, right down to Earth people that try for perfection.
Having graced huge phases and occasions throughout the globe for the 15 Years World Tour in 2022 – Soiled Workz is now able to take their beats to the streets of Amsterdam in the course of the notorious Amsterdam Dance Occasion week in October. The AIR Amsterdam will likely be their vacation spot, and with the make-over the membership has acquired lately, it’s the excellent setting to indicate off the audio visible expertise that makes Hardstyle the epitome of fierce leisure.
Awakenings | Charlotte de Witte Presents KNTXT
Location: Ziggo Dome – De Passage 100, Amsterdam
Date and time: Friday, October twenty first, 22:00 – 07:00
Artists: Charlotte de Witte, Enrico Sangiuliano, I Hate Fashions, ONYVAA, Extra
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Charlotte de Witte.
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