By sound
Bass: jungle, garage, dubstepBass: jungle, garage, dubstepSub-heavy nights: jungle, garage, dubstep and drum & bass.Ears first: ambient and deep listeningEars first: ambient and deep listeningAmbient, modern composition and spatial sound, mostly seated.Electro, breaks and the strange stuffElectro, breaks and the strange stuffBroken rhythms, electro and experiments, for people who like to be surprised.Global clubGlobal clubAfro house, amapiano, baile funk and club sounds from everywhere.Hard and fastHard and fastHard techno, schranz and the fastest rooms of the week.Hardstyle and hardcoreHardstyle and hardcoreThe Dutch hard dance nights.House, disco and soulHouse, disco and soulWarm, vocal and groove-first: house and disco nights with soul.Long, deep, hypnoticLong, deep, hypnoticLong, deep, hypnotic techno.Main stage and big roomMain stage and big roomThe arena and big-room nights.Melodic technoMelodic technoBig melodies, long breakdowns and the week's melodic techno headliners.Progressive house, the long wayProgressive house, the long wayExtended sets from progressive's long-form storytellers.Tech house and grooveTech house and grooveGroove-led tech house, built for dancing rather than listening.Trance, old and newTrance, old and newFrom the people who wrote the genre, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Mauro Picotto and BT, to the new generation coming up behind them. Talks by topic
AI, without the hypeAI, without the hypeRights, tools, platforms and the artists caught in between.Artists in conversationArtists in conversationLong conversations with artists and legends.Fans, marketing and communityFans, marketing and communityBuilding an audience that sticks around.Gear and studio sessionsGear and studio sessionsHands on the kit: demos, spatial sound and studio talks.Health, equity and safetyHealth, equity and safetyMental health, safety, parenthood and who gets a seat.Hip-hop and grime at ADEHip-hop and grime at ADEADE Beats: MCs, cyphers, grime history and Q&As.How the platforms workHow the platforms workStraight from the services artists live on.Labels, A&R and the team behind an artistLabels, A&R and the team behind an artistHow artists get found, signed and built.Live, touring and promotingLive, touring and promotingThe business of rooms, tours and tickets.Media, press and radioMedia, press and radioHow music gets written about, broadcast and talked up.Rights and royaltiesRights and royaltiesWho gets paid, how, and what's about to change.Scenes from everywhereScenes from everywhereBrazil, MENA, Africa, South America and diaspora scenes, in their own words.Startups and moneyStartups and moneyFounders, funds and the industry as investor.Sync, brands and sponsorsSync, brands and sponsorsPlacements, sonic branding and the brands paying for culture.The green trackThe green trackTouring, festivals and food that waste less.Where the industry is headingWhere the industry is headingKeynotes and the big picture. Routes by job
Artist business dayArtist business dayPlatforms, rights and who to meet, in one day.Get booked weekGet booked weekWho books, how they choose, and where to be seen.Get seen without a passGet seen without a passWhere the people who book and sign hang out, for free.Getting started, freeGetting started, freeFirst steps, courses and gear, without a pass.Sync, rights and brandsSync, rights and brandsA route for publishers, sync teams and brand people.The A&R routeThe A&R routeLabels and DSPs by day, label showcases by night.The builders' ADEThe builders' ADEAI, startups and the people funding music tech.The manager's ADEThe manager's ADETeams, touring and keeping artists well.The promoter's ADEThe promoter's ADEMarket numbers by day, party series by night.Your first ADEYour first ADEOne big night a day, each with a smaller room in the same sound.