ADE lists · Amsterdam · 21–25 Oct

Moments · 8 picks · Wed to Sun

Between sessions

Things within a short walk of the conference.

Gaps between panels? These daytime events are within a short walk of Felix Meritis, the Rosewood and the Andaz.

By Songpot desk · from the ADE programme, our venue guide and artist notes

Wednesday21 Oct

10:30

Small Habits with Big Impacts

When Nature Calls Biohacking Center · Grachtengordel-West

An hour to pause in the middle of the week.

A reflective session on small habits in a canal-house wellness studio near the conference venues. For when the week gets loud.

ADE programme
Beau Didier
Beau Didier · photo from their Spotify
14:00

Vulged x Bulldog

The Bulldog Palace · Leidseplein

Hardgroove in a former police station on Leidseplein.

Vulged's crew in The Bulldog Palace: Beau Didier's bass-heavy, vocal-driven hardgroove, ISAIAH's fast, raw techno and Flits' loopy, old-school grooves. A daytime set a short walk from the conference.

For fans of DVS1

ListenBeau DidierFlitsISAIAHLasseADE programme

Thursday22 Oct

Danny Snowden
Danny Snowden · photo from their SoundCloud
13:00

Discovery Sessions

The Bulldog Palace · Leidseplein

Minimal house with a UK garage swing, in the afternoon.

Discovery Sessions' first ADE party: Danny Snowden's deep, rolling house, DXNBY moving from minimal into 2-step and speed garage, and Ben Kim's booty-forward tech house.

For fans of Chris Stussy, East End Dubs

ListenBen KimDanny SnowdenDXNBYGOOSEYSemmi AmdouniShekVLTRAADE programme

Friday23 Oct

Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten · photo from their SoundCloud
16:00

Ferry Corsten & Friends x Free Your Mind

Free Your Mind Club · Centrum / Rembrandtplein

Ferry Corsten and Cosmic Gate, in the afternoon.

Ferry Corsten has been one of Dutch trance's biggest exports for three decades: bright, rolling leads and hands-up breakdowns, with Cosmic Gate's shimmering big-room lift and Estiva's melodic progressive. A daytime trance session on Rembrandtplein.

For fans of Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond

ListenCosmic GateEstivaFerry CorstenHel:sløwedSUPERSTRINGSADE programme

Saturday24 Oct

Speedy J
Speedy J · photo from their SoundCloud
16:00

Speedy J presents STOOR Live

Paradiso · Centrum / Leidseplein

Speedy J's improvised hardware jam, in a former church.

Speedy J was among the first Benelux techno producers, with early records on Plus 8 and Warp. STOOR is his fully improvised hardware jam: with Rødhåd and UFO95 he builds techno live, with dub pressure, fractured samples and visuals, in Paradiso. Nothing is planned, which is the point.

For fans of Surgeon, Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock

ListenRødhådSpeedy JUFO95JakoJakoLady StarlightADE programme
Curbi
Curbi · photo from their SoundCloud
16:00

BACK2BROOKS

Oliva · Centrum

Big-room bass house and hardstyle with Brooks' crew.

Curbi's bouncy bass house, Bass Modulators' classic hardstyle with singalong hooks and Matt Pridgyn's shiny progressive house, across Oliva's three rooms.

For fans of Martin Garrix, Oliver Heldens

ListenBass ModulatorsCurbiMatt PridgynMike WilliamsSpin OffVluarrADE programme

Sunday25 Oct

BASHKKA
BASHKKA · photo from the ADE programme
13:00

ZWART GOUD - Beatport live w/ Fabric Records

Zwart Goud

fabric's label, live from a record shop.

Beatport broadcasts Fabric Records from Zwart Goud: BASHKKA's tough, flirty house and techno with ballroom edits, Tapefeed's tunnels of bass and Jasmín's warm, percussive grooves.

For fans of Honey Dijon, Dax J

ListenBASHKKATapefeedADE programme

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Times, lineups and tickets are on each event's ADE programme page. Songpot is independent of the festival.