By sound · 6 picks · Wed to Sun
Long, deep, hypnotic techno.
Rolling, patient techno for people who like a set that builds for hours.
By Songpot · from the ADE programme, our venue guide and artist notes
Twenty years of Klockworks, under red light in a 1960s school.
Klockworks turns 20 in a West Amsterdam warehouse that closes for good in November. Ben Klock and DVS1 lead a Madrid crew's first ADE night, so the bill runs from long-form Berlin techno to the faster Spanish hardgroove sound.
For fans of Marcel Dettmann, Rødhåd
Amsterdam's own techno, on its own night.
While everyone else books internationals, RADION's Local Night books only Amsterdam: Beste Hira, ISAIAH, Remco Beekwilder. It's the quickest way to hear where the city's own techno sits right now.
For fans of DVS1, Rødhåd
Ben Klock and Rødhåd, on one Awakenings Friday.
Awakenings in the old Sugarfactory: Ben Klock again, plus JakoJako's modular techno and Philippa Pacho's hypnotic sets. It's the most classic room on this list; take the train to Halfweg.
For fans of Marcel Dettmann, DVS1
55 hours, non-stop, at club RAUM.
Fifty-five hours at club RAUM with 33 artists, from D.Dan's acid to Dasha Rush and a Djrum live set. Drop in when you like; the hypnotic end of the bill suits the small hours.
For fans of Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann
Marcel Dettmann for Labyrinth's first birthday.
A one-year-old Amsterdam party built around careful lineups: Marcel Dettmann's techno with house, electro and industrial cuts, next to BIANKA's hypnotic techno with Latin American rhythm. RADION has a 24-hour licence, so there's no rush to leave.
For fans of Ben Klock, Jeff Mills
Moritz von Oswald and a self-built sound system, for dub.
A Sunday-evening coda: Basic Channel's Moritz von Oswald plays a dub set, with Radikal Guru and a live trumpeter. It's dub techno back at its reggae roots, on a soundsystem.
For fans of King Tubby, Scientist
Times, lineups and tickets are on each event's ADE programme page. Songpot is independent of the festival.