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ADE picks
FULL CYCLE | Giorgia Angiuli + Natascha Polké [Spatial Audio Live Concert]
FULL CYCLE pairs Giorgia Angiuli and Natascha Polké in spatial-audio live concert mode at The Other Side. Expect hand-played techno-house, voice, theremin, keyboards and toy instruments, then sung hooks, clean percussion and melodic house lift.For fans of Miss Kittin, Kiasmos, Peaches
Interactive Workshop with Giulio Beja & Veronica Motta and Listening Session with Mark Knekelhuis
Giulio Beja and Veronica Motta ask whether safer nightlife is about fewer rules and more care, then Amsterdam label boss Mark Knekelhuis plays a listening set of rough, tactile club records. Free.
Dome Concerts presents: CATCHING FLIES - visuals Julius Horsthuis
Catching Flies and Julius Horsthuis bring soulful melodies, deep basslines and fractal dome visuals together in ARTIS Planetarium. Expect live-instrument feel, detailed rhythms and immersive animation that syncs electronic music with a planetarium setting.
Motie - Thursday (Opening Night)
Motie turns the Stopera, city hall and opera house on the Amstel, into a home for the city's night culture for three days. The opening has Young Marco's psychedelic, left-turn sets, Jonny Nash's slow-blooming guitar ambient and Oceanic's live minimal techno.
THE FUTURE IS SOUND at ADE
Ruthlss and Portrait XO move between piano-led electronic writing, processed voice, data sonification and audiovisual performance at The Stargate. The night sits between composed passages, club percussion and synthetic textures, with sound and image both doing the work.
Thessa Carina - Listening Session
Thessa Carina hosts a listening session at NYX Hotel for her upcoming soul and funk album. Enjoy a preview, live performance, and an interactive harp experience.
Dome Concerts presents: GIDGE - visuals by Julius Horshuis
Gidge and Julius Horsthuis turn Fabrique des Lumières into a field-recording-and-light space, with warm synthesisers, distant vocal fragments and restrained rhythm under fractal visuals. The set leans into organic electronics, cinematic ambience and architecture as part of the sound.
Futures of Listening presents: Currents | Configuration I
Futures of Listening presents Currents | Configuration I at Loods6, a spatial-sound programme of live and DJ sets, workshops, demos and a closing meetup. Andreas Tegnander, Hugo Lioret, Liza Kuzyakova and Rrose work in spatial audio, field recordings, drone and tactile techno.For fans of Ryoji Ikeda, Lawrence English, Mika Vainio