surprise me + harder + only hard techno + at night + only hard dance + only house + only free
Nothing matched only free together, so I dropped that and kept the rest.
ADE picks
PUP SPACE
PUP SPACE lines up Arkifel, Branch, Noctus, Sky//lar, TKHNØ and Veros for a marathon across BPMs and genres. Expect techno and house as the base, with hyperpop, UK garage, hard techno, hardstyle, electro and hypnotic kicks moving through the room.
The house of southern fried Amsterdam
Daytime club session with Ewan McVicar and Jenn Getz, built around chunky house, 303 acid lines and a strong UK-rave edge. Expect fast-building drums, vocal snippets and heavy floor pressure from the first-billed act.For fans of Patrick Topping, Jasper James, Anz
Q-Factory presents: TECHNO NIGHT 2026 - ADE
Alan Fitzpatrick's kick-first techno, Joyhauser's riffs and melodic lift and T78's fast, hard drive, in a music complex of studios and stages. Starts early enough to make after the conference.For fans of Thomas Schumacher, Adam Beyer, Anfisa Letyago
BaseYRD OPENING
Hard house and pure energy from open to close at Toekomstmuziek, with AUTOFLOWER, LUMINE, RSCL and S3ppa on the bill and more to come. Expect fast, bouncy four-on-the-floor, trancy lift, vocal hooks and long club pressure.For fans of Benwal, Mau P, Chris Stussy
Patrick Mason pres. MASONICS
Patrick Mason pres. MASONICS brings first-billed Patrick Mason with DJ Rush, Laure Croft, Shinedoe and Yasmin Regisford. Fast, high-pressure techno and house, hard drums, vocal interaction and performative club energy.For fans of Robert Hood, I Hate Models, SPFDJ
MIXMAG X ELEKTRA
Mixmag x Elektra stacks A.N.I, Bassjackers, Billy Currie, Charlie Sparks, DXPE, DYEN and Merimell into hard techno, industrial and big-room pressure. Fast kicks, rave stabs, sawtooth drops and no-breaks warehouse drive.For fans of Nine2Nine, Hardwell, Rebekah
Opening Night - Awakenings
Hard techno DJ with bouncy, fast 240 club sets. Fast, hard-edged techno with a bouncy, rave-leaning feel. Every release we can confirm is from 2025 or later, and we found no label. Plays 3 times this week, so you have more than one chance.For fans of Charlotte de Witte, Nico Moreno, SPFDJ
Hot Meal
Mischluft's vocal trance and rave stabs, Janis Zielinski's peak-time trance and hard dance, and Ollie Lishman's stripped hard techno at Lofi. Cheeky, fast, loud.For fans of I Hate Models, MCYL, MCR-T