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ADE picks
Dome Concerts presents: CATCHING FLIES - visuals Julius Horsthuis
Thu 22 · 19:00 · ARTIS Planetarium · Amsterdam
A soulful fusion of electronic music and immersive visual art Following a completely sold-out programme during ADE 2025, this year Dome Concerts proudly returns to the iconic ARTIS Planetarium . On ADE Thursday, multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ CATCHING FLIES (George King) has established himself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary electronic music. Blending soulful melodies, deep basslines and intricate rhythms, his music effortlessly draws inspiration from hip-hop, house, jazz and ambient influences. With releases on Ninja Tune, Anjunadeep, Cercle and his own label Indigo Soul, Catching Flies has built an international reputation for emotionally rich productions that balance technical precision with warmth and intimacy. His work has earned support from artists including Bonobo, Diplo, Keinemusik, Jungle, Nils Frahm and Loyle Carner, while collaborations with Sofia Kourtesis, Actress and Hot Chip further underline his versatility as a producer. For this special performance beneath the dome of the ARTIS Planetarium, Catching Flies is joined by the visuals internationally acclaimed fractal artist J ULIUS HORSTHUIS . Together they create an immersive audiovisual experience where soulful electronic music and breathtaking visual worlds merge beneath the stars. Dome Concerts is an immersive 360° live audiovisual series taking place throughout ADE at ARTIS Planetarium and Fabrique des Lumières .
THE FUTURE IS SOUND at ADE
Thu 22 · 19:00 · The Stargate · Amsterdam
THE FUTURE IS SOUND, London's leading future-facing music and cultural event series, comes to Amsterdam for a special one-night experience as part of ADE 2026. Bringing together a carefully curated line-up of forward-thinking artists, the night moves through live electronic music, immersive sound and audiovisual performance - creating a journey through new forms of listening, performance and shared experience. The line-up features Ruthlss , a London-based artist, composer and producer blending electronic, classical and cinematic sound with club culture and emotive storytelling, alongside Portrait XO , an award-winning trans-disciplinary artist and musician exploring the boundaries of AI, sound and human creativity. Blurring the boundaries between concert, installation and immersive experience, THE FUTURE IS SOUND AT ADE explores how artists are reshaping the way electronic music is created, performed and experienced — and what the future of live music might feel like. Explore more ADE Arts & Culture events at The Stargate here .
Thomas Azier x raam art space: Live Showcase
Thu 22 · 19:00 · raam art space · Amsterdam
Thomas Azier x raam art space: Live Showcase - First Time Slot After three years of relative silence, Thomas Azier returns with PANORAMA, an expansive and deeply personal musical project, marking a new chapter in his artistic trajectory. Intimate but bold, the project unfolds across sound and visual language. With his performance at raam art space Thomas Azier will introduce this new work. Poems, field recordings, video works and performative elements disrupt the traditional concert structure, giving it a fractured, collage-like character. Azier’s new music carries his strong melodic sensibility further merging string arrangements and experimental practices into a series of intriguing pieces. The voice becomes an interpretative tool, shifting between male and female, human and animal, mythical and real. Songs are juxtaposed with intermissions and character changes that shift rhythm and mood, like switching channels or scrolling through an endless feed. Thomas Azier is a dutch composer, producer, singer and performer. He has released 6 albums over the past 12 years, consistently shaping the contours of his unique take on pop music. raam art space was opened by Gallery Vriend van Bavink. It offers an open view into an evolving program of exhibitions and ideas that engage directly with the city. Upcoming exhibition: "Forest of the City" by Anouk Griffioen (from Oct 2 - Nov 22 2026). Multiple time slots - Free entry (RSVP needed)
Dome Concerts presents: GIDGE - visuals by Julius Horshuis
Thu 22 · 19:30 · Fabrique des Lumières · Amsterdam
Where nature becomes sound, and sound becomes space. This ADE, Dome Concerts opens a new chapter at FABRIQUE DES LUMIERES — one of Amsterdam's most extraordinary cultural venues. Across four days, internationally acclaimed artists transform this monumental space through sound, light and architecture. Swedish duo GIDGE have established a unique voice in contemporary electronic music, blending organic electronics, field recordings and cinematic ambience into deeply atmospheric compositions. Inspired by the forests of northern Sweden, their music captures the quiet beauty of nature through warm synthesisers, delicate melodies and subtle rhythms. Presented inside Fabrique des Lumières , their immersive sound is accompanied by the extraordinary fractal visual worlds of JULIUS HORSTHUIS . Inspired by the hidden geometry of nature, his visuals transform the monumental architecture into an ever-evolving landscape of light, pattern and atmosphere. Together they create an immersive experience where forests become constellations, mathematics feels organic, and silence remains part of the composition. Dome Concerts is an immersive 360° live audiovisual series taking place throughout ADE at ARTIS Planetarium and Fabrique des Lumières .
Elias Mazian (live) x EINDER by Boris Acket
Thu 22 · 20:00 · Centrale Markthal · Amsterdam
One monumental art installation. Two weeks on view. Three extraordinary concerts. Celebrate ADE’s 30th anniversary with EINDER by Boris Acket. On 22 October , EINDER will set the scene for a live performance by Elias Mazian and his band . Be aware that this is a seated event. For the first time in two years, Elias Mazian returns to the stage with his live band. The DJ, producer and singer songwriter marks a special one-off performance at the Centrale Markthal during Amsterdam Dance Event, staged within EINDER, the kinetic light and fabric installation longtime friend Boris Acket created, inspired by Mazian’s debut album ‘ Vrij Van Dromen’. Mazian and Acket premierd Einder together at Het HEM, translating Mazian’s warm, melancholic songs into a living canvas of light and movement. Five years on, Mazian assembles his live band once more to bring that music back to life, for one night only. About EINDER: EINDER is an artificial sky in constant motion. A vast expanse of ultralight fabric floating above the space, animated by hundreds of electronically controlled fans. The system is precisely programmed, yet what happens overhead can never be entirely controlled. Air currents collide, gravity pulls and turbulence interrupts, turning every movement into something new. At times, EINDER resembles a rolling sea. At others, a passing cloud or the beginnings of a storm. It moves somewhere between choreography and weather. Always changing. Never performing the same way twice. This is a production by artist Boris Acket and Making Waves. Acket has previously collaborated with institutions and artists including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Van Gogh Museum, Lowlands and Fred again. The production is realised by Goonie Crew. EINDER brings together movement, space, sound, material and light in an installation that invites people not only to observe, but to experience. Pre-registration has now closed. Regular tickets will go on sale via our website on August 27. Explore more ADE Arts & Culture events at Centrale Markthal here .
Thomas Azier x raam art space: Live Showcase
Thu 22 · 21:00 · raam art space · Amsterdam
Thomas Azier x raam art space: Live Showcase - Second Time Slot After three years of relative silence, Thomas Azier returns with PANORAMA, an expansive and deeply personal musical project. Intimate in origin yet cinematic in scope, PANORAMA is a humanist portrait of life on the brink, where illness, desire, fear and hope coexist and quietly shape one another. In this showcase at raam art space , Azier presents new work in which music and image rarely overlap but instead relay one another in an ever-shifting dialogue. Poems, field recordings, video works and performative elements disrupt the traditional concert structure, giving it a fractured, collage-like character, until a quiet logic emerges. RSVP only. Thomas Azier is a Dutch composer, producer, singer and performer. Over the course of the last 12 years, he has released 6 albums, consistently shaping the contours of his unique take on pop music. As a writer and producer, he has collaborated with artists such as Stromae, Faber and IJSLAND, among others. raam art space was opened by Gallery Vriend van Bavink. It offers an open view into an evolving program of exhibitions and ideas that engage directly with the city. Upcoming exhibition: "Forest of the City" by Anouk Griffioen (from Oct 2 - Nov 22 2026). Multiple time slots - Free entry (RSVP only)
Dome Concerts presents: COLIN BENDERS + OTHERNODE
Thu 22 · 22:30 · Fabrique des Lumières · Amsterdam