The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s largest festival and the most important global business conference for electronic music, announced its second selection of artists today. Among them are Amelie Lens (BE), Axwell / Ingrosso (SE), Broederliefde (NL), CIFIKA (KR), Kiasmos (IS), Oliver Heldens (NL), Ricardo Villalobos (CL) and Sasha (UK).
Lucy and Rrose join forces for a brand-new collaboration under The Lotus Eaters moniker, complete with a debut album released on Stroboscopic Artefacts entitled Desatura.
Lucy and Rrose have established themselves separately as techno artists with an experimental approach through their own labels (Stroboscopic Artefacts and Eaux, respectively). They immediately connected and started to work together, first with remixes and later making music together in the studio.
As always, ADE’s LIVE programming is one of the most exciting part of what is now not only the world’s largest club festival, but also the most important business platform for electronic music in the globe.
For the past three years, live music has had an important position within the ADE festival program through ADE LIVE. Paradiso, Melkweg and Sugar Factory join forces again this year during the two-day program, allowing visitors to discover the latest electronic live acts and honor established names in our scene.
Last year, renowned artists like Fatima Yamaha, Hercules & Love Affair and Marian Hill played next to (then) emerging acts such as Nambyar, Phlake and TĂ©mĂ© Tan and showed that electronic live music deserves a prominent place within ADE’s offering.
This year’s program will leave an even bigger mark on our festival program, thanks to the queen of nu-disco: RĂłisĂn Murphy. Ever since her Moloko days, the Irish vocalist has been able to innovate and surprise us with her unusual pop music. Together with the synth-heavy electro music of Agar Agar, the punky techno of Red Axes [live] and the dreamscapes of Eefje de Visser, the third edition of ADE LIVE promises yet again to offer a wide range of musical talent.
Sticking to their acclaimed underground ideals, VBX is back at ADE with four fantastically curated events featuring artists like Ricardo Villalobos, Zip, Sonja Moonear, Nicolas Lutz and Seth Troxler amongst many more to be announced. The landmark parties kick off on 18th October with tINI and the Gang, then take in one on the 19th, an afterparty on the morning of the 20th and one final event later that same day.
Dockyard Festival and Mystic Garden Festival are set to join forces for an unprecedented, 12-hour 2-in-1 festival on October 20 as part of ADE 2018.
Headlining this unprecedented event are Sven VĂ€th, Len Faki, Paco Osuna, Apollonia, Ben Sims, Blawan, Robert Hood, Dax J, Secret Cinema, Egbert (live), Matador (live), Luigi Madonna, Skream, Enrico Sangiuliano, Dave Clarke, and The Advent & Industrialyzer, as well as a range of essential underground brands.
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s largest festival and business conference for electronic music, has recently announced the first wave of artists set to appear for its 2018 edition.
Among those announced are Bonobo, Charlotte de Witte, Colin Benders, GAIA, Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Martin Garrix, Nina Kraviz, Orbital, Peggy Gou, and Richie Hawtin, among a stellar, diverse lineup of artists from across the globe.
Start planning your trip! Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the worldâs leading event for electronic music, has announced its 2018 dates and this year will take place from the 17th to 21st of October, 2018. Once again the organizers behind the massive yearly event are expecting roughly 400,000 national and international visitors for what is set to be another record-breaking year.
2018 will see a series of activities with focus on the South Korea market. ADE Director Richard Zijlma states:
âThe South Korean electronic music scene is growing rapidly, thanks to technological innovation and smart crossovers. During ADE we will focus on the very best the country has to offer across a wide range of festival and conference events.â
Last year the event drew massive crowds, all of whom came to see over 2,500 artists and 550 speakers in a record breaking 160 venues across the beautiful city of Amsterdam. It is no surprise, then, that Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), an initiative of Buma, is the worldâs largest club-based festival and conference for electronic music. Visitors from over 90 countries flocked to the liberal city, with music from every conceivable aspect of the electronic spectrum featured.
The organisers are committed to growing the day and nighttime activities once again in 2018 through established partnerships with cultural institutions, and by adding new pavilions focused on countries, as Zijlma points out:
âThe addition of pavilions creates extra possibilities to meet and network for music industry professionals but also provides a means to show the innovative power of individual territories in front of an international audience.â
The complete day and night program will be announced over the coming months. For more information about ADEÂ visit the official website.
