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Charles D (USA)

What’s in Your Toolbox: Charles D

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Artists will never come unprepared to a party. They always bring a toolbox packed with tracks that are truly dance floor destroyers. “What’s in Your Toolbox” features artists’ secret weapons, aka, the tracks they don’t leave out of their USB. In this installment, NYC-based artist Charles D (USA) has established his unmistakable sound that combines hard-hitting techno grooves with progressive sounds and influence. 2022 has been a huge year with releases on Octopus, Factory 93, and the almighty Drumcode imprint. Charles’ Epic Mix for Adam Beyer and Bart Skils’s “Your Mind” is a chugging end-of-night weapon that was first played by Adam Beyer to close out Awakenings at the Gashouder during ADE last year. It further soundtracked events including Movement Detroit, Tomorrowland, and EDC. “Your Mind” the original was streamed over 38M times and was judged by Mixmag as one of the greatest techno tracks of all time. Charles has big 2023 plans with upcoming releases on Drumcode, Factory 93, and Kraftek.

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A Damn Good Time At Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) 2022

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A few years ago, just before the year that shall not be named, I had the great pleasure of visiting the famous city of Amsterdam. I had an amazing time there, and experienced the rich nightlife and culture the city and it’s notoriously tall and friendly people had to offer. One moment that stuck out though, was a conversation with a stranger that I met on the dance floor on a Tuesday night.  This gentleman mentioned to me that I should come back for the Amsterdam Dance Event, also known as ADE. A few years later, after going through a complete career change and a pandemic; this October I finally had the chance to attend my first ADE.

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Victor Ruiz Launches Own Label Imprint: Volta Records

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Victor Ruiz has established himself as a dynamic selector with the ability to craft compelling sets. Born in Brazil and currently based in Europe, he has been a constant presence on the world stage since 2013 and is widely regarded for his mesmerizing DJ performances, appearing at a long list of influential events across the planet. Victor has played all around the world and released on such esteemed labels including Drumcode, Noir Music, Suara, Senso Sounds, and many more.

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ADE’s Masterclass Program Confirms Carl Cox, Ellen Allien, Oliver Heldens, Nicky Romero, Van Anh, and Others

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With just weeks to go until Amsterdam Dance Event 2022, the organization’s newly launched ADE Lab track aimed at the next generation offers a more accessible alternative to the ADE Pro business conference. ADE Lab is the prime education and talent development platform for aspiring producers and professionals.

Through an interactive multi-day program of music talks, masterclasses, demo pitches, and technology showcases, ADE Lab aims to inspire the innovators of the future. The former ADE Sound Lab and ADE University programs merged to become one of ADE’s four core program tracks.

ADE Lab takes place Oct 19 — Oct 22 at Brakke Grond and Amsterdam’s Nes area. More information about ADE Lab can be found here. ADE Tickets are also now available to purchase.

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Amsterdam Dance Event Announces Second Wave of Artists

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As an initiative of Buma, The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has continued to grow into the world’s largest not-for-profit organization, influential club-based festival, and innovative conference for electronic music. Featuring over 2,500 artists and 600 speakers in almost 200 venues, the five-day event has attracted visitors from over 146 countries as it continues to grow and develop its conceivable aspect of electronic music culture with dedicated conference programming, extensive Arts & Culture program, live music, and DJ/artist performances each year. Now with seven weeks left to go, ADE reveals its second wave of artists for October 19—23, 2022.

The festival program, ticket info, and the ADE Pro Pass are now available.

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Konstantin Sibold Walks the Path of Music

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In the studio, just as in the DJ booth, Konstantin lives and breathes the idea that music is fluid and that setting constraints based on convention and expectation will only hinder musical personality. He moves fleet-footed between musical categories, with characteristic confidence and a quintessential style that shines through. As a producer, Konstantin’s burgeoning reputation has led to his widespread acclaim due to being voted ‘Newcomer of the Year 2013′ by the readers of Groove Magazine, receiving significant support from Recondite, Disclosure, Move D, and the Kompakt family.

Recently, Konstantin remixed Adriatique’s “Home” on Siamese and “Shake The World” on Afterlife’s VA which was also performed by Tale of Us at Tomorrowland. Konstantin was also featured in the overall round-up of the second weekend at Tomorrowland. For both of these tracks, he has gained support from the likes of Solomun, Tale Of Us, Adriatique, Joris Voorn, Magdalena, Kölsch, Denis Horvat, Innellea, Colyn, Kevin de Vries, Oostil, and among many others. Apart from performing at recent festivals such as Solomun +1 Opening Party at Pacha Ibiza, Tomorrowland, Awakenings, and the Paradies Garten Festival, Konstantin’s upcoming performance will be at Amsterdam’s Dance Event in October 2022. Read more

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Amsterdam Dance Event 2022 Party Guide

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Since the 1990s, Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has transcended and transformed into an influential and educational gathering for electronic music. The event has hosted a variety of powerful musical genres and subcultures that continue to range from the experimental to mainstream. As a powerful medium, ADE strongly showcases all developments within the electronic music industry, and these developments have all impacted dance culture to this day on a global scale.

You can also look forward to a growing list of parties that ADE will be creating as well — such as Audio Obscura taking over the RAW Factory with underground legends Adriatique, Âme, Anetha, Blawan, and many others. Speedy J will also be presenting STOOR LIVE alongside Dasha Rush, ROD, RĂždhĂ„d, and Surgeon. Lastly, Pan-Pot returns for another night with Loveland at Warehouse Houthavens.

All event dates will take place October 19-23, 2022.

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Amsterdam Dance Event Arrives October 2022 for Five Days

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Since the 1990s, Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has transcended and transformed into an influential and educational gathering for electronic music. The event has hosted a variety of powerful musical genres and subcultures that continue to range from the experimental to mainstream. As a powerful medium, ADE strongly showcases all developments within the electronic music industry, and these developments have all impacted dance culture to this to day on a global scale.

The event dates will take place October 19-23, 2022.

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Felix Kröcher On The Influences for His Recent Release "Passion"

Felix Kröcher on the Influences for His Recent Release “Passion”

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Felix Kröcher has helped shape the German techno scene since the early 00’s. Instead of following trends, the man from Frankfurt has instead done well to create them. He is a constant presence at the world’s largest festivals such as Time Warp in Germany, Awakenings and ADE in the Netherlands to Nocturnal here in the states. The producer took some time to answer some questions for 6AM about his most recent release.

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