Amsterdam Dance Event
“What’s Your Vibe?”: Watch the Official ADE 2022 Film
After a record-breaking year, the team behind the Amsterdam Dance Event have revealed its official film, What’s Your Vibe? Directed by Anna Bogomolova, the film showcases the five-day assembly of conferences, performances, parties and panels that took place in the heart of Amsterdam just two months ago in October. A crowd dancing during the 2022 Amsterdam Dance Event. c/o Amsterdam Dance Event What’s Your Vibe? sums up the triumphant ADE 2022, which welcomed a staggering 450,000 attendees. The visual exposé reflects the event’s musical and conversational philosophies through its title. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “Am I in control of my vibe? Music gives us the tools to answer this question, to articulate our vibe,” reads the film’s description. “Wh...
#Cycle2ADE Team Bikes Across Four Countries, Raises Thousands for Music Nonprofit
Some arrived by limo, others by private jet. But for this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event, passenger seats and business casual attire were subbed out for saddles and spandex by a group of music professionals who biked more than 300 miles to the world’s largest electronic music conference. Now in its sixth iteration, the epic four-day trek raised more than $36,000 for the non-profit organization Bridges for Music this year. Based in South Africa, the program provides underserved and at-risk youths with holistic creative education and music industry courses. Bringing the initiative’s lifetime fundraising sum to $200,000, this year’s course was traversed by representatives from SONOS, Parlophone/FFRR, Fabric and more, according to ADE. Msaki, Dope Saint Jude and Reb...
Record-Breaking Amsterdam Dance Event Draws In 450,000 Attendees
The dust has just begun to settle on Amsterdam Dance Event 2022, and its numbers confirm a record-breaking year. The five-day assembly of conferences, performances, panels and more brought out over 450,000 attendees, who hailed from 146 different countries. 2022 marked a full return for the event following a series of pandemic-related cancellations. Last year’s partial return to action saw ADE’s Pro programming cancelled due to uncertainty surrounding the Dutch government’s restrictions. For that reason, it’s certainly no surprise that this year’s 27th edition of ADE achieved blowout results by every metric. More than 1,000 events dotted the city across 200 unique locations and over 2,500 artists participated in the nonstop action, like electronic music ...
Innovative Music Tech Companies Receive €100K After Winning ADE Startup Competition
Last Spring, the Amsterdam Dance Event and venture capital firm Antler asked the industry for their forward-thinking ideas in music tech. This week, two winning concepts were crowned, with each receiving six figures of investment. The ADE & Antler Startup Competition received more than 100 entries, but after a rigorous interview and pitch process, the pool was ultimately narrowed to just a handful of finalists who made their final pitch at Felix Meritis during ADE. Un:hurd is an artist-facing platform which helps creators better leverage their data and promotional insights through the help of artificial intelligence. The company was founded in 2019 by Alex Brees. The second winner, SYNKii, developed a clear use case as a result of the pandemic. Calling itself “the profession...
Parties, Panels and Pro Tips: 22 Things You Can’t Miss at the 2022 Amsterdam Dance Event
It’s hard to believe the Amsterdam Dance Event is less than two weeks away, but here we are. Our community is abuzz ahead of the world’s largest electronic music summit, which returns to Amsterdam from October 19th to the 23rd. And despite its billing as a conference, this year’s ADE is more akin to a dance music utopia. Between its Lab, Pro, Festival and Arts & Culture programs, there are enough events to make even the most experienced ADE veteran’s head spin. So we dug deep into the programming to highlight various must-attend parties, panels and more. Read on to discover 22 events you can’t miss at ADE 2022, in no particular order. And if you’d like to connect with the team at EDM.com in Amsterdam, RSVP to our first-ever global networkin...
Hardwell to Talk Hiatus, New Music and Career Lessons at ADE 2022
With this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event only two short weeks away, organizers have finalized the conference’s list of speakers, which now includes Peggy Gou, Richie Hawtin and Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. Also on the docket is a special session called “Hardwell: The Return.” Now just three weeks removed from the release of his comeback album, REBELS NEVER DIE, the Dutch DJ will host an in-depth talk on why he took a hiatus from dance music, what he learned and how he’ll take those lessons into this new chapter of his career. “I’m really happy with the whole decision, and I’ve never been more productive and happy in the studio as I am right now,” Hardwell told EDM.com earlier this year. “It feels way more li...
EDM.com Presents Insider Access: Global Networking Event at ADE 2022
The world’s preeminent electronic music conference, Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) returns October 19-23, boasting over 1,000 events in roughly 200 locations. In celebration of the return of ADE, EDM.com is proud to present its inaugural global networking event prior to the start of the summit. Hosted at a secret location revealed 24 hours prior, the event will unite fans, artists and music professionals from all walks of life to discuss electronic dance music culture. Participants can look forward to networking with industry pros and discussing emerging trends in the dance music landscape, the future of the genre and ADE’s tremendous slate of programming, among other topics. Tim Buiting Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles The goal is for attendees to leave...
A Group of Philanthropic Music Pros Are Cycling Over 300 Miles to the Amsterdam Dance Event
Bicycles can be vehicles for change when the right people are the engines powering them. That virtue isn’t lost on avid cyclist Jamie Kemp, whose journey to this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event will be a byproduct of sweat and stamina. Kemp is the Director of Sales at Toolroom Records, an influential record label helmed by house music luminary Mark Knight. Alongside over 30 others, he’s set to cycle 500 kilometers —roughly 310 miles—from London to ADE, the world’s preeminent electronic music summit. The philanthropic expedition is set for October 16-19. Kemp and his contemporaries are fundraising for Bridges for Music, a nonprofit that operates a number of schools offering holistic music programs for at-risk youth. “The simple act of helping others is something t...
Experiences With Carl Cox, Martin Garrix, More Confirmed for 2022 ADE Lab: See the Full Program
As the return of the world’s largest electronic music conference nears, its organizers have poured gasoline on the hype. Amsterdam Dance Event today revealed the lineup for ADE Lab, its slate of programming that offers a more accessible alternative to the industry professional-oriented ADE Pro business conference. The program is vast, boasting a myriad of workshops, think tanks and panels exploring dance music culture. ADE is beloved for its rare, one-of-a-kind electronic music experiences. And after the scourge of COVID-19, which threw a wrench into the conference’s last two iterations, organizers are now going bigger than ever. Holders of the ADE Lab Pass will be able to visit Martin Garrix’s STMPD Studios, where they’ll learn about mixing spat...
Carl Cox, Eric Prydz, Charlotte de Witte, More Confirmed for ADE’s 2022 Festival Program
With less than two months to go until the return of Amsterdam Dance Event, its organizers have revealed a staggering second wave of artists. ADE, the world’s premier electronic music summit, announced its initial phase of artists in early July. But today’s reveal illustrates just how much of an impact organizers plan on making after grappling with the tortuous nature of Dutch pandemic restrictions. This year’s festival program will feature performances by Carl Cox, Eric Prydz, Charlotte de Witte, Sven Väth, Richie Hawtin, Peggy Gou, Marcel Dettmann and many more electronic music luminaries. Check out the full list here. Alongside the festival program, the ADE Pro conference will feature discussions about the future of dance music. According to a press release sh...
Eric Prydz Is Bringing His Mind-Bending HOLO Show to ADE 2022
European fans will have just one more chance to see Eric Prydz‘s stupefying HOLO show in 2022. Despite world-class stage design and hundreds of the biggest artists in electronic dance music to see live, there was one performance at this year’s Tomorrowland festival that everyone simply could not stop talking about. That, of course, was Prydz and his inconceivable HOLO production. Now, Tomorrowland is bringing Prydz’s mind-bending show to the 2022 Amsterdam Dance Event for its last European appearance of the year. Prydz will take the stage for his Tomorrowland-powered HOLO performance on the second day of ADE, Thursday, October 20th at The Ziggo Dome. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Pre-sale passes go on sale Wednesday, August 10th at 12pm CEST before the general t...
ADE’s Arts and Culture Expands to Include Artist Residencies and New Experiences In 2022
The organizers of Amsterdam Dance Event are taking its arts and culture initiative to the next level. Following last year’s successful debut, ADE’s Arts and Culture program is set to return with a series of experiential crossover activations. The sheer amount of new residencies and projects only serves to reinforce the summit as the world’s most influential hub for electronic music enthusiasts. Just a year after introducing an expansion, the leading dance music conference is introducing its very first artist residencies. Among the first to be announced is Tamara Shogaolu, an award-winning director who will showcase her transformation of the Westerkerk church into a Panama rainforest. Another is contemporary artist Nick Verstand, whose “Within Without II” ...
