14:00
Zine Workshop by Hothead
Make a zine, not a contact.
Hothead runs a zine workshop with a guest collective at Chillzone Books, the independent bookstore and gallery at VEEM. Free, hands-on and a good antidote to networking.
ADE lists · Amsterdam · 21–25 Oct
Routes by job · 10 picks · Wed to Sat
Getting started, free
First steps, courses and gear, without a pass.
For students, early-career people and bedroom producers. Free Get Into sessions on how the industry works, plus brand demos and maker classes. All free, most need registration.
By Songpot desk · from the ADE programme, our venue guide and artist notes
Free, but register on the official page first.
Wednesday21 Oct
Het Ketelhuis · Westergas / WesterparkHet Ketelhuis2 sessions · 11:45 to 13:15
- 11:45Get into: NEXTSTAGEWORKSHOP
- 13:15Get into: Bjooks' Beat GemsWORKSHOP
11:45
Get into: NEXTSTAGE
How an aftermovie sells a festival.
Final Kid's Charly Friedrichs on making people feel a festival they never went to. Free, for content makers and promoters.
13:15
Get into: Bjooks' Beat Gems
How drum machines changed music.
Oli Freke, author of Bjooks' 'Beat Gems', traces the machines from home organs to house and techno. Free and a good history lesson.
Thursday22 Oct
Het Ketelhuis · Westergas / WesterparkHet Ketelhuis2 sessions · 14:30 to 15:45
- 14:30Get Into: Community Radio - Building Local Talent from the Ground UpWORKSHOP
- 15:45Get into: shesaid.so - Safety as a Community PracticeWORKSHOP
14:30
Get Into: Community Radio - Building Local Talent from the Ground Up
Community radio, where DJs learn in public.
A free session on how community stations give new DJs and selectors a place to experiment outside the club and industry. Speakers TBA when we checked.
15:45
Get into: shesaid.so - Safety as a Community Practice
Safety on the dancefloor isn't the same for everyone.
A free shesaid.so session with UPTAK's Eva Santos, Club RAUM's Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud and Rita Community's Aynouk Tan, moderated by Vibe Lab's Victória Mazzone de Castro. For promoters and door teams who want practice, not posters.
With Aynouk Tan, Eva Santos, Victória Mazzone de Castro, Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud
18:00
Interactive Workshop with Giulio Beja & Veronica Motta and Listening Session with Mark Knekelhuis
A workshop on how we show up in a room, then records.
Giulio Beja and Veronica Motta ask whether safer nightlife is about fewer rules and more care, then Amsterdam label boss Mark Knekelhuis plays a listening set of rough, tactile club records. Free.
For fans of Parrish Smith
Friday23 Oct
Het Ketelhuis · Westergas / WesterparkHet Ketelhuis3 sessions · 13:00 to 17:15
- 13:00Brand Demo: AlphaTheta & TRIBE XRDEMO
- 14:45Brand Demo: Ecler and the History of the MixerMEET-UP
- 17:15Get Into: The Grassroots – Why we need to keep it aliveWORKSHOP
13:00
Brand Demo: AlphaTheta & TRIBE XR
Learning to DJ in a headset.
TRIBE XR's founders on simulated DJ training with AlphaTheta gear: a lower barrier for beginners, and a practice tool for everyone else. Free.
14:45
Brand Demo: Ecler and the History of the Mixer
Sixty years of the DJ mixer, with John Acquaviva.
Ecler, building mixers in Barcelona since 1965, with techno pioneer John Acquaviva telling the history. Free.
17:15
Get Into: The Grassroots – Why we need to keep it alive
Why the small rooms matter.
A free session on keeping grassroots venues and scenes alive. Speakers and details TBA when we checked.
Saturday24 Oct
13:00
Futures of Listening presents: Currents | Workshops: Ambrio Spatial Mixer & More
Try a spatial mixer yourself.
Futures of Listening's four-day Currents programme at Loods6, a monumental harbour warehouse on KNSM-eiland: workshops and demos on the Ambrio spatial mixer and more. Free, for producers curious about sound beyond stereo.
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