Places · 4 picks
One night around Westerpark and beyond.
West's clubs and halls on one night, all within a short walk or ride of each other.
By Songpot desk · from the ADE programme, our venue guide and artist notes
Seth Troxler's party, with the Montreal and Amsterdam crowd.
Troxler swings loose between Chicago house, minimal and left turns; Tiga, whose Turbo label launched Chromeo and Gesaffelstein, brings rubbery electro and tense house; Tom Trago's disco bass keeps it human. Starts early, at a red-cube bar with a rooftop by Sloterdijk.
For fans of The Martinez Brothers, Soulwax
Bouncy trance and hard techno in a former bus garage.
Mischluft's vocal trance and rave stabs, Janis Zielinski's peak-time trance and hard dance, and Ollie Lishman's stripped hard techno at Lofi. Cheeky, fast, loud.
For fans of Boys Noize, Marlon Hoffstadt
Defected at Thuishaven: house with hooks.
TSHA's glossy, light-footed club tracks, RUZE's chunky vocal house and Melé's tribal swing, at an outdoor festival site with warehouse spaces. A Thursday that feels like Saturday.
For fans of Jayda G, Green Velvet
999999999 play their hardware live, acid lines first.
The Italian duo build hard techno on machines, with an improvised edge you don't get from a USB stick. DJ Hyperdrive and Supergloss bring trance-leaning, 90s-flavoured techno around them, in a high-ceilinged industrial hall.
For fans of Charlotte de Witte, Paula Temple, FJAAK
Times, lineups and tickets are on each event's ADE programme page. Songpot is independent of the festival.