ADE lists · Amsterdam · 21–25 Oct

Routes by job · 11 picks · Wed to Sat · Pro pass

Get booked week

Who books, how they choose, and where to be seen.

For DJs and live acts who want more gigs. The agent and promoter meet-ups, the booking sessions, and smaller label nights where bookers actually go. Talk to people after their sessions, not during their sets.

By Songpot desk · from the ADE programme, our venue guide and artist notes

Talk to bookers after their sessions, not during their nights.

Wednesday21 Oct

11:00

Meet The Event Organisers & Promoters

A room full of people who book festivals.

World Club Dome's David Wyrich, Audio Obscura's Jeroen Fontein, festival producer Jo Vidler and about a dozen more promoters, in a structured meet-up. Bring a one-line pitch and a link.

With David Wyrich, Emanuel Iliev, Jeroen Fontein, Jo Vidler, Kieran Ratcliffe, Matt Brockman

13:15

Meet The Agents

Booking agents from WME, ROAM and THE·TEAM, in one room.

A structured meet-up with about a dozen agents for electronic acts. The fastest way to put a face to the inbox.

With Crosby Stewart, Jack Berg, Jake Bernstein, Joe Sigmund, Laura Ruiz, Manuela Budimilic

15:30

Meet The Labels & A&Rs

A&Rs from Universal to InFiné, open for pitches.

A structured meet-up with label and A&R people including Universal Music Switzerland's Burak Yeniyol and InFiné's Enora Pellerin. Bring two tracks, not ten.

With Bastian Meyer, Burak Yeniyol, David Rishty, Enora Pellerin, Hiroki Beck, Joel de Vriend

Thursday22 Oct

13:15

Meet The DSP's & Distributors

Every streaming and distribution rep you need, in one room.

Beatport, Bandcamp, Believe, Revelator, Subvert and more, in a structured meet-up. Come with a release plan and a question, not a pitch deck.

With Alex Branson, Amanda Cruzeiro, Arnau Sabaté, Austin Robey, Cameron Cox, Charlie Bird

Dennis Cartier
Dennis Cartier · photo from their SoundCloud
17:00

Dennis Cartier presents: WHAT DA HOUSE

Ganbei Karaoke · Leidsebuurt / Centrum

House in a karaoke bar, for free.

Belgian DJ Dennis Cartier's What Da House label takes over a private karaoke venue for a free early-evening session: Eran Hersh's tribal, Middle Eastern-inflected house, Tim Hox's rolling grooves and Neon's tight, crowd-reading club mixing.

For fans of Keinemusik

Friday23 Oct

12:15

Meet The Managers

Twenty artist managers, open for questions.

Including Black Coffee's manager Cristiana Votta, Mathame's Guillaume Thollet and Kwame Kwaten. For artists looking for management and managers looking for peers.

With Bas Kaspers, Cristiana Votta, Grace Russo, Guillaume Thollet, Hayley Lennox, Isabelle Fallmann

16:00

DJ Mag | The Art of the After-Hours

The art of the after-hours, from the people who run them.

Breakfast Club's Brent Roozendaal, Club RAUM's Sven Bijma and DJ Doudou MD, with DJ Mag's Rob McCallum, on parties that run into the next week. ADE's after-hours culture, explained by its keepers.

With Brent Roozendaal, Doudou MD, Rob McCallum, Sven Bijma

Tatiana
Tatiana · photo from their Spotify
20:00

The Disco Express: Label Showcase

ARCA Bar @ art'otel Amsterdam · Opposite Amsterdam Centraal Station

London's disco label, in a hotel bar.

The Disco Express returns to art'otel for its yearly get-together: Tatiana's italo and soulful house, Bustin' Loose's disco and funk records over a house floor, and Oslo's Third Attempt with disco basslines and a soft soul sheen.

For fans of Dimitri From Paris, Todd Terje

Edward
Edward · photo from the ADE programme
23:59

Giegling at ADE

ingang · Amsterdam Noord

Giegling's foggy, tactile house and techno, in a brand-new club.

The Weimar collective's world is house and techno with the edges smudged: Edward's kosmische club records sit next to Zenker Brothers' taut, punchy techno and Eduardo de la Calle's dry, looping pressure. It starts at midnight and goes long.

For fans of Rødhåd

Saturday24 Oct

12:45

Q&A and Cypher: House of Knowledge presents ‘The Unsigned Hype’

Old MCs, new MCs, one cypher.

House of Knowledge brings generations together: Rotjoch, Latifah, Nosa, Alee Rock and 4SHOBANGERS talk, then rhyme. Generational exchange is how MC culture works; this is it in practice.

With 4SHOBANGERS, Alee Rock, Latifah, Nosa, Randall Spann, Rotjoch

16:15

Demolition XXIX

Bring your track. Joseph Capriati and BT will listen.

Demolition is the long-running session where producers' demos get played and critiqued in public: this year by Joseph Capriati, BT, Pooja B and Louisahhh, with Dave Clarke. Brave, useful and often funny.

With BT, Dave Clarke, Ivan Markovic, Joseph Capriati, Louisahhh, Pooja B

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