Amsterdam Dance Event announces first confirmed artists The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world's largest festival and business conference for electronic music, today announced the first selection of artists for 2017. Among them are Bonobo, Charlotte de Witte, Colin Benders, GAIA, Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Martin Garrix, Nina Kraviz, Orbital, Peggy Gou and Richie Hawtin. The organisers expect to welcome a record breaking 400,000 visitors for the 23rd edition. The five day and night gathering runs from October 17th-21st, 2018 and is the world’s leading festival and conference program, offering an extensive art, film, photography program, alongside music and the latest trends in technology and social good. ADE-director Richard Zijlma states: “We’re almost at the point of reaching the magical 400,000 visitors mark, and we still see lots of opportunities to grow. ADE aims to be a world stage for musical talent and the music industry. With visitors from more than 100 countries now you can confidently claim that Amsterdam is t Read More
Dave Clarke announces Sam Paganini, Rebekah, Octave One, B.Traits and more for his legendary ADE night at Melkweg Dave Clarke Presents returns at ADE 2018 for its 14th edition, with a some of the biggest names currently in techno. On the line up we will see the likes of Sam Paganini, Rebekah, a live performance by Octave One, Marcel Fengler, Mark Broom, Anetha, B.Traits, Dutch techno veteran Estroe and Mr. Jones. They will all play Clarke’s multiple room club event at Melkweg on ADE Friday, October 19th. The ticket sale starts at May 30th at 10 a.m. and tickets can be bought via Ticketmaster. Many know Dave Clarke as the Baron of Techno, but with his ever expanding encyclopedia on everything dance related, he is also the Lord of Electro, with his popular ‘Whip It’ night being one of his most recent endeavors. Whip It proved just how irresistible the electro genre can be, so watch out for that ADE line up announcement. Headlining this edition of Dave Clarke Presents is Sam Paganini, who built his name in the underground circuit and will be bringing his powerful Read More
fabric 99: Sasha Online rumours among the faithful have been growing for months, building to a fever point of anticipation. Now it can be revealed at last, these two outstanding names of the electronic music scene are to finally combine forces with Sasha’s fabric 99 mix. The producer, DJ, live artist and label head has had a long and close relationship with the iconic club, and his mix compilation, including two unreleased Sasha cuts, marks the penultimate issue of the fabric hundred. 'Getting the chance to do this fabric CD was an honour’ Sasha says. ‘Some of my fondest moments playing in London have been at that club. I really wanted to capture what I do there as I feel it’s somewhere I play differently to anywhere else in the world.' ‘Playing differently’ is Sasha’s trademark approach to his craft. He always seeks new challenges and worlds to conquer, from his seminal 'Scene Delete' album to his darkly melodic DJ sets,alone or with John Digweed, at worldwide Read More
Guy Gerber reveals biggest ever line up for upcoming RUMORS Ibiza 2018 season Audio Fly // Arman Nafeei // Bas Ibellini // Bedouin // Behrouz // Bill Patrick // Blond:ish // Bob Moses // Cassy // Cesar Merveille // D’Julz // Danny Tenaglia // Dead-Tones // Delano Smith // DJ Seinfeld // DJ Tennis // DJ Three // dOP (live) // Dubfire // Eduardo Castillo // Felix Da Housecat // Guy Gerber // Kaz James // Kenny Glasgow // Lauren Lane // Life On Planets (Live) // Makam // Martin Buttrich // No Regular Play // Noncitizens // Randall M // Ryan Crosson // Shaun Reeves // + More TBA Revered producer, DJ and label owner Guy Gerber returns to the White Isle for the 2018 season, with another edition of his much-talked about residency, RUMORS. The day event series will take place every Sunday between May and October, with the 2018 series marking several debut performances from the likes of DJ Seinfeld, Danny Tenaglia, Felix, and Blond:ish. The 2018 season marks Guy’s fifth consecutive summer on the island, with a range of the finest talent joining the Israel Read More
Ame announce debut studio album, ‘Dream House’, due out June 1st on Innervisions after 18 years together Âme announced an album: "DREAM HOUSE" it will be out on June 1st on their Innervisions imprint! Since Frank Wiedemann and Kristian Beyer met in Beyer’s record shop Plattentasche, in their hometown of Karlsruhe back in 2001, the music they make together as Âme has been singular expression of their shared loves. Now 2018 reveals Wiedemann and Beyer’s finest achievement yet, a full-length debut album, 'Dream House'. Three years in the making, Âme’s Dream House reveals their meticulous craftsmanship and unabashed love of music, the eleven tracks offering a sound that’s hypnotic and precise, immersive and inviting, expansive and catchy. It both sounds unmistakably like Âme and unlike anything you’ve ever heard from the duo, an evocative home listening journey enacted after a decade spent crafting dancefloor weapons. You can Listen to the first single featuring Matthew Herbert on vocals: https://open.spotify.com/album/7iIC3wJWW0QNCWDFzNnLc6 Read More
Moondance Festival Announces 2018 line up: KiNK, Rødhåd, K-HAND, Dystopian, Tresor + many more! Award-winning Croatian Techno festival returns 9+10+11 August, 2018 (Trogir/Croatia April 2018) Moondance is the festival of techno-lovers dreams. Host to revered artists from Detroit, Berlin, UK and beyond, it runs the musical gamut from deep, dark hypnotic grooves to raw power. At Moondance the best of classic and contemporary techno finds its home in the striking medieval Kamerlengo Fortress in Trogir, which was recently voted one of the world's most beautiful island cities by National Geographic. This perfect union of entrancing techno and extraordinary setting has seen Moondance grow from one night with 400 people to three nights with 9000 guests, in just five years. This year's event will be the largest-ever, yet still maintain its intimate vibe. Moondance is an immersive sensory adventure. The walls of Kamerlengo reverberate with the dark, deep, hypnotic sounds, creating a unique emotional vibration. Every detail of the event is carefully crafted, from the superb sound s Read More
Tim Green announces Debut Album ‘Her Future Ghost’ [Cocoon] Tim Green returns to Cocoon with his atmospheric and emotive LP titled ‘Her Future Ghost’. Surprisingly, after more than a decade’s successful career, this is his debut album. Dual single ‘Echo / They Want Us To Fall Down’, the first release from the eleven-track LP, drops on April 27th both digitally and on vinyl. A cinematic, emotive production, led by deep chords and rattling percussive sweeps adorned with loop pedals and menacing synths, the two-tracker forms an intriguing foretaste of the LP, due on May 18th. Making full use of the LP format’s potential, Tim composed ‘Her Future Ghost’ like an electronic soundtrack to a romantic film. My concept and direction for ‘Her Future Ghost’ was to write a film score for a film that doesn’t actually exist,’ says Tim. ‘As an avid film score fan, I wanted to create a body of work that took certain typical soundtrack traits. For example, different motifs that repeat throughout, like character them Read More
Tale Of Us’ Afterlife Announce 2018 Ibiza Residency Returning to the place where it all started, the duo will take over Hï Ibiza with a boundary-pushing lineup and concept Tale Of Us presents: Adriatique / Aether / Agents Of Time (Live + DJ) / Alex.Do / Alva Noto (Live) / Amandra (Live) / Âme (Live + DJ) / Answer Code Request (Live) / Antigone / Antonio Ruscito (Live) / Ateq (Live) / Aurora Halal / Bambounou / Barnt / Ben Klock / Ben UFO / Bjarki (Live) / Boddika / Carl Craig / Chris Liebing / Denis Horvat / Dixon / Dr. Rubinstein / Etapp Kyle / Fideles / FJAAK (Live) / Gerd Janson Helena Hauff / Hunter/Game / HVL / Jamie Jones / Jon Hester / Jon Hopkins (DJ) / Kevin De Vries / Kiasmos (DJ) / KiNK (Live) / Kobosil / Konstantin Sibold / Locked Groove / Maceo Plex / Mano Le Tough / Marcel Dettmann / Mathame / Mathew Jonson (Live) / Mind Against / Modeselektor (DJ) / Monoloc (Live) / Nina Kraviz / Ovend (Live) / Patrice Bäumel / Quayola / Recondite (Live) / Robert Hood / Rødhåd / Roland Appel / Roman Flügel / Ryan Elliott Read More
Patrice Bäumel returns to Afterlife with “The Hatchet” Patrice Bäumel returns to Afterlife with two instantly-recognizable, cosmic excursions arranged for big room impact. Building on the far-and-wide success of 'Glutes' last year, Bäumel delivers another singular take on the Afterlife sound. 'The Hatchet', which shone on the Tale Of Us fabric 97 CD, has Bäumel’s signature, tempered drums, slithering FX and masterfully-executed bursts of white noise. With a similar modus operandi, 'Serpent' glides through bright arpeggios, snowballing towards the brilliant climax. A journey through time and space, into the Afterlife. https://soundcloud.com/afterlifeofc/sets/al013-patrice-baumel-the-hatchet-1 Available on 12” vinyl and digital from April 6, 2018. Read More
Time Warp 2018: Timetable announced for 24th edition of Germany’s techno marathon! Time Warp Germany 2018 7 April 2018 Maimarkthalle Mannheim, Germany Early birds: SOLD OUT First release: SOLD OUT Backstage premium: SOLD OUT Last remaining tickets: www.time-warp.de/tickets Facebook || Event || Twitter || Instagram || Soundcloud Three weeks before the big day, Time Warp announces a thoroughly curated time table for its 24thedition. With 43 acts to see across six stages and 19 hours, there’ll be some tough decisions for fans to make. Bringing together the usual array of international headliners and a strong set of Time Warp debuts, this year’s edition also has an extra pull for the vinyl lovers; Floor 6. With a focus on vinyl virtuoso artists with a passion for wax, Floor 6 is a newly curated area where Time Warp’s vinyl heads go between records and digital, headlined by Ricardo Villalobos and Raresh for 4 solid hour b2b, also with Nicolas Lutz, Sonja Moonear and more. Long-standing Time Warp family members Sven Väth, Laurent Gar Read More