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The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is Europe’s leading electronic music conference as well as the worlds biggest club festival. Celebrating its fourteenth year, ADE is the ultimate platform to meet international business partners, introduce your business to an international audience and get in touch with new people, new music and new trends. Click here to read more.
ADE 2008 welcomed 150 different media from over 42 countries, sharing their view on the broad conference and festival program. Check out some of the reviews here:
ResidentAdvisor | VirtualNights | Billboard | About.com | DJMagazine | Muzu.tv |
Musicweek | DJBroadcast | Tilllate.com | Groovenite.com | NME | 365Mag |
3voor12 | MixMag | Ibizavoice | Undergroundtv

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Sneak preview: ADE and gsus proudly present the ADE 2009 conference bag
With a wide range of promotional opportunities, the ADE is the perfect place to reach both international consumers and business professionals. If you are looking for a way to present yourself or your company to the international electronic music scene, download our promotional brochure here.
We’re typing this with sweaty palms on a hot summer day at the office, but it’s not just the sun that makes the temperature rise, we also hit fever pitch over the first names we can confirm for ADE 2009!
Armin van Buuren, Laurent Garnier, Boys Noize, Freemasons, and Richie Hawtin will be there amongst many, many others. And this is just the tip of the iceberg, a teaser if you will. The ADE is known as one of the major showcase festivals in the world, and accommodates both party animals and industry people - who don’t mind a shake and a shimmy every once and a while either. Over 700 artists are expected, and they will do their thing on 40 different stages over the city. Without further ado, we present you the first batch of amazing artists:
2000 and One (NL), 3-1 (NL), Appleblim (GB), Armin van Buuren (NL), Boxcutter (GB), Boys Noize (DE), Brian Sanhaji (DE), Carl Craig (US), Chris Liebing (DE), Dave Clarke (GB), Dean Rigg (GB), Dennis Christopher (NL), Dirty Disco Youth (DE), DJ Gomes (NL), Don Diablo (NL), Extrawelt (DE), Dennis Ferrer (US), Freemasons (GB), Funk d'Void (GB), Gregor Tresher (DE), Heiko Laux (DE), International Observer (NZ), Jason Verkerer (GB), Joel Mull (SE), John Digweed (GB), Joost van Bellen (NL), Josh Wink (USA), Junkie XL (NL), Karotte (DE), Krause (NL), Laurent Garnier (FR), Markus Fix (DE), Patrick Hagenaar (GB), Paul Ritch (FR), Paul van Dyk (DE), Phil Faversham (GB), Pitch Black (NZ), Richie Hawtin (CA), Sander Kleinenberg (NL), Scuba (GB), Silicone Soul (GB), Slam (GB), Steve Lawler (GB), Steve Rachmad (NL), Alexander Robotnick (IT), Steven Quarre (NL), Sven Väth (DE), Tapes (NZ/GB), The Advent vs Industrialyzer LIVE (PT), The Black Dog (GB), The Dub Police (GB), Wouter de Moor (NL) and many others.
"If you are a music producer, dj, promoter, club owner, organizer...anything like that: this is the place everybody is, you're right in the heart of dance music here!" Ferry Corsten / NL
“Without doubt the ADE has grown into Europe's main event dedicated to dance music.” Resident Advisor / GB
“ADE 2008 was very enjoyable experience had a good time, great parties, great people and great food. Hope in the future that I can return and be part of it again.” Kevin Saunderson / US
“There are many ways in which participant can benefit from ADE, but I would like to point one less obvious: the dance scene is often portrayed as a battlefield where vain and cruel, driven by profit, are fighting for a glitter of stardom. And often it is like that. But, ADE proves that in spite of all this, the dance music scene is essentially about creativity and passion, about curiosity and love for other cultures and other people. About sharing and about learning. About joy and about art. No vanity and no attitude. Just enthusiasm and professional curiosity. So much style without any negative snobbery. ADE is the best face of the dance music industry.” Rajko Bozic, EXIT Festival / RS
“ADE 2008 was a place to make the things move , your body during the night events , your mind and business during the conference, it was an absolute experience” Haris Papadimitriou, Freeze Magazine / GR
“I have been to a lot of trade events, but the ADE the only event where you can experience as much business opportunities, interesting contacts and just good music by day and by night.” Dietmar Schwenger, MusikWoche / DE
"We were overwhelmed with a positive welcome for Ministry of Sound and Hed Kandi America. I think ADE was the perfect place platform for us to accomplish all our goals. Promotion, Networking and discovering new talent. The conference is incredibly well thought out and the panels amazingly insightful with the crème de le crème of the Music business. It is a must attend for Producers, Artists and DJs that make this genre a career." Lainie Copicotto, Aurelia / Ministry of Sound / Hed Kandi / Global Underground / US
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