Amsterdam Dance Event

Monkey Chop · Post by **Monkey Chop** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:44 pm

I'm going to Amsterdam for the first time and it just happens to coincide with the Amsterdam Dance Event :
http://festival.amsterdam-dance-event.n ... de05f.home

Has anyone actually heard of this before?! Apparently it's been running for 10 years but I don't recognise many of the acts or DJs playing. Can anyone recommend any decent artists to see there? Or, even better will anyone be out in Dam for this?

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:30 pm

It's alleged to be becoming as important as the Miami Music Conference.

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:45 am

ah, good one!

might go there for a show or two

Monkey Chop · Post by **Monkey Chop** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:49 pm

Hi Timbob, I will be out there on the Saturday and was thinking of going to Melkweg or Paradiso. Any idea what they are like? Got any other club recommendations for Amsterdam? Don't wanna go anywhere pretentious or cheesy...

stimpee · Post by **stimpee** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:54 pm

I go there every year. The thursday night is the big night this year.

Monkey Chop · Post by **Monkey Chop** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:22 pm

Yeah, saw Dave Clark is playing on the Thursday. Shame I'm not there till the weekend but just glad the event is on at all! Had a look through the programme and it sounds quality but maybe a bit too much house. What's it generally been like before?

Funky Dung · Post by **Funky Dung** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:36 pm

Some things on that line-up I can recommend you check out:

Evil Nine
Benny Sings
Lucien Foort
DK7
Anthony Rother
Fixmer
Joris Voorn
Josh Wink
16 Bit Lolitas
Soulwax Nite Versions
John Acquaviva
Kyoto Jazz Massive
Thomas Schumacher
Futureshock
Alloy Mental

Willsy · Post by **Willsy** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:22 am

Monkey Chop wrote:Hi Timbob, I will be out there on the Saturday and was thinking of going to Melkweg or Paradiso. Any idea what they are like? Got any other club recommendations for Amsterdam? Don't wanna go anywhere pretentious or cheesy...

Saw Roots Manuva at Paradiso earlier this year great venue...been to the dam twice in recent years to get away from it all...totally enjoyed myself both times...you will have a great time!

Monkey Chop · Post by **Monkey Chop** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:46 am

Cheers guys! Prolly gonna check out Melkweg for Futureshock and maybe Paradiso seeing as they are allnighters on the Saturday. If anyone fancies meeting up for a smoke out there let me know

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:26 pm

Monkey Chop wrote:Hi Timbob, I will be out there on the Saturday and was thinking of going to Melkweg or Paradiso. Any idea what they are like? Got any other club recommendations for Amsterdam? Don't wanna go anywhere pretentious or cheesy...

Melkweg & paradiso are both great clubs. they usually have concerts there, any kind of music, with a party afterwards.
don't know a lot about other clubs, but those two usually have good nights out

Monkey Chop · Post by **Monkey Chop** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:15 pm

Well, I didn't manage to see anyone!!! Just walked around in a haze but loved every minute of it. Amsterdam's a great city! Was very impressed at how chilled it is almost always (other than the fecking bikes).

If anyone is interested, and it's a long way away, but it's gonna be the 40 year anniversary of Gong next year and they are holding the Gong Convention in 'dam. This years was @ Glastonbury and had System 7 along with Steve Hillage's new group Mirror System (VERY nice chilled electronic/ambient) along with the usual range of hippy/psychadelic/prog rock.

Acid Gaz · Post by **Acid Gaz** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:22 pm

GONG!!

I remember buying 'Camembert Electrique' for 59p in Nineteen Seventy-cough.

stimpee · Post by **stimpee** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:30 pm

I went on the thursday and managed to see:

Accu (live)
Koneveljet (live)
DK7 (live) (Jesper Dahlback + vocalist)
Vector Lovers (live)
Jori Hulkkonen
Solvent (live)
Billy Nasty

and what an ace night it was.

Willsy · Post by **Willsy** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:20 pm

stimpee wrote:I went on the thursday and managed to see:

Billy Nasty

and what an ace night it was.

ahhh good old Billy Nasty...he used to be one of my fav dj's many many moons ago when i used to frequent the UFO Club held at longleat safari park...dance club not unidentified flying object studies!

Kansler · Post by **Kansler** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:31 pm

stimpee, you went to amsterdam to see accu, koneveljet and jori hulkkonen? For a while I thought you'd gone to some tout-finnois fest...

I wanna see Koneveljet again, too. The last time they rocked hard. They have a new album out, too, though it's got mixed reviews. Their label, Exogenic Breaks Records, has put out some quality compilations as well.

Hulkkonen, on the other hand, I don't necessarily want to see again, or maybe he doesn't want to see me: The last time I nearly spilled some beer on his equipment.