Full day program & the truth about music, booty and football…

With over 200 artists and DJ's, more than 20 venues and clubs, 1200 professional participants and over 25.000 visitors to the night program, the eight edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event (29, 30, 31 October and 1 November) has the broadest and biggest line-up ever, and looks set to increase upon the 2002 attendance by 1300 music business professionals from all over the world. ADE is a music conference during the day and at night a festival held in Amsterdam's finest clubs.

Some of the artists performing at this year's edition include Darren Emerson (uk), Derrick May (us), Junkie XL (nl), Joey Negro (uk), Bhangra Knights (uk), 100% Isis (nl), Armin van Buuren (nl), T.Raumschmiere (d), Satoshi Tommii (jap), DJ Umek (slo), Yonderboi (h), Juanes (mex), Marcello (nl), Massimo d'Electro (d), Vive la Fête (b), Terry Farley (uk), Sven van Hees (b), DJ Roog (nl), Fernanda Porto (bz), Dr. Lektroluv (b), Sascha Funke (d), Fat Truckers (uk), Rinneradio (fin), DJ La Di Da (cz), Black Sifichi (f), Sandy Rivera (us) and many others.

The ADE aims to bring together the major players from the dance and electronic music scene, from record labels, music publishers, managements and festival organisers to magazines and booking agencies. Professionals from all over the world visit the conference to make new contacts and to search for new creative challenges.

Daytime Program:

The theme for this year's ADE is 'where to go': day program panels, talk shows and keynotes focus on what new possibilities, aspects and concepts there are for the international dance community. A special talk show will focus on new concepts, new possibilities and new developments for electronic and dance community to do business. Other topics include the Changing Role of Music Publishing and A&R. Additionally; there are dedicated panels on the role of the producer and several panels for the live electronic events industry, including Learning from the Rock Community. Three special meetings will focus on doing business in France, the UK and the US while there are also two surprise panels: Shake that Booty and Football vs. Dance. Shake that Booty explores the way sex sells records and whether we should be happy with that. In Football vs. Dance ex-international and football broker Marciano Vink and Damian Harris (Skint, uk) explore whether or not football and dance are basically all the same thing…

This year's ADE keynote speaker is Junkie XL a.k.a. Tom Holkenborg, responsible for the 2002 dance version of Elvis Presley's A Little Less Conversation. Jason Bentley, music supervisor of The Matrix blockbuster movie will be interviewing him.

Several panels and meetings at the ADE are organised as part of Live Dance Music Conference, a specialised conference within the ADE that is dedicated to managements, festival organisers, club promoters etc. and features special meetings and panels on live event music topics, plus a number of networking and business facilities. The Live Dance Music Conference tackles challenges on the live side of electronic music, discusses issues on taxes and author rights, DJ fees, creative concepts, 'learning from the rock community' and more. It is supported by the Netherlands Culture Fund. For further information contact: General manager: Richard Zijlma (richard.zijlma@conamus.nl) PR: Pieter van Adrichem (pieter.van.adrichem@conamus.nl) www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl

Night Program:

Clubs taking part in the Amsterdam Dance Event night program include 020, Amuse, Chemistry, Desmet, Escape Venue, Fantasio, Heineken Music Hall, Hotel Arena Tonight, Mazzo, Melkweg, More, Panama, Paradiso, Supperclub and Winston. Dance labels such as Underwater Records, Defected, Slip 'n' Slide, Supertracks and Junior Boys Own bring their own showcase to the ADE. Apart from the club program, there is also a special program in some of Amsterdam's finest DJ Café's and in the best record stores in town on Thursday 30 October.

Features;

ADE participants are entitled to access to three networking lounges, over twenty panels and meetings and a number of business facilities. Before the conference, a database is opened on the ADE website, where participants can contact each other to further their business. A large number of promotional opportunities are available, ranging from event sponsoring to advertisements and inserts.

Performing at this years ADE:

!Audiorausch.T (d), 100 % Isis (nl), Aardvarck (nl), Adani & Wolf feat. Neobe (nl), Agent Sumo (uk), Alout K (nl), Eddie Amador (us), Andre' from Norway (n), Antal (nl), Sturmey Archer (nl), DJ Atomic Hooligan (uk), Baby Blu (nl), Marino Berardi (lux), Bhangra Knights (uk), BK (uk), Black Sifichi (f), Blaze (us), DJ Brian S (nl), DJ Rasheed Benjamin (nl), B-Tek (nl), DJ Robbie Butler (uk), Armin van Buuren (nl), Cannibal Lunch Club (nl), Cassie 6 (nl), Eddy de Clercq (nl), DJ Condor Soun' (cl), DJ Victor Coral (nl), Chris Cowie (uk), Harrison Crump (us), DJ Crusz (f) DJ Ari Daily (nl), Danny D (uk), Darko (uk), DJ Deep (f), Matthew Dekay (nl), Delacrusz (nl), DJ Dimitri (nl), DJ Dion (nl), Dive (nl), DJacob & Johannes Smith (n), D'Jedi (f), DZN (nl), DJ Edzon (nl), Leo Elstob (uk), Darren Emmerson (uk), Darko Esser (nl), Esta (nl), The Eternals (f), Terry Farley (uk), Fat Truckers ( uk), Ade Fenton (uk), DJ Flo (uk), Flowriders (nl), Brad Ford (uk), François K.(us), Andy Freak (nl), Freeze & Preed (d), Sascha Funke (d), 'Groovemaster'Johnson (nl), Tom Harding (uk), Sven van Hees (b), Pete Heller (uk), Clive Henry (uk), Steve Hill (uk), James Holden (uk), DJ Phil Horneman (nl), I-Wolf (a), DJ's Jasz & Miquel (nl), Sharam Jey (uk), DJ Paul Johnson (us), Juanes (mex), Junkie XL (nl), KC the Funkaholic (nl), KidGoesting (nl), Phil Kieran (uk), DJ Kiko (f), Lars Klein (d), Knee Deep (d), Dr. Kucho & Gregor Salto (e/nl), Bas Kunnen (nl) DJ La Di Da (cz). Lady Aïda (nl), Legowelt (nl), Dr. Lektroluv (b), Lemon (nl), Leroy (nl), Jan Liefhebber (nl), DJ Ben Long aka Space DJ'z (uk), Wally Lopez (e), Loteq (nl), M>O>S aka Aroy Dee (nl), Cleon Macnack (nl), Eric de Man (nl), Marcella (nl), DJ Marcello (nl), Wolf Martini (b), Marysol (nl), Massimo d'Electro, d), Derrick May (us), Meloen (nl), Men in Blue aka Paul & Jay Chamelian (nl), DJ Midfield General (uk), Mitte Karaoke (d), Modules & The Smoke Cella (nl), Moloko (uk), Monte La Rue (nl), Tom de Neef (b), Joey Negro (uk), DJ Nemon (nl, NWAQ feat. New World Aquarium (nl), Onno (nl), DJ Angelo d'Onorio (nl), Vincent Owens (uk), DJ Paletti (nl), Parr David (uk), Savas Pascalidis (d), Stuart Patterson (uk), Peace Division (uk), Peel Seamus (nl), Petter (s), DJ Pietro (cz), Fernanda Porto (bz), Praful (nl), DJ Pure (nl), Steve Rachmad (nl), Kareem Raihani (nl), Rednose Distrikt feat. Steven de Peven (nl), Relaxed Muscle (uk), Sandy Rivera (us), Rogier (nl), Hector Romero (us), DJ Roog (nl), DJ Rossa (nl), Rob Boskamp (nl), Rune RK aka Artifical Funk (dk), Edo Salgado (nl), DJ Samba Soun' (nl), DJ San (nl), Markus Schultz (us), Scot Project (d), Shiva (nl), DJ Sir Ron (nl), Bart Skills (nl), MC Spyder (uk), DJ Stephan (f), DJ Steso (nl), DJ L.P. Stovring (dk), DJ Reggie Styles (nl), Brian Tappert (us), Bart Thimbles (nl) DJ Thumpa (nl), DJ Satoshi Tommii (jap), Terry Toner vs. Herr ARTer (nl), DJ Tonio (f), Toxic Chicken (nl), Tom Trago (,nl), T-Roy, DJ Umek (slo), Uplander (nl), Carlos Valdes (nl), DJ VanBellen (nl), DJ Enrique Vasquez (us), Kalin Veliov (bg), Victor B (nl), Rene Vidal (nl), Vive la Fête (b), DJ Whale (n), DJ Whiplash (nl), Wicked Jazzsounds band (nl), DJ Yaz (jap), Yonderboi (h) and many others.

Program subject to change / organised by Conamus and Buma/Stemra
Clubs/partners: 020, Amuse, Chemistry, Desmet, Escape, Fantasio, HMH, Mazzo, Melkweg, More, Panama, Paradiso, Supperclub, Winston Conference location: Felix Meritis. Supported by BG Magazine, Coda, EVD, Dutchsound.nl, M8, MMF NL, Musikwoche, Muziek en Beeld, Nachtwacht, Noorderslag/EuroSonic, Oor, Radio 3FM, Sena, Technikart, VIP bookings, Xpander, Yourope