Wed, 22 Oct 2025
A’DAM Toren ADE 2025 assembles a stellar cast of selectors and innovators for a night that stretches the limits of electronic music culture at one of Amsterdam’s most iconic spaces. Perched above the city’s skyline, A’DAM Toren becomes an immersive sonic lighthouse, welcoming festival-goers and night-dwellers onto its dancefloors, where the boundaries between genres will dissolve and evolve. The lineup brings together established legends and new voices pushing the sound forward.
Andrea Oliva, Argy, and ARODES set the tone with hypnotic grooves and modern house energy. Benjamin Berg joins with deep, textural selections, while bullet tooth injects razor-edged beats. Carl Craig brings Detroit’s indelible mark, promising an adventurous and cerebral journey.
Cleanfield, Crusy, and Dan Ghenacia load the decks with leftfield house, acid traces, and turbocharged edits; David Penn and DJ Minx bring roots, soul, and a sense of timeless dancefloor urgency. DJ Tennis and DVS1 guide crowds through emotive arches and crisp, minimalist structures. The bill grows deeper with Elliot Schooling and Fafi Abdel Nour's forward-thinking sets, Gyatso’s genre-melding approach, and ISAbella’s dynamic palettes.
Jan Blomqvist crafts intricate, melodic layers, contrasted by Jennifer Loveless’ kinetic selections and Julian Anthony’s crisp funk. Kamma, Kitty Amor, and Laidlaw promise genre-surfing sets with contagious crowd energy, while Liam Palmer, Litmus, Locky, and Low Steppa oscillate between bass-driven beats and classic grooves. L.P.
Rhythm and Luke Dean_ promise experimental flair, and Marco Lys wields crisp club destroyers. Marsolo, Masalo, and Mau P dive into hybridized techno and house, punctuated by Moodymann’s soulful, idiosyncratic touch and Mousse T.'s crossover sensibility. The program reflects a spectrum: from Nathan Alzon and Ogazón’s intricate compositions, to Octo Octa’s basslines and emotional resilience; Paige Tomlinson, Rene Wise, and Rober Gaez bring deep rollers and rave-influenced selections.
Ron Carroll, ROOG, and SAIDAH connect the past and future of vocal house energy. Sam Alfred and Silva Bumpa draw out irrepressible rhythms, while boundary-pushing sets from Skepta, Yass & Mali tap into cross-genre experimentation. On October 22nd, 2025, ADE’s spirit pulses at A’DAM Toren—where panoramic views meet panoramic sound, and the city’s brightest gather for an experience poised between intimacy and infinite possibility.
When the beat rises above the clouds and the crowd locks into synchrony, the future of dance music undulates in the heart of Amsterdam.