Welcome to the Future, taking underground dance music to the next level this year
In about four months, the prestigious underground house and techno festival located in the extremely beautiful Twiske just North of Amsterdam opens its doors again. That's right, the eighth edition of Welcome to the Future festival will take place on Saturday, July 26th. Spread out over 7 different stages, 47 of the world’s leading acts and artists will be celebrating all spectra of underground electronic music. (..more)
Max Cooper, the electronic soundscaper, returns for Pentecost
NGHTDVSN’s vision is to bring the best of cutting-edge and innovative music. On the 19th of May NGHTDVSN welcomes Max Cooper once again in Amsterdam for a special party on Whitsun (Pinksteren) with a 2.5 hour live-set. This time he'll be supported by a selection of his favourite local artists such as Applescal live, Nuno Dos Santos & Terry Toner. (..more)
Festival De BetonCentrale, pure house and techno between cranes and silos
The knights of PLAK have claimed a new location to use as their theme park, for their very authentic and industrial ‘BetonCentrale‘. That’s right, the guys have put together a refreshing house and techno get-together called Festival de BetonCentrale on September 8th. There's a crazy amount of festivals out there this year but if we at Overdose.am have to pick a few to go to we mainly look at two factors: the intimacy of the location and a forward thinking line-up. Well, De Betoncentrale ticks both boxes, and let me tell you why. (..more)
Welcome to the Future stands for underground music at a dreamy location
It’s almost time for Welcome to the Future again; the underground house and techno festival located in the extremely beautiful Twiske just out of Amsterdam. There are a crazy amount of festivals out there this year but if we at Overdose.am have to pick a few to go to we mainly look at two few factors: the intimacy of the location and a forward thinking line-up. Well, I can tell you Welcome to the Future ticks both these boxes, and let me tell you why. (..more)
Return to your childhood at Buitenspelen
We all love to go to parties with progressive, underground line-ups. We like to go there and concentrate on enjoying the complexities and tiny details in the songs put through the speakers, while maybe nipping on a drink or two on the side.. Who are we kidding again? Most of us enjoy pretending to be real music connoisseurs, but what we really love is crazy, wild, drunken partying. We don’t even remember the music the next day. The people behind Buitenspelen understand this and have set-up what promises to be the wildest and weirdest festival of the season. (..more)
Celebrate your Queen’s Day and Night with I amtechno’s hotel raves
Queen's Day in Amsterdam is a unique night and day carnival-like event. Each year the festivities during this event invite locals and up to 800,000 visitors alike to soak up Amsterdam’s open-air fun. In the streets, canals, parks and everywhere in between, the city is bursting with orange as Amsterdammers enjoy the biggest street party of the year. Of course, all party organizations around this town have to participate and show the rest of the world what they have to offer. I amtechno for example, is one of the serious candidates throwing events on both Queen's Night and Day. (..more)
Experience Wunderbar’s Cirque du Soleil at Woodstock’s beach!
Although Hemelvaartsdag is a holy day for more then one billion Catholics all over the world, in Amsterdam it means an opportunity to party! Because instead of ‘dauwtrappen’ (waking up really early to walk through nature), Bar27 provide us with an ideal setting to kick some sand while dancing at Woodstock. What am I talking about? They moved their Circus Wunderbar into the sun and onto the beach on may 17th. (..more)
Get educated about partying while only high on natural stimulants at BOB
The freshest party concept in town is definitely BOB: Bewust OnBewust: a counter movement against all the drug&booze use in the dance scene. BOB is about staying sober, and no, not in a boring way. The people behind BOB promote natural ways of getting into a higher state of mind. Their evening starts with a trance dance workshop, followed by a night filled with live melodious house music, massages, shishas, natural stimulants, bodypaint and more. (..more)
Prepare for two days of intense techno at the Chateau Techno weekender
Amsterdam’s fastest growing techno concept is back, and once again bigger than ever before. The knights of Chateau Techno have claimed a new building to use as their party castle, and this time it’s the very beautiful and raw Transformatorhuis. And not just for one night until 7am, they’ve gone for a weekender: day one is called ‘medium’ power, but only compared to day two’s ‘full power’ violence. Expect lasers, smoke, fire and huge sound system! (..more)
Meet and Eat: Grand Café-Restaurant 1e Klas
The Grand Café-Restaurant 1e Klas is ensconced in a wonderfully obscure part of the Amsterdam Centraal train station. Centraal is low ceilinged; its narrow platforms poorly serviced by escalators and the gaggle of platform roofs are woeful compared to the soaring edifices of Gare du Paris or New York’s Grand Central. Internally it is a confusing warren of tunnels and ‘ongezellige’ funnels. And yet nestled away on platform 2B next to Burger King, the restaurant 1e Klas is something to appreciate. (..more)
