ADE’s Cook-Off Returns (October 17-21)
Seth Troxler & Ali Dubfire @ ADE 2011 (click for details on 2012)
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is expanding to add a 5th night to their program this year after the wildly successful business conference and clubbing festival sold out for the fifth year running.
Announcing the expanded program festival chief Richard Zijlma confirmed that the superstar DJ cooking competition will definitely be happening again after Seth Troxler snatched the 2011 trophy with a simple but devastatingly tasty serving of Cajun spare ribs.
“The standard of food cooked by Seth and runner up chefs Ali Dubfire, Marcella, the Stafford Brothers, John Acquaviva and Olivier Giacomotto was first class,” said ADE general manager Richard Zijlma.
“We had no idea quite how many DJs pride themselves on their culinary skills when we came up with the Cook-off concept. We’re already looking forward to this year’s tasting.”
Revealing that this year’s event will also include expanded versions of the ADE University (aimed at inspiring and educating students and young music industry professionals) and ADE Playground (showcasing technology and technological innovation), Richard confirmed that ADE 2012 is expanding generally.
“Two years ago we included the Wednesday in order to accommodate a growing list of conferences and parties,” he said. “And in 2012 – because there are now so many events throughout the whole of the weekend – Sunday is now officially included in the ADE dates.”
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Resident Advisor, Mixmag, DJ Mag, DanceTrippin & Ralph Simon @ Sochi 2012
Sochi's Day time panels
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Sochi Winter Music Conference (SWMC) have unveiled final details of the international panelists and speakers attending this year’s upcoming event which takes places in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi between February 9 and 12.
Mobile entertainment strategist Ralph Simon, who advises leading tech companies as well as pop stars including Madonna, U2 and Lady Gaga, will be delivering a keynote presentation while Swedish avant-garde performers Six Drummers will be showcasing their everything-but-the-kitchen-sick audio/visual unconventional art.
Joining them are international editors from DJ Magazine, Mixmag, Resident Advisor and tv web company DanceTrippin as well as Amsterdam Dance Event boss Richard Zijlma and Exit Festival founder Bojan Boskovic. Plus previously announced synch experts from Sony Playstation, Pitch & Sync and Anger Music as well as the DJ agencies Bullitt and Elite Music Management.
ADE 2011 – photos
Seth Troxler & Ali Dubfire (pic by Alco Lind)
Circo Loco bon vivant Seth Troxler won this year’s inaugural Cook-off’ competition, effortlessly out-tasting haute cuisine from rivals including Deep Dish’s Dubfire and John Acquaviva…..
ADE delegates quaffing champagne in the registration queue (pic by Aico Lind)
Early arrivals snapped up limited edition ADE umbrellas while others made do with champagne (in between torrential downpours on the Wednesday…..)
Boy George laughs at another Dave Clarke joke (pic by Mike Breeuwer)
Germany Calling Radio show (on demand)
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Germany Calling: Indian Summer Edition
With Europe having just enjoyed a record breaking Indian summer, Germany Calling hosts Jonty Skrufff and Fidelity Kastrow keep the temperature high with a superbe selection of uber-hot new club tunes.
Kicking off with a killer remix of Lissat & Voltaxx’ summer anthem The Sunken Bells Of Ibiza the show includes gems from M.A.N.D.Y., Radical Majik and Stimming, plus a couple of absolute classics from Radiohead and Massive Attack. Tunes you can believe in.
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Lissat & Voltaxx: The Sunken Bells Of Ibiza
Tahloula: We play House (M.A.N.D.Y)
Shonky, Jennifer Cardini: Tuesday Paranoia
Radiohead: Lucky (Parlophone)
Radical Majik: Fianchetto (Radio Edit)
Danalog: Baked Beams (Original Mix)
Maceo Plex: Sleazy E
Pig & Dan – Stronger [Yoshitoshi]
Massive Attack: Safe From Harm (Virgin)
Stimming Challenge the air (Dub Version)
Omar S – My Naffew Randy – Original Mix
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Jonty also hosts ADE’s panel about radio later today (Friday October 21): click on the picture below for more details:
Jonty Skrufff Joins Russia’s Sochi Winter Music Conference
Jonty Skrufff & ADE chief Richard Zijlma @ SWMC 2011
Skrufff Media chief Jonty Skrufff has teamed up with Sochi Winter Music Conference (SWMC) to become a moderator, consultant and European representative for the fast growing Russian nightlife and networking event.
The Berlin based British DJ/ producer and Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) consultant will be helping SWMC to expand its international programme, developing panel concepts and selecting speakers for the annual mid-winter conference.
“I attended SWMC this year and as well as enjoying the parties and social side enormously was most impressed with the organisation and in particular the enthusiasm of delegates,” said Jonty.
“I’m delighted to be joining the SWMC team and will be doing my best to help internationalise what’s already a superb networking event for anyone involved in doing business in Russian nightlife.”
300 delegates and 1,300 guests attended the very first SWMC in 2005, with numbers swelling to 1 500 delegates, and 7,500 guest this February, attracted by its three days and nights of panels and seminars and parties throughout the Black Sea resort.
The city itself is renowned amongst Russians for being the country’s most celebrated and chic holiday resorts, blessed with an unusually mild Mediterranean style winter. It’s also rapidly becoming even more recognised for its status as the new home of the Russian Grand Prix and the Winter Olympics, both of which take place in 2014.
SWMC chief Mike Spirit & DJ Nastia
“More and more Russian producers and DJs are crossing over internationally and the nightlife scene there already rivals and surpasses many other countries,” Jonty continued.
“I DJed in Moscow in April for the first time and was blown away by the atmosphere and sheer qualities of the clubs,” said Jonty. “Somewhere like Arma 17, for example, is as good a superclub as Berghain in Berlin, if not better, and is certainly far superior to anything the UK has to offer. And it’s just one of several in the city attracting thousands of revellers.”
“There’s enormous potential for both the Russian scene and SWMC to develop more domestically and internationally and I’ll be doing my best to help facilitate that process.”
Sochi Winter Music Conference 2012 happens in February 2012: more details to follow shortly.
Jonty Skrufff & DJ Nastia
Seb Mortimer (Skrufff.com)
