A cinematic ADE itinerary built around contrast: acoustic space and sub-bass, intimate listening and monumental architecture, slow immersion and physical release.
Begin with movement, then let the city dissolve into projection and cinematic electronics.
Use only the opening stretch of the five-hour set. The former church gives the week a dramatic first image, while Malugi provides fast UK-influenced movement without exhausting the night too early.
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Malugi — Boiler Room Ghent
Representative live DJ set
Monumental projection, melodic live electronics and an immersive architectural setting. This is the first true cinematic scene of the week and one of the closest matches to early Bonobo, Aukai and Vraell.
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Thylacine — Live at ARTE Concert Festival
Representative Thylacine live show
Add only if DROELOE receives a suitable early set time. It gives Wednesday a physical ending, but it is more melodic and festival-oriented than the core of your taste.
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DROELOE — The Art of Change
Representative audiovisual performance
Move from environmental installation to warmth, then into modular machinery and optional bass impact.
Begin inside an audiovisual world rather than on a dancefloor. Field recordings, immersive media and live electronic elements establish the day as a gradual descent.
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Paranoid London — Live
One artist from the programme; not the complete installation
Soulful melodies, deep bass, intricate rhythm and panoramic visuals beneath a planetarium dome. This is Thursday’s closest link to the warm, detailed side of early Bonobo and Jon Kennedy.
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Catching Flies — Live Performance with Strings
Representative live performance
Do not fill every hour. The later modular performance will have more impact after a real meal and a sensory break.
Live hardware and real-time audiovisual construction replace the sold-out RIDDIM.EU slot without falling back on generic house. The evening changes from warmth into moving machinery.
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Colin Benders — Live Modular Techno Set
Representative improvised modular performance
Go only for relevant set times—especially MUZZ, Pirapus or [IVY]. Much of the wider programme is polished melodic bass, so this is an optional action sequence rather than a core artistic choice.
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MUZZ — DJ Set at Electric Brixton
Preview of the DnB side of the lineup
A nearly motionless opening, a long reset, industrial unease and the week’s hardest bass climax.
Whale song, underwater pressure, spatial sound and descending light. Moving this installation to Friday gives the day a cinematic opening instead of replacing sold-out ZeeZout with an inferior daytime party.
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4DSOUND — A New Dimension
Preview of the spatial-audio technology
Friday night contains two physically demanding spaces. Treat the long break as part of the composition, not as empty time.
Helena Hauff, Jeff Mills, FJAAK live, Quest and Quelza create an abrasive, machine-driven first movement. Leave before the event’s end to preserve the transition into bass.
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Helena Hauff — Boiler Room × Glitch Festival
Representative artist set
The week’s strongest direct connection to Simula and Waeys. Prioritise Mefjus, then Arcando and Murdock. Zomboy and Layz represent the more blunt, maximal end of the night.
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MUZZ — Rampage Open Air
Closest direct preview of your priority artist
Improvised machines, a deliberate reset, monumental visual composition and UKG release.
Speedy J, Rødhåd, JakoJako, Lady Starlight and UFO95 build one continuous live organism, filmed by robotic cameras and transformed into real-time visuals.
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STOOR Live in Paradiso — ADE 2025
Direct preview of the format and venue
Leave STOOR before saturation. Max Cooper works best after quiet and darkness.
The complete fusion of sound, architecture and visual narrative. This is the most cinematic event in the itinerary and Saturday’s central image.
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Max Cooper — Live A/V
Representative immersive audiovisual show
Sammy Virji, Riria, Sam Alfred, SAIDAH and Rossi transform the detailed, cerebral Max Cooper scene into communal physical release beneath the Gashouder’s circular steel roof.
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Sammy Virji — UKG & Bassline Set
Representative Sammy Virji club set
A final burst of improvised machinery, followed by deep dub gravity and a deliberate ending.
A different live constellation—Dasha Rush, Deadbeat, Fadi Mohem, Planetary Assault Systems and others— provides one last mechanical surge. Attend only the opening section.
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STOOR Live — Dasha Rush, Fadi Mohem, PAS & more
Direct preview with several 2026 Sunday artists
Moritz von Oswald, Radikal Guru, Slimmah Sound and KrackFree Soundsystem connect directly to the Commodo side of your taste. The pulse becomes slower, heavier and more spacious until the week can simply end.
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Radikal Guru — Beyond The Borders live session
Representative live dub session
Meals, silence and travel are part of the pacing. Removing the resets will flatten the week into one long queue.
At mixed lineups, prioritise the named artists in each card. A festival’s overall genre label is too broad.
Wednesday and Thursday still form complete stories without the late additions. Sleep may improve the stronger nights.