AMF (Amsterdam Music Festival)

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Amsterdam Music Festival
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2015 Amsterdam Music Festival
Genre House, dance, trance and electro
Location(s) Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website www.amf-festival.com

The Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) is an electronic dance music (EDM) event that takes place during the Amsterdam Dance Event mid-October in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since the second edition in 2014, the main event has taken place in the Johan Cruijff Arena. In 2015 and 2016 the event was a multiple day EDM-event. [1]

Electronic dance music (EDM), also known as dance music, club music, or simply dance, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves and festivals. It is generally produced for playback by disc jockeys who create seamless selections of tracks, called a mix by segueing from one recording to another. EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a live PA. In Europe, EDM is more commonly called 'dance music', or simply 'dance'.

Amsterdam Dance Event Five-day electronic music festival held annually in October

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is a five-day electronic music conference and festival held annually in mid-October. The event is organized by The Amsterdam Dance Event Foundation and offers a full program of daytime conferences at ADE Pro, ADE Tech, HDE, ADE University, ADE Next, ADE Beamlab and ADE Green, alongside the nighttime ADE Festival which features 450 events and 2,200 artists over five days in 115 clubs and venues. The shows attract over 350,000 people from all over the world to the city, making Amsterdam one of the busiest clubbing cities in the world.

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba—it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

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During the AMF, the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs is announced and several prizes are awarded, among which the award for the number one DJ in the world. [2] The music that is played is mostly house and dance music; other genres that are also played at the event include techno, trance and hardstyle.

<i>DJ Mag</i> Magazine

DJ Magazine is a British monthly magazine dedicated to electronic dance music and DJs. Founded in 1991, the magazine is adapted for distribution in the United Kingdom, United States, Spain, France, Italy, Latin America, China, South Korea, Indonesia and Netherlands.

House music is a genre of electronic dance music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s. Early house music was generally characterized by repetitive 4/4 beats, rhythms provided by drum machines, off-beat hi-hat cymbals, and synthesized basslines. While house displayed several characteristics similar to disco music, which preceded and influenced it, as both were DJ and record producer-created dance music, house was more electronic and minimalistic. The mechanical, repetitive rhythm of house was one of its main components. Many house compositions were instrumental, with no vocals; some had singing throughout the song with lyrics; and some had singing but no actual words.

Dance music music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music. While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times, the earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are the surviving medieval dances. In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances. In the classical music era, the minuet was frequently used as a third movement, although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in the classical era. Both remained part of the romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle, mazurka, ecossaise, ballade and polonaise.

History

In 2013 ALDA Events and ID&T organized the first edition of AMF together, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dutch Dance. [3] The first edition took place in RAI Amsterdam and had 25,000 visitors.

ALDA is a global operating Dutch producer, concept developer and promoter of international DJ and event concepts. ALDA stands for the first two initials of the names of both entrepreneurs; Allan and David. ALDA was founded in 2007 and is based in Amsterdam.

ID&T is a Dutch entertainment and medium enterprise that was founded in the early 1990s. Their event Mysteryland is named the oldest electronic festival in the Netherlands, with later events like Trance Energy and Sensation. It operates many of the largest electronic dance music events in the world, including Tomorrowland, the largest in the world with over 450,000 attending in 2016.

Due to the big interest the second edition of the event, in 2014, moved from RAI Amsterdam to the Amsterdam Arena. [4] The event grows to 35,000 visitors.

In 2015 the event expands to a two-day event, of which the first evening was dominated by the DJ Mag Top 100 award show and the second evening - which was also being held in the ArenA - was filled with a various lineup. [5] In addition, AMF starts their cooperation with Dance4Life, an NGO that works together with youngsters to build a world without AIDS. For every ticket sold, AMF donates 50 cents to the charity [6]

Dance4life is an international youth initiative to raise awareness and promote prevention of HIV/AIDS.

In 2016 organizers ALDA Events and ID&T decided to expand the event even further to eight events on five evenings, in three different venues: Amsterdam ArenA, Heineken Music Hall and Ziggo Dome. With an official opening and closing ceremony, two shows in the Amsterdam ArenA and several hostings, the fourth edition of AMF was the biggest festival during the Amsterdam Dance Event with 45,000 visitors. According to market research office GfK Netherlands, AMF generated almost 28 million euros for the economy of Amsterdam. [7]

In 2017 the first lustrum edition of AMF was celebrated, with a one-night only show. For the lustrum edition, they launched a new concept: 'II=I' (pronounced Two is One). During the event they let two DJs or DJ-acts play a special back to back set.

In June 2018 it was collectively decided that ALDA would organize AMF without ID&T, after years of a successful collaboration. According to the manager of ID&T, the reasons included that they wanted to focus on new projects of their own.

Information per edition

YearDateEventLocationOn stage
2013October 19Amsterdam Music FestivalRAI Amsterdam Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Dyro, Fedde Le Grand, Hardwell, Showtek, Steve Angello, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, W&W, AN21, Congorock, Fedde le Grand, FeestDJRuud, Jaz von D, ROOG, Sem Vox, Showtek, The Flexican, The Partysquad, Yellow Claw
2014October 18Amsterdam Music FestivalAmsterdam ArenA Armin van Buuren, Dannic, Dash Berlin, Deorro, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Oliver Heldens, Omnia, Wildstylez, W&W
2015October 16Amsterdam Music FestivalAmsterdam ArenA Armin van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Nervo, Vicetone
2015October 17Amsterdam Music FestivalAmsterdam ArenA Afrojack, David Guetta, Klingande, Oliver Heldens, Robin Schulz, Tiesto, DJ Snake, Showtek, Yellow Claw
2016October 19AMF Official Opening NightHeineken Music Hall Angerfist, KSHMR, Martin Garrix, Nervo, Oliver Heldens, Swanky Tunes
201620 OctoberAMF Hardwell presents RevealedHeineken Music Hall Atmozfears, Dannic, Kill The Buzz, Knife Party, Kris Kross Amsterdam, Hardwell
2016October 21AMF Tiësto Presents Clublife 500Ziggo Dome Mike Williams, Tiësto
2016October 22T-Mobile Presents AMF ArenA SaturdayAmsterdam ArenA Alesso, David Guetta, Don Diablo, Ferreck Dawn, Hardwell, Jay Hardway, Showtek, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, The Chainsmokers, W&W
2016October 22AMF Presents SLAM!Ziggo Dome Deorro, Don Diablo, FeestDJRuud, Headhunterz, Kungs, Lucas & Steve, Mike Williams, Nervo, Sander van Doorn, Steve Aoki, The Juke
2016October 22AMF: Axwell Λ IngrossoHeineken Music hall Axwell Λ Ingrosso, Klahr, NEW ID, Salvatore Ganacci, Shapov, Sylvain Armand
2016October 23T-Mobile Presents AMF ArenA SundayAmsterdam ArenA Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Blasterjaxx, CID, Dash Berlin, Dillon Francis, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, DVBBS, Jonas Blue, Nicky Romero, Steve Aoki
2016October 23AMF & Friends: The Official ClosingHeineken Music Hall Bassjackers, Dannic, DubVision, Dillon Francis, DVBBS, Firebeatz, Jay Hardway, Pep & Rash, Quintino, Tony Junior, Ummet Ozcan, Wiwek
2017October 21T-Mobile Presents AMF ArenA (Night Show)Amsterdam ArenA Armin van Buuren back 2 back Hardwell (II = I), David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Don Diablo, Lucas & Steve, Marshmello, Vini Vici, Yellow Claw
2018October 20AMFJohan Cruijff Arena (previously Amsterdam ArenA) David Guetta back 2 back Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike (II = I), W&W, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, Martin Garrix, KSHMR, Lost Frequencies, Vini Vici, Axwell & Ingrosso, Salvatore Ganacci
2019October 19AMFJohan Cruijff Arena (previously Amsterdam ArenA) Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Jonas Blue, Tiësto

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In 2015 and 2016 an anthem was released for the event.

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References

  1. ↑ Amsterdam Dance Event
  2. ↑ DJ Mag
  3. ↑ Dance Nieuws
  4. ↑ Housem
  5. ↑ "DJ Mag". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  6. ↑ "Dance4Life". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  7. ↑ Partyflock
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