#13 Amsterdam, the artistic village

From Trouw to Dekmantel via Rush Hour or Red Light Radio, Amsterdam never ceases to see the emergence of cultural actors who shine at the European scale and beyond. The city is also a playground for many interesting and different artists, making Amsterdam one of the most fascinating European city when it comes to electronic (but not only) music. This reputation contrasts with the geographical size of the Dutch capital. Relatively limited, it actually explains Amsterdam’s cultural footprint and the interest it arouses. Definitively at “human scale”, the city allows indeed a strong interaction between artists and other cultural actors, stimulating interdisciplinarity and overlap between different scenes. The result is a strong cohesion, and especially a lively and open scene that continues to evolve to offer to the rest of Europe new sound fields. With Femke Dekker (Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee), Orpheu de Jong (Red Light Radio), Daan Alvering (Garage Noord), Olaf Boswijk (De School)