In just ten years, Dekmantel has been able to position itself as one of the most remarkable music festivals in Europa (and probably the world). We’re aware that the Dutch love electronic music and know how to organise a great get-together when the sun is shining. But there are more reasons why this festival is one of the best in the game. This year’s line-up is just another testament of that — from veterans like Honey Dijon, Jeff Mills, Moritz von Oswald, and Richie Hawtin, to consolidated ‘new’ acts like Sega Bodega, Avalon Emerson, Yaeji, and Floating Points, the programme is immaculate.
Write this down on your calendar: from the 30th of July to the 3rd of August, Amsterdam becomes the epicentre of electronic music in all its variants. For its 11th edition, Dekmantel has put it all out with live acts and DJ sets. The opening concert will take place at the city’s Oude Kerk by producer and composer Moritz von Oswald, who will premiere Silencio with a sixteen-voice choir. Other original acts are Jeff Mill’s live soundtrack of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, screening at the Eye Film Museum.
Other long-standing DJs and producers in the line-up include Japanese star Satoshi Tomiie, who’ll bring a live act to the festival; Richie Hawtin, with the live show Dex Efx X0x, an evolution of his groundbreaking project Decks, Effects & 909; Ragga Twins, a British act that’s pioneered jungle, breakbeat and ragga since the early ‘90s; or the duo British Murder Boys, who’re presenting their 2024 album Active Agents and House Boys, which has been twenty years in the making.
Of course, we also want to highlight other artists that have been cementing their position in the scene for the past years — and convincingly so. There are many, but we must mention Skee Mask, Lena Colombi & Lena Willikens, Bashkka & Roi Perez, HiTech, Yaeji. Piezo, Polygonia, Sugar Free, Shanti Celeste, Marrøn, Verraco, Two Shell, Jlin, Erika de Casier, and Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy.
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