When Shelter opened its doors in 2016, it immediately struck a nerve in Amsterdam’s already bustling nightlife. First of all, the sound system blew everyone away. Secondly, the club’s atmosphere — a culmination of the team, the musical programing and its aesthetic — attracted a loyal following of dedicated clubbers and ravers. Three years down […]

Few artists in the techno genre are as outspoken as Zak Khutoretsky aka. DVS1. In recent years, the Russian-American DJ/producer has been the instigator of many a fierce discussion on electronic music’s most sensitive topics. His essay on dancefloor photography (2014) kickstarted a worldwide movement banning photography in clubs. Now Zak is questioning the festival culture, saying it is […]

Jeroen te Rehorst is the A&R (artists & repertoire) manager for Armada Music, one of the world’s leading electronic music labels. He speaks about the traits an A&R manager should have, and the work that needs to be done when scouting for artists, guiding their careers and promoting their music. He also offers some wise […]

Early November, Eric Keijer announced his resignment as the General Manager of Sensation, the world’s leading dance event for many years in a row. He has been part of a little under 120 Sensation events in over 20 different countries around the world. If there’s anyone in the world of Events & Organization who has […]

Tripeo, also producing and DJ-ing under his birth name Darko Esser, has been one of the leading figures of Dutch techno for a while now. As a programmer for several authorative venues in The Netherlands over the years–most notably the legendary Doornroosje in Nijmegen, where he has now worked for 18 years–Tripeo has developed a […]

If there is one organization standing out at this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), it’s Audio Obscura. Having steadily manifested themselves as the Dam’s number one spotters of stunning off-locations since 2013—staging legendary events like Sven Väth at the Concertgebouw and Underworld under the Rijksmuseum—they are now stepping up their ADE game with a total […]

Steve Bug has been DJ’ing and producing electronic music since the early 90’s. He has also been running his own labels Poker Flat Recordings, Audiomatique and Dessous since the late 90’s. His minimalistic house sound has been a great catalyst for the German minimal house wave of the 00’s. Today, Poker Flat Recordings is a […]

One of the most renowned Dutch talent agencies in electronic music is Octopus Agents. They represent an impressive roster of international house and techno icons like Hunee, The Hacker, Donato Dozzy, I-F and San Proper. Octopus head honcho Dion Verbeek has been in the business for eight years now, and knows the industry like the […]

If there is one person who embodies Dutch MC culture, it’s MC Gee. Traveling all over the world as the resident MC of Sensation, he has hosted some of the world’s biggest stages. We sat down with the Englishman in Amsterdam to reminisce about his early endeavors in the UK drum ’n bass scene, reflect on […]

Nadine Galle works for Metabolic, a sustainability advice agency, using systems thinking to tackle global sustainability issues. Festivals are fenced in, making them naturally closed ecosystems, ideal testing grounds for a circular economy. Nadine’s research for festivals like DGTL and Welcome to the Village not only helps them to become as sustainable as possible. The […]

Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets burst onto the scene as Detroit Swindle in 2012, with their seminal release “The Wrap Around”. The international breakthrough that followed, took them completely by surprise. All they had ever aspired, was to maybe have a couple of their tracks released. They weren’t even aware of the fact that a […]

Roland Leesker has been a stalwart of the electronic music scene since 1989. He started in Frankfurt, where he worked in the Delirium record store in the 90’s. He then moved to New York, where he also set up a record store. He has produced and DJ’ed with anyone from ATA to Ricardo Villalobos, and […]

House music pioneer Kenny Dope has been in the music industry for over thirty years. We spoke to him about the highlights of his career–from organizing block parties in New York City in the 80’s, to the Masters At Work heydays in the 90’s and 2000’s, to touring the world still as Kenny Dope in […]

The School of House’s Kiki Calis caught up with Chris van Meer, event manager of Apenkooi, the organization behind (ao.) the internationally renowned festivals DGTL and STRAF_WERK. He explains in detail how stages are developed and built, how sustainability has become one of the core values of his organization, and how it is implemented into the […]

Kenny Carpenter started out as a light jockey in the 1970’s in legendary New York clubs The Galaxy and The Inferno. His big break came one night, when the DJ was taking a break and Kenny was standing in. Two scouts for Studio 54 walked in. Kenny: “I knew I was being auditioned. I said […]

Aptly named ‘The Field Marshal’ by his employers, François Maas (Frans or Fransie for friends) is the quintessential promoter. For eighteen years now, he has been in charge of the promotion for Holland’s legendary organization ID&T. And for eighteen years, he has had his finger on the pulse of the Dutch dance music scene. It […]

We caught up with Rotterdam techno titan Benny Rodrigues aka. ROD for an open-hearted conversation about his new album Back to Square One. It was the first record he felt confident enough about to release on his own label. “Before this album, I would always send my tracks to others, because I really needed the […]

AMF Amsterdam: “We have two build-up scenario’s: one for when Ajax is playing on Thursday before the show.” AMF (Amsterdam Music Festival) is Amsterdam Dance Event’s biggest showcase. This year it features DJs like Armin van Buuren b2b Hardwell, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and many more. It’s also where the number 1 […]

Valuable Music Production learnings from Dutch techno pioneer Gert van Veen. For over 25 years, Gert van Veen has been the frontman of Quazar, one of the first and most famous Dutch live electronic music outfits. He was the first to produce a Dutch house record and the first to write about house and techno […]

Valuable learnings from the programmers of Mysteryland, DGTL, Into the Woods and Drift Festival.  For our first feature, The School of House delves into the world of music programming on festivals: how to construct the best possible festival line-up. Since we like to learn from the best, we spoke to some of Holland’s leading festival programmers: Anaïs d’Olivat from Mysteryland, Floris Groeneveld from DGTL, Brent Roozendaal from Drift Festival and […]

Milan Meyberg (DGTL) on why we need utopian thinking to provoke social transformation.  The position Milan Meyberg (31) occupies at DGTL doesn’t really have a name yet. His official job title is ‘revolution manager.’ This seems befitting, since DGTL is currently spearheading a revolutionary sustainability transformation in the festival industry. Not that they’re the first […]

The Media Nanny, PR-advisor to (ao.) Garrix and Guetta, hands out some crucial advice. José Woldring is one of the most important PR-managers in today’s electronic music industry. Her company The Media Nanny is representing many of the world’s leading DJs and brands. From EDM superstars Martin Garrix (No. 1 in the DJ Mag 100) […]

De laatste jaren stijgt het aantal evenementen in Nederland exponentieel. Onder het mom van ‘duurzaam organiseren’ worden de regels met betrekking tot het organiseren van dance festivals per 2017 aangescherpt. Vergunningen voor grote evenementen moeten zo vroeg mogelijk worden aangevraagd in de Gemeente Amsterdam, om maar een voorbeeld te noemen. Zo wordt duidelijk wat het […]

Lees hier het interview dat The School of House founder Jan Maarten Hartong onlangs met de Uitkrant had over zijn inspiratie voor Dance en educatie.

  Lance Nieukoop (20) uit Enschede is de winnaar van de producers wedstrijd StationTracks: Share Your Talent! Op 21 oktober, tijdens ADE, zal hij op Amsterdam Centraal draaien. Daarnaast heeft hij bij The School of House een masterclass gewonnen! Lees hier meer… 

Floor Slurink is één van de eerste Event & Organisation studenten die de Course van The School of House afrondde. Met succes, want niet snel daarna vloog onze alumni de oceaan over om haar opgedane kennis in praktijk te brengen in New York. Om alle in’s en out’s over haar avontuur te weten te komen […]

Marco Spaventi is one of the lectures for our upcoming Music Creation & Production course in October. We met up with him to talk about his history with electronic music, how the environment around his studio affects his work and what young producers should keep in mind while developing their own style. Marco, you’ve been in […]

We are happy to read news about TSOH in Telegraf! AMSTERDAM – The ROC of Amsterdam will start this school year with a new course specifically for a career in the dance and festival industry. Within the new course, for the time being a specialized exam year, There is collaboration with the private training institute […]

 Reportage: In de Arena was vrijdag, aan de vooravond van Sensation, de eerste editie van A Day in Dance, een congres over dance-evenementen. Een interessant kijkje achter de schermen én in de psyche van de festivalbezoeker.

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Dat ze van groot belang zijn staat vast, maar wat is een partnership eigenlijk precies? En hoe verkrijg je ze? We vroegen het Marieke de Jong, van de afdeling Partnerships van ID&T.

In samenwerking met Dutch Standard Events organiseert The School of House A Day in Dance! Tijdens de opbouw van zowel Sensation (1 juli in de Amsterdam Arena) en Mysteryland (23 augustus op het Floriadeterrein) krijgen professionals de kans om de organisatie van een dance-event van dichtbij mee te maken.

Artist handling. Een bekend begrip? Of blijven de rinkelende belletjes een beetje uit? Wij spraken kort met eigenaren Max Coppens en Atakan Akardere van het bedrijf Complent.Us. Een bureau dat zich bezig houdt met artist handling, advancing en tour management.

Als je een superpower zou hebben, welke zou dat dan zijn? Een superhero met supersonisch gehoor. Is die er al? Ik weet niks van superhero’s. Weet je wat het is, ik DJ dus al 500 jaar zo ongeveer en ik heb een continue piep in mijn oren. Dus als er iets geregeld kan worden waardoor […]

Wil je feedback op je tracks? Wil je 1 op 1 sessies om je skills en productie niveau te verbeteren? Wil je werken met analoge gear, of juist met de nieuwste plug-ins? Je tracks equalizen of masteren?

Jasja Heijboer vertegenwoordigt met haar boekingskantoor Ace Agency een aantal wereldbekende DJ’s. Als ontdekker van de beroemde DJ Afrojack en de drijvende kracht achter de carrière van onder andere Bassjackers, Martin Garrix, Quintino, Ummet Ozcan, Yellow Claw,

De vierdejaars studente International Media and Entertainment Management is na de course Event & Organisation aangenomen als assistent Beatport Manager en startte in Januari haar internship bij Beatport New York.

DJ/producer Nicky Romero en zijn manager Sander Landsaat deelden hun kennis en ervaringen bij de course DJ Performance & Industry. Tijdens deze exclusieve Q&A vertelden zij over het DJ vak en de weg naar de top!

Aftermovie The School of House “ROYAL” Masterclass in Chicago Royal Masterclass in Chicago! We’ve visited Chicago – the birthplace of house culture. What was the reason for that? Fistly, we were asked to give a masterclass about TSOH – our mission, vision and present how the house culture has developed in Europe recently. However, the […]

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The School of House was donderdag te gast als educatieplatform en soundsystem bij de opening van het Atelier Néerlandais. Het nieuwe centrum voor Creatief ondernemerschap en kennisdeling met onze Franse vrienden in Parijs.

Koning Willem-Alexander en koningin Máxima hebben zich dinsdag (plaatselijke tijd) tijdens hun bezoek aan Chicago ingezet als ambassadeurs van de dancemuziek. Het koningspaar nam er deel aan een mini-concert na een dancemasterclass.

Duncan Stutterheim en Jan Maarten Hartong vonden dat het tijd werd voor een danceopleiding! Lees hier meer over The School of House