Ever since our first festival in 2013, the Amsterdamse Bos is the place we call home. Its rolling meadows and sky-high trees provide the ultimate habitat for a three-day journey into electronic music, where each area forms an immersive sound world of its own.

This year’s forest festivities include something for ravers of all stripes. The word icon was created for artists like Marcel Marcel Dettmann, and additional techno mayhem comes courtesy of irreverent box bangers Karenn. The cosmic excursions of Jane Fitz and Vlada aren’t to be missed, and the beloved Carista brings soul to everything she does. Dubstep hero Mala—who will be performing a rare live set—provides a serious dose of bass, as do footwork originator RP and low-end specialist SHERELLE, who join forces for a special B2B session. 

Also teaming up behind the decks are revered UK selectors Ben UFO and Joy Orbison, dancefloor surgeons Ogazón and Ryan Elliot, and bass queens DJ Storm and Darwin, whose B2B should function as a sort of intergenerational mind-meld. Working solo, the incomparable DVS1 delivers a special house set, while those seeking razor-sharp electro and acid can count on Helena Hauff and her punk rock snarl. Groove connoisseur Masalo plays live for the very first time, and low-end excavator L.B. Dub Corp also has a new live show to debut.

Tech-trance explorer Courtesy always turns up the heat, and the free-flowing Gabrielle Kwarteng is a master of slow-burning rhythms. Eris Drew serves up breakbeat euphoria (powered by the Motherbeat, of course) and the ever-charming Palms Trax brings his uniquely bubbly beats to the table. With artists like Kode9, Bok Bok and Pangaea on hand, the UK bass continuum is well represented, as is the wider global bass sphere, thanks to the Middle Eastern mutations of Toumba, the Brazilian hybrids of BADSISTA and the reggaeton chaos that Safety Trance and Toccororo are sure to unleash.

Find the full breakdown of our 3-day Amsterdamse Bos programme on our programme page.