The
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world's leading event for electronic
music, will marks its 20th anniversary this year with a series of
special events. As part of this series, US techno DJ and producer Jeff
Mills will spend a day working within the walls of the studio once used
by Rembrandt at The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam. Inspired by
Rembrandt’s intimate early painting Philosopher in Meditation, Mills
will compose three new tracks during a private session on 15 October at
The Rembrandt House Museum. Following the session, he will reflect on
his experience in this space for ADE MusicTalks at Flemish cultural
centre De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam.
This unique project is the first collaboration between The Rembrandt
House Museum and Amsterdam Dance Event, world’s biggest annual trade and
innovation platform in the field of electronic music, celebrating its
20th anniversary this year. “The techno scene has always been about
breaking boundaries and leaping forward”, says Rembrandt House director
Michael Huijser. “Jeff Mills is the master for a new generation of DJs
and producers, much as Rembrandt was for his students.”
Jeff Mills is one of the founding fathers of techno music but he has
always been keen to expand his vision. He has made a name for himself,
bridging the gap between the traditional world of classic art and the
contemporary world of dance music. During his stint at The Rembrandt
House, Mills will create three brand new tracks working inside the
reconstructed studio once used by Rembrandt. During his nineteen years
at this address, Rembrandt worked in the ambience of the northern light
in this room. Jeff Mills is looking forward to a creative impulse from
sharing in the light seen by the great Dutch master many centuries
before.
Mills will also be performing during ADE. The king of the TR-909 will
present Time Tunnel, a show never seen before in The Netherlands. In
this unique show, which takes place at Warehouse 22 on Friday October
16, Detroit's DJ and producer will take the audience by the hand and
together travel through time. The grand master himself will interpret
music from the past, present and future. This audiovisual spectacle has
never before visited the Netherlands and is the perfect match for 909
Festival’s first ever indoor edition.
