30 years of ADE, electronic music’s essential annual gathering

Three decades since it began, Amsterdam Dance Event has become an electronic music industry behemoth, with thousands of artists, industry bods and ravers descending on the Dutch capital for five days of knowledge sharing, partying and networking. Here, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt looks at the event’s history and evolution, and asks what makes it just such a significant date in the annual dance music calendar

Amelie Lens: labour of love

Pregnant with her second daughter and still DJing to the world’s biggest dancefloors, Amelie Lens is at the peak of her powers, and is determined to change how the industry views women and motherhood in the process. Here, in her most open interview to date, the Belgian techno star sits down with DJ Mag’s Olivia Stock to discuss being a mother in dance music, industry sexism, and how she’s found the confidence to do things her own way