TOP 10 TECHNO FESTIVALS OF 2016

These are the TOP 10 TECHNO FESTIVALS OF 2016 that completely won us over

BPM, PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO

This year’s most memorable BPM moments were Lee Burridge’s All Day I Dream at Marina Beach Club, Solomun’s Dynamic Showcase at the Jungle and Techno & Tacos Pop-Up Party by Richie Hawtin and Dubfire at El Fogon.

DGTL, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

DGTL Amsterdam was once again a huge success with its Installation Art theme and the outstanding performances by Seth Troxler, Maceo Plex, Jackmaster, Barnt, Adriatique, Joy Orbison, Recondite, Tale Of Us, Bicep, John Talabot, DJ Tennis, Rødhåd, and many more.

 

TIME WARP, MANNHEIM, GERMANY

This year Maimarkthalle hosted artists such as Carl Cox, Chris Liebing, Jamie Jones, Laurent Garnier, Magda, Pan Pot, Tale of Us, Len Faki, Nicole Moudaber and many more.

SONAR, BARCELONA, SPAIN

Sónar is among the biggest and most important gigs of the year. Even though the festival spread across the globe in the past few years, the one in Barcelona still remains the most important one. This year’s Sónar By Day was marked with Ata Kak and co. performance, while Ben UFO b2b Helena Hauff took over Sónar By Night with an exquisite dark acid set.

 

AWAKENINGS, SPAARNWOUDE, DEELPLAN HOUTRA, NEATHERLANDS

Techno lovers enjoyed the outstanding live sets by Henrik Schwarz, Recondite, Extrawelt, Stephan Bodzin, Kollektiv Turmstrasse and Kink amongst many dj sets on the Spaarnwoude meadow for two days.

FUSION, MECKLENBURG–VORPOMMERN, GERMANY

Free thinkers, music lovers, artists and fans of everything experimental managed to create a parallel society at Fusion Festival once again. And even though there were some amazing gigs this year, most of the people went to Fusion because of the entire festival experience.

 

INTO THE VALLEY, SWEEDEN

A superb location and a strong line up placed Into the Valley in our Top 10 Festivals list. It is located inside a 35 000 year old comet crater in the north of Sweden. This year international talent such as Bicep, Joy Orbison, Nina Kraviz and Four Tet made the crowd dance alongside with the veterans of the Stockholm club scene The Rollerboys.

SONUS, PAG ISLAND, CROATIA

Not even the rain nor the strong wind stopped techno lovers from all over the world to enjoy the performances of Dixon, Loco Dice, Joseph Capriati, Dubfire, Marco Carola, Adam Beyer, Luciano, Seth Troxler, Maceo Plex and many more on the famous Zrće beach.

 

BURNING MAN, BLACK ROCK DESERT, NEVADA, U.S.A

More than 70 000 people gathered in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert this year to create a temporary metropolis and a community with the theme of “Da Vinci’s Workshop”. The Burning Man magic lies in the fact that the metropolis is built by its citizens who actively participate in the festival experience.

AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT, AMSTERDAM, NEATHERLANDS

Amsterdam Dance Event has passed the threshold of adulthood with its 21^st annual edition of the event. Amsterdam proved to be the center of the dance music universe as the city embraced 2 200+ artists performing at 450+ venues and dance music enthusiasts from all over the world.

by Nika Bogdanić

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