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In 1999, ID&T with Innercity sounded a new phase in for the Dutch dancehistorie. Never earlier our country had had indoor dancefeest of this scope. 25,000 man togen to the from Amsterdam RAI for a new type belevenis - which of mega-indoor the dance event. Looking back the first Innercity can be considered as a mile pile for Dutch dance culture, because with that the stroming just real mainstream became. Housen were no longer a question of dancing on music, also the show around became of vital importance. Megafeesten got topics: on Sensation White you passed in the blank, on Innercity Moscow hammers hung and sickles to the walls and at Innercity Rio the Janeiro you were surrounded sambadansers. But this year stocks the organisation of Innercity new. "music and artist must come stand centrally", thus the press bulletin of ID&T heads. On the editie of 17 December new styles such as electro, techno, minimal and urban are promoted and are the traditional trance and zoeken hardstyle far. A remarkable diversion for an event which must it especially of those more commercial stromingen. And a hazardous move for the company which had this year a number of developements to endure, such as giving up Slam FM and blowing off NJOY. We leave, however, indicated: it went previous year of leien dakje with Innercity, says to ID&T director Duncan Stutterheim. Voorverkoop ran then this way bad, that decided the organisation two let in people on one ticket. It the busiest editie will ever become. But disappointing ticket office was a sign to the partition for ID&T. "we have then gone in beraad", tell Stutterheim, "and have our bowed over the coming five years". There was looked at to the complete spectrum that dance culture includes, and which share of that spectrum was represented at ID&T, tells he. q dance, a yet for the organisation of ID&T, did already enough in the field of trance and hardstyle. We wanted will ourselves aim with Innercity more at what in the clubs lives there, thus Stutterheim. And that proved be styles as electro and minimal. Innercity must be progressive, find Stutterheim. On Mysteryland, the annual outdoor festival of ID&T, he knows the leeuwendeel of the act. But in the RAI he wants see line-up with act mainly for him unknown. Stutterheim: I am now in the middle of thirty and go out no longer each day. Therefore my musical knowledge respects not always more what for news in the uitgaansleven happens there. Moreover, ID&T find Stutterheim the last years have too much aimed at kwantiteit instead of quality. "we must occupy ourselves more with the matter", say he. Instead of having as many names as possible, Stutterheim want know who them to be. And instead of crammed RAI he chooses rather for less people and more comfort. "I want see no more one direction movement éénrichtingsverkeerborden on celebrate", sigh he. If publicly the rigorous move of ID&T pecks also effectively, another matter is. On the online dancecommunity Partyflock the boze responses of air is not. Many hardstylers and tranceliefhebbers feel themselves gepiepeld. At ID&T stream in mailtjes. "those Stutterheim vary of pissig to wildly enthusiastic", tell, "but that is logical with such an envelope". Stutterheim deny that he sees no progressie in trance and hardstyle. "those styles will continue exist always", think he. "they will continue himself develop, just like other dance dance-stromingen". But dance is for a long time no longer see according to him as an one stroming. "on an event as Mysteryland to see for example that people run just as concerning the area and then at the tent with their own style continues hang you", says he. Or ID&T the techno -, electro - and minimalliefhebbers rapidly for itself will win weet Stutterheim not. We expect this year between ten - and the vijftienduizend man. That means that we loss will suffer from this editie, says he. But that take risk he has been prepared.
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