Music

Amsterdam’s most exclusive music platform, suspended above the IJ.

The Artists

Since its inception, CraneSessions has hosted a roll call of artists that reads like a survey of the most influential names in contemporary electronic and underground music.
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Underground, By Invitation Only

Underground, By Invitation Only

CraneSessions is not a club night. It is not a festival stage. It is not a branded experience designed for social media reach. CraneSessions is the result of a decade of trust-building between Faralda Crane Hotel and the most respected names in global music, a platform so singular in its setting and so selective in its curation that an invitation to perform here carries genuine weight in the international music industry.

“It's hard to really put into words how good this party was but we found club land’s version of heaven and we'll never forget it.’’

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The Faralda music studio sits halfway up the crane

The Faralda music studio sits halfway up the crane

accessible by elevator, suspended above the NDSM waterfront, enclosed in the industrial architecture of a national heritage monument. It holds up to 85 guests including staff. It is equipped with a Pioneer CDJ-2000 NXS2 and DJM-900 NXS2, a VOID Sound System, and a 50 Mbps symmetric internet connection for live and recorded streaming. Studio hours run from 9 PM to 5 AM. The music stops at 4:45. The memories do not.

This is where the world’s greatest DJs have played in one of the most intimate, most unusual, most acoustically extraordinary venues they have ever encountered. It is underground in the truest sense, not as an aesthetic, but as a reality. You are not here because anyone advertised it. You are here because you were chosen.

CraneSessions has developed deep, ongoing relationships with the most respected organisations in the international music industry.

Amsterdam Dance Event ADE

Awakenings · DGTL · Audio Obscura · Mixmag · Beatport · Armada Music · Spinnin’ Records · Resident Advisor · MOJO Concerts · WME · EXIT Festival · ID&T · No Art / ANOTR · PIV · Komm Schon Alter · Into the Woods

Book the studio

The Faralda music studio is available for private hire by approved artists, promoters, labels, and brands. Every booking is personal and non-transferable. Every event is invite-only by the host.

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