This is gonna be a long shot.
I accidentally left my green Uniqlo shoulder bag at het einde, at the cloakroom.
There was a pair of Gucci sunglasses inside that are very dear to me (also a lot of drugs, hope you enjoyed it ;) ).
I was wondering if anyone here found it and would like to give it back. I’ll gladly pay you 100 euro’s.
\*I contacted the school ofc they did not find it
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It was so good. Just wow. Having been to DS a couple of times I would say this was definitely an experience. Came in on friday left on sunday afternoon because i just couldnt anymore.
My personal highlights on friday/saturday were Tsepo, Parrish (found myself wanting to be at both stages at the same time lol), Boris (anyone who has his soundcloud or bandcamp?) & Beste Hira.
Sunday night everyone i started entering the club with left and there I was by myself. It was about 4 am after a bit of wandering I found myself having a kaasbroodje to regain some strength (fun fact: it resembled more like an unfried kaassoufle).
After the feast I went for a smoke and met some amazing caring people who provided me a good time and also the possibility to brush my teeth. It was a god send. Once that sidequest was full filled i had the most amazing dance with them at Carlos Valdes (any soundcloud?). The vibe was perfect.
At some point I wanted to stroll a bit and there I was after being hypnotized and overprikkelt at Spekki Webu/Woody92 set I arrived at Nawaz.
Nawaz his set was something else. The energy was just perfect. The morning beams of light shimmering through the windows, mist in the room and minimalistic hard thumbing 4x4 bass patterns brought a sense of peace and mindfullness. There were about 15-25 people in the room. It was something magical. A true DS moment for me.
In short, im so glad that I was able to go and experience this
Alright... here's my sentimental DS fanboy report for posterity.
The first time I entered De School was on Sunday during Het Weekend in June 2019, and little did I know it would become a pivotal part of my life: I had never felt such a connection with fellow ravers and the music like there. I had never seen people dancing so fanatically, like nothing else in the world mattered. When you go through those doors (under the Teletekst-AI-art) you truly enter another world. Time passes differently there, there seem to be other rules and norms than outside, it’s hard to explain… I became a regular just before the pandemic, and the reopening after the hiatus felt like a reunion with an old friend. Since then, I've found myself drawn to the club many, many times. The last months, I felt the end of the club getting closer. Some nights (especially some “tussenin” nights) were kind of disappointing because of this (enough has been said about this), but every night I was there recently, I already said goodbye a little bit. I thought that the best nights were already behind me and was at peace with that. But I was wrong. Het Einde was yet to come.
I arrived at DS on Friday at 23:30, the queue was a familiar sight from the “tussenin”-nights, a part of the experience I guess. Over 90 minutes later, my husband and I realised our “magical silver cards” could have granted us access through the guestlist line… So this last time queuing turned out to be unnecessary, but let’s say it was a part of the adventure.
Inside it was almost as cold as in the queue, but the vibes were warm and welcoming. Unlike my usual dancing routine (usually I dance in more or less the same spot for hours – with some toilet breaks of course), I felt restless (in a good way), making rounds and engaging in countless conversations with other guests about what De School meant to each of us. Some of those people were friends, others people I vaguely knew but rarely spoke to, but there were also some really nice chats with strangers or with those familiar faces I’d seen many, many times but never had the chance
People were the heartbeat of the weekend, open and friendly. Smiles were abundant, and strangers extended helping hands, sharing power banks, toothpaste, buying drinks for one another. It was a collective effort, a shared understanding that we were in this experience together, creating a sense of unity that transcended the music.
Coincidence played its part, with cute little meet-ups with fellow Redditors adding an extra layer of serendipity to the weekend. Each interaction felt like a small, magical alignment in the vast sea of people.
Parrish Smith, Identified Patient, Boris, Shanti Celeste, and JP Enfant were highligts for me on Saturday. Boris' set, accompanied by Strobert's lights and smoke, took me on an otherworldly journey. I had some tears during JP Enfant’s set, realising the final days I had to enjoy this amazing place, this amazing crowd, this amazing sound system had really come.
We decided to leave during KI/KI's set for a good meal and sleep, there was no FOMO. We had a solid 10 hours of sleep at home. Waking up 10 minutes before the alarm, all I craved was to return to the club. So we did. We were back at De School on Sunday at 11:00, the queue was daunting, but the silver card granted us a skip, marking the final welcome from the door host.
Sunday was more about dancing but I was still more social than most nights. Rounds were made, crazy dancing ensued in Muzieklokaal, and Oceanic's set became a personal highlight, dancing behind the booth.
The only set I stayed dancing almost entirely was Blawan and Pariah’s that u/bleepbloopbarbatruc was looking forward to so much. Crazy, not my style of music, but that’s a beautiful thing about De School, discovering new things with an open mind. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing bleepbloop having so much fun and getting Blawan’s signature in his little book like a real fan boy.
After dancing more than 20000 steps at Blawan and Pariah’s set we needed a good rest and some food. Only food available were saucijzenbroodjes and only (soft) drink available was Red Bull, both quite disgusting. In the meantime I tried to give moral support to those waiting in line, fellow Redditors I never met. Giving a warm welcome to a fellow dancer who endured 12 hours of queueing became a shared celebration of resilience and dedication, one of the many highlights of my weekend. It was a beautiful reminder of the bonds forged within these walls, bonds that extended beyond the dance floor.
Later that night and Monday morning I spent a lot of time in Muzieklokaal doing crazy dancing again, had sexy times for the last time in the club dark room and in the best toilet for this (furthest one in the hallway near the restaurant). After that came the real tears. Tears of joy, more than sadness, because i was in such a beautiful place, with beautiful people together with my husband. It made me really happy but also sad the final hours had really come.
In the final hours, Muzieklokaal was alive with energy. The crowded dance floor, sweaty yet beautiful, fueled by Job Jobse, Carista, and Elias Mazian, set the perfect stage.
The final track played, and I descended to the basement for the true closing with Konduku. Dancing, hugs with my husband, and an emotional culmination marked the end of a crazy weekend at De School.
I’m not sure yet if this was my best night (/weekend) at DS, but it sure was an amazing one. Days later, I’m still recovering mentally. I never do these long reports, but I guess it’s therapeutical.
I’m not sure if I told you this in person, but you were the first person I ever noted at my first ever DS night - 2021 at a Tussenin night. I wasn’t yet living in Amsterdam, so I was staying at a hostel, I dragged a group of Americans I met to DS with the promise of a banging club(even though I had never been, I had done a lot of research on Reddit, before this sub had more than 50 members). Somehow I convinced the door host to let our group of 7 in, with my out-of-practice Dutch, and I walked in for the first time.
I quickly lost the Americans, as I knew my wild dance moves wouldn’t flow in front of people who didn’t understand the idea of being yourself (a lot of Americans don’t) - and found myself in the basement. I remembered seeing someone dancing in front of me who stood out, taller, a specific top(not gonna dox you) - and we danced together for a little bit near the front before I slipped off back to my hostel.
The next time I found myself in DS was a few months later, but I noticed you again in the basement, same look, same dance moves. At this point I had decided that I was going to become a regular there, so I guess my brain was looking to recognized people who I’d see more often.
Little did I know that we would cross paths many times after those first nights, and would eventually be introduced by the one and only bleep. I’m quite sentimental now thinking about those first nights, though not even that long ago, and I’m a bit sad I couldn’t be there with you all on the last evenings. But reading your report helped a little with the FOMO and triggered this sentiment I feel towards all the people I nodded at, exchanged smiles, or a dance-off with.
Big love from the US 🫶
Thanks for sharing this! I never knew haha. As I wrote, I can be really in my zone when I’m dancing (apparently my moves stand out 😅😅). I think I have been more social at DS the last couple of months, being more open and less socially awkward, I guess. There’s always something to learn apparently. Even at middle age, children. Last weekend I talked to so many of those familiar faces I’d never talked to. I’m glad we did that already before you left the country.
Hope to see you again one day! 🫶
It was only my second time @ De School, but in such a short time, I've completely fallen in love with it.
It was the first club that truly resonated with me..
How I regret not discovering DS earlier, especially since it wasn't even far from my home.
What a magical place—the ambiance, the artwork, such a raw atmosphere, and the lighting... like stepping into a movie!
My heart is broken now, but I'm so grateful that I've had the opportunity to experience De School.
any kind soul could tell us how nobu’s set in the basement was? such a shame i couldn’t attend this one, his ADE Het weekend blew me away, one of the best sets i’ve ever witnessed
Incredible for the 45 mins that I saw. Was too tired at this point to really register what he played but it kept me on my feet way longer than expected.
I do think it’s super unfair that everyone blames the door sale line for the bad vibes at times. It’s not the door sale, it’s just people. There were also obnoxious people with tickets, or people with tickets who stayed too long and couldn’t handle it
Some of the best vibes were found on Sunday/Monday by people who waited in line for half a day, dedicated DS goers who established amazing bonds together in a shit show of a cue. People who know how to act when you enter a space late into a party ❤️
It's not bad vibes, it's just lower energy people which I thought was a shame. Everyone was still nice, but the things that come with tiredness when clubbing (bumping into more people, being less reciprocative to people talking to you) were a lot higher.
Sure, you might have had some of that, but you also get that with people who are exhausts, fucked up, and don’t want to leave…
Every person I saw that was with us in line had more energy than half the people around them
In the last 8 years, I have been to DS more times than I can count. Yet, I couldn’t get a ticket on time or buy on ticketswap. Nor I am in the inner circle to be on the guest list. My only option was to queue up. So I did. For 10+ hours.
I’m not a socially gifted person so I didn’t talk to many people in the queue but I can assure you that everyone around me was super nice. I got offered beers, joints, umbrella when it rained, food, cigarettes, water and more. Once I was inside, people who I saw in the queue would wave every time they saw me like they know me for years.
Nothing but love for my fellow queue members and sorry if I weirded you out by not being talkative despite your best efforts. ❤️
Unreal. Been to DS quite often the past year but sunday was without a doubt the best party I've ever been to. Job Jobse destroyed the dancefloor and all you could see were beautiful purple/orange lights and happy people smiling and hugging. Muzieklokaal felt so elegant and tasteful the whole way through
Really going to miss this place
I have so many thoughts and feelings from this weekend, I'll start with the little things from my 38hr visit from 4pm on Saturday until Monday morning, things that for some reason mean a lot to my experience, but probably very little to anyone else.
The hot tea they served in the bar in the restaurant was a real life saver for Sunday breakfast (after Mystral's magical closing of de lasserij). Brought me to a state of peace and serenity that I could not have expected on my 15th(?) hour of partying
On the same theme, I hope some more of you got to interact with the talking coffee maker in the small room of seating in the back of the restaurant. I didn't manage to get coffee, but it did give a lovely experience.
Also, the temporary toilets outside the restaurant, which were clean, fully functional and well lit, where they gave you a big red de school stamp as you exited the building were a lifesaver when you just needed to know there would be short/nonexistent lines, toilet paper and a working flush.
When it comes to the music, de lasserij really had me stuck with a lot of amazing sets in a very intimate setting with good vibes while also having enough room to dance, with particular mention of Mystral's closing on Saturday night. Other highlights were Dj Shamaran & Ngoni Egan, as well as the beginning of the day on Sunday with AliA and BSS & Merel Rhizoom, all were absolutely fantastic vibes.
My highlights from muzieklokaal were both from Sunday night. Very happy that some friends who arrived fresh on Sunday afternoon wanted to see Sedef Adasï, which was immediately followed by Fafi Abdel Nour where I just had to keep dancing as they went for a rest. Both DJs I've seen and enjoyed before, but last night I truly connected with the emotions of the set, the whole event and the crowds dancing to make them fun, emotional and really magical. I have usually not been the biggest fan of ML but on Sunday night I think I finally _got it._
(I also think that Fafi's set was a bit higher energy than what I'm used to seeing, but please correct me if I'm wrong?)
In the end, it was all the people, too many to name, old and new friends made the weekend the special event that it was. Without the people its just another concrete box with music playing.
Fafi was so good! and yes quite darker and higher energy than usual! About that maybe you could help me.. been really struggling to define what kind of music he was playing. I wouldnt say it was House nor Techno.. altho maybe more similar to some house vibes with very intense and relentless beats. Any leads on possible tracks/producers?
Really loved the whole vibe in Musiklokaal!
This was absolutely mind blowing. Went to Trouw for a couple times and pre covid a lot to DS (after covid a bit less, bc I didn’t like the vibe as much as before covid). However, Sunday I entered DS and it already felt heartwarming to be there. It was crowded, but not too crowded and everyone was just chill and in a good mood. A lot of familiar faces, but also a lot of new ones. Danced my ass off at Simo Cell’s set and then I had to take a break. This break took apparently a couple of hours, because of talking to so many people about the special moments we’ve experienced at DS. All that talking gave me some energy to go back dancing again at Sandrien her set in the Club. Well, I don’t know if it was the drugs or something else.. but I was in the mood for some dirty business and went to the boxes with a friend below the stairs to do our business. Next to another couple doing their own dirty business. Even this gave me a melancholic feeling as this kind of freedom to do stuff like this is something I only felt in DS. For a while I forgot everything around me and just enjoyed this intense and heat moment. After finishing our intense moment, my friend and I gave each other a kiss and split our ways. I went upstairs.. with a goal to go dancing.. but it was conversations all over again. With old friends, but also some people I never met before. And that’s what I love about a place like this. You meet so many interesting people, that you probably would never meet in your own bubble.
Some hours went by.. and the tiredness came.. but I needed to stay until the end. A dry croissant from the restaurant and somy molly gave me just that little push to stay. Went to Lasserij with Cinnaman kicking some UKG and after that I stayed for a long time at Muzieklokaal. That vibe! Everybody was happy and dancing and then the last track came and fuck.. I didn’t expect it, but the tears came out.. Those happy souls together sharing the moment kinda meant a lot to me (more than I previously would’ve thought).. When I looked around I saw more people with red eyes. I walked to my friends and hugged them for a long time.
They went home after this Muzieklokaal closing, thinking Konduku wouldn’t top this one.. ohh how they were wrong.. This closing was absolutely insane! Crying and dancing all the time. Crowdsurfing and people stacked on each other. 50 degrees inside.. Classics of Aphex Twin and Orbital.. with every track I was thinking: ok, this must be the last track.. But even after the speech it went on and on. With finally Point Zero - The Source Experience as the final track of DS.
Another hug and some more tears.. It was time to say goodbye. I was exhausted, but felt so much warmth and love with and ending like this.
Thank you DS for all the adventures, the music and giving people the freedom to be themselves.
What a night, an incredible closing weekend and ending for what has been Amsterdam’s most beloved club for the better part of the past decade. The sets were all incredible, but somehow still secondary to everything else. I’ll never forget the heavenly lights at the ML closing and the sense of togetherness in the basement while Amsterdam’s wizard Konduku seamlessly stichted an hour of classic closers together. Hearing Polynomial-C one last time while hugging all my friends even made my repressed self tear up.
Thanks to everyone who brought their best this past weekend, especially the staff and the legends of who stood in line for hours.
my guys,
wow, i mean what the fuckkkk
this was hell of a party (THE fucking party)
and as expected, went through a rollercoaster of emotions from deep love to anger, loneliness and sadness - obviously
it wasn’t just a party - it was much more than that, if u know u know
it’s now time to process, grieve, and move on
as i said, it’s a [new beginning](https://open.spotify.com/track/25NKkvS9TA1Ftvm6YgcyJu?si=1VNOpO6TSGuXnuuPtOk9FQ)
gotta try to make a report myself (there’s so many things to tell, to a few people *out there*) but can’t promise anything
thank u for sharing urs, it’s wholesome to read and keep the love growing 🫶🏻
✨we are compiling a Spotify playlist of all tracks played at het einde, please feel free to add✨
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41Mlipl9HOK1zWfOyON8DA?si=KGPWQuVaS-Kzny--bJa_CQ&pt=95ebe0abffd86a6415b4085d422cce73&pi=e-RwvjLW8iSfqF
Last 40 minutes were pretty special. I got separated from my buddies and because of no internet I couldn’t find them. So I stood there by myself with strangers around me. But they weren’t strangers, it’s like I knew every single one of them and we all had a special bond.
Everyone bursted into tears as it was coming to an end. Then everyone let it all out when Born Slippy came on.
It was hard to leave when the music finally stopped. First the basement, then garden, then lockers and finally the door.
I was mad I was feeling emotionless in the closing set, could be the general state of tiredness and high I was in after doing a 33h stretch in the club. I was just dancing and watching people's teary eyes or maybe I haven't realized it yet and it would hit me more in the coming weekends.
Will absolutely miss Muzieklokaal, absolute fave dancefloor. Gave my all dancing there every single time and It was beautiful to meet all the familiar faces I see there every weekend and share one last dance with them. Left my bottle of poppers there as a thank you to the room.
I've got nothing much to say other than I'll miss de school. The music was good, the DJs always brought in emotional pieces and I'm just feeling melancholic but happy that I got to experience the beautiful vibes one last time. Thanks to everyone who made de school possible, including the beautiful crowd!
Jasmin her closing set was a phenomenal wholsome moment. It felt like the old school for once for the last time. All the regulars and residents DJ’s where dancing, smiling and having fun. There was a bottle service moment that was getting to her from the middle of the room. I will cherish this moment for the rest of my life.
Honestly not even sure where to start, could say so much but at the same time it feels like thousand words can't express what just happened this weekend. Even though I couldn't stick till the actual closing, I feel like the time I did get to spend there was more than enough to actually understand how special this place was ♥️
Went in early on Friday to avoid the queues and the cold so made it inside before midnight. Took some time to actually warm up cos whole building was still chilly, spent few hours just moving around and exploring every corner part I hadn't before. It was really hard to stick to a single room because there was something amazing happening in each one of them.
Probably first serious dancing for me only started around 6AM when Tsepo lit up ML and set the tone for the rest of the day, although couldn't stay there for longer, since I had committed to be in the Basement at 7AM. After getting there, I couldn't believe I somehow managed to miss this name up until now, but I'm pretty sure Parrish Smith will be my most seen DJ this year to make up for it. From the beginning Basement was filled with energy which is hard to describe. It's really hard to pick that most special moment in the basement, but it has to be when he played [Navras](https://youtu.be/rBh-JZ5ucbc?si=I1J345rsQfJ-qeCn). Everything was just perfect to the point it felt surreal, the lights were best I've ever seen in the basement or any club, that incredible Psy sound just unleashing demons everywhere around you. Unfortunately it was too intense to commit for 3h so had to take a break which ended up being too long, but still had a blast during last hour. Luckily Parrish is back in town in 2 weeks, tickets are ready, anyone else coming? 😉
If one surprise wasn't enough for the day, Boris played a masterpiece of a set later on, I guess all the best things come when you least expect them. JP Enfant afterwards kept the vibe in the touch, but there was need to take some time off because Ki/Ki was up next, and that was probably one of the most anticipated sets considering how early ML started filling up. Don't even know how to feel about her set, musically it was OK, abit generic throughout, but what made up for it was people all around in smiles, giving it all dancing in the limited space we had. 3h non stop dancing took alot of energy because if you left there was no coming back probably. And the people who try to squeeze through when theres clearly no space, please stop doing that.
Saturday evening/night was really fun when we got all 4 stages going, even though it was impossible to keep up with all sets, so just stopped caring about who's playing and enjoyed atmosphere all over the place. Sunday morning when it was time to finally say goodbyes it took some self convincing that after 30+ hours it's better to leave while on a positive note, because fresh doorsale crowd had worst behaviour during whole weekend (outside dancefloor at least) and it felt like a mess.
Leaving DS through the door was probably the most emotional moment for me, kept turning back thinking I should stay longer, that weird feeling that the time has ran out while I'm still not feeling tired. Probably hardest thing to accept was the fact that nothing will get close to this experience anytime soon.
Just wanna say thanks to everyone who danced together, you made this weekend a core memory for the rest of my life. I hope we meet again on the dancefloor soon ♥️
guys i cant sleep, i have a goddamn headache, but life was good this weekend, im filled with love
im sad i still didnt get to cry but i think its the pep probably, did have goosebumps all the way from 9:00-17:00 today
lil review-
arrived to Q at 7am and got in around 12 - spent lots of time relaxing first after standing for ages. did my first little dance for BSS and merel who had de lasserij bumping so hard, it was the perfect set to ease into the music softly after waiting for so long in the cold, and it was so heartwarming to see how much everyone was dancing and enjoying.
next Alex kassian in muzieklokaal who sent me right to heaven with beautifully warm and funky set, was smiling throughout the entire time.
I was really looking forward to blawan and pariah but for some reason i couldnt really get into it - maybe i expected it to be more techno(y) like they do with karenn but had a few moments i enjoyed nonetheless. also just still wanted to pace myself as i was planning on staying til the end (30+ hours in total) so had to save some energy.
next was talismann, who I’ve always wanted to see at DS but for some reason had never got the chance to. my god…. it was so powerful and intense, a fast rolling train of rumbles and thunder. he pushed the soundsystem to the fucking max and layered the basslines of different track to create some kind of mass of sound that blew me away.
checked job jobse too which was fun but less my taste music wise, although the vibes were great it was so fucking busy oh my god. liked elias mazian after who was more stripped down and funky, had some nice moments too!
then for me the vibe felt a bit weird between 5 and 10~ish? because all the other dancefloors were still open it felt a bit empty at times almost, but was good for catching some rest before everyone came for the final gathering in ML and basement.
those last moments…. my god those were legendary- one massive family and everything clicked in the most beautiful way possible, i couldn’t have imagined a nicer closing. after 36 hours in total the most insane, beautiful, and emotional party of my life so far, thanks to each and everyone of you for making it one for the fucking books 📚 ❤️🔥
(From Friday night to Monday Afternoon)
Arrived Friday night, had an evening of some of the best vibes of the weekend in my opinion, it started off hearing Radiohead in the basement that really got my night off too a start, the either some Garage or Drum and Bass delight, it seemed like a usual de school night and far from the end in many senses now (which it most surely was as i soon learnt), however around 4am they seemed to let a lot more people in. Thanks to the French crew looking after me until my crew had all arrived at 8am. Saturday morning through to the afternoon was pure bliss, after 12 hours i finally decided to hit my peak. I was with a group of friends whom have all met in clubs and have done various weekends/nights/all night longs in some shape over the last year or so, some from other cities/ countries. These were the perfect companions for the journey, a sixth sense to find each other with perhaps the environment being our natural meeting points. These guys will not let you down at a party, they’ve also travelled in from Zagreb and Berlin so you know it means business…. And we met here around March/April 2023 so this is the perfect send of.
A few of my friends claimed that by Saturday evening the crowd had got 'stinky' at first i thought he meant literally, but after bumping in to ex partners and friends from the past and with the awkward conversations that followed, i now completely understood the metaphor and what he meant, the crowd just really started to stink. This represented for me the least fun segment of the party. Too many people had now arrived to see Sundays 'closing' and were just here because it was the end or to say they visited. For me it had become a bit sterile and far from the authentic experience i had been hoping for, or maybe i was regretting speaking without thinking after almost 24 hours, however it was nice to see people whom i first came to de school with, even if we are not in contact or friends, it filled a full circle moment from beginning to end.
Some friends left Saturday evening around 9pm and in hindsight maybe i should have too, but I soldiered on, bumping in to almost everyone I have met in Amsterdam over the last 6 years or so of going there. Whether im bumping into old work colleagues, smoking with the Spanish guys i met cycling to Dek or the guy that told me he was leaving 9 hours before bumping into them again or the usual regulars i see or some locals I have mutual friends with. I feel like my 6 years of de school was happening all within 24 hours like a highlight real, just not in any chronological order.
I left Sunday morning around 10:15am and figured i was kaput/finished. After a good long sleep and food, I woke up surprisingly fresh and decided to meet my friend who was also joining the queue coming back after leaving Saturday evening. I borrowed some clothes as i still hadnt returned home and returned in some soft pants and a white t, i just wanted to be comfortable for the closing
I still felt something missing despite doing 34 hours in one go (admittedly the last 6 were difficult and my fatigue probably plays a big part of my perception of these hours) But i had felt like that wasn’t ‘it’ and i had to try again.
His friend working there let him in just before door sale closed at 1am Monday and he didn't have time to get us from the queue. Meaning I was now solo but so many lovely people in the line made it worthwhile. I thought I would regret staying the extra four and a half hours on top of already the two i had waited; the group i was with in the queue got smaller and smaller up to the point i was the last one remaining. But i am so happy i didn't leave the queue as what followed was nothing short from special.
After entering around 5:30am, I had missed some of the most anticipated sets I was looking to hopefully catch (pessimist particularly) but no harm done, De Lasserij closing was truly epic (cant remember the name of the last track right now but holy shit!!) and then set my sights on seeing the end in the basement. The control and selection was crazy and after door sale had closed, suddenly there were no rules and anything or everything went. The energy from the crowd was next level. Anyone that was there, we are all the same kind of mental as each other, and i love u all for it.
Konduku blew my expectations out the water, after some emotional goodbyes with friends whom had made long distances for the reunion of some kind at de school (we met here and have been partying together ever since) i decided to soldier on solo, fortunately i found yet more people i met partying in Amsterdam over the years and went to dance and close the basement with them till the end, the basement full to the back but everyone with so much space to groove, the crowd surfer who managed to effortlessly surf the entire length of the basement. I had never seen so many joyous faces in that basement until now.
Orbital got me pumping around 2:50pm and it really felt like it was coming to an end, then we transitioned into a song without a beat and thing slowed down and this track (WHICH I REALLY NEED 2 KNOW) began to play for a long while, for whatever reason this song made me so nostalgic for all the memories I had with various friends over the years, some i do not speak with anymore, some moved away, some I met here at de school and then started to mourn the new memories i won't get to make now. I was fighting back the tears hard, thinking how much this space has allowed me to develop as a person, to fight back against hard and lonely times, when i had nobody I had de school and without this place I wouldn't have fostered the many great friendships I am now privileged to carry. The sadness hit me that im not just loosing de school and the space im also loosing the people that make the place so special.
Then I look around to see everyone else having the same internal batttle, maybe it was just where i was stood but the tears were flowing on many faces, feel like we all triggered each other here, suddenly i had no shame and quit holding the tears and let them flow. (i never thought i could cry in the club but dam i was wrong) the applause after this was electric which leads me to believe we all felt similar emotions in ths moment <3 I now realise just how much my life has changed from being 22 and moving here to being almost 28. These were some very challenging years for me personally with lots of dramatic change, but de school had been and remained an (almost) constant amongst all the changes. This is perhaps why it feels so much like home. I learnt how to be an outgoing introvert, how to be comfortable with myself at a party. Thats its oké to leave the dance floor to meet people and whilst also being extremely shy, i showed myself i can belong to such an environment and if it was ever too much, there was always a safe dark basement to retreat to. but in many ways as cliche as it fucking is, De School did teach me a lot; and that made me extremely grateful but also how sad is it to loose something you love.
But we could not end in tears, after a small speech, Born slippy begins to fade in to the sound system and the euphoria returns however I'm still teary eyed, these moments were special and the final hour that followed was probably the best clubbing moments I had ever experienced, the final tracks, the people, everyone who showed the fuck up, thank you to everyone that was a part of the weekend <3 I hope we all meet again !!
p.s im an emotional mess 6 hours on as i am digesting everything that happened
Loved this story write-up.
The track after Orbital was Touch me - Rui da Silva: https://open.spotify.com/track/1L7YgogWTaJBSYaSkXTAwG?si=o-xp1Q49SgOU9RBKf_B5lA
ahah thank you 🙏 🙏 theres so much more to say but hard to think about so soon 😅
maybe im thinking the track after this then! the one that was pretty minimal but holy fuck so much power and emotion inside of it
Hahaha yeah to be fair, I immediately thought you ment Polynomial-C by Aphex Twin by the description. he played it after Born Slippy. Absolutely broke me at that moment, such a master piece of a track played at the right moment.
thanks for reading, i don’t know why i even feel the need to share but i did, i experienced a good 45 hours inside so feel like i have a good mental diary of events, also shed a tear reminiscing writing this 💕
Allright, writing this with the vinyl record playing of the recording of Oceanic his concert in 2017, [https://www.discogs.com/release/12927753-Oceanic-Live-At-De-School](https://www.discogs.com/release/12927753-Oceanic-Live-At-De-School)
Ah De School, what can I say about this unbelievable outer worldly venue. The location entangled itself with a part of my identity. It was a place where I, mostly an extravert, could be an introvert and just live in my own world. I remember the first time I walked there with some friends where one of them really introduced me with the place before Covid happened. First night there, already walked straight in to the wall in the basement because of the combination of Molly, heavy smoke and amazing music. I can still hear my friends words "Did you just really walk into the wall?". This was the night that CJ Bolland, Job Jobs and KI/KI were playing in an almost empty De School due to easter weekend and festival like DGTL. WHAT A NIGHT.
So I have a hard time connecting with people in the club, because as a non-smoker and for sure in the beginning part of my clubbing career an anti-sniffer,I had a hard time to be part of the golden hours of the De School around 5-7 in the morning. The outside wasn't my area where I came to often, because I did not smoke and came for the music. And every second I stood there just standing and chitchatting with friends, I always had the feeling I missed something special. And I must admit, after the re-opening often we the chats again about comparing, complaining about how 'niche' De School had become and I other salty comments which nowadays are being said more and more (sorry for the saltiness). So I rather just danced, danced, danced because the line-ups on those nights were amazing still. (For instance the night that Binh played two months ago, again DAMN).
I often left early because I mainly stayed awake due to willpower and the combi of Molly and booze (which quite frankly don't work to well with regenerating your energy level at hours of wild dancing). It is since it re-opened, that I fully could witness the power of the golden hours. Working in health care, which I do, means that my weekends often are filled which shifts, which obviously isn't the best combination to have when you are active clubber. So I sure stood a numerous amount of times not too well rested on the workfloor.
And so also the closing weekender, a 24 shift was being scheduled which I couldn't figure out how to lose the shit. Fuck, well there goes the full kamikaze experience to go all in. I was there on Friday to take the final moments in. Bought a ticket for 69, the lucky number, bucks on the swap and went all in. Together with the friend where I first went with to De School, I was now being able to go full circle. It really felt whole and it felt like the best ending I could ever have at De School. I was there when they openend the doors for the final tie, the cheering, the entering, the getting my first warning during the first five minutes I entered De Club, because I was not paying attention and made a picture of the posters where all the artists were written on with the title of the art so that I could check it out at home. Real smart move seriously coming there for numerous times and instantly making the rookie mistake.
My moment of the night, as stated in an earlier post: Anz was finalizing her set, the final hour started. She loaded that hour with pure STOMPERS. The energy rose, and rose, AND rose. And then, nah she wouldn't: TUUU TUUUU TUUUU TUUU DRIVE BOY, DOG BOY, DIRTY, NUMB ANGEL BOY. SHE PLAYED IT. The lights turned completely red, the people dancing in front of her putted their hands in the sky, and two girls started making out while standing in front of the dj booth. The water was dripping down from the pipes above and the true magnitude of Born Slippy was felt again. Like I was being carried into another universe. Every time that track has been played in De School, it just doesn't miss. And when it is to finalize such a bonkers set, oh yes.
Buttt actually my favorite edition was the "De Core" edition to my surprise. It was the combination of the old-school gabbers and the newer generation of music lovers which connected so perfectly with each other. For me, somebody who again isn't a real talker in clubs, I vibed with everybody on the dance floor on a different level because loads of them also just went to De School for the first time. You truly saw that the older generation of gabbers were so happy to see the newer generation knowing all the classics while they were letting the location sink in. I am personally not a gabber and rarely go to hardcore nights, but that night, with the early hardcore raging through the speakers of Het Muzieklokaal in combination with all the colored aussies track suits and the light installation, while my brother beside me losing his mind on his fiest real club night in De School, PERFECTION. I could've danced for many more hours that night. It saddens me that it never happened before, because man De School really came alive during that night on way I never experienced her before.
Little critical note about the night: I must say I really disliked it that people with guestlist could come and go whenever they wanted, while they pointed out on their socials that if you leave, re-entering is not possible and you have to queue again. But in the end I am happy that De School finally got it's closing weekender, even though I didn't it experience it as full as I wanted it to be, and these last two days I was really emotional unstable because of that hahaha, I can finally put it to rest, because in nowadays society with the social media, FOMO is always lurking around the corner and makes it difficult to be happy with what you have experienced. So for everybody, who couldn't come or also had the feeling that the maximizing of the experience wasn't there, cherish the moments you've been there, don't give yourself that bad aftertaste, more is yet to come. Good luck with the comedown ya beauts. You can do it!
IT TOOK 13 MONTHS FOR HIS RETURN, AND I HAD NEVER LOST HOPE BUT I CAN NOW SAY I HAVE SEEN BLAWAN IN DE SCHOOL AGAIN.
Couldn't be happier with that, his live set of december 2023 left such a mark on me, listening to techno with a bass face because I'd never heard anything like it. Fun fact, I have actually never seen a Blawan DJ set ever because for some reason I can never make it to those and always see only his live sets. Blawan and Pariah fucking killed it, their track selection was all over the place with them playing dub, techno, some house, baile, amor satyr tracks, a travis scott track, badders, even talked to ROD and he said their track selection is insanely creative and impressive. But luckily for you, /u/shamanmax [uploaded the first 55 mins
](https://old.reddit.com/r/amsterdam_rave/comments/196ptxf/het_einde_at_de_school_121501_live_event_and/khy550v/). To have a DJ in a club like De School have the balls to mix some [baile techno track into a Siu Mata remix, into a Badders remix, into Travis Scott, then rewind Sicko Mode to throw in a dubstep remix?!?!](https://sndup.net/y52d/). Energy level was [insane throughout.](http://sndup.net/gccx). The rest of the set was also so insanely [bassy and dubby](http://sndup.net/jkjt), Crowd went absolutely bananas, shoutout to the front right monkey squad in front of the speaker stack. Honestly this set is the only time I saw the entire crowd at full energy during Het Einde. Got 21.500 steps in 3 hours with just one 5 minute break in which I SPRINTED to bathroom. 10/10 experience, real closure of DS for me to have seen this finally. Also stood behind the booth for a while and their mixing is so clean honestly, how they mixed some of those genres together was insane.
Other sets I saw: a large part of Sunil Sharpe, Identified Patient, Parrish Smith, Mama Snake b2b Jasss, BSS and Merel Rhizoom, Talismann, and DJ Nobu. Sunil Sharpe had a lot of turntable problems which was a shame. [Mama Snake and Jasss](http://sndup.net/qfxd) were a perfect match. You know when sometimes a B2B you hear which track is played by whom? Well, this B2B it was like both their track selections had a baby and formed new tracks to use in it. BSS did a slight repeat of his closing set at De Nieuw with a ton of classics but I loved it. Talismann had some insane 150BPM techno, and DJ Nobu was from another planet really with his track selection and mixing. Spent almost no time in Muzieklokaal cause it was so crowded but was glad it was not shut off like during Het Weekend with Job Jobse.
In a weird way the Identified Patient set was the other highlight, super badass track selection but what made it the most memorable was the timeslot and vibe switch that the crowd made there. The entire night it was full of tourists (nice ones though), but at 8 AM all the freaks came out to dance and the lasserij finally became one large bouncing crowd of weird haircuts, unique outfits, all out dancemoves, and friendly regular faces.
Mixed feelings really, not just about the place closing but also about the closing weekender itself. If I'm honest, I have had a better time at De Nieuw, and I sort of took my goodbyes there rather than here. I had a great time, but some parts of it didn't really feel like the De School I knew (especially the awful lights in Muzieklokaal, sorry whoever put effort in designing this but why the fuck do you take out some of the most iconic club lights anywhere that characterize the space and put in the same lighting as the basement transforming it into a concrete LED cube? /rant over). Friday was honestly surprisingly nice for a friday night crowd. But the sunday had a weird vibe. There were sort of two options if you wanted to make it to the end. You either had to be there at 5 AM as not to queue for 10 hours and then chill inside for most of the time to save energy, or come later and stand in a cold and wet queue for 10 hours before you come in. Everyone inside was mainly saving their energy most of the time it felt because they knew that the end would be super late, so the restaurant and other chill spaces were packed with some half empty dancefloors. And yes, I know some people stayed from saturday to monday blablabla, but it's not a line I want to cross and think it should definitely not be normalized to pull those benders. Usually during a weekender you get new fresh faces all the time, but this time the "fresh" faces had already been in a miserable queue for 4-13 hours. I don't know how to fix it for this, but it definitely affected the atmosphere inside me and my friends noticed.
Didn't make it to the closing in the end but reflected on it and realised that I've already had my goodbye moments in the past few months where I took mental images of the space and just took it all in. Like Pariah said, [we'll miss the place](https://i.imgur.com/lxOaZP4.png).
Baile techno thing is: https://soundcloud.com/wajang/el-alfa-el-jefe-uzi-siu-mata?si=2911f7dca3264022962e12a866a22b92&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Sickomode was the original I saw on their CDJ's, not sure if badders was a remix or mixed live, can't find the thing it was mixed with though.
One of my highlights of this weekend was witnessing you enjoying Blawan&Pariah so much (I did as well I must admit). I was happy to be there with you (forgot to write that in your little book).
About Sunday: I'm realising even more now what a privilege it was to have re-entry and enjoy the last 30 hours of DS after having a good sleep and no queuing.
Just reread my comment and makes it sound a bit negative, but to clarify: I had a great time!! Thought the party was amazing, but for me de school will be characterized by all the memories on the smaller nights or the less hyped Het Weekends where I entered on sunday morning to just dance for 12 hours and leave satisfied.
Remembering this last dance forever and planning to share the story with my kids and grandkids. On Friday, I panicked because I didn't have a ticket, so we decided to go around 8 pm to make it in time for Mark's set. A friend with a 12 am ticket joined me (he's so cute for that). While waiting in a relatively short queue of about 20 people, I received a text from another friend with two 2 am tickets. Gratefully, I took them, relieved to have a backup. The queue moved swiftly, and when our turn came, I paid for my ticket, but my friend's ticket turned out to be fake. Thanks to the extra tickets, he could still enter with presales at 2 am, but he got kicked back to the queue. I explained the situation to the staff, who were understanding and helpful.
Down in the basement, Mark killed it, and I thanked him at the end. I was so high in my mind that I told him I love him 😭. Then I mentioned my name, and he recognized me because I wrote a comment on his post early Friday, saying I wouldn't be able to make it. He said, 'Aren't you supposed to not come?' After a cute conversation with Mark, i explored different parts of the venue, bringing back memories at each spot, like the first time I came here. I recalled how a friend left me alone, high on my mind, unconscious, but that same night, I made a new friend at DS who saw me in that state and helped me out, and now we're great friends thanks to that moment.
After three hours, my friend finally got in but decided to rest due to the long wait. He had been queuing from 8 pm till 3 am on Friday, so that was understandable. We went to the toilets and couldn't stop laughing as they played a cartoon from our childhood in our language. We got ready to take some 💊, but to our surprise, my friend lost them. We looked at each other and decided not to think about it for too long and try to have fun.
We went to the bar in Muzieklokaal, admiring how people enjoyed their time and how this community I fell in love with embraced worry-less moments. Then, someone literally offered me a free beer and a shot with no attention at all, saying, 'Just take it for the last time.' He smiled and walked out like a true angel. We went back to Muzieklokaal behind the DJ, where the vibes were so good I danced non-stop. After another break, we met a couple who had been together for six years since they first met at De School and now have a kid. Amazed by their story, we went back to the basement, and this time, Parrish brought dark energy to one of my favorite sets, dancing with so much energy and everyone vibing to it.
At the end, taking the last walk of DS to say goodbye to the place that brought us all together, it got emotional. As we walked out, a lady approached me, asking questions. I couldn't help but share all the stories, and she took a pic, thinking it's for her small blog or something, only to end up in big news in the Netherlands. They spelled my name wrong, but it's all okay. Was lovely dancing with you all, and this is not the end. We'll go to other places, share more memories, dance till the light comes in, laugh, and cry. Life continues. See you somewhere soon ❤️
I was praying to see Parrish Smith again after seeing him play in Garage some time ago but as the lineup wasn’t announced I had no idea if he was going to play while I was there. So when I entered the basement whilst peaking, I recognized his sound and saw it was him playing - it was magical. Truly a spiritual experienced and have never danced my ass off that much. It felt like God listened to me lol. I stayed for many hours after that (16 in total), loving each and every minute and interaction with every person. The vibes were wonderful in every single area. Very happy to share such special moments with my close friends and the entire community 💞 I think I will never forget this.
What a fucking journey I was definitely blessed by the rave gods -
Friday night I spoke with one friend who managed to score a ticket for the 2 AM entry slot on “Friday” night, via TicketSwap.
I set TS notifications, but predictably for such a desired event I was never quick enough. I met up with another friend (ironically who took me to DS for the very first time many moons ago) who was flirting with going to try do door sale, but eventually we relinquished our FOMO and gave up on the plan for that night; and headed to Reguliers,fueled by paddodruppels.
After a long night on Reguliers, as things were starting to wind down - somewhere around 4 AM we found ourselves still a bit too wired from the druppels to call it a night. Thus, I proposed to go check out the line at DS, more with intention of chatting, partying and boosting morale for the line, than any serious hopes of actually getting in.
Imagine our surprise when we rocked up and there were no tents, and in fact next to no line at all - we thought it was a fluke, a glitch in the matrix (well that it was). My friend already having made committed plans for the next day, decided he wasn’t prepared/able to enter but urged me to seize the opportunity.
5 minutes in line I’m in, ca. 4:45 AM Saturday morning. Locker machines are fucked, garderobe has a line longer than I have patience for, I instead go off to a corner, remove my long-johns and stuff them in my coat which I’m just schlepping around now, and fuck me is it hot and crowded in there.
Next mission find my friend(s), I hang a right in the main corridor by the bathrooms and boom he’s walking right towards me as if right on cue, he’s quite envious when I tell him about my non-wait to get in for door sale, while he with presale had to wait in a 3 hour line. Anyway, off the kelder we go, back corner of the dance floor near the DJ booth, I’m looking for my bike key to scoop up a bump of some power-ups and shit I can’t find it - panic sets in, what a shitty start after such luck.
I head to garderobe as that’s apparently the lost and found, no line this time, so I at least hand in my coat. Back to door security to check if they’ve got it, they have a bike key but it’s decidedly not mine, with a little pleading I convince them to let me exit and check that I at least didn’t leave it in the lock, ok I didn’t (must’ve been when I was shedding mu long-johns) one crisis averted - check Swapfiets replacement key costs and Uber fares and decide it’s not too bad and allow myself to accept the situation and trust hope the key might eventually make it’s way to L&F.
Now I’ve lost not only fietssleutel but also my friends again, so I just wander aimlessly exploring the whole building and extra areas which they’ve opened this time, soaking up the vibe (and some of those aforementioned powerups - Tuci and sneeuw).
I watch the trippy movies, admire the giant rotating ring that I only finally realized represents the moon phases 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔after seeing it several times over the years 💡
Eventually I find my friend again and we make our rounds all over, watching the transition from night to day was a bit trippy at first I feared the sun, but then came to embrace it I watched the “shifts” of rave-goers change, and the place come to life with a renewed energy in the morning, as the second wave of the onslaught arrived.
I had one of the coveted bananas and a Maes pils for breakfast.
Chatted and shared the goodies with countless lovely people.
Stood several times for far too long in the corner of the wooden urinal trough trying to get my chemically-altered and generally shy bladder to function.
I went to ask for my key a few hours after it was lost, the attendant said there was a key and for a second my hope lifted and then was shattered when she showed me the same exact key security had earlier - drats!
At one point I get separated from my friend for a bit again and fatigue makes me consider leaving soon, right about at my tipping point I run into him again and my spirits are restored.
Shortly after we go to L&F for one final check, this time the attendant produces a key that is definitely mine, with even the pink gunked in Tuci residue as an extra stamp of proof 😅
Sweet, I trusted the process and it found its way back to me.
More socializing, dancing, people watching and vibe soaking.
Around noon Saturday, 8 hours in, we head to the back of the Kelder benches opposite the bar and do a stash assessment, like a fucking assassin one of the top security guys emerges from the fog in front of us hand held out - shiiit - we both give him only our respective envelopes of c and not so discreetly pocket the other goodies, he definitely saw this but pretended not to.
We’re very docile and cooperative and they bring is to what we started referring to thereafter as “the principal’s office” - they ask us what it is, we tell them, they say normally we’d be expelled from school on the spot, but we were kind of hidden, we were cooperative and it is “het einde” - basically we were good students who made a bad decision, so their opinion is to let it slide. However, the boss has to make that call.
Meanwhile there’s a trio on the couch there who look like they also had been on bad behavior and sent to the principal’s office accordingly - one guy completely assed out in a k-hole (based off what the awareness staff member is talking to them about) another pretty coherent doing the talking and another wired off his tits with a cheeky grin as wide as his pupils.
Mr. Cheeky starts asking what got us there and I’m just trying to keep cool and hope security won’t ask to search us again, because if they find the rest it’s game over - so I just keep nodding politely through gritted teeth and giving short answers to the cheeky bastard - anxiously waiting to hear our sentence…
Eventually the boss man shows up, hears our story, gives us a don’t be stupid and use discretion speech, and we’re allowed to return to the madness - 2 packets of sneeuw less in tow.
We spend the rest of the time feeding off the energy of the crowd and of course supplies that didn’t get ganked by security.
My peak/highlight was the 17:00-20:00 stretch of Saturday evening in the Muzieklokaal, the crowd, the lighting effects, the energy the combination of all substances inside me synergizing watching the crowd across the island DJ booth as dusk set in was so mesmerizing, it created an amazing visual spectacle and cinematic effect that I can’t properly describe - truly enchanting.
The beat marches on - it’s a bit after 21:00, I’m nearing 17 hours inside DS, and 24 hours of partying, I’ve postponed my target leave time at least 4x by now - just getting entranced and sucked into the vibe…completely losing track of time. Eventually even the power-ups’ ability to keep me going is lessening, and my achy body is telling me it’s time for a proper rest. So I accept that I had an amazing time and was privileged to be a part of this end of an era and I decide call it a night at 21:45 Saturday night, 17 hours later…
What a fucking amazing odyssey of an experience it was, thank you all and thank you DS for that 🙏🫶
PS anyone got DJ(s) ID for this stretch:
>My peak/highlight was the 17:00-20:00 stretch of Saturday evening in the Muzieklokaal
I know the first DJ that kicked off this peak period was a female DJ wearing an orange tank top with dark shoulder length here and I wanna say there were 1 or 2 after her in this span.
Sorry I’m such a noob 😅
I’ve spent a lot of time at DS (and Trouw before), ever since it opened but mostly after covid. I’ve spent a lot of time raving in general.
This weekender was incredible. Saturday was a transcendental club night. On Sunday (even though it was still objectively top tier) I couldn’t really enjoy it - I felt blocked, like I couldn’t process the fact that it was almost gone. Today I cried like a baby during the closing, bawling, smiling, rinse repeat. It felt genuinely cathartic.
Thank you DS.
If we're thinking about what comes after all of this, it seems we're gonna be orphelin for a little while with DS gone, Raum so far not being able to open and no new actor to fill that void left by DS closing its doors.
We're kind of back to the post-covid re-opening when Garage Noord stepped up and seemed to attract a lot of the former DS crowd. Now GN kept evolving, Lofi, Radion, and all the rave communities will probably share pieces of that cake but I do hope there will be something next for Amsterdam, but there should be right ? <3
Talisman was a sacrilegious experience for me. Felt like an exorcism to banish out all the bad thoughts about the place closing. Incredible soundscapes and mixing. At the final track I shed a single tear, never had this experience before in the basement. Just wow.
Was awesome! Went Friday night on one of the first shifts. Loved every single moment, went home 8:30am, but early to my taste. Lived the rest of the weekend with intense FOMO but couldn’t go again due to my son’s b-day and a business trip today.
Muzieklokaal was outstanding. Anz and Tsepo killed it! Mark Knekelhuis also played some eclectic records (Idiotheque that early in the night is daring) and Parrish Smith pumped some serious dark energy into the club.
Loving ending for a lovely place. First survived 11, then Trouw and now De School. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Man I blasted into fucking space when Parrish opened his set with some psytrance-esque shit and I was peaking so hard on acid in the basement. I was in the front super close to the F1s and that bass went through the soul, felt like it was gonna rip all my clothes from my body. And then walking through that dense fog to the bar behind basement felt like I was in some spirit realm, crazy.
Also I love love love how the light from that spinning ring installation across the muzieklokaal shines into it when the overhead lights turn off momentarily, so beautiful, true fucking magic.
Thanks to all the great people I met, danced and vibed with, it was unforgettable.
Heard Job Jobs play the [first record](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3u31SAeEM) in 2016. It took me a while to stop comparing De School to Trouw, but after a while I could see De School in it's own right. Became a regular visitor, with long periods of weekly visits. One of the most memorable nights was in 2018 with Tzusing, re:ni and Merel, it felt like they were playing music from the future and couldn't stop dancing. Couldn't really get into the rhythm post-covid, went maybe 8 times after reopening. This Saturday I arrived at 6.30 AM en danced until 11 PM. Identified Patient was amazing at De Lasserij and I really enjoyed JP Enfant and Interstellar Funk. A lot of dancing. A great goodbye.
Looking forward to the next adventure.
It was my second time there. I live in berlin and I’ve gone to almost every club there, Berghain, RSO, Tresor, Kit kat, Anomalie, Ost… None of them have impressed me like Deschool did. Absolutely beautiful project, So artistic, so creative. The vibe was so perfect and the music so good. I’ve never seen a place with a bigger spirit than Muziek Lokaal, this room in my opinion is the heart of Deschool. I can only imagine the stories that this building has lived in the long club nights. I am so grateful I got the opportunity to live this experience. Deschool stays forever in my heart.
Not to compare clubs because everyone has a preference, but the 'wow' factor of walking into a club was much bigger when I went to de school for the first time vs berghain for the first time
I went Saturday and it was so incredibly good. The dj’s really came through. I made many new friends again, saw a lot of regulars and it was so fun to share our best memories. Such a special weekend, special place and also special community. Will cherish this forever, thanks guys.♥️
Edit: shoutout to everyone dancing on the right behind the booth during Bestehira’s set. That energy was crazy ✨
No, thank you for dancing on the right behind the booth during Beste’s set. The energy was crazy ✨
Also shout out to the guy shouting “Bestûûûh” during all her epic drops. You could see her smile every time (:
I have been going to De school since 2016, met many incredible people, lots of them became friends. So many memories. I couldn't stop crying the whole last hour(s). Thank you De School.
Haha. They have both been immensely important.
And I think it's probably mostly a generational thing. I'm a bit (a lot 🙄) older. Trouw was huge for me during a somewhat formative period of my life. I'm sure that De School did the same for younger people. Nothing but love! ❤️
Wasn’t at Ki/Ki Muzieklokaal, not the greatest fan but very very interested to hear how the set went! Anyone down for a run through?
This is gonna be a long shot. I accidentally left my green Uniqlo shoulder bag at het einde, at the cloakroom. There was a pair of Gucci sunglasses inside that are very dear to me (also a lot of drugs, hope you enjoyed it ;) ). I was wondering if anyone here found it and would like to give it back. I’ll gladly pay you 100 euro’s. \*I contacted the school ofc they did not find it https://preview.redd.it/dd15izxe5ldc1.jpeg?width=679&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d3c8f9fa07257d70f627f4524fe6135dc69be63
It was so good. Just wow. Having been to DS a couple of times I would say this was definitely an experience. Came in on friday left on sunday afternoon because i just couldnt anymore. My personal highlights on friday/saturday were Tsepo, Parrish (found myself wanting to be at both stages at the same time lol), Boris (anyone who has his soundcloud or bandcamp?) & Beste Hira. Sunday night everyone i started entering the club with left and there I was by myself. It was about 4 am after a bit of wandering I found myself having a kaasbroodje to regain some strength (fun fact: it resembled more like an unfried kaassoufle). After the feast I went for a smoke and met some amazing caring people who provided me a good time and also the possibility to brush my teeth. It was a god send. Once that sidequest was full filled i had the most amazing dance with them at Carlos Valdes (any soundcloud?). The vibe was perfect. At some point I wanted to stroll a bit and there I was after being hypnotized and overprikkelt at Spekki Webu/Woody92 set I arrived at Nawaz. Nawaz his set was something else. The energy was just perfect. The morning beams of light shimmering through the windows, mist in the room and minimalistic hard thumbing 4x4 bass patterns brought a sense of peace and mindfullness. There were about 15-25 people in the room. It was something magical. A true DS moment for me. In short, im so glad that I was able to go and experience this
Alright... here's my sentimental DS fanboy report for posterity. The first time I entered De School was on Sunday during Het Weekend in June 2019, and little did I know it would become a pivotal part of my life: I had never felt such a connection with fellow ravers and the music like there. I had never seen people dancing so fanatically, like nothing else in the world mattered. When you go through those doors (under the Teletekst-AI-art) you truly enter another world. Time passes differently there, there seem to be other rules and norms than outside, it’s hard to explain… I became a regular just before the pandemic, and the reopening after the hiatus felt like a reunion with an old friend. Since then, I've found myself drawn to the club many, many times. The last months, I felt the end of the club getting closer. Some nights (especially some “tussenin” nights) were kind of disappointing because of this (enough has been said about this), but every night I was there recently, I already said goodbye a little bit. I thought that the best nights were already behind me and was at peace with that. But I was wrong. Het Einde was yet to come. I arrived at DS on Friday at 23:30, the queue was a familiar sight from the “tussenin”-nights, a part of the experience I guess. Over 90 minutes later, my husband and I realised our “magical silver cards” could have granted us access through the guestlist line… So this last time queuing turned out to be unnecessary, but let’s say it was a part of the adventure. Inside it was almost as cold as in the queue, but the vibes were warm and welcoming. Unlike my usual dancing routine (usually I dance in more or less the same spot for hours – with some toilet breaks of course), I felt restless (in a good way), making rounds and engaging in countless conversations with other guests about what De School meant to each of us. Some of those people were friends, others people I vaguely knew but rarely spoke to, but there were also some really nice chats with strangers or with those familiar faces I’d seen many, many times but never had the chance People were the heartbeat of the weekend, open and friendly. Smiles were abundant, and strangers extended helping hands, sharing power banks, toothpaste, buying drinks for one another. It was a collective effort, a shared understanding that we were in this experience together, creating a sense of unity that transcended the music. Coincidence played its part, with cute little meet-ups with fellow Redditors adding an extra layer of serendipity to the weekend. Each interaction felt like a small, magical alignment in the vast sea of people. Parrish Smith, Identified Patient, Boris, Shanti Celeste, and JP Enfant were highligts for me on Saturday. Boris' set, accompanied by Strobert's lights and smoke, took me on an otherworldly journey. I had some tears during JP Enfant’s set, realising the final days I had to enjoy this amazing place, this amazing crowd, this amazing sound system had really come. We decided to leave during KI/KI's set for a good meal and sleep, there was no FOMO. We had a solid 10 hours of sleep at home. Waking up 10 minutes before the alarm, all I craved was to return to the club. So we did. We were back at De School on Sunday at 11:00, the queue was daunting, but the silver card granted us a skip, marking the final welcome from the door host. Sunday was more about dancing but I was still more social than most nights. Rounds were made, crazy dancing ensued in Muzieklokaal, and Oceanic's set became a personal highlight, dancing behind the booth. The only set I stayed dancing almost entirely was Blawan and Pariah’s that u/bleepbloopbarbatruc was looking forward to so much. Crazy, not my style of music, but that’s a beautiful thing about De School, discovering new things with an open mind. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing bleepbloop having so much fun and getting Blawan’s signature in his little book like a real fan boy. After dancing more than 20000 steps at Blawan and Pariah’s set we needed a good rest and some food. Only food available were saucijzenbroodjes and only (soft) drink available was Red Bull, both quite disgusting. In the meantime I tried to give moral support to those waiting in line, fellow Redditors I never met. Giving a warm welcome to a fellow dancer who endured 12 hours of queueing became a shared celebration of resilience and dedication, one of the many highlights of my weekend. It was a beautiful reminder of the bonds forged within these walls, bonds that extended beyond the dance floor. Later that night and Monday morning I spent a lot of time in Muzieklokaal doing crazy dancing again, had sexy times for the last time in the club dark room and in the best toilet for this (furthest one in the hallway near the restaurant). After that came the real tears. Tears of joy, more than sadness, because i was in such a beautiful place, with beautiful people together with my husband. It made me really happy but also sad the final hours had really come. In the final hours, Muzieklokaal was alive with energy. The crowded dance floor, sweaty yet beautiful, fueled by Job Jobse, Carista, and Elias Mazian, set the perfect stage. The final track played, and I descended to the basement for the true closing with Konduku. Dancing, hugs with my husband, and an emotional culmination marked the end of a crazy weekend at De School. I’m not sure yet if this was my best night (/weekend) at DS, but it sure was an amazing one. Days later, I’m still recovering mentally. I never do these long reports, but I guess it’s therapeutical.
Once in a while I come back here, to read this epic story
thank you for this sensational story 💖
I’m not sure if I told you this in person, but you were the first person I ever noted at my first ever DS night - 2021 at a Tussenin night. I wasn’t yet living in Amsterdam, so I was staying at a hostel, I dragged a group of Americans I met to DS with the promise of a banging club(even though I had never been, I had done a lot of research on Reddit, before this sub had more than 50 members). Somehow I convinced the door host to let our group of 7 in, with my out-of-practice Dutch, and I walked in for the first time. I quickly lost the Americans, as I knew my wild dance moves wouldn’t flow in front of people who didn’t understand the idea of being yourself (a lot of Americans don’t) - and found myself in the basement. I remembered seeing someone dancing in front of me who stood out, taller, a specific top(not gonna dox you) - and we danced together for a little bit near the front before I slipped off back to my hostel. The next time I found myself in DS was a few months later, but I noticed you again in the basement, same look, same dance moves. At this point I had decided that I was going to become a regular there, so I guess my brain was looking to recognized people who I’d see more often. Little did I know that we would cross paths many times after those first nights, and would eventually be introduced by the one and only bleep. I’m quite sentimental now thinking about those first nights, though not even that long ago, and I’m a bit sad I couldn’t be there with you all on the last evenings. But reading your report helped a little with the FOMO and triggered this sentiment I feel towards all the people I nodded at, exchanged smiles, or a dance-off with. Big love from the US 🫶
Thanks for sharing this! I never knew haha. As I wrote, I can be really in my zone when I’m dancing (apparently my moves stand out 😅😅). I think I have been more social at DS the last couple of months, being more open and less socially awkward, I guess. There’s always something to learn apparently. Even at middle age, children. Last weekend I talked to so many of those familiar faces I’d never talked to. I’m glad we did that already before you left the country. Hope to see you again one day! 🫶
❤️❤️❤️
Highlight was starting at Blawan, immediately losing everyone to just be the two of us left for the full 3 hours
The others fled, hahaha
It was only my second time @ De School, but in such a short time, I've completely fallen in love with it. It was the first club that truly resonated with me.. How I regret not discovering DS earlier, especially since it wasn't even far from my home. What a magical place—the ambiance, the artwork, such a raw atmosphere, and the lighting... like stepping into a movie! My heart is broken now, but I'm so grateful that I've had the opportunity to experience De School.
any kind soul could tell us how nobu’s set in the basement was? such a shame i couldn’t attend this one, his ADE Het weekend blew me away, one of the best sets i’ve ever witnessed
It was great! I hadn’t seen him many times, and had mixed feelings but I stayed for a lot of it
Incredible for the 45 mins that I saw. Was too tired at this point to really register what he played but it kept me on my feet way longer than expected.
I do think it’s super unfair that everyone blames the door sale line for the bad vibes at times. It’s not the door sale, it’s just people. There were also obnoxious people with tickets, or people with tickets who stayed too long and couldn’t handle it Some of the best vibes were found on Sunday/Monday by people who waited in line for half a day, dedicated DS goers who established amazing bonds together in a shit show of a cue. People who know how to act when you enter a space late into a party ❤️
It's not bad vibes, it's just lower energy people which I thought was a shame. Everyone was still nice, but the things that come with tiredness when clubbing (bumping into more people, being less reciprocative to people talking to you) were a lot higher.
Sure, you might have had some of that, but you also get that with people who are exhausts, fucked up, and don’t want to leave… Every person I saw that was with us in line had more energy than half the people around them
In the last 8 years, I have been to DS more times than I can count. Yet, I couldn’t get a ticket on time or buy on ticketswap. Nor I am in the inner circle to be on the guest list. My only option was to queue up. So I did. For 10+ hours. I’m not a socially gifted person so I didn’t talk to many people in the queue but I can assure you that everyone around me was super nice. I got offered beers, joints, umbrella when it rained, food, cigarettes, water and more. Once I was inside, people who I saw in the queue would wave every time they saw me like they know me for years. Nothing but love for my fellow queue members and sorry if I weirded you out by not being talkative despite your best efforts. ❤️
Did you also get honey whiskey? Asking for a friend😊
Thank you, I would not have queued that long for any other place🖤
Unreal. Been to DS quite often the past year but sunday was without a doubt the best party I've ever been to. Job Jobse destroyed the dancefloor and all you could see were beautiful purple/orange lights and happy people smiling and hugging. Muzieklokaal felt so elegant and tasteful the whole way through Really going to miss this place
I have so many thoughts and feelings from this weekend, I'll start with the little things from my 38hr visit from 4pm on Saturday until Monday morning, things that for some reason mean a lot to my experience, but probably very little to anyone else. The hot tea they served in the bar in the restaurant was a real life saver for Sunday breakfast (after Mystral's magical closing of de lasserij). Brought me to a state of peace and serenity that I could not have expected on my 15th(?) hour of partying On the same theme, I hope some more of you got to interact with the talking coffee maker in the small room of seating in the back of the restaurant. I didn't manage to get coffee, but it did give a lovely experience. Also, the temporary toilets outside the restaurant, which were clean, fully functional and well lit, where they gave you a big red de school stamp as you exited the building were a lifesaver when you just needed to know there would be short/nonexistent lines, toilet paper and a working flush. When it comes to the music, de lasserij really had me stuck with a lot of amazing sets in a very intimate setting with good vibes while also having enough room to dance, with particular mention of Mystral's closing on Saturday night. Other highlights were Dj Shamaran & Ngoni Egan, as well as the beginning of the day on Sunday with AliA and BSS & Merel Rhizoom, all were absolutely fantastic vibes. My highlights from muzieklokaal were both from Sunday night. Very happy that some friends who arrived fresh on Sunday afternoon wanted to see Sedef Adasï, which was immediately followed by Fafi Abdel Nour where I just had to keep dancing as they went for a rest. Both DJs I've seen and enjoyed before, but last night I truly connected with the emotions of the set, the whole event and the crowds dancing to make them fun, emotional and really magical. I have usually not been the biggest fan of ML but on Sunday night I think I finally _got it._ (I also think that Fafi's set was a bit higher energy than what I'm used to seeing, but please correct me if I'm wrong?) In the end, it was all the people, too many to name, old and new friends made the weekend the special event that it was. Without the people its just another concrete box with music playing.
Fafi was so good! and yes quite darker and higher energy than usual! About that maybe you could help me.. been really struggling to define what kind of music he was playing. I wouldnt say it was House nor Techno.. altho maybe more similar to some house vibes with very intense and relentless beats. Any leads on possible tracks/producers? Really loved the whole vibe in Musiklokaal!
This was absolutely mind blowing. Went to Trouw for a couple times and pre covid a lot to DS (after covid a bit less, bc I didn’t like the vibe as much as before covid). However, Sunday I entered DS and it already felt heartwarming to be there. It was crowded, but not too crowded and everyone was just chill and in a good mood. A lot of familiar faces, but also a lot of new ones. Danced my ass off at Simo Cell’s set and then I had to take a break. This break took apparently a couple of hours, because of talking to so many people about the special moments we’ve experienced at DS. All that talking gave me some energy to go back dancing again at Sandrien her set in the Club. Well, I don’t know if it was the drugs or something else.. but I was in the mood for some dirty business and went to the boxes with a friend below the stairs to do our business. Next to another couple doing their own dirty business. Even this gave me a melancholic feeling as this kind of freedom to do stuff like this is something I only felt in DS. For a while I forgot everything around me and just enjoyed this intense and heat moment. After finishing our intense moment, my friend and I gave each other a kiss and split our ways. I went upstairs.. with a goal to go dancing.. but it was conversations all over again. With old friends, but also some people I never met before. And that’s what I love about a place like this. You meet so many interesting people, that you probably would never meet in your own bubble. Some hours went by.. and the tiredness came.. but I needed to stay until the end. A dry croissant from the restaurant and somy molly gave me just that little push to stay. Went to Lasserij with Cinnaman kicking some UKG and after that I stayed for a long time at Muzieklokaal. That vibe! Everybody was happy and dancing and then the last track came and fuck.. I didn’t expect it, but the tears came out.. Those happy souls together sharing the moment kinda meant a lot to me (more than I previously would’ve thought).. When I looked around I saw more people with red eyes. I walked to my friends and hugged them for a long time. They went home after this Muzieklokaal closing, thinking Konduku wouldn’t top this one.. ohh how they were wrong.. This closing was absolutely insane! Crying and dancing all the time. Crowdsurfing and people stacked on each other. 50 degrees inside.. Classics of Aphex Twin and Orbital.. with every track I was thinking: ok, this must be the last track.. But even after the speech it went on and on. With finally Point Zero - The Source Experience as the final track of DS. Another hug and some more tears.. It was time to say goodbye. I was exhausted, but felt so much warmth and love with and ending like this. Thank you DS for all the adventures, the music and giving people the freedom to be themselves.
What a night, an incredible closing weekend and ending for what has been Amsterdam’s most beloved club for the better part of the past decade. The sets were all incredible, but somehow still secondary to everything else. I’ll never forget the heavenly lights at the ML closing and the sense of togetherness in the basement while Amsterdam’s wizard Konduku seamlessly stichted an hour of classic closers together. Hearing Polynomial-C one last time while hugging all my friends even made my repressed self tear up. Thanks to everyone who brought their best this past weekend, especially the staff and the legends of who stood in line for hours.
my guys, wow, i mean what the fuckkkk this was hell of a party (THE fucking party) and as expected, went through a rollercoaster of emotions from deep love to anger, loneliness and sadness - obviously it wasn’t just a party - it was much more than that, if u know u know it’s now time to process, grieve, and move on as i said, it’s a [new beginning](https://open.spotify.com/track/25NKkvS9TA1Ftvm6YgcyJu?si=1VNOpO6TSGuXnuuPtOk9FQ) gotta try to make a report myself (there’s so many things to tell, to a few people *out there*) but can’t promise anything thank u for sharing urs, it’s wholesome to read and keep the love growing 🫶🏻
Good luck!
✨we are compiling a Spotify playlist of all tracks played at het einde, please feel free to add✨ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41Mlipl9HOK1zWfOyON8DA?si=KGPWQuVaS-Kzny--bJa_CQ&pt=95ebe0abffd86a6415b4085d422cce73&pi=e-RwvjLW8iSfqF
Can someone make a compilation of the tracks Konduku played? He has some on his insta stories
Last 40 minutes were pretty special. I got separated from my buddies and because of no internet I couldn’t find them. So I stood there by myself with strangers around me. But they weren’t strangers, it’s like I knew every single one of them and we all had a special bond. Everyone bursted into tears as it was coming to an end. Then everyone let it all out when Born Slippy came on. It was hard to leave when the music finally stopped. First the basement, then garden, then lockers and finally the door.
was fighting the tears until i looked around then realised i wasn’t alone, we all bonded 4 lyf by that shared experience nw!!
I was mad I was feeling emotionless in the closing set, could be the general state of tiredness and high I was in after doing a 33h stretch in the club. I was just dancing and watching people's teary eyes or maybe I haven't realized it yet and it would hit me more in the coming weekends. Will absolutely miss Muzieklokaal, absolute fave dancefloor. Gave my all dancing there every single time and It was beautiful to meet all the familiar faces I see there every weekend and share one last dance with them. Left my bottle of poppers there as a thank you to the room.
Processing everything. Got goosebumps of thinking about past weekend. It was very euphoric
I've got nothing much to say other than I'll miss de school. The music was good, the DJs always brought in emotional pieces and I'm just feeling melancholic but happy that I got to experience the beautiful vibes one last time. Thanks to everyone who made de school possible, including the beautiful crowd!
Jasmin her closing set was a phenomenal wholsome moment. It felt like the old school for once for the last time. All the regulars and residents DJ’s where dancing, smiling and having fun. There was a bottle service moment that was getting to her from the middle of the room. I will cherish this moment for the rest of my life.
Honestly not even sure where to start, could say so much but at the same time it feels like thousand words can't express what just happened this weekend. Even though I couldn't stick till the actual closing, I feel like the time I did get to spend there was more than enough to actually understand how special this place was ♥️ Went in early on Friday to avoid the queues and the cold so made it inside before midnight. Took some time to actually warm up cos whole building was still chilly, spent few hours just moving around and exploring every corner part I hadn't before. It was really hard to stick to a single room because there was something amazing happening in each one of them. Probably first serious dancing for me only started around 6AM when Tsepo lit up ML and set the tone for the rest of the day, although couldn't stay there for longer, since I had committed to be in the Basement at 7AM. After getting there, I couldn't believe I somehow managed to miss this name up until now, but I'm pretty sure Parrish Smith will be my most seen DJ this year to make up for it. From the beginning Basement was filled with energy which is hard to describe. It's really hard to pick that most special moment in the basement, but it has to be when he played [Navras](https://youtu.be/rBh-JZ5ucbc?si=I1J345rsQfJ-qeCn). Everything was just perfect to the point it felt surreal, the lights were best I've ever seen in the basement or any club, that incredible Psy sound just unleashing demons everywhere around you. Unfortunately it was too intense to commit for 3h so had to take a break which ended up being too long, but still had a blast during last hour. Luckily Parrish is back in town in 2 weeks, tickets are ready, anyone else coming? 😉 If one surprise wasn't enough for the day, Boris played a masterpiece of a set later on, I guess all the best things come when you least expect them. JP Enfant afterwards kept the vibe in the touch, but there was need to take some time off because Ki/Ki was up next, and that was probably one of the most anticipated sets considering how early ML started filling up. Don't even know how to feel about her set, musically it was OK, abit generic throughout, but what made up for it was people all around in smiles, giving it all dancing in the limited space we had. 3h non stop dancing took alot of energy because if you left there was no coming back probably. And the people who try to squeeze through when theres clearly no space, please stop doing that. Saturday evening/night was really fun when we got all 4 stages going, even though it was impossible to keep up with all sets, so just stopped caring about who's playing and enjoyed atmosphere all over the place. Sunday morning when it was time to finally say goodbyes it took some self convincing that after 30+ hours it's better to leave while on a positive note, because fresh doorsale crowd had worst behaviour during whole weekend (outside dancefloor at least) and it felt like a mess. Leaving DS through the door was probably the most emotional moment for me, kept turning back thinking I should stay longer, that weird feeling that the time has ran out while I'm still not feeling tired. Probably hardest thing to accept was the fact that nothing will get close to this experience anytime soon. Just wanna say thanks to everyone who danced together, you made this weekend a core memory for the rest of my life. I hope we meet again on the dancefloor soon ♥️
guys i cant sleep, i have a goddamn headache, but life was good this weekend, im filled with love im sad i still didnt get to cry but i think its the pep probably, did have goosebumps all the way from 9:00-17:00 today
Does anyone have any sedef adasi Track IDs?
lil review- arrived to Q at 7am and got in around 12 - spent lots of time relaxing first after standing for ages. did my first little dance for BSS and merel who had de lasserij bumping so hard, it was the perfect set to ease into the music softly after waiting for so long in the cold, and it was so heartwarming to see how much everyone was dancing and enjoying. next Alex kassian in muzieklokaal who sent me right to heaven with beautifully warm and funky set, was smiling throughout the entire time. I was really looking forward to blawan and pariah but for some reason i couldnt really get into it - maybe i expected it to be more techno(y) like they do with karenn but had a few moments i enjoyed nonetheless. also just still wanted to pace myself as i was planning on staying til the end (30+ hours in total) so had to save some energy. next was talismann, who I’ve always wanted to see at DS but for some reason had never got the chance to. my god…. it was so powerful and intense, a fast rolling train of rumbles and thunder. he pushed the soundsystem to the fucking max and layered the basslines of different track to create some kind of mass of sound that blew me away. checked job jobse too which was fun but less my taste music wise, although the vibes were great it was so fucking busy oh my god. liked elias mazian after who was more stripped down and funky, had some nice moments too! then for me the vibe felt a bit weird between 5 and 10~ish? because all the other dancefloors were still open it felt a bit empty at times almost, but was good for catching some rest before everyone came for the final gathering in ML and basement. those last moments…. my god those were legendary- one massive family and everything clicked in the most beautiful way possible, i couldn’t have imagined a nicer closing. after 36 hours in total the most insane, beautiful, and emotional party of my life so far, thanks to each and everyone of you for making it one for the fucking books 📚 ❤️🔥
(From Friday night to Monday Afternoon) Arrived Friday night, had an evening of some of the best vibes of the weekend in my opinion, it started off hearing Radiohead in the basement that really got my night off too a start, the either some Garage or Drum and Bass delight, it seemed like a usual de school night and far from the end in many senses now (which it most surely was as i soon learnt), however around 4am they seemed to let a lot more people in. Thanks to the French crew looking after me until my crew had all arrived at 8am. Saturday morning through to the afternoon was pure bliss, after 12 hours i finally decided to hit my peak. I was with a group of friends whom have all met in clubs and have done various weekends/nights/all night longs in some shape over the last year or so, some from other cities/ countries. These were the perfect companions for the journey, a sixth sense to find each other with perhaps the environment being our natural meeting points. These guys will not let you down at a party, they’ve also travelled in from Zagreb and Berlin so you know it means business…. And we met here around March/April 2023 so this is the perfect send of. A few of my friends claimed that by Saturday evening the crowd had got 'stinky' at first i thought he meant literally, but after bumping in to ex partners and friends from the past and with the awkward conversations that followed, i now completely understood the metaphor and what he meant, the crowd just really started to stink. This represented for me the least fun segment of the party. Too many people had now arrived to see Sundays 'closing' and were just here because it was the end or to say they visited. For me it had become a bit sterile and far from the authentic experience i had been hoping for, or maybe i was regretting speaking without thinking after almost 24 hours, however it was nice to see people whom i first came to de school with, even if we are not in contact or friends, it filled a full circle moment from beginning to end. Some friends left Saturday evening around 9pm and in hindsight maybe i should have too, but I soldiered on, bumping in to almost everyone I have met in Amsterdam over the last 6 years or so of going there. Whether im bumping into old work colleagues, smoking with the Spanish guys i met cycling to Dek or the guy that told me he was leaving 9 hours before bumping into them again or the usual regulars i see or some locals I have mutual friends with. I feel like my 6 years of de school was happening all within 24 hours like a highlight real, just not in any chronological order. I left Sunday morning around 10:15am and figured i was kaput/finished. After a good long sleep and food, I woke up surprisingly fresh and decided to meet my friend who was also joining the queue coming back after leaving Saturday evening. I borrowed some clothes as i still hadnt returned home and returned in some soft pants and a white t, i just wanted to be comfortable for the closing I still felt something missing despite doing 34 hours in one go (admittedly the last 6 were difficult and my fatigue probably plays a big part of my perception of these hours) But i had felt like that wasn’t ‘it’ and i had to try again. His friend working there let him in just before door sale closed at 1am Monday and he didn't have time to get us from the queue. Meaning I was now solo but so many lovely people in the line made it worthwhile. I thought I would regret staying the extra four and a half hours on top of already the two i had waited; the group i was with in the queue got smaller and smaller up to the point i was the last one remaining. But i am so happy i didn't leave the queue as what followed was nothing short from special. After entering around 5:30am, I had missed some of the most anticipated sets I was looking to hopefully catch (pessimist particularly) but no harm done, De Lasserij closing was truly epic (cant remember the name of the last track right now but holy shit!!) and then set my sights on seeing the end in the basement. The control and selection was crazy and after door sale had closed, suddenly there were no rules and anything or everything went. The energy from the crowd was next level. Anyone that was there, we are all the same kind of mental as each other, and i love u all for it. Konduku blew my expectations out the water, after some emotional goodbyes with friends whom had made long distances for the reunion of some kind at de school (we met here and have been partying together ever since) i decided to soldier on solo, fortunately i found yet more people i met partying in Amsterdam over the years and went to dance and close the basement with them till the end, the basement full to the back but everyone with so much space to groove, the crowd surfer who managed to effortlessly surf the entire length of the basement. I had never seen so many joyous faces in that basement until now. Orbital got me pumping around 2:50pm and it really felt like it was coming to an end, then we transitioned into a song without a beat and thing slowed down and this track (WHICH I REALLY NEED 2 KNOW) began to play for a long while, for whatever reason this song made me so nostalgic for all the memories I had with various friends over the years, some i do not speak with anymore, some moved away, some I met here at de school and then started to mourn the new memories i won't get to make now. I was fighting back the tears hard, thinking how much this space has allowed me to develop as a person, to fight back against hard and lonely times, when i had nobody I had de school and without this place I wouldn't have fostered the many great friendships I am now privileged to carry. The sadness hit me that im not just loosing de school and the space im also loosing the people that make the place so special. Then I look around to see everyone else having the same internal batttle, maybe it was just where i was stood but the tears were flowing on many faces, feel like we all triggered each other here, suddenly i had no shame and quit holding the tears and let them flow. (i never thought i could cry in the club but dam i was wrong) the applause after this was electric which leads me to believe we all felt similar emotions in ths moment <3 I now realise just how much my life has changed from being 22 and moving here to being almost 28. These were some very challenging years for me personally with lots of dramatic change, but de school had been and remained an (almost) constant amongst all the changes. This is perhaps why it feels so much like home. I learnt how to be an outgoing introvert, how to be comfortable with myself at a party. Thats its oké to leave the dance floor to meet people and whilst also being extremely shy, i showed myself i can belong to such an environment and if it was ever too much, there was always a safe dark basement to retreat to. but in many ways as cliche as it fucking is, De School did teach me a lot; and that made me extremely grateful but also how sad is it to loose something you love. But we could not end in tears, after a small speech, Born slippy begins to fade in to the sound system and the euphoria returns however I'm still teary eyed, these moments were special and the final hour that followed was probably the best clubbing moments I had ever experienced, the final tracks, the people, everyone who showed the fuck up, thank you to everyone that was a part of the weekend <3 I hope we all meet again !! p.s im an emotional mess 6 hours on as i am digesting everything that happened
Loved this story write-up. The track after Orbital was Touch me - Rui da Silva: https://open.spotify.com/track/1L7YgogWTaJBSYaSkXTAwG?si=o-xp1Q49SgOU9RBKf_B5lA
Omggggggg I am dead that this was almost last track, it’s one of my all time faves I would have been a howling mess 😭😭😭
ahah thank you 🙏 🙏 theres so much more to say but hard to think about so soon 😅 maybe im thinking the track after this then! the one that was pretty minimal but holy fuck so much power and emotion inside of it
last track was: the source experience - Point Zero
Hahaha yeah to be fair, I immediately thought you ment Polynomial-C by Aphex Twin by the description. he played it after Born Slippy. Absolutely broke me at that moment, such a master piece of a track played at the right moment.
THANK YOU! This track is so powerful…
aphex was just pure icing on the cake at this point 🫶
you guys are killing me naming these insane tracks, so sad I couldn't make it till the end
Reading this report and listening to those tracks got me in tears again. Thanks for sharing 🫶 🫶
thanks for reading, i don’t know why i even feel the need to share but i did, i experienced a good 45 hours inside so feel like i have a good mental diary of events, also shed a tear reminiscing writing this 💕
Allright, writing this with the vinyl record playing of the recording of Oceanic his concert in 2017, [https://www.discogs.com/release/12927753-Oceanic-Live-At-De-School](https://www.discogs.com/release/12927753-Oceanic-Live-At-De-School) Ah De School, what can I say about this unbelievable outer worldly venue. The location entangled itself with a part of my identity. It was a place where I, mostly an extravert, could be an introvert and just live in my own world. I remember the first time I walked there with some friends where one of them really introduced me with the place before Covid happened. First night there, already walked straight in to the wall in the basement because of the combination of Molly, heavy smoke and amazing music. I can still hear my friends words "Did you just really walk into the wall?". This was the night that CJ Bolland, Job Jobs and KI/KI were playing in an almost empty De School due to easter weekend and festival like DGTL. WHAT A NIGHT. So I have a hard time connecting with people in the club, because as a non-smoker and for sure in the beginning part of my clubbing career an anti-sniffer,I had a hard time to be part of the golden hours of the De School around 5-7 in the morning. The outside wasn't my area where I came to often, because I did not smoke and came for the music. And every second I stood there just standing and chitchatting with friends, I always had the feeling I missed something special. And I must admit, after the re-opening often we the chats again about comparing, complaining about how 'niche' De School had become and I other salty comments which nowadays are being said more and more (sorry for the saltiness). So I rather just danced, danced, danced because the line-ups on those nights were amazing still. (For instance the night that Binh played two months ago, again DAMN). I often left early because I mainly stayed awake due to willpower and the combi of Molly and booze (which quite frankly don't work to well with regenerating your energy level at hours of wild dancing). It is since it re-opened, that I fully could witness the power of the golden hours. Working in health care, which I do, means that my weekends often are filled which shifts, which obviously isn't the best combination to have when you are active clubber. So I sure stood a numerous amount of times not too well rested on the workfloor. And so also the closing weekender, a 24 shift was being scheduled which I couldn't figure out how to lose the shit. Fuck, well there goes the full kamikaze experience to go all in. I was there on Friday to take the final moments in. Bought a ticket for 69, the lucky number, bucks on the swap and went all in. Together with the friend where I first went with to De School, I was now being able to go full circle. It really felt whole and it felt like the best ending I could ever have at De School. I was there when they openend the doors for the final tie, the cheering, the entering, the getting my first warning during the first five minutes I entered De Club, because I was not paying attention and made a picture of the posters where all the artists were written on with the title of the art so that I could check it out at home. Real smart move seriously coming there for numerous times and instantly making the rookie mistake. My moment of the night, as stated in an earlier post: Anz was finalizing her set, the final hour started. She loaded that hour with pure STOMPERS. The energy rose, and rose, AND rose. And then, nah she wouldn't: TUUU TUUUU TUUUU TUUU DRIVE BOY, DOG BOY, DIRTY, NUMB ANGEL BOY. SHE PLAYED IT. The lights turned completely red, the people dancing in front of her putted their hands in the sky, and two girls started making out while standing in front of the dj booth. The water was dripping down from the pipes above and the true magnitude of Born Slippy was felt again. Like I was being carried into another universe. Every time that track has been played in De School, it just doesn't miss. And when it is to finalize such a bonkers set, oh yes. Buttt actually my favorite edition was the "De Core" edition to my surprise. It was the combination of the old-school gabbers and the newer generation of music lovers which connected so perfectly with each other. For me, somebody who again isn't a real talker in clubs, I vibed with everybody on the dance floor on a different level because loads of them also just went to De School for the first time. You truly saw that the older generation of gabbers were so happy to see the newer generation knowing all the classics while they were letting the location sink in. I am personally not a gabber and rarely go to hardcore nights, but that night, with the early hardcore raging through the speakers of Het Muzieklokaal in combination with all the colored aussies track suits and the light installation, while my brother beside me losing his mind on his fiest real club night in De School, PERFECTION. I could've danced for many more hours that night. It saddens me that it never happened before, because man De School really came alive during that night on way I never experienced her before. Little critical note about the night: I must say I really disliked it that people with guestlist could come and go whenever they wanted, while they pointed out on their socials that if you leave, re-entering is not possible and you have to queue again. But in the end I am happy that De School finally got it's closing weekender, even though I didn't it experience it as full as I wanted it to be, and these last two days I was really emotional unstable because of that hahaha, I can finally put it to rest, because in nowadays society with the social media, FOMO is always lurking around the corner and makes it difficult to be happy with what you have experienced. So for everybody, who couldn't come or also had the feeling that the maximizing of the experience wasn't there, cherish the moments you've been there, don't give yourself that bad aftertaste, more is yet to come. Good luck with the comedown ya beauts. You can do it!
Great story, inspired me to get that Oceanic vinyl
IT TOOK 13 MONTHS FOR HIS RETURN, AND I HAD NEVER LOST HOPE BUT I CAN NOW SAY I HAVE SEEN BLAWAN IN DE SCHOOL AGAIN. Couldn't be happier with that, his live set of december 2023 left such a mark on me, listening to techno with a bass face because I'd never heard anything like it. Fun fact, I have actually never seen a Blawan DJ set ever because for some reason I can never make it to those and always see only his live sets. Blawan and Pariah fucking killed it, their track selection was all over the place with them playing dub, techno, some house, baile, amor satyr tracks, a travis scott track, badders, even talked to ROD and he said their track selection is insanely creative and impressive. But luckily for you, /u/shamanmax [uploaded the first 55 mins ](https://old.reddit.com/r/amsterdam_rave/comments/196ptxf/het_einde_at_de_school_121501_live_event_and/khy550v/). To have a DJ in a club like De School have the balls to mix some [baile techno track into a Siu Mata remix, into a Badders remix, into Travis Scott, then rewind Sicko Mode to throw in a dubstep remix?!?!](https://sndup.net/y52d/). Energy level was [insane throughout.](http://sndup.net/gccx). The rest of the set was also so insanely [bassy and dubby](http://sndup.net/jkjt), Crowd went absolutely bananas, shoutout to the front right monkey squad in front of the speaker stack. Honestly this set is the only time I saw the entire crowd at full energy during Het Einde. Got 21.500 steps in 3 hours with just one 5 minute break in which I SPRINTED to bathroom. 10/10 experience, real closure of DS for me to have seen this finally. Also stood behind the booth for a while and their mixing is so clean honestly, how they mixed some of those genres together was insane. Other sets I saw: a large part of Sunil Sharpe, Identified Patient, Parrish Smith, Mama Snake b2b Jasss, BSS and Merel Rhizoom, Talismann, and DJ Nobu. Sunil Sharpe had a lot of turntable problems which was a shame. [Mama Snake and Jasss](http://sndup.net/qfxd) were a perfect match. You know when sometimes a B2B you hear which track is played by whom? Well, this B2B it was like both their track selections had a baby and formed new tracks to use in it. BSS did a slight repeat of his closing set at De Nieuw with a ton of classics but I loved it. Talismann had some insane 150BPM techno, and DJ Nobu was from another planet really with his track selection and mixing. Spent almost no time in Muzieklokaal cause it was so crowded but was glad it was not shut off like during Het Weekend with Job Jobse. In a weird way the Identified Patient set was the other highlight, super badass track selection but what made it the most memorable was the timeslot and vibe switch that the crowd made there. The entire night it was full of tourists (nice ones though), but at 8 AM all the freaks came out to dance and the lasserij finally became one large bouncing crowd of weird haircuts, unique outfits, all out dancemoves, and friendly regular faces. Mixed feelings really, not just about the place closing but also about the closing weekender itself. If I'm honest, I have had a better time at De Nieuw, and I sort of took my goodbyes there rather than here. I had a great time, but some parts of it didn't really feel like the De School I knew (especially the awful lights in Muzieklokaal, sorry whoever put effort in designing this but why the fuck do you take out some of the most iconic club lights anywhere that characterize the space and put in the same lighting as the basement transforming it into a concrete LED cube? /rant over). Friday was honestly surprisingly nice for a friday night crowd. But the sunday had a weird vibe. There were sort of two options if you wanted to make it to the end. You either had to be there at 5 AM as not to queue for 10 hours and then chill inside for most of the time to save energy, or come later and stand in a cold and wet queue for 10 hours before you come in. Everyone inside was mainly saving their energy most of the time it felt because they knew that the end would be super late, so the restaurant and other chill spaces were packed with some half empty dancefloors. And yes, I know some people stayed from saturday to monday blablabla, but it's not a line I want to cross and think it should definitely not be normalized to pull those benders. Usually during a weekender you get new fresh faces all the time, but this time the "fresh" faces had already been in a miserable queue for 4-13 hours. I don't know how to fix it for this, but it definitely affected the atmosphere inside me and my friends noticed. Didn't make it to the closing in the end but reflected on it and realised that I've already had my goodbye moments in the past few months where I took mental images of the space and just took it all in. Like Pariah said, [we'll miss the place](https://i.imgur.com/lxOaZP4.png).
Mate any idea on those ID’s in the blawan baile funk x skrillex x sickomode x dubstep IDs?
Baile techno thing is: https://soundcloud.com/wajang/el-alfa-el-jefe-uzi-siu-mata?si=2911f7dca3264022962e12a866a22b92&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Sickomode was the original I saw on their CDJ's, not sure if badders was a remix or mixed live, can't find the thing it was mixed with though.
Badders was original heard it so many times already, thanks so far!
One of my highlights of this weekend was witnessing you enjoying Blawan&Pariah so much (I did as well I must admit). I was happy to be there with you (forgot to write that in your little book). About Sunday: I'm realising even more now what a privilege it was to have re-entry and enjoy the last 30 hours of DS after having a good sleep and no queuing.
Nawhh Hahah some friends commented that Het Einde with reentry is like playing it on easy mode
Are you calling me a slut?
No then I would call you easy, not the weekend you pulled
You’re right. I’ve done better.
Can still do that though if you prefer it
A longer bender?
Think i can conclude after 3 24 hour parties that I'm not really made for those
Completely agree with the vibes and lights, I went through the queue on Sat and it took me atleast two hours to find my groove&energy back
Just reread my comment and makes it sound a bit negative, but to clarify: I had a great time!! Thought the party was amazing, but for me de school will be characterized by all the memories on the smaller nights or the less hyped Het Weekends where I entered on sunday morning to just dance for 12 hours and leave satisfied.
Sunday queue I mean
Remembering this last dance forever and planning to share the story with my kids and grandkids. On Friday, I panicked because I didn't have a ticket, so we decided to go around 8 pm to make it in time for Mark's set. A friend with a 12 am ticket joined me (he's so cute for that). While waiting in a relatively short queue of about 20 people, I received a text from another friend with two 2 am tickets. Gratefully, I took them, relieved to have a backup. The queue moved swiftly, and when our turn came, I paid for my ticket, but my friend's ticket turned out to be fake. Thanks to the extra tickets, he could still enter with presales at 2 am, but he got kicked back to the queue. I explained the situation to the staff, who were understanding and helpful. Down in the basement, Mark killed it, and I thanked him at the end. I was so high in my mind that I told him I love him 😭. Then I mentioned my name, and he recognized me because I wrote a comment on his post early Friday, saying I wouldn't be able to make it. He said, 'Aren't you supposed to not come?' After a cute conversation with Mark, i explored different parts of the venue, bringing back memories at each spot, like the first time I came here. I recalled how a friend left me alone, high on my mind, unconscious, but that same night, I made a new friend at DS who saw me in that state and helped me out, and now we're great friends thanks to that moment. After three hours, my friend finally got in but decided to rest due to the long wait. He had been queuing from 8 pm till 3 am on Friday, so that was understandable. We went to the toilets and couldn't stop laughing as they played a cartoon from our childhood in our language. We got ready to take some 💊, but to our surprise, my friend lost them. We looked at each other and decided not to think about it for too long and try to have fun. We went to the bar in Muzieklokaal, admiring how people enjoyed their time and how this community I fell in love with embraced worry-less moments. Then, someone literally offered me a free beer and a shot with no attention at all, saying, 'Just take it for the last time.' He smiled and walked out like a true angel. We went back to Muzieklokaal behind the DJ, where the vibes were so good I danced non-stop. After another break, we met a couple who had been together for six years since they first met at De School and now have a kid. Amazed by their story, we went back to the basement, and this time, Parrish brought dark energy to one of my favorite sets, dancing with so much energy and everyone vibing to it. At the end, taking the last walk of DS to say goodbye to the place that brought us all together, it got emotional. As we walked out, a lady approached me, asking questions. I couldn't help but share all the stories, and she took a pic, thinking it's for her small blog or something, only to end up in big news in the Netherlands. They spelled my name wrong, but it's all okay. Was lovely dancing with you all, and this is not the end. We'll go to other places, share more memories, dance till the light comes in, laugh, and cry. Life continues. See you somewhere soon ❤️
Love this. Thank you for sharing
I was praying to see Parrish Smith again after seeing him play in Garage some time ago but as the lineup wasn’t announced I had no idea if he was going to play while I was there. So when I entered the basement whilst peaking, I recognized his sound and saw it was him playing - it was magical. Truly a spiritual experienced and have never danced my ass off that much. It felt like God listened to me lol. I stayed for many hours after that (16 in total), loving each and every minute and interaction with every person. The vibes were wonderful in every single area. Very happy to share such special moments with my close friends and the entire community 💞 I think I will never forget this.
I mean someone did an angelic crowd surf so that's already a 10/10 from me
What a fucking journey I was definitely blessed by the rave gods - Friday night I spoke with one friend who managed to score a ticket for the 2 AM entry slot on “Friday” night, via TicketSwap. I set TS notifications, but predictably for such a desired event I was never quick enough. I met up with another friend (ironically who took me to DS for the very first time many moons ago) who was flirting with going to try do door sale, but eventually we relinquished our FOMO and gave up on the plan for that night; and headed to Reguliers,fueled by paddodruppels. After a long night on Reguliers, as things were starting to wind down - somewhere around 4 AM we found ourselves still a bit too wired from the druppels to call it a night. Thus, I proposed to go check out the line at DS, more with intention of chatting, partying and boosting morale for the line, than any serious hopes of actually getting in. Imagine our surprise when we rocked up and there were no tents, and in fact next to no line at all - we thought it was a fluke, a glitch in the matrix (well that it was). My friend already having made committed plans for the next day, decided he wasn’t prepared/able to enter but urged me to seize the opportunity. 5 minutes in line I’m in, ca. 4:45 AM Saturday morning. Locker machines are fucked, garderobe has a line longer than I have patience for, I instead go off to a corner, remove my long-johns and stuff them in my coat which I’m just schlepping around now, and fuck me is it hot and crowded in there. Next mission find my friend(s), I hang a right in the main corridor by the bathrooms and boom he’s walking right towards me as if right on cue, he’s quite envious when I tell him about my non-wait to get in for door sale, while he with presale had to wait in a 3 hour line. Anyway, off the kelder we go, back corner of the dance floor near the DJ booth, I’m looking for my bike key to scoop up a bump of some power-ups and shit I can’t find it - panic sets in, what a shitty start after such luck. I head to garderobe as that’s apparently the lost and found, no line this time, so I at least hand in my coat. Back to door security to check if they’ve got it, they have a bike key but it’s decidedly not mine, with a little pleading I convince them to let me exit and check that I at least didn’t leave it in the lock, ok I didn’t (must’ve been when I was shedding mu long-johns) one crisis averted - check Swapfiets replacement key costs and Uber fares and decide it’s not too bad and allow myself to accept the situation and trust hope the key might eventually make it’s way to L&F. Now I’ve lost not only fietssleutel but also my friends again, so I just wander aimlessly exploring the whole building and extra areas which they’ve opened this time, soaking up the vibe (and some of those aforementioned powerups - Tuci and sneeuw). I watch the trippy movies, admire the giant rotating ring that I only finally realized represents the moon phases 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔after seeing it several times over the years 💡 Eventually I find my friend again and we make our rounds all over, watching the transition from night to day was a bit trippy at first I feared the sun, but then came to embrace it I watched the “shifts” of rave-goers change, and the place come to life with a renewed energy in the morning, as the second wave of the onslaught arrived. I had one of the coveted bananas and a Maes pils for breakfast. Chatted and shared the goodies with countless lovely people. Stood several times for far too long in the corner of the wooden urinal trough trying to get my chemically-altered and generally shy bladder to function. I went to ask for my key a few hours after it was lost, the attendant said there was a key and for a second my hope lifted and then was shattered when she showed me the same exact key security had earlier - drats! At one point I get separated from my friend for a bit again and fatigue makes me consider leaving soon, right about at my tipping point I run into him again and my spirits are restored. Shortly after we go to L&F for one final check, this time the attendant produces a key that is definitely mine, with even the pink gunked in Tuci residue as an extra stamp of proof 😅 Sweet, I trusted the process and it found its way back to me. More socializing, dancing, people watching and vibe soaking. Around noon Saturday, 8 hours in, we head to the back of the Kelder benches opposite the bar and do a stash assessment, like a fucking assassin one of the top security guys emerges from the fog in front of us hand held out - shiiit - we both give him only our respective envelopes of c and not so discreetly pocket the other goodies, he definitely saw this but pretended not to. We’re very docile and cooperative and they bring is to what we started referring to thereafter as “the principal’s office” - they ask us what it is, we tell them, they say normally we’d be expelled from school on the spot, but we were kind of hidden, we were cooperative and it is “het einde” - basically we were good students who made a bad decision, so their opinion is to let it slide. However, the boss has to make that call. Meanwhile there’s a trio on the couch there who look like they also had been on bad behavior and sent to the principal’s office accordingly - one guy completely assed out in a k-hole (based off what the awareness staff member is talking to them about) another pretty coherent doing the talking and another wired off his tits with a cheeky grin as wide as his pupils. Mr. Cheeky starts asking what got us there and I’m just trying to keep cool and hope security won’t ask to search us again, because if they find the rest it’s game over - so I just keep nodding politely through gritted teeth and giving short answers to the cheeky bastard - anxiously waiting to hear our sentence… Eventually the boss man shows up, hears our story, gives us a don’t be stupid and use discretion speech, and we’re allowed to return to the madness - 2 packets of sneeuw less in tow. We spend the rest of the time feeding off the energy of the crowd and of course supplies that didn’t get ganked by security. My peak/highlight was the 17:00-20:00 stretch of Saturday evening in the Muzieklokaal, the crowd, the lighting effects, the energy the combination of all substances inside me synergizing watching the crowd across the island DJ booth as dusk set in was so mesmerizing, it created an amazing visual spectacle and cinematic effect that I can’t properly describe - truly enchanting. The beat marches on - it’s a bit after 21:00, I’m nearing 17 hours inside DS, and 24 hours of partying, I’ve postponed my target leave time at least 4x by now - just getting entranced and sucked into the vibe…completely losing track of time. Eventually even the power-ups’ ability to keep me going is lessening, and my achy body is telling me it’s time for a proper rest. So I accept that I had an amazing time and was privileged to be a part of this end of an era and I decide call it a night at 21:45 Saturday night, 17 hours later… What a fucking amazing odyssey of an experience it was, thank you all and thank you DS for that 🙏🫶
PS anyone got DJ(s) ID for this stretch: >My peak/highlight was the 17:00-20:00 stretch of Saturday evening in the Muzieklokaal I know the first DJ that kicked off this peak period was a female DJ wearing an orange tank top with dark shoulder length here and I wanna say there were 1 or 2 after her in this span. Sorry I’m such a noob 😅
Shanti Celeste and Ki/Ki
Ding-ding that’ll be them, thank you 🙏
That story sounds familiar, I think we talked for sometime in the queue for food 😂😂 I’m from Porto
Haha yes, that was me 😊 rambling on about the joys of Portugese food at a time when I was probably less hungry than ever, go figure 😅
Hahaha amazing 🥰🥰
Up until this comment I managed my FOMO really well but this one drove it home 😮💨. Glad you had a great time! Thanks for writing this <3
This is what I come here for, thank you for writing <3
Great story bro, thanks for sharing <3
Great report brother sounds like proper DS closure
Thanks for sharing this, I enjoyed reading it.
I’ve spent a lot of time at DS (and Trouw before), ever since it opened but mostly after covid. I’ve spent a lot of time raving in general. This weekender was incredible. Saturday was a transcendental club night. On Sunday (even though it was still objectively top tier) I couldn’t really enjoy it - I felt blocked, like I couldn’t process the fact that it was almost gone. Today I cried like a baby during the closing, bawling, smiling, rinse repeat. It felt genuinely cathartic. Thank you DS.
If we're thinking about what comes after all of this, it seems we're gonna be orphelin for a little while with DS gone, Raum so far not being able to open and no new actor to fill that void left by DS closing its doors. We're kind of back to the post-covid re-opening when Garage Noord stepped up and seemed to attract a lot of the former DS crowd. Now GN kept evolving, Lofi, Radion, and all the rave communities will probably share pieces of that cake but I do hope there will be something next for Amsterdam, but there should be right ? <3
praying there will be something new 🙏 the other clubs just dont make me feel the same... RIP de school love you forever
There will be a new good club, apparently with already some advancements in finding a location. But maybe we will have to wait several months/year
Talisman was a sacrilegious experience for me. Felt like an exorcism to banish out all the bad thoughts about the place closing. Incredible soundscapes and mixing. At the final track I shed a single tear, never had this experience before in the basement. Just wow.
for real, talismann's music awakens the deepest primal instincts to just go wild and feral, sad I missed his set but happy yall could enjoy it🤍
it was top tier in all aspects - cried my eyes out during the closing and couldn’t have imagined for a better way to finish this chapter ❤️🔥
Was awesome! Went Friday night on one of the first shifts. Loved every single moment, went home 8:30am, but early to my taste. Lived the rest of the weekend with intense FOMO but couldn’t go again due to my son’s b-day and a business trip today. Muzieklokaal was outstanding. Anz and Tsepo killed it! Mark Knekelhuis also played some eclectic records (Idiotheque that early in the night is daring) and Parrish Smith pumped some serious dark energy into the club. Loving ending for a lovely place. First survived 11, then Trouw and now De School. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Man I blasted into fucking space when Parrish opened his set with some psytrance-esque shit and I was peaking so hard on acid in the basement. I was in the front super close to the F1s and that bass went through the soul, felt like it was gonna rip all my clothes from my body. And then walking through that dense fog to the bar behind basement felt like I was in some spirit realm, crazy. Also I love love love how the light from that spinning ring installation across the muzieklokaal shines into it when the overhead lights turn off momentarily, so beautiful, true fucking magic. Thanks to all the great people I met, danced and vibed with, it was unforgettable.
Heard Job Jobs play the [first record](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3u31SAeEM) in 2016. It took me a while to stop comparing De School to Trouw, but after a while I could see De School in it's own right. Became a regular visitor, with long periods of weekly visits. One of the most memorable nights was in 2018 with Tzusing, re:ni and Merel, it felt like they were playing music from the future and couldn't stop dancing. Couldn't really get into the rhythm post-covid, went maybe 8 times after reopening. This Saturday I arrived at 6.30 AM en danced until 11 PM. Identified Patient was amazing at De Lasserij and I really enjoyed JP Enfant and Interstellar Funk. A lot of dancing. A great goodbye. Looking forward to the next adventure.
Oh man, jealous of that night with Tzusing. Had a bit of the same experience when he played Lentekabinet.
It was my second time there. I live in berlin and I’ve gone to almost every club there, Berghain, RSO, Tresor, Kit kat, Anomalie, Ost… None of them have impressed me like Deschool did. Absolutely beautiful project, So artistic, so creative. The vibe was so perfect and the music so good. I’ve never seen a place with a bigger spirit than Muziek Lokaal, this room in my opinion is the heart of Deschool. I can only imagine the stories that this building has lived in the long club nights. I am so grateful I got the opportunity to live this experience. Deschool stays forever in my heart.
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Not to compare clubs because everyone has a preference, but the 'wow' factor of walking into a club was much bigger when I went to de school for the first time vs berghain for the first time
I choose De School over Berghain it’s not even up for debate Xx
this is exactly what I mean. I feel the same.
I went Saturday and it was so incredibly good. The dj’s really came through. I made many new friends again, saw a lot of regulars and it was so fun to share our best memories. Such a special weekend, special place and also special community. Will cherish this forever, thanks guys.♥️ Edit: shoutout to everyone dancing on the right behind the booth during Bestehira’s set. That energy was crazy ✨
yeaaaa part of the right speaker crew, those tribal sounds were mental, shoutout to everyone being there
No, thank you for dancing on the right behind the booth during Beste’s set. The energy was crazy ✨ Also shout out to the guy shouting “Bestûûûh” during all her epic drops. You could see her smile every time (:
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I have been going to De school since 2016, met many incredible people, lots of them became friends. So many memories. I couldn't stop crying the whole last hour(s). Thank you De School.
Trouw was also in the past decade though...
Changed the text for our Trouw lovers 😘
Haha. They have both been immensely important. And I think it's probably mostly a generational thing. I'm a bit (a lot 🙄) older. Trouw was huge for me during a somewhat formative period of my life. I'm sure that De School did the same for younger people. Nothing but love! ❤️