Elliott Matos and the Birth of GDE (MDS)

By |2026-05-15T00:05:26-04:00May 15th, 2026|ADE, Amsterdam, Amsterdam ADE2022, Amsterdam ADE2023, Amsterdam ADE2024, Amsterdam ADE2025, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, Gay, Gay Dance Event, GDE, House, House Music, House Music History, Interviews, New York, Uncategorized|

  A movement born from New York dance floors found its voice in Amsterdam. Elliott Matos didn’t just build parties—he built GDE, a cultural force that reconnected house music with its queer, Black, and underground roots at Amsterdam Dance Event. Introduction: The Story Behind the Spotlight There are two histories of house music. One lives [...]

Love Is the Only Constant: Boston’s Reginald Johnson, House Music, and a Life Lived on the Dance Floor

By |2025-12-13T23:43:12-05:00December 13th, 2025|ADE, AI, Amsterdam, Amsterdam ADE2025, Boston, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Deep House, DJ, Gay, Gay Dance Event, GDE, House, House Music, House Music History, Interviews, LGBTQIA+, Music, My House Radio, producer, Promotional|

    At ADE this year, Michele Sensale and My House Radio owner James Hall had the great pleasure of sitting with Boston's own Reginald Johnson for an amazing, evening-long conversation. Now, we're sharing those impressions with our audience, with thanks to Reggie for his time, his stories, his insight, and his soul-bearing honesty.    [...]

The History of GDE, ADE’s little brother (Gay News)

By |2023-10-29T21:10:26-04:00October 29th, 2023|ADE, Amsterdam ADE2023, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Gay, House Music, LGBTQIA+|

Amsterdam Dance Event continues to be the world's largest and most important DJ and electronic music conference and festival. Consisting of different sub-conferences and sub-events (such as GDE, Amsterdam Dance Event's little brother) ADE continues its global impact on the world's dance music industry, and the GDE events carry a clear message during the ADE: [...]

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