Dekmantel has confirmed the RADAR programme for its 2026 festival, adding a distinct broadcast logic to the Amsterdamse Bos weekend. The official announcement frames RADAR as a forest stream and lists additional slots from DJ Koolt, Nørbak & Surgeon Live, Ryan Elliott and Sugar Free, alongside solo sets from Octo Octa in DnB mode, Ben UFO, CCL, Objekt and Skrillex.
The wider RADAR list also includes Alex Wilcox Live, AMORAL, Bitter Babe, Blasha & Allatt, Colin Benders and Gabrielle Kwarteng. On paper, that range matters because RADAR is not simply another stage label. It is a way for Dekmantel to pull parts of the site into a documented, shareable form without flattening the festival into a livestream product.
A stage with a memory function
Dekmantel’s strongest editions are often remembered through combinations rather than single names: a deep afternoon slot, a difficult live set that finds its audience, a high-pressure closing run, a left turn that only makes sense in context. RADAR gives some of those moments a second life, but it also changes how they are experienced by people who are not physically there.
That tension is useful. Electronic festivals have spent years learning how to document club culture without turning it into background content. A forest stream can preserve atmosphere if it respects pacing, sound and the small shifts that make a set work. It can also become too clean if it chases only recognisable names.
RADAR is compelling because it treats documentation as part of the festival architecture, not just a camera pointed at a DJ booth.AT@DJ / EDITOR'S NOTE
The full programme still has to be read day by day for clashes and routes, especially with Dekmantel’s broader list including figures such as Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills, Helena Hauff, Kode9 and James Holden & Surgeon. RADAR now gives that larger map another layer: one built for the people in the woods and for the listeners who will meet the festival later through the recording.