Amsterdam Techno Sessions w/ Tripeo (Balans) & Alexi Delano ( H.Productions)

Amsterdam Techno Sessions is a weekly Techno event held every Thursday in Amsterdam.
Local and international artists are invited to showcase their work and share their personal interpretations of Techno every week.

Tonight! Saturday, 31st of January 2026, we are back at John Doe for our weekly Amsterdam Techno Sessions residency!
And for this one, we prepared another stellar line-up with the Tripeo and the AD Limited head honcho, Alexi Delano.
Followed by our resident Marco Ramos.
Join us from 23:00 until 07:00.
Tickets are now available at Resident Advisor.

Over the years, Tripeo has edged out an exceptional corner of the techno spectrum for himself. Brought to life as Darko Esser’s puristic alter ego, he has gradually returned to his namegiver’s eclectic roots, while also delving deeper into his musical metier. Each new Tripeo track is a clever patchwork of pulsating rhythms and minimalistic melodies – seemingly simple, yet utterly refined.

Darko Esser’s devotion to electronic music spans several decades. He has built his international reputation based in two small, but tight-knit music communities in Holland. First as a talent buyer at Groningen’s Simplon, later as a booker and resident of Doornroosje in Nijmegen. Thanks in great part to his efforts, Planet Rose has become one of Europe’s longest running techno nights. Together with his labels Wolfskuil and Balans, this has cemented the town’s reputation as a remarkable techno hub, and boasted Darko’s prominence as an excellent curator.

Productionwise, Darko Esser has first brought out a string of superb releases under his own name, including his debut album, also called Balans. Tripeo’s ‘First Trip’ in 2012 was meant as somewhat of a side project. But soon enough, his new monicker struck a chord with connoisseurs worldwide. Especially when he unleashed his critically acclaimed album ‘Anipintiros’ in 2014, making him a household name from Berlin to Buenos Aires, and from Great-Britain to Georgia.

Georgia’s Tblisi is one of the remarkable places abroad where Darko has found a deeper connection with the local crowd. The fearless determination and graceful open-mindedness of Bassiani’s techno community have been an inspiration in both his DJ sets and productions. It makes perfect sense for him to release his most diverse Tripeo album to date on the club’s esteemed label. Further exploring the crossroads between fierceness and vulnerability, ‘Green Is the New Red’ incorporates experimental escapades like electro and ambient. Relentless and emotionally charged, this is Tripeo at his most compelling.

Alexi Delano dwells in the perfect balance between shiny minimalism and dark, vivacious techno. With more than two decades on stage, he has combined diverse roots and facets of contemporary music.
Born in Chile, raised in Sweden, and later adopted by New York, Alexi became part of the Swedish wave of electronic music producers in the mid-’90s, alongside fellow Swedes such as Adam Beyer, Cari Lekebusch, Jesper Dahlback, and Joel Mull. Moving from Scandinavia to New York influenced him to combine the heavy, compressed Swedish sound with the vibrancy of Brooklyn's creative music scene.
Throughout his time in the music industry, Alexi has been nominated for the Swedish Music Award “Pr3 Guld”, an alternative to the Swedish Grammy, produced six albums and released a countless amount of records on established labels such as the historic SVEK imprint, Drumcode, Plus 8, Minus, Visionquest, Spectral Sound, Hybrid Productions, Get Physical and many more. With a production and DJ style that sways between house and techno, he consistently reinvents himself with each new release.