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Article cover: Seoul's Cakeshop Turns 14 With a 12-Hour Takeover of Two Itaewon Venues
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Seoul's Cakeshop Turns 14 With a 12-Hour Takeover of Two Itaewon Venues

Cakeshop marks 14 years on October 17 with a 12-hour party across Cakeshop and Pistil, headlined by Beijing cloud rap artist Bloodz Boi and more than 20 Seoul DJs and crews.

Article cover: Midnight Shift Has Spent Over a Decade Resisting Singapore's EDM Boom, One Party at a Time
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Midnight Shift Has Spent Over a Decade Resisting Singapore's EDM Boom, One Party at a Time

Midnight Shift started as a reaction against Singapore's EDM-chasing clubs: house and techno parties that refused to announce headliners. More than a decade on, its roster, its Modal nights and its newest tattoo-and-techno crossover are still running.

Article cover: Vietnam's House and Techno Scene, Explained: What's Happening in Hanoi and Saigon Right Now
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Vietnam's House and Techno Scene, Explained: What's Happening in Hanoi and Saigon Right Now

Savage Hanoi lost its villa to a government redevelopment, and Saigon's longest-running club closes this month too. What's replacing them, and where to actually hear house and techno in Vietnam right now.

Article cover: Di Linh Has Lost Two Home Clubs in One Year, and She's Still DJing in Hanoi
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Di Linh Has Lost Two Home Clubs in One Year, and She's Still DJing in Hanoi

Savage shut down on New Year's Day. The Observatory in Saigon closes at the end of this month. Hanoi's Di Linh built her whole career inside those two rooms, and she's still booked.

Article cover: Ouissam Returns to RASA's Chocolate City as Kuala Lumpur's Alam and Shazan Take Over the Floor
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Ouissam Returns to RASA's Chocolate City as Kuala Lumpur's Alam and Shazan Take Over the Floor

RASA and Sivilian Affairs bring Hanoi's Ouissam back for Chocolate City's sixth edition on October 16, with Kuala Lumpur's Alam and Shazan leading the Floor inside a 66-storey Singapore office tower.

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Diplo Jammed With Habib Gunjat, Indonesia's Viral One-Man-Band Keyboardist, at a Bali Afterparty

Diplo filmed himself trading keyboard runs with Habib Gunjat, a wedding-circuit musician from Kendari whose organ tunggal sets had already gone viral across Indonesia, at a charity run afterparty in Bali on October 8.

Article cover: FVTURE Bangkok's Hyperclub Has Been Dark Since February
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FVTURE Bangkok's Hyperclub Has Been Dark Since February

Southeast Asia's first hyperclub opened in Bangkok with ARTBAT, Kölsch and CamelPhat inside seven weeks. It's been dark since mid-February, with no reopening date given.

Article cover: Southeast Asia's Legal Drinking Ages: Where You Can Drink at 18, and Where It's 21
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Southeast Asia's Legal Drinking Ages: Where You Can Drink at 18, and Where It's 21

Cambodia has no enforced drinking age at all. Malaysia will fine a bar for serving a 20-year-old. A country-by-country breakdown of where Southeast Asia sets the line, and the law behind each number.

Article cover: Weird Genius Turned a Vanishing Sumba Instrument Into Their Next International Single
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Weird Genius Turned a Vanishing Sumba Instrument Into Their Next International Single

Weird Genius spent two weeks on the Indonesian island of Sumba recording a disappearing traditional instrument for their new single, "Your Side." It's the same instinct that got 2020's "Lathi" signed to Astralwerks as the label's first act from Asia.

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