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Zouk, Singapore: What to Know Before You Go
Zouk's 2026 renovation can host up to 3,500 guests across Zouk Mainroom, Phuture and Capital combined.
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Phuket vs. Bali: Savaya's No. 5 Beats Illuzion's No. 9 at DJ Mag
DJ Mag ranked Bali's Savaya No. 5 globally and Phuket's Illuzion No. 9, but the real difference between Southeast Asia's two beach-clubbing islands is what each one actually books, what a night costs, and why their dry seasons never line up.
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Desa Potato Head's Headstream Turns 564 Kilos of Recycled Plastic Into a Beach Radio Studio in Bali
Inside The Womb, a 90-metre bamboo archway at Desa Potato Head, a DJ booth built from ocean plastic streams Indonesian voices and vinyl live from Seminyak's sand.
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Coffee Raves Explained: Southeast Asia's Sober Clubbing Scene Parties by Day in Bangkok, Singapore and Manila
No alcohol, no 2am set times, just a DJ booth parked next to an espresso machine. This is where Southeast Asia's daytime, caffeine-powered answer to clubbing actually happens, city by city.
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Over & Above Turned Six KL Shophouses Into a Techno Room Built Like Berghain
A techno promoter merged six Chinatown shophouses into an 800-capacity room with steel I-beams and a Russian-built light rig, then booked everything from Angerfist to Panjabi MC.
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Raw Vision Collective Scaled From a Jeff Mills Club Night to Kanye West's Only Southeast Asia Stadium Show
In May, Raw Vision Collective put Jeff Mills behind the decks at a small Jakarta club. In October, the same team staged Ye's only Southeast Asia and Oceania show for 77,000 seats at Gelora Bung Karno, with a 35-person choir in a tunnel as the warm-up act.
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What Is EBM, Explained: Kraftwerk Coined It, Hong Kong's Klasse Wrecks Still Presses It
EBM stands for electronic body music, a phrase Kraftwerk's Ralf Hütter coined in 1977. Forty-odd years later, a Hong Kong label is on its 62nd release of it, and a Bangkok record store pressed its own EP.
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Manila's HOEST Quit Software Engineering for the Decks, and Hong Kong's Hotpot Records Signed Him
HOEST left a software engineering job to DJ Manila's clubs. Hong Kong and China-based Hotpot Records signed him for regional touring and releases, Manila nightlife outlet Midnight Rebels reported in August.
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Hanoi's Mixtape 54 Blends Traditional Vietnamese Music With Electronic Production
The Hanoi-based collective's debut compilation blends modern production with traditional sound culture from across Vietnam.
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Thailand's House and Techno Scene, Explained: DJ Mag Gave It Eight Clubs, Molam Gave It an Identity
DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Clubs list gave Thailand eight entries, more than any other country in Asia, but the scene that actually built the country's sound runs through Isaan molam, not those clubs.
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Beat Boat Bali and Bangkok Island Are Southeast Asia's Real House and Techno Boat Parties
Bali's Beat Boat and Bangkok's Bangkok Island keep Southeast Asia's boat party scene on the water.
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Hanoi's ling:chi Built Pound Town to Give Vietnam Its First Ghetto House Night
Hanoi selector ling:chi built Pound Town to bring Chicago ghetto house to Vietnam, then got a remix from genre pioneer DJ Slugo on her debut production, 'Hotel Suite.'