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A month after confirming Galantis as its comeback headliner, Djakarta Warehouse Project dropped fourteen more names, from Axwell Λ Ingrosso to Afrojack, for its December return to JIEXPO Kemayoran.
The Japanese techno veteran pulled the fader down mid-set after fans grabbed his USBs and wrapped their arms around him for photos. As Southeast Asia's own rooms start booking artists of his stature, the incident is a warning shot.
Marquee Singapore has filled its three-night F1 Race Weekend card with Diplo, a debuting Anyma and a Martin Garrix show that's already sold out online, one Friday after crosstown rival Zouk went the opposite direction with Argy.
Bangkok's digital arts and electronic music festival is back after a year off, and it announced itself with a rebuilt 2005 deep cut instead of a lineup poster.
ShiShi fell from #25 to #47 on DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs list this year. The Seminyak mega-venue is still there, still booking Indonesian and Korean DJs alongside its own residents, and still worth asking what the slide actually means.
The Greek producer behind "Tataki" and "Sierra" headlines Zouk's Mainroom on October 9, the Friday of Singapore's F1 weekend, as The Circuit series pairs the Grand Prix with a serious techno booking for once.
The eight-time Grammy nominee's new Asia deal runs through Pacific Music Group, the Hong Kong company whose electronic music imprint is led by Thailand's first-ever DJ Mag Top 100 entrant.
While RA's anniversary tour picked Taipei over every Southeast Asian capital, Hanoi's Unmute booked a Smoke Machine-affiliated techno DJ for a normal Friday night, no world tour required.
Resident Advisor is marking 25 years with ten parties worldwide. The only two stops in Asia are Tokyo and a basement club in Taipei called Pawnshop. Not one Southeast Asian capital made the cut.
Savaya Group, operator of Asia's top-ranked club, has opened a second Bali venue on the Kuta coast. Zumana's Grand Opening Weekend on September 25-26 brings the Martinez Brothers and Satori to a beachfront space built around a 10-metre wooden sculpture.
House Cartel spent over a decade as outsiders fighting Jakarta's big room dominance from the DJ booth. Now the collective has quietly turned itself into a label, House Cartel Records, two EPs deep and counting.
Andrew Chow, aka DJ Wiz, was Zouk's Phuture resident and a three-time DMC Singapore champion. He died August 3 of stomach cancer, five weeks before a Legacy Award he won't be there to collect.