House, techno and electronic music news, releases and events from across Asia.
The Observatory has run Ho Chi Minh City's house and techno scene from a rooftop for nearly 13 years. In October 2026, after three addresses and more than 800 guest DJs, it closes.
A Bintang at a Canggu warung costs less than a bag of chips. A sofa at Savaya can run past $600 before anyone's ordered a drink. Here's what a night out actually costs across the region's three most different door policies.
A British label put Bali on a house compilation in 2010. The scene it captured was actually built in Jakarta, by a DJ crew that spent a decade playing to rooms nobody outside Indonesia was watching.
White Party Bangkok has voted its way into DJ Mag's Top 100 Festivals at No. 73, the first dedicated LGBTQ+ event ever to make the list. Its 10th anniversary runs Paragon Hall this New Year.
Jongmin Lee has run Oslated from Jeju Island since 2016, no club scene required. The label's 10th anniversary compilation, split across two volumes, pairs Korean and international artists in ambient, dub and organic techno.
Defected played Phuket's Illuzion and Koh Samui's Club Seen on back-to-back nights in August, the same year both sat inside DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs. Here's how two very different Thai venues got there.
Dry season fills Uluwatu's clifftop clubs, wet season cuts prices in half, New Year's Eve breaks every rule of the calendar, and one day in March shuts the whole island down. Here's how to time a trip.
Djakarta Warehouse Project borrowed the word for a stadium-sized festival. The actual warehouse and DIY scene is smaller, scrappier, and scattered across converted shophouses, a former cinema, and a small club above a Poblacion sidewalk.
Kyle Domingo grew up in Cebu, built his name in Los Angeles, and just released his first single on Insomniac Records. In December, EDC Thailand brings him back within reach of home.
Hong Kong's Shi Fu Miz festival marks a decade with Chez Damier headlining a new site on Nov 14-15, after today's warm-up party put Singapore and Jakarta selectors on the main stage.
Fourteen months after a Davao City hospital stay with no diagnosis and a community-funded heart surgery, Sherwin Tuna is back on Eastern Margins' biggest stage, booked for Margins United 2026 in London this September.
Before Vietnam had a techno scene, it had this: pop songs sped up, chopped and slammed onto a four-on-the-floor kick until the whole street shook. Here's where Vinahouse came from, and why the country's newest DJs are trying to outrun it.