House, techno and electronic music news, releases and events from across Asia.
A nightclub raid in Canggu shows what happens when a DJ books a Southeast Asian show on a tourist visa. Here is what the law actually requires in each country, and what it costs.
A house and techno room on Decho Road in Silom, with a VOID sound system built for the room. The address, the door price, the dress code and who's booked next.
Cream Team, the crew behind Ice Cream Sundays, is opening a new chapter: a live series called Flavours, debuting December 11 at RASA Space with Indonesian soul trio Thee Marloes and DJ Badkiss.
Three documented 2026 raids, one each in Bangkok, Kuching and Singapore, show how differently Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore actually enforce drug laws on a dance floor, and what a positive test really costs you in each.
West Sumatra's Rani Jambak built an instrument from a traditional Minangkabau water wheel and won the international Oram Award in 2022 for her sound-art practice.
Japanese DJ Mao Hamasaki's manager says a stranger offered her a spiked drink while she was working in Tsim Sha Tsui on Halloween night. Hospital tests found four substances in her system, and she's now speaking out to warn others.
The Rotterdam duo behind the NAAFI album MERDEKA play Bangkok's HORN on November 6 and Singapore's MDLR on November 7, two stops on a 13-city Asia-Pacific run.
Lee Burridge, the melodic house veteran behind All Day I Dream, plays RASA Space in Raffles Place on November 7, an 18+ show billed as his return to Singapore.
UNDERRADAR Records is the Jakarta label, clothing line and booking agency Ecilo built to keep Indonesian techno on its own terms.
Zouk's 2026 renovation can host up to 3,500 guests across Zouk Mainroom, Phuture and Capital combined.
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.
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.