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Latest Asian Electronic Music News, Page 30

House, techno and electronic music news, releases and events from across Asia.

Article cover: Habibi Funk Went Looking for Malaysian Gambus. It Found a Buried State Radio Jazz Archive Instead.
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Habibi Funk Went Looking for Malaysian Gambus. It Found a Buried State Radio Jazz Archive Instead.

Habibi Funk's new sister label Audible Beauty has debuted with two reissues pulled from Radio Television Malaysia's 1960s and 70s jazz archive, Alfonso Soliano's Tiga Trombone and Johari Salleh's Jazz Dari Angkasapuri, licensed with help from Kuala Lumpur's Sputnik Rekordz.

Article cover: Adam Beyer Is Coming Back to Bangkok's Biggest EDM Festival, This Time With Chris Avantgarde
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Adam Beyer Is Coming Back to Bangkok's Biggest EDM Festival, This Time With Chris Avantgarde

Techno's most influential label boss is going back to Thailand's biggest commercial EDM weekender, this time paired with the producer behind Anyma's arena hit 'Consciousness'.

Article cover: A New Jersey Producer Is Turning Tikbalang Myths Into Jersey Club Records
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A New Jersey Producer Is Turning Tikbalang Myths Into Jersey Club Records

On Book of Spells, New Jersey producer WILHELMINA folds tikbalang mythology, Bisaya vocals and a Filipino illustrator's occult artwork into jersey club and techno, then goes further on a new pan-Southeast Asian club compilation.

Article cover: The Best House and Techno Clubs in Tokyo, 2026 Edition
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The Best House and Techno Clubs in Tokyo, 2026 Edition

Contact is a parking structure and ageHa is closed. A room-by-room, honest guide to where Tokyo's house and techno scene actually lives in 2026: WOMB, Vent, Circus Tokyo and Forestlimit.

Article cover: A Seoul Techno Club Spends One Sunday a Month as a Six-Hour Reading Room
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A Seoul Techno Club Spends One Sunday a Month as a Six-Hour Reading Room

Once a month, the techno club Undercity turns its dancefloor into rows of bean bags for a silent reading session, DJ included. It's called Reading City, and it's not a gimmick, it's a serious techno room finding a second life.

Article cover: Zouk Singapore Merged Its Rooms Into One for a 35th Birthday
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Zouk Singapore Merged Its Rooms Into One for a 35th Birthday

Singapore's most storied nightclub reopened its rebuilt Mainroom in June and marks 35 years on Friday, August 21, with the resident DJs who built the room, not a flown-in headliner.

Article cover: Maggie Tra Turned Her Mother's Death Into a House Record, With Hanoi Still in Its Bones
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Maggie Tra Turned Her Mother's Death Into a House Record, With Hanoi Still in Its Bones

Maggie Tra's new single 'Holding On' is a house track about losing her Cambodian mother, made by an artist who learned to DJ in Hanoi and now runs her own label, Pho The Girls Records.

Article cover: The Best House and Techno Clubs in Chiang Mai, 2026 Edition
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The Best House and Techno Clubs in Chiang Mai, 2026 Edition

Chiang Mai's electronic scene doesn't live on a strip. It's scattered across a converted shophouse, a top-floor room above Huay Kaew Road, and a hillside outside Mae Rim where the party runs until 6am.

Article cover: The Best Rooftop Bars for House Music in Bangkok
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The Best Rooftop Bars for House Music in Bangkok

Bangkok has dozens of sky bars selling a view. Very few of them book a DJ who actually plays house. Here's how to tell the difference, floor by floor.

Article cover: Malaysia Got Its First-Ever Stage at SXSW, and a Techno Producer Closed the Night
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Malaysia Got Its First-Ever Stage at SXSW, and a Techno Producer Closed the Night

Zamaera self-funded the first national Malaysian showcase in SXSW's history. The lineup was mostly rap, R&B and indie folk, but the set that closed it belonged to a techno producer nobody outside Malaysia had heard of yet.

Article cover: Hajar Asyura Scores Indonesian Horror Films by Day. His Techno Project Just Beat the World on Bandcamp.
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Hajar Asyura Scores Indonesian Horror Films by Day. His Techno Project Just Beat the World on Bandcamp.

As 8110118, Jakarta film composer Hajar Asyura just released Jiwa Krungu, the only Southeast Asian record on Bandcamp Daily's global best electronic list for July.

Article cover: Beatport Bans Fully AI-Generated Tracks, a Quiet Win for Southeast Asia's DIY Labels
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Beatport Bans Fully AI-Generated Tracks, a Quiet Win for Southeast Asia's DIY Labels

Beatport will now reject tracks ruled fully or mostly AI-generated before they ever reach the store. The policy is aimed at the flood on Spotify and Deezer, but it also protects shelf space for the small human-run labels this site covers every week.