House, techno and electronic music news, releases and events from across Asia.
A sparkler-lit bottle lands on your table and everyone looks at you. Here's what actually gets tipped at clubs in Bangkok, Bali, Singapore, KL, Manila and Saigon, and what's already on the bill.
The bottle arrives on fire and the minimum spend is bigger than it looks. Here's what a VIP table actually costs in Singapore, Bangkok and Bali, and when it's worth it.
Victoria Yam builds PRIME ENERGY EP from retuned Malaysian and Filipino folk instruments, then co-founds ALIGN.ONLINE to archive Southeast Asia's femme and queer electronic scenes.
Thailand's own techno pioneer heads home for EDC Thailand's December 18-20 edition after a Phase 2 update that also adds Kaskade, Tiesto and a wave of regional talent.
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.
Four tracks, no chorus, no streaming push. More Rice Records' newest release is a reminder that Bangkok's best-connected underground label still measures itself in wax, not playlist adds.
Jakarta closes its nightclubs by government order for the entire holy month. Bali, a Hindu-majority island in the same country, doesn't change a thing. Malaysia sits somewhere in between, depending entirely on which state you're standing in. Here's the actual rulebook.
On the Bukit peninsula, the party doesn't wait for dark. Here's how Bali's day-into-sunrise circuit actually works, club by club, with what it costs and how to get home.
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.
A Mongolian techno pioneer who has played the Great Wall and ADE spent Saturday night behind the decks of a shophouse-sized bar on Haji Lane, the latest sign that Southeast Asia's smallest rooms are booking some of its most well-travelled names.
Forget the resort-strip EDM: Nha Trang's real scene is a single rooftop promoter, Phu Quoc's is a hilltop bar that's run since 2012, and the festival that put the island on the map hasn't confirmed a comeback.
A Scottish DJ who cut his teeth at a Glasgow basement club has spent the last year turning Singapore's underground into a launchpad. Richie Hawtin, Pan-Pot, Dax J and Paco Osuna all played the same record.