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Latest Asian Electronic Music News, Page 7

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

Article cover: Offtrack Is the Only Listening Bar in Singapore Built by Its House Music Scene
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Offtrack Is the Only Listening Bar in Singapore Built by Its House Music Scene

Singapore's listening bar boom covers roughly ten addresses. Only Offtrack and its new sibling Earworm were built by the city's own house music scene.

Article cover: DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Put Eight Thai Clubs on the List, More Than Any Other Country in Asia
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DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Put Eight Thai Clubs on the List, More Than Any Other Country in Asia

Thailand landed eight clubs on DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Clubs this year, more than any other country in Asia.

Article cover: Jonathan Kusuma's Jakarta Techno Has Found a Home on Optimo Music and Cocktail d'Amore
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Jonathan Kusuma's Jakarta Techno Has Found a Home on Optimo Music and Cocktail d'Amore

Jonathan Kusuma splits his time between Jakarta and Singapore. He's released music on Glasgow's Optimo Music. His latest EP, Bank The Drums, is out via Bless You, Sound Metaphors' sub-label.

Article cover: Patrice Bäumel Plays RASA Singapore's Halloween Party Temple of Dance on October 30, 2026
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Patrice Bäumel Plays RASA Singapore's Halloween Party Temple of Dance on October 30, 2026

RASA names Patrice Bäumel in the title of its Halloween event, Temple of Dance, on Friday, October 30, 2026, alongside 54B, AAAZR, Josh M x Yukun and SYEDSAVAGE69.

Article cover: What Is UK Garage, Explained: DJ EZ Sped It Up, and Singapore's TASHASAN Keeps It Alive
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What Is UK Garage, Explained: DJ EZ Sped It Up, and Singapore's TASHASAN Keeps It Alive

DJ EZ turned a Todd Edwards record into speed garage in 1994. Three decades on, Singapore's TASHASAN is still playing it.

Article cover: Réjizz Fused Isaan Molam Into Hip-Hop, and Marshall Records Signed Him First
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Réjizz Fused Isaan Molam Into Hip-Hop, and Marshall Records Signed Him First

Réjizz raps in Thai and English over jazz chords and Isaan molam rhythms, a sound he calls Thai-Funk. In July, it made him the first Thai artist on Marshall Records.

Article cover: Nick Dwyer's Decade Inside Japan's Listening Cafés Becomes a Photobook, Launching on Kickstarter October 23
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Nick Dwyer's Decade Inside Japan's Listening Cafés Becomes a Photobook, Launching on Kickstarter October 23

Nick Dwyer has spent years documenting Japan's ongaku kissa, the listening cafés where talking over the record isn't allowed. The companion photobook, shot by Lee Chapman, launches on Kickstarter October 23.

Article cover: Hong Kong's Feed the Dragon Goes All Vinyl With Seoul's Planet Turbo on October 24
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Hong Kong's Feed the Dragon Goes All Vinyl With Seoul's Planet Turbo on October 24

Feed the Dragon, the Hong Kong crew founded in January 2023, welcomes guests from Seoul's Planet Turbo for an all-vinyl night at Social Room on October 24.

Article cover: Anjunabeats Warehouse Makes Its Asia Debut in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore This December
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Anjunabeats Warehouse Makes Its Asia Debut in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore This December

Above & Beyond bring their Anjunabeats Warehouse club night to Asia for the first time, with December 4 and 5 dates at Kuala Lumpur's XOX Arena and Singapore's Pasir Panjang Power Station.

Article cover: Meta House Is the Phnom Penh Arts Center That Teaches German by Day and Books Techno DJs by Night
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Meta House Is the Phnom Penh Arts Center That Teaches German by Day and Books Techno DJs by Night

Meta House is a Phnom Penh arts center that doubles as a German language school by day and, on weekends, turns into the Berlin Bar, a DJ night run by Tommy Schultz and comrades.

Article cover: Jakarta vs Bali: Savaya Cracked DJ Mag's Top Five, Jakarta's Only Entry Lands at No. 55
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Jakarta vs Bali: Savaya Cracked DJ Mag's Top Five, Jakarta's Only Entry Lands at No. 55

DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Clubs put three Bali venues on the list and one in the global top five. Jakarta's only entry isn't a house club at all.

Article cover: What Is Minimal Techno, Explained: Robert Hood Built It, and Bangkok's Culture Cafe Keeps It on Vinyl
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What Is Minimal Techno, Explained: Robert Hood Built It, and Bangkok's Culture Cafe Keeps It on Vinyl

Robert Hood stripped techno down to drums, a bassline and almost nothing else in 1994. Thirty-two years later, Bangkok's Culture Cafe is the one place in Southeast Asia still playing it that way, on vinyl, for free.