House, techno and electronic music news, releases and events from across Asia.
Deep house has a 1986 Chicago blueprint, a reissued 2001 Singapore classic and a Bangkok collective that grew out of a condo party. This is what the genre actually is, and where to hear it in Southeast Asia.
Cova, Manila's pioneering micro-club, runs resident nights Hump, Cherish the Night and Moan plus rotating Saturday sets.
ARTBAT was booked to headline Pasir Panjang Power Station on 17 October for its first Singapore show. Dom Dolla plays the same former power station on 27 November.
Natasha Hassan closed North East Social Club when she felt its work was done. She didn't stop: Huru-Hara and a Singapore chapter of Keep Hush followed.
Afro house moved from 1990s South African clubs to a sold-out Bali weekend and a Hong Kong members' club in the same 48 hours. The genre, explained, and where Southeast Asia is actually booking it.
What actually happens between walking in and getting home at a Southeast Asian house or techno club: dress codes, door policy, tipping rules, set times and the transport cutoffs nobody mentions.
FVTURE Bangkok has not opened its doors since mid-February. The next date on its calendar belongs to Klangkuenstler's arena-scale OUTWORLD show, announced as the only Southeast Asia stop on the project's 2027 run.
Istoria's 2026 edition takes over Lombok's Living Asia Resort for four days of electronic music, sound healing and Balinese craft workshops, with its First Release limited to 20 passes.
Session, the long-running techno residency at Shibuya's WOMB, hits its 25th year tonight with Drumcode's Bart Skils on the main floor and three stages running until 4:30am.
In 2020, Indonesian duo Random Brothers built a track around the Indonesian word for slave. By 2024, they were on REVOLT, the compilation that got Charlotte de Witte and Joseph Capriati watching Indonesia's techno scene.
Tech house explained: the BPM range, where it came from, how it differs from house and techno, and why Dom Dolla is playing Singapore and EDC Thailand Phuket three weeks apart.
Organic house is deep house built from live percussion and kalimba, not drops. Lee Burridge invented it, barely tours Southeast Asia, and Savaya Bali's Sunday series is the closest the region gets.