SPREAD in Shimokitazawa covered its dancefloor in carpet for Jucy Book Rave on September 26th. A video of the event went viral on Reddit days later, and the club's regular club nights run on the same floor.
The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, and the nightlife-specific warnings in it differ sharply from country to country. This guide lays out what each advisory actually says about drink spiking, assault risk and getting home safely.
Boiler Room has broadcast from Southeast Asia four times total: Manila in 2017 and 2023, Bangkok's Maho Rasop festival in 2022 and 2023. Keep Hush has quietly filmed more cities with less reach. Here's where to actually watch the region's DJ culture for free, and where nobody has pointed a camera yet.
The H Club debuts at No. 55 on DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs 2026, one of three new entries this year for owner Holywings Group. Its grand-opening month booked a rock band, a pop star and exactly one house DJ, which says something about what global recognition actually measures.
Thailand's Destination Thailand Visa, Indonesia's E33G and Vietnam's 90-day e-visa grey zone each come with a different idea of how long you can stay and how you're allowed to live. Here is where the laptop crowd actually goes out once the cafes close, from Canggu's bar-hop sprawl to Chiang Mai's scattered basement rooms to Saigon's ask-around scene.
Bangkok, Bali and Singapore sit close enough for a real two-week clubbing trip: the order that works, the visas you need, and what each leg actually costs.
Charlotte de Witte, Jamie Jones and Vintage Culture join EDC Thailand's third Phuket edition, plus a new Hotel EDC beach pre-party added in October for the night before gates open.
Diplo's Mad Decent signed Myrne off a SoundCloud page in 2015. Nine years, a Tomorrowland debut and a family loss later, the Singapore producer makes quieter, more personal electronic music instead.
Jeffrey Sutorius won back the legal right to perform as Dash Berlin in January, five years after losing it. The reclaimed name plays Kuala Lumpur on October 30, its first show there in a decade.
Above a surf shop in General Luna, a record collection built from donated crates and a Friday night called Bread and Butter are trying to make Siargao a destination for more than waves. Three years in, it's working.
A stadium festival death scare in 2014 never got replaced. Malaysia's house and techno scene now runs through Zouk Genting's casino-zone exception and a handful of KL and Penang clubs instead of festival grounds.
Manila turntablist Siangyoo has sold out two Singapore shows already. On October 8, he tries for a third at Zouk, with 10% of every ticket funding flood relief in Nepal through a new charity rave format from Beamco Foundation.