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Dipha Barus
3 articles on Dipha Barus from Loopliner, the English-language voice of Asian electronic music: news, releases, club nights and festival coverage across Southeast Asia and beyond.
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House Music vs. Techno: What Sunju Hargun and Dipha Barus Actually Sound Like
House and techno get used interchangeably by people who should know better. This piece breaks down what separates Chicago's groove from Detroit's machine, and where to hear the split done right in Southeast Asia.
How Dipha Barus's Pon Your Tone Became Underblok Festival
In 2014, Dipha Barus got tired of Jakarta's EDM-dominated nights and started ripping SoundCloud edits for his own parties. This July, that party took over four floors of a Blok M building for Underblok Festival.
The Rise of Indonesian House Music: From Jakarta's Underground to Bali's Booths
A British label put Bali on a house compilation in 2010. The scene it captured was actually built in Jakarta, by a DJ crew that spent a decade playing to rooms nobody outside Indonesia was watching.