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The Best Time to Go Clubbing in Bali, Season by Season
Dry season fills Uluwatu's clifftop clubs, wet season cuts prices in half, New Year's Eve breaks every rule of the calendar, and one day in March shuts the whole island down. Here's how to time a trip.
Shi Fu Miz Turns 10, and Its Warm-Up Party Just Put Southeast Asia on the Bill
Hong Kong's Shi Fu Miz festival marks a decade with Chez Damier headlining a new site on Nov 14-15, after today's warm-up party put Singapore and Jakarta selectors on the main stage.
DJ Harvey Built KLYMAX's Sound System in Bali. The Residents Playing It Are All Indonesian.
DJ Harvey and LA sound engineer George Stavro built KLYMAX's quad-stack rig in Seminyak from off-the-shelf parts. The resident DJs playing it, DITA included, are all Indonesian.
A Denpasar Producer Named His Debut EP After a Bali Club That Spent Seven Years Shut for Drug Trafficking
Funtime's debut EP names every track after a nightclub from Eurobeat's golden age, and closes on Akasaka, the Denpasar mega-club that stayed shuttered for seven years over a drug trafficking bust before reopening in 2024.
Forget the Club: Southeast Asia's Underground Now Lives on Community Radio
From a studio on Bangkok's Charoen Krung to the inside of an actual Manila jeepney, community radio has quietly become Southeast Asia's cheapest, most durable piece of nightlife infrastructure.
DITA Learned to DJ in Bandung. Earlier This Month, She Played Panorama Bar.
DJ Harvey handpicked her to lead Klymax Discotheque's resident roster in Bali. Three weeks ago, DITA was behind the decks at Panorama Bar in Berlin.
Savaya's New Bali Club Comes With a 10-Metre Wooden Goddess and a Martinez Brothers Booking
Savaya Group, operator of Asia's top-ranked club, has opened a second Bali venue on the Kuta coast. Zumana's Grand Opening Weekend on September 25-26 brings the Martinez Brothers and Satori to a beachfront space built around a 10-metre wooden sculpture.
After a Decade of Singles, Jakarta's Cyda Finally Gets His Debut Album
Eri Septian has been releasing tracks under the name Cyda since 2016, scattered across half a dozen small labels. It took a Paris imprint called Minitel to finally give him a full album: nine tracks of 90s progressive house dressed up as a fake in-flight announcement.
Jakarta's House Cartel Turn Their Decade-Old DJ Crew Into a Record Label
House Cartel spent over a decade as outsiders fighting Jakarta's big room dominance from the DJ booth. Now the collective has quietly turned itself into a label, House Cartel Records, two EPs deep and counting.
Seminyak vs Canggu vs Uluwatu: Where to Actually Party in Bali
Bali's house and techno scene is not one scene. It is three, split across a stretch of coastline that traffic turns into an hour or more between any two points. Here is what each area actually offers after dark, and how to pick a base without losing a night of your trip to a taxi.
Ela Minus and Nick León Turned 'What Happened to Our Friends' Into a Three-Track EP
The two Colombian-heritage producers built their first extended collaboration from a 2024 meeting in Mexico City. It lands on Domino's Smugglers Way, out now, vinyl remixes due in November.
Hajar Asyura Scores Indonesian Horror Films by Day. His Techno Project Just Beat the World on Bandcamp.
As 8110118, Jakarta film composer Hajar Asyura just released Jiwa Krungu, the only Southeast Asian record on Bandcamp Daily's global best electronic list for July.
The Best Beach Clubs for House Music in Bali, 2026
Finns, Potato Head's Klymax, Mrs Sippy and Karma Beach: Bali's real house music scene now happens in daylight, feet in the sand, hours before the island's night clubs even open.
Munir Spent a Decade Splicing Indonesia's Lost Disco Records Back Together in Bandung
Bandung producer Munir has spent over a decade digging up and re-splicing Indonesia's forgotten 1970s and 80s disco records, from a Cultures of Soul compilation named after Jakarta's first discotheque to his own synth-driven Komputer EP.
The Best House and Techno Clubs in Jakarta, 2026 Edition
Jakarta's house and techno rooms are real, they're just hiding in office towers and mall basements. A working guide to Vault, Le Cirque, Zodiac and the mega-clubs, with what's actually still open in 2026.
Mixmag Asia and Patrón Are Turning a Jakarta Dinner Into a Club Night
Five courses, three tequila pours and a DJ lineup pulled from Jakarta, Bangkok and Bali: The Pursuit debuts at Le Cirque on August 26, the first of a recurring series from Mixmag Asia and Patrón Tequila.
PNNY Spent 12 Years Throwing Bali's Best Parties Before Releasing a Single Track
PNNY has hosted Boiler Room twice and brought HÖR Berlin to Bali for the first time. It took until July 2026, and a four-track EP called Maria Full of Grace, for the collective to release music of its own.
Dekmantel Makes Its Southeast Asia Debut at Potato Head Bali, With Avalon Emerson Closing
Avalon Emerson has never played Southeast Asia. That changes on September 26, when the Amsterdam festival's first regional takeover lands at a beach club in Seminyak.
The Best House and Techno Clubs in Bali, 2026 Edition
Bali's dance floors split into two tribes: clifftop superclubs on the Bukit and scrappy beach bars in Canggu. Here's exactly where to go, what it costs, and how to get home.
RAMPAK G Is Giving Durban Gqom an Indonesian Accent
A Yogyakarta-rooted label is taking South Africa's log-drum sound and running it through gendang and Indonesian folk texture. Symbiotic II is the proof, and Mixmag Asia noticed too.
GAUNG Doesn't Want to Be a Festival, and Yogyakarta Is Better For It
Three weeks from now, a Yogyakarta collective called GAUNG will run a festival with no headliner, no ticket price and sixteen collectives sharing the same week. Here's why that's the point.
DWP 2026 Returns to Jakarta: Dates, Tickets and First Names Confirmed
Djakarta Warehouse Project heads back to the capital on December 11 to 13, 2026, with Galantis leading the first names, presale tickets from IDR 1.700K and a Bali send-off party at Cafe Del Mar on August 16.
KAJE Bali 2026: Blackout Agency Debuts an Asia-First Festival in the Highlands
Blackout Agency debuts KAJE at Bagus Agro Pelaga this September: three days of house, techno and Indonesian rare groove built around an all-Asian lineup led by Dekadenz, Sunju Hargun and Ouissam.
Day Zero Bali 2026: Complete Festival Guide - Lineup, Tickets & Everything You Need
Day Zero debuts in Bali April 17, 2026 at GWK Cultural Park. Complete guide to Bonobo, Âme, Jamie Jones lineup, tickets, and Day Zero Week.