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27 articles on Industry News 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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FVTURE Bangkok's Dark Hyperclub Lands Klangkuenstler's OUTWORLD for January 2027
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.
Jakarta's Ecilo and Bali's Gibs Take Southeast Asia's Underground to Amsterdam Dance Event
Pavilion East, a full-day Mixmag Asia takeover at Amsterdam Dance Event on October 22, puts Jakarta techno producer Ecilo and Bali's Gibs on a panel about why Southeast Asian artists still struggle to get booked in Europe.
FVTURE Bangkok's Hyperclub Has Been Dark Since February
Southeast Asia's first hyperclub opened in Bangkok with ARTBAT, Kölsch and CamelPhat inside seven weeks. It's been dark since mid-February, with no reopening date given.
Bangkok Named World's Best City by Condé Nast Traveller, Weeks After Topping Time Out's Nightlife Ranking
Condé Nast Traveller put Bangkok first in its 2026 Readers' Choice Awards, a city that wasn't even in the top 20 a year ago. Time Out had already called its nightlife the best on the planet.
Brina Knauss Closed TOKEN2049 Week at Singapore's MDLR, RaveDAO's Third Year Doing This
A crypto trading platform and a Web3 collective brought Slovenian techno DJ Brina Knauss to a Cecil Street office tower for TOKEN2049 Week, RaveDAO's third year doing exactly this.
Charlotte de Witte Hits a Career-High No. 6 in DJ Mag's 2026 Poll, Weeks Before Headlining EDC Thailand in Phuket
DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 DJs poll puts Charlotte de Witte at No. 6, her best finish since she entered the list in 2019 at No. 74. She and fellow climber Mau P both have December dates locked in at EDC Thailand's Phuket edition.
Zaran Vachha's Triangle Group Wants to Turn Asia's Patchwork Touring Scene Into One Circuit
Singapore's Triangle Group just closed a $15 million raise and hired ex-Live Nation APAC chief Roger Field as it tries to connect Asia's city-by-city club and festival scenes into routes artists can actually tour.
The H Club Jakarta Cracks DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs With NOAH and Agnez Mo, Not House DJs
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.
Asia Music Week Launches in Chonburi, Four Days Before Tomorrowland's Thailand Debut
A brand-new four-day trade summit just claimed December 7-10 in Chonburi, Thailand, with no organizer, venue or speakers named yet. What is confirmed: it wraps four days before Tomorrowland opens its first Asian edition down the road.
Charlotte de Witte's New EP Funds a Global Fight for Club Culture. Southeast Asia Already Knows the Stakes.
Every euro from Charlotte de Witte's new EP goes to a nonprofit fighting to keep clubs open worldwide. Its own research points straight at Bangkok and Vietnam.
Calvin Harris Played to 1.6 Million People. Southeast Asia's Biggest Festival Doesn't Come Close.
Guinness World Records has confirmed it: nobody has ever DJed to a bigger crowd than Calvin Harris did from a carnival float in São Paulo. The number makes even Southeast Asia's biggest festivals look like club nights.
Asia Music Event Picks Hong Kong's Soho House for Its First Edition. Jakarta's DWP Booker Has a Seat at the Table.
A new two-day conference wants to be Asia's answer to IMS Ibiza. Its first confirmed speaker list already includes the woman who books Jakarta's biggest festival.
Busan's Ovantgarde Got Shut Down for Letting Its Crowd Dance. Bangkok Runs on the Exact Same Law.
Officials in Busan shut down the live venue Ovantgarde for two months after watching its audience dance under a restaurant license that forbids it. The same legal trap is written into Thailand's Entertainment Places Act, and Bangkok's small clubs live inside it every night.
ALESSA Dies at 33. Kryder Remembers the Friend Behind Japan's First DJ-and-Orchestra Show.
ALESSA, the classically trained Japanese pianist who became one of her country's most distinctive DJs, has died at 33. Sosumi Records founder Kryder is remembering a decade of friendship that ran through Bangkok, Amsterdam and a landmark orchestra show in Tokyo.
Stargazing Records Turned a Vietnamese Pilgrimage Poem Into a House Hit. Damian Lazarus Played It in Ibiza.
The Ho Chi Minh City label just quietly dropped release number 23. Its earlier fusion of Vietnamese folk poetry and house music has already reached Buddha-Bar compilations and Damian Lazarus's Ibiza sets.
Richie Hawtin Leaves WME for Dixon's Independent Agency. He's Already Vouched for Bangkok and Singapore's Underground.
Richie Hawtin has left WME after fifteen years for Dixon's artist-owned TS Agency, a bet on independent structure over conglomerate scale. He'd already made a similar bet on Southeast Asia: Bangkok's More Rice Records and Singapore's Nino Blink.
Noisia Split on September 17, 2019. They Just Reunited on the Same Date, Seven Years Later.
The Dutch trio posted their breakup on September 17, 2019. On September 17, 2026, they posted again: they're playing Amsterdam's Melkweg in December. No album, no five-year plan, just a show.
ThaiBeats: Thailand's Ministry of Culture Just Backed a Vinyl Record for Sunju Hargun and 11 Producers
Thailand's government has spent years enforcing curfews on underground parties. This year it wrote checks to twelve of the producers who play them, and pressed the results onto vinyl bound for six countries.
Wonderfruit Is Leaving Thailand for the First Time. It's Taking 100 People to Kyoto.
Wonderfruit's first-ever international edition caps attendance at 100 people and moves the festival's philosophy from a Thai rice field to private temples and villas around Kyoto this October.
DJ Nobu Stopped His Own Set in Geneva. 'This Is No Longer Normal.'
The Japanese techno veteran pulled the fader down mid-set after fans grabbed his USBs and wrapped their arms around him for photos. As Southeast Asia's own rooms start booking artists of his stature, the incident is a warning shot.
Raw Vision Collective Threw Jeff Mills a 30th-Anniversary Show in Jakarta. Then They Booked Ye.
In May, Raw Vision Collective put Jeff Mills behind the decks at a small Jakarta club for the 30th anniversary of his most famous mix. In October, the same crew puts Ye on a stage at a 77,000-seat stadium. That jump says something about where Southeast Asian promoters are headed.
Kaskade Signs With Pacific Music Group. Its Dance Arm Is Run By Bangkok's 22Bullets.
The eight-time Grammy nominee's new Asia deal runs through Pacific Music Group, the Hong Kong company whose electronic music imprint is led by Thailand's first-ever DJ Mag Top 100 entrant.
2026 Music Sustainability Summit in Los Angeles today
The third annual Music Sustainability Summit MSS26 started off today at Solotech Studios in Los Angeles, gathering artists, promoters, DJs, and venue experts to drive climate solutions. With over 20 sessions on cutting fan travel emissions, zero waste events, and eco friendly tours, it offers key insights for house music festivals and club scenes. Standouts include Madame Gandhi's opening keynote, panels led by Live Nation and Spotify execs, and the launch of MSA Bobby Weir Awards. House music pros can adopt electric equipment, plant based catering, and low carbon raves to keep the energy alive. Near Earth Day 2026, this summit fuels industry shifts like Music Climate Pact targets.
FROM SERBIA TO THE SANDS: EXIT FESTIVAL'S EXODUS
Exit Festival Leaves Serbia After 25 Years and is launching its first-ever multi-day, multi-stage festival at the ancient wonder, partnering with Egyptian powerhouse Venture Lifestyle in October 2026. With the site's delicate UNESCO status, a capacity strictly limited by preservation concerns, and global demand already surging, tickets to this "once-in-a-lifetime" experience are expected to be among the most coveted.