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19 articles on Kuala Lumpur 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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Ouissam Returns to RASA's Chocolate City as Kuala Lumpur's Alam and Shazan Take Over the Floor
RASA and Sivilian Affairs bring Hanoi's Ouissam back for Chocolate City's sixth edition on October 16, with Kuala Lumpur's Alam and Shazan leading the Floor inside a 66-storey Singapore office tower.
Inside Southeast Asia's Club Sound System Arms Race: KYO's Void Rig, Zouk Singapore's New L-Acoustics Install
Seth Troxler called KYO Kuala Lumpur's Void Acoustics rig the best sound system in the world. Here is how it compares to Zouk Singapore's new L-Acoustics install, Savaya's unpublicized system and Illuzion Phuket's Vegas-style Outline rig.
MI/EN Took a Sold-Out London Techno Night and Brought It Home to Kuala Lumpur
Justine Mei Ern built her name on London dancefloors and a Pioneer DJ training programme. Mixmag Asia just named her one of 2026's artists to watch, and she's back in Kuala Lumpur running a sold-out psychedelic techno night and teaching the next generation on open decks nights.
BLAK's Second Edition Brought 999999999 and Fatima Hajji to a Kuala Lumpur Arena
999999999 and Fatima Hajji headlined BLAK's second Kuala Lumpur edition at Xox Arena on October 3, Evolution Events Asia's hard techno night that drew roughly 5,500 people to its first run last November.
Dash Berlin Returns to Kuala Lumpur After a Decade, and After Winning Back His Own Name
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.
Malaysia's Electronic Music Scene, Explained: How a 2014 Festival Tragedy Built Today's Club-First Scene
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.
Kuala Lumpur vs Singapore: Zouk Singapore Cracked DJ Mag's Top 100. Zouk KL Didn't.
Zouk Singapore just climbed to No. 17 on DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs. No Malaysian club made the 2026 list at all. Here's how Kuala Lumpur and Singapore actually compare, room by room, price by price.
Mustache Closes at 3:30am. Here's Where Southeast Asia's Afterparties Actually Happen.
Bangkok has a bar built for exactly this gap. Singapore has a law against it. A city-by-city look at what actually happens once Southeast Asia's clubs turn the lights on.
How Clubbing Changes During Ramadan in Malaysia and Indonesia
Jakarta closes its nightclubs by government order for the entire holy month. Bali, a Hindu-majority island in the same country, doesn't change a thing. Malaysia sits somewhere in between, depending entirely on which state you're standing in. Here's the actual rulebook.
What to Wear to Clubs in Southeast Asia (And What Gets You Turned Away)
Flip-flops get you rejected almost everywhere in the region, but the rest of the rulebook changes by city, by room, and sometimes by night. A door-by-door guide to dressing right in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Bali.
Sara Landry Is Doing Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Back to Back
TELETECH's Kuala Lumpur debut gets her on September 25. The next night, she headlines MARQUEE Singapore. Two countries, two nights, one hard techno priestess.
Where Southeast Asia's Warehouse and DIY Parties Actually Happen
Djakarta Warehouse Project borrowed the word for a stadium-sized festival. The actual warehouse and DIY scene is smaller, scrappier, and scattered across converted shophouses, a former cinema, and a small club above a Poblacion sidewalk.
999999999 Headline BLAK Arena's Return to Kuala Lumpur
A year after selling out Mega Star Arena, Evolution Events Asia's hard techno festival returns with Italian duo 999999999 headlining The Arch Galeries on October 3.
KYO Kuala Lumpur Built a Techno Room Inside a Five-Star Hotel Basement
Three floors under the Mandarin Oriental in Kuala Lumpur, KYO built a concrete DJ booth to survive a tank and blew half its budget on a sound system Seth Troxler called possibly the best in the world. A decade later, its techno room Ren is still running.
Habibi Funk Went Looking for Malaysian Gambus. It Found a Buried State Radio Jazz Archive Instead.
Habibi Funk's new sister label Audible Beauty has debuted with two reissues pulled from Radio Television Malaysia's 1960s and 70s jazz archive, Alfonso Soliano's Tiga Trombone and Johari Salleh's Jazz Dari Angkasapuri, licensed with help from Kuala Lumpur's Sputnik Rekordz.
Malaysia Got Its First-Ever Stage at SXSW, and a Techno Producer Closed the Night
Zamaera self-funded the first national Malaysian showcase in SXSW's history. The lineup was mostly rap, R&B and indie folk, but the set that closed it belonged to a techno producer nobody outside Malaysia had heard of yet.
Sara Landry Headlines TELETECH's Kuala Lumpur Debut on September 25
TELETECH's first Malaysia show lands at XOX Arena on September 25, with hard techno's biggest global draw headlining a night built around Kuala Lumpur's own scene.
The Best House and Techno Clubs in Kuala Lumpur, 2026 Edition
Boiler Room finally showed up in November 2025. Kuala Lumpur's house and techno rooms, from TREC's megaclub sprawl to a basement that's been running since 2014, didn't need the invitation. A room-by-room guide with real prices and how to get home.
Yousuke Yukimatsu: From Osaka Underground to Opening for The Weeknd
Osaka born DJ and producer Yousuke Yukimatsu rose from the underground to global recognition after a viral Boiler Room Tokyo set and a powerful comeback from serious illness. He now opens for The Weeknd in Tokyo, Jakarta, and Kuala Lumpur.