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34 articles on Malaysia from Loopliner, the English-language voice of Asian electronic music: news, releases, club nights and festival coverage across Southeast Asia and beyond.
34 articles
Malaysia's VKANG Makes His International DJ Debut at Amsterdam Dance Event
A Johor Bahru DJ who started out spinning his own house parties because he couldn't afford to book anyone else was picked through a highly-competitive open call to play Amsterdam Dance Event's CLUB Lab.
Ohrwurm Has Kept Kuala Lumpur's Underground Scene Dancing Since 2010
Kenny Wee, Callen and Alam have run Kuala Lumpur's underground night Ohrwurm since 2010.
DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Put Eight Thai Clubs on the List, More Than Any Other Country in Asia
Thailand landed eight clubs on DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Clubs this year, more than any other country in Asia.
Anjunabeats Warehouse Makes Its Asia Debut in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore This December
Above & Beyond bring their Anjunabeats Warehouse club night to Asia for the first time, with December 4 and 5 dates at Kuala Lumpur's XOX Arena and Singapore's Pasir Panjang Power Station.
What Is Trance, Explained: Armin van Buuren Brought ASOT to Vietnam for the First Time
In January, Armin van Buuren surprised Ho Chi Minh City with a DJ set on the roof of a moving bus, teasing A State of Trance's first-ever Vietnam show.
Southeast Asia's Drug Laws for Clubbers, Country by Country
Vietnam abolished the death penalty for drug trafficking in 2025, ending decades as one of the region's most feared jurisdictions for the offence. What actually changes, country by country, when you cross a border in Southeast Asia's clubbing circuit.
Di Linh Plays Kuala Lumpur Days Before Saigon's The Observatory Shuts for Good
Di Linh headlines a women-led night at Kuala Lumpur's Pisco Bar on October 24, six days before her Ho Chi Minh City home club, The Observatory, shuts for good.
What Is Melodic Techno? Argy, Anyma and Enrico Sangiuliano Brought It to Southeast Asia
Three different melodic techno headliners played Singapore and Malaysia inside two weeks this fall. What the genre actually is, where it came from, and what Argy, Anyma and Enrico Sangiuliano's sets had in common.
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.
Southeast Asia's Legal Drinking Ages: Where You Can Drink at 18, and Where It's 21
Cambodia has no enforced drinking age at all. Malaysia will fine a bar for serving a 20-year-old. A country-by-country breakdown of where Southeast Asia sets the line, and the law behind each number.
Thailand Arrested a DJ for Working Without a Permit, and Singapore Stopped Issuing Them at All
Thailand arrested an American DJ in Chiang Mai in June 2026, Singapore quietly stopped issuing its performer work pass, and Indonesia raided a Canggu nightclub over the same paperwork. This is the visa and work permit law for foreign DJs, country by country.
Thailand Still Sells Legal Weed With a Doctor's Prescription, While the Rest of Southeast Asia Bans It Outright
Thailand's weed shops are still open, but a 2025 law now requires a doctor's prescription to buy legally, and the rules get far stricter the moment you cross into a neighboring country.
Thailand and Vietnam Ban Vaping Outright: What You Can (and Can't) Smoke in Southeast Asia's Clubs
Southeast Asia's six biggest clubbing countries split evenly on vaping: Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore ban it outright, and Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines sell it legally. The law, country by country.
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.
Thailand Scrapped Its Decades-Old Afternoon Alcohol Ban: What You Can (and Can't) Legally Drink Across Southeast Asia
For decades, 7-Eleven clerks across Thailand covered the beer fridge every afternoon at 2pm. That law is gone now. Here is what still applies, country by country, if you're planning a night out anywhere in Southeast Asia.
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.
The UK Foreign Office Names Bali and Lombok in Its Nightlife Warnings, Not Zouk Singapore
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.
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.
Miko Naiko Learned to DJ From YouTube Tutorials in Ipoh. ALIGN.ONLINE Got Her to Pestapora Jakarta.
Miko Naiko taught herself to DJ off YouTube tutorials in Ipoh, Malaysia's 'City of Music.' A Southeast Asian women's network got her onto the bill at Pestapora, Jakarta's biggest festival.
Ritual Cafe Lost Its George Town Space to a Leaky Roof. It Reopened Inside a 128-Year-Old Temple.
Penang's closest thing to a dedicated home for underground electronic music lost its lease to roofing bills in June 2026. Two months later its crew threw a rave inside a Cantonese clan temple built in 1898.
Enrico Sangiuliano Makes His Malaysia Debut at Sunset by NEON's Return to Genting Highlands
Sunset by NEON's second 2026 edition lands five Malaysia debuts on one bill, a new venue and 70% of VIP tickets gone before the poster finished making the rounds.
How Much to Tip at Savaya and Other Clubs in Southeast Asia
A sparkler-lit bottle lands on your table and everyone looks at you. Here's what actually gets tipped at clubs in Bangkok, Bali, Singapore, KL, Manila and Saigon, and what's already on the bill.
rEmPiT g0dDe$ Fuses Malay Serunai and Filipino Kulintang Into Industrial Club Music
Victoria Yam builds PRIME ENERGY EP from retuned Malaysian and Filipino folk instruments, then co-founds ALIGN.ONLINE to archive Southeast Asia's femme and queer electronic scenes.