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10 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.
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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.
Southeast Asia Clubbing Etiquette: What Visitors Need to Know Before They Go Out
The age you need to get in, the tip you're expected to leave, whether your phone gets a sticker over the camera: none of it is the same from one Southeast Asian country to the next. Here's what actually holds.
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.
SUNSET BY NEON: ARTBAT Presents UPPERGROUND Malaysia
ARTBAT's acclaimed UPPERGROUND concept is making its Asian debut in Malaysia this June. Sunset by NEON, returns to Genting Highlands on June 20, 2026, with its most ambitious edition to date. Here's everything you need to know before you go.
SANCTUARY by Evolution: Malaysia's First Home-Grown Trance Festival
Evolution Events Asia brings Sanctuary back to Malaysia on July 18–19, two nights of trance at idea Live Arena, headlined by Paul van Dyk and Richard Durand.