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New releases: tracks, EPs and albums from Asian producers and the international names shaping the region's dance floors.

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After a Decade of Singles, Jakarta's Cyda Finally Gets His Debut Album
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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.

Idiotape's Dguru Started a Label for the Sounds That Don't Fit Seoul's Dancefloors
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Idiotape's Dguru Started a Label for the Sounds That Don't Fit Seoul's Dancefloors

Nineteen years after co-founding the Korean electro-rock trio Idiotape, Dguru has started his own label, Sangsu Records, built around Seoul's club and live scenes and the sounds that don't fit neatly into either.

Soundkoh Collective's Debut Sent One Bangkok Love Song to Korea and Germany
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Soundkoh Collective's Debut Sent One Bangkok Love Song to Korea and Germany

Thai vocalist Chucheewa Cheepchoke and producer Vichaya Vatanasapt wrote a stripped-back love song called Galactic Love. Their new label Soundkoh Collective's first release turns it into six versions, remixed across Thailand, Korea and Germany.

Ela Minus and Nick León Turned 'What Happened to Our Friends' Into a Three-Track EP
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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.

Habibi Funk Went Looking for Malaysian Gambus. It Found a Buried State Radio Jazz Archive Instead.
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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.

A New Jersey Producer Is Turning Tikbalang Myths Into Jersey Club Records
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A New Jersey Producer Is Turning Tikbalang Myths Into Jersey Club Records

On Book of Spells, New Jersey producer WILHELMINA folds tikbalang mythology, Bisaya vocals and a Filipino illustrator's occult artwork into jersey club and techno, then goes further on a new pan-Southeast Asian club compilation.

Maggie Tra Turned Her Mother's Death Into a House Record, With Hanoi Still in Its Bones
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Maggie Tra Turned Her Mother's Death Into a House Record, With Hanoi Still in Its Bones

Maggie Tra's new single 'Holding On' is a house track about losing her Cambodian mother, made by an artist who learned to DJ in Hanoi and now runs her own label, Pho The Girls Records.

Hajar Asyura Scores Indonesian Horror Films by Day. His Techno Project Just Beat the World on Bandcamp.
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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 Budots Three Turned Davao City's Most Mocked Sound Into a London Record Deal
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The Budots Three Turned Davao City's Most Mocked Sound Into a London Record Deal

DJ Love, DJ Danz and DJ Ericnem spent decades getting laughed at for budots. A London label, a Boiler Room comeback and a joint album later, nobody's laughing.

Munir Spent a Decade Splicing Indonesia's Lost Disco Records Back Together in Bandung
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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.

Junoy Manalo's Inner Child Is Manila Deep House With No Label Behind It
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Junoy Manalo's Inner Child Is Manila Deep House With No Label Behind It

Six tracks, zero labels, 356 Spotify listeners. Inner Child is what Manila house sounds like when nobody outside the city is watching.

Hoshina Anniversary Remixed His Own Album Into a Techno Tool Kit, No Label Required
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Hoshina Anniversary Remixed His Own Album Into a Techno Tool Kit, No Label Required

Tokyo's Hoshina Anniversary spent five years fusing techno with Japanese traditional instruments under the name watechno. His answer to what comes next: remix the whole album himself, label every BPM, and give it away with no label attached.

How a Bangkok Label Turned Buddhist Chants and 90s Ghost Shows Into a House Genre
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How a Bangkok Label Turned Buddhist Chants and 90s Ghost Shows Into a House Genre

A Bangkok label samples 90s ghost-show intros and Buddhist chanting over four-to-the-floor drums and calls it Thai house. A UK label is now pressing it to vinyl.

Saigon Soul Revival Return With a New Album, and Brotha Lok Takes It to the Club
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Saigon Soul Revival Return With a New Album, and Brotha Lok Takes It to the Club

Ho Chi Minh City's Saigon Soul Revival announce Chốn Ta Về, out September 11 on Saigon Supersound, with lead single Trúc Xinh headed for a Brotha Lok remix built for the dancefloor.

PNNY Spent 12 Years Throwing Bali's Best Parties Before Releasing a Single Track
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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.

RAMPAK G Is Giving Durban Gqom an Indonesian Accent
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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.

Alinep's Rolyo EP Lands Manila Techno on a Berlin Label
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Alinep's Rolyo EP Lands Manila Techno on a Berlin Label

Manila producer Alinep, a survivor of the club raids that gutted the city's nightlife in 2018, drops a new EP on Berlin's OFF Recordings and lands on Mixmag Asia's 2026 essential listening list.

Fred again.. New Release: DID IT AGAIN with Travy & Elzzz
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Fred again.. New Release: DID IT AGAIN with Travy & Elzzz

Travy, Elzzz and Fred again.. release the single that started on a Dublin Twitch stream, debuted live before 8,000 people at RDS Simmonscourt, and starred in an Apple TV+ concert special.

Melé dropped So High and the Defected LP is still coming.
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Melé dropped So High and the Defected LP is still coming.

Melé pushes house into new territory with So High, bringing in UK rapper Jords and live guitar from Wonky Logic. Out now on Defected, the track blends hip hop energy, jazz influence, and club rhythm into one of the most distinctive releases of 2026 and a strong signal of what is coming on his upcoming album.

This is the Ruback collab the scene needed right now.
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This is the Ruback collab the scene needed right now.

Stop everything you are doing. Ruback, Be No Rain and 1Line just dropped Wherever You Are on ERRORR and your speakers deserve this right now. Go listen now.

Spencer Brown Makes His Anjunadeep Return With Double Single 'Comeback Kids / Sweat Equity'
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Spencer Brown Makes His Anjunadeep Return With Double Single 'Comeback Kids / Sweat Equity'

Nearly five years after his last Anjunadeep release, the San Francisco producer is back on the label with a double single release: 'Comeback Kids / Sweat Equity'.

Meduza Drop New Single 'Don't Wanna Go Home' - Capturing The Final Moment
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Meduza Drop New Single 'Don't Wanna Go Home' - Capturing The Final Moment

Meduza, Italy's biggest streaming act of all time and Grammy-nominated trio, released "Don't Wanna Go Home" featuring vocals from Henry Camamile during Miami Music Week on Island Records, March 25, 2026. The final song of the night is always a bittersweet moment – a culmination of energy and togetherness, yet, at the same time, a shared refusal to accept that it has to end. It's this feeling that Meduza seek to capture on "Don't Wanna Go Home".

DJ Dove Returns with Third Album 'The Underdog'
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DJ Dove Returns with Third Album 'The Underdog'

New Jersey House Icon DJ Dove drops his Third Album 'The Underdog' Celebrates Four Decades In Underground House Music. The third full-length album released on Grind City Recordings in February 2026.

Chris Stussy's "Darkness" Lands on Beatport's Best New Deep House: March 2026
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Chris Stussy's "Darkness" Lands on Beatport's Best New Deep House: March 2026

Dutch house sensation Chris Stussy continues his remarkable 2026 run as his latest single "Darkness (Original Mix)" has been featured on Beatport's Best New Deep House: March 2026 chart. The track, released March 13 via his own Up The Stuss imprint, serves as the lead single from his highly anticipated debut album Lost, Found & Forgotten…, due April 3 . Clocking in at 132 BPM with taut percussion and rolling low-end pressure, "Darkness" exemplifies the groove-focused, dance floor-ready sound that has made Stussy one of the most in-demand names in contemporary house music.