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5 articles on Seoul 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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OMK Turns a Seoul Gallery Into a Shrine for Philippine Soundsystem Culture
Manila-based collective OMK traced Philippine budots soundsystem culture through Davao and Toril this August. The photos and footage are on a gallery wall in Seoul through October 17.
Faust Turns 12: How Illegal Itaewon Raves Became Seoul's Techno Room
Marcus L started with illegal rooftop raves he was tired of packing up after every party. Twelve years later, his Itaewon club has residents who stayed a decade and its own night at Amsterdam's Radion.
The Best Techno and House Clubs in Seoul, South Korea
Cakeshop, Faust, Soap and Vurt: what's actually good in Seoul's techno and house scene right now, what it costs, and how you get home after the last train.
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.
A Seoul Techno Club Spends One Sunday a Month as a Six-Hour Reading Room
Once a month, the techno club Undercity turns its dancefloor into rows of bean bags for a silent reading session, DJ included. It's called Reading City, and it's not a gimmick, it's a serious techno room finding a second life.