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7 articles on South Korea 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.
Busan's Ovantgarde Got Shut Down for Letting Its Crowd Dance. Bangkok Runs on the Exact Same Law.
Officials in Busan shut down the live venue Ovantgarde for two months after watching its audience dance under a restaurant license that forbids it. The same legal trap is written into Thailand's Entertainment Places Act, and Bangkok's small clubs live inside it every night.
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.
Oslated's 10th Anniversary Compilation Comes From an Island With No Club Scene
Jongmin Lee has run Oslated from Jeju Island since 2016, no club scene required. The label's 10th anniversary compilation, split across two volumes, pairs Korean and international artists in ambient, dub and organic techno.
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.