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Marmosets Wrote a Song About Bangkok's Curfew. Six Years Later, It Still Applies.
In 2020, Bangkok producer Marmosets turned a complaint every promoter in the city has muttered at 1:45am into a spoken-word techno single. Six years and one high-profile raid later, Krungthep Ratree hasn't dated a day.
Lilly Palmer Signs to Universal Music and Island Berlin
The German techno DJ's first release under her new Universal Music and Island Berlin deal is out now. Her only confirmed Southeast Asia show this year so far was Marquee Singapore, in January.
Ho Chi Minh City's Longest-Running Techno Club Is Closing in October
The Observatory has run Ho Chi Minh City's house and techno scene from a rooftop for nearly 13 years. In October 2026, after three addresses and more than 800 guest DJs, it closes.
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.
Da Nang and Hoi An Nightlife: Where House and Techno Actually Happen
Central Vietnam isn't a clubbing capital, and it doesn't pretend to be. But between one red-lit techno bar in Da Nang and a sunset DJ set on An Bang Beach, there's a real, small scene worth knowing before you land.
Diskonnected Plays Hanoi's Cuốn Club This Friday, No RA World Tour Needed
While RA's anniversary tour picked Taipei over every Southeast Asian capital, Hanoi's Unmute booked a Smoke Machine-affiliated techno DJ for a normal Friday night, no world tour required.
Thugshop Closed Its 10-Year Singapore Club in May. Its Replacement Just Booked a Berghain Regular.
Six weeks after shutting Headquarters, the crew reopened one unit over as Exit Reality. On Saturday it hosts Paula Koski's Singapore debut, in a party series with Hanoi's Unmute that predates the closure by two years.
Tokyo's DJ MARIA. Made DJ Mag's 2026 Watchlist. Her Best New Track Came From Bangkok.
Berghain and Bassiani in the same tour, a DJ Mag nod, and a brand-new track written with Bangkok's Sunju Hargun. Tokyo's psychedelic techno export is having a very good year.
Hong Kong's House and Techno Clubs: The Ones Still Open in 2026
Drop is closed. FLY became Mudita, which also closed. Most club guides never noticed. Here is who is actually playing house and techno in Hong Kong right now, and what it costs to get in.
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.
RA's 25th Anniversary World Tour Picked a Taipei Basement Over Every Southeast Asian Capital
Resident Advisor is marking 25 years with ten parties worldwide. The only two stops in Asia are Tokyo and a basement club in Taipei called Pawnshop. Not one Southeast Asian capital made the cut.
Hanoi's House and Techno Guide: Unmute, Mirage and the Scene Holding On Through the Raids
House and techno in Hanoi now runs through Unmute and Mirage, and a handful of bars and burger counters doing a club's job, as the scene adapts to a nitrous oxide ban and near-routine police raids.
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.
ARTBAT Are Playing Their First Singapore Show Inside a Dead Power Station
The Ukrainian duo behind Upperground make their long-overdue Singapore debut on October 17, inside a decommissioned power station Collective Minds is turning into a venue for the night.
Wonderfruit 2026: The First-Timer's Guide to Tickets, Camping and the Lineup
There's a stone quarry on the festival grounds that turns into a minimal house and techno room after dark. Here's what a first-timer actually needs to know about dates, tickets, camping and where the electronic music lives at Thailand's biggest arts and music festival.
Yeti Out Turned a Hong Kong Party Blog Into Boiler Room's Comeback
Yeti Out started as two brothers and a friend blagging free entry to parties by pretending to write about them. Sixteen years later they run a Hong Kong radio station, a record label, and the crew Boiler Room called when it finally came back to the city.
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
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.
Red Room's SADDAR NO Compilation Put Yangon's Techno Scene on Record
In April 2024, Yangon's Red Room club put its own scene on record: twelve local producers, one compilation, no label behind it. Two years into a civil war, the room that made it is still open.
LnHD Learned to DJ in Yangon's Underground. Her Techno Now Plays Phnom Penh and Berlin
She learned to DJ from a stranger on the third floor of a family bar in Yangon during blackouts and curfew. Now Lynn Nandar Htoo, known as LnHD, throws femme-led parties on Phnom Penh's Bassac Lane, co-runs a platform for Southeast Asian women producers, and has played Berlin's CTM Festival.
Cebu and Boracay Nightlife: A House and Techno Guide to the Philippines' Party Islands
Cebu's underground fits in one converted pizza-building basement. Boracay's four stations each pick a different kind of night. Real venues, real prices, and what to skip on the Philippines' two biggest party islands.
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.
Adam Beyer Is Coming Back to Bangkok's Biggest EDM Festival, This Time With Chris Avantgarde
Techno's most influential label boss is going back to Thailand's biggest commercial EDM weekender, this time paired with the producer behind Anyma's arena hit 'Consciousness'.
The Best House and Techno Clubs in Tokyo, 2026 Edition
Contact is a parking structure and ageHa is closed. A room-by-room, honest guide to where Tokyo's house and techno scene actually lives in 2026: WOMB, Vent, Circus Tokyo and Forestlimit.