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Electronic music in Thailand: Bangkok, Phuket and Koh Phangan scenes, EDC Thailand, Wonderfruit, S2O and the local crews behind them.
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FVTURE Bangkok's Hyperclub Has Been Dark Since February
Southeast Asia's first hyperclub opened in Bangkok with ARTBAT, Kölsch and CamelPhat inside seven weeks. It's been dark since mid-February, with no reopening date given.
Southeast Asia's Legal Drinking Ages: Where You Can Drink at 18, and Where It's 21
Cambodia has no enforced drinking age at all. Malaysia will fine a bar for serving a 20-year-old. A country-by-country breakdown of where Southeast Asia sets the line, and the law behind each number.
Bangkok Named World's Best City by Condé Nast Traveller, Weeks After Topping Time Out's Nightlife Ranking
Condé Nast Traveller put Bangkok first in its 2026 Readers' Choice Awards, a city that wasn't even in the top 20 a year ago. Time Out had already called its nightlife the best on the planet.
Inside Southeast Asia's Club Sound System Arms Race: KYO's Void Rig, Zouk Singapore's New L-Acoustics Install
Seth Troxler called KYO Kuala Lumpur's Void Acoustics rig the best sound system in the world. Here is how it compares to Zouk Singapore's new L-Acoustics install, Savaya's unpublicized system and Illuzion Phuket's Vegas-style Outline rig.
Thailand Arrested a DJ for Working Without a Permit, and Singapore Stopped Issuing Them at All
Thailand arrested an American DJ in Chiang Mai in June 2026, Singapore quietly stopped issuing its performer work pass, and Indonesia raided a Canggu nightclub over the same paperwork. This is the visa and work permit law for foreign DJs, country by country.
Where Southeast Asia's DJs Actually Buy House and Techno Vinyl
Bangkok's most famous record shop sells molam and luk thung. Singapore's best-known vinyl bar closed in 2020. Here is where Southeast Asia's house and techno DJs actually dig, city by city.
Thailand Still Sells Legal Weed With a Doctor's Prescription, While the Rest of Southeast Asia Bans It Outright
Thailand's weed shops are still open, but a 2025 law now requires a doctor's prescription to buy legally, and the rules get far stricter the moment you cross into a neighboring country.
Thailand and Vietnam Ban Vaping Outright: What You Can (and Can't) Smoke in Southeast Asia's Clubs
Southeast Asia's six biggest clubbing countries split evenly on vaping: Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore ban it outright, and Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines sell it legally. The law, country by country.
Charlotte de Witte Hits a Career-High No. 6 in DJ Mag's 2026 Poll, Weeks Before Headlining EDC Thailand in Phuket
DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 DJs poll puts Charlotte de Witte at No. 6, her best finish since she entered the list in 2019 at No. 74. She and fellow climber Mau P both have December dates locked in at EDC Thailand's Phuket edition.
Thailand Scrapped Its Decades-Old Afternoon Alcohol Ban: What You Can (and Can't) Legally Drink Across Southeast Asia
For decades, 7-Eleven clerks across Thailand covered the beer fridge every afternoon at 2pm. That law is gone now. Here is what still applies, country by country, if you're planning a night out anywhere in Southeast Asia.
Pattaya's Clubs: World House and Republic Made DJ Mag's Top 100, and Club Insomnia Is Where the House and Techno Actually Plays
Pattaya has a reputation built on Walking Street's beer bars and go-go clubs. It also has two venues on DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100, and one room that actually plays house and techno.
Savage, Studio Lam and Thugshop: Why Southeast Asia's Clubs Keep Closing
Hanoi's Savage lost its site to a government opera-house project. Bangkok's Studio Lam closed on its own terms. A city-by-city look at why Southeast Asia's most important clubs keep disappearing, and what replaces them.
Illuzion, Savaya and Zouk Singapore Rewrote DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs for 2026
Savaya broke into DJ Mag's top five, Thailand landed a record eight clubs, and Zouk Singapore keeps climbing. Every Southeast Asian name on the 2026 list, and who's missing from it.
NOTEP Turns Coral Reef Conservation Into a Six-Track Electronic EP
The Bangkok musician's 'Pakarang' trades club hooks for field recordings, Thai instruments and a working partnership with Coral Gardeners, named after the Thai word for coral.
EDC Thailand 2026: Tickets, Dates and What Rhythm Park Actually Costs You
EDC Thailand's third edition in two years lands at Rhythm Park, Phuket, December 18-20, 2026. What tickets actually cost, who's confirmed to play, the age limit, the bag policy, and whether Hotel EDC is worth booking.
Berlin BKK Put Bangkok's Newest Techno Room on the Fifth Floor of a Japanese Discount Store
Bangkok's techno scene keeps colonizing buildings nobody designed for it. The latest is the fifth floor of a Donki discount mall in Ekkamai, where Berlin BKK runs hard techno past the instant noodles.
The Digital Nomad's Guide to Southeast Asia's House and Techno Scene: Canggu, Chiang Mai and Saigon
Thailand's Destination Thailand Visa, Indonesia's E33G and Vietnam's 90-day e-visa grey zone each come with a different idea of how long you can stay and how you're allowed to live. Here is where the laptop crowd actually goes out once the cafes close, from Canggu's bar-hop sprawl to Chiang Mai's scattered basement rooms to Saigon's ask-around scene.
EDC Thailand Finalizes Its December Lineup, and Phuket Gets a New Beach Pre-Party
Charlotte de Witte, Jamie Jones and Vintage Culture join EDC Thailand's third Phuket edition, plus a new Hotel EDC beach pre-party added in October for the night before gates open.
Clutch Built a Museum-Grade Hi-Fi Bar in Bangkok. A Few Nights a Year, RomRom Turns It Into a Rave.
Inside a 900-square-metre former warehouse in Talat Noi, a listening bar built around JBL speakers and McIntosh amps shares a roof with tattoo studios, a flea market and, a few times a year, a genre-hopping rave that spills across four floors.
Asia Music Week Launches in Chonburi, Four Days Before Tomorrowland's Thailand Debut
A brand-new four-day trade summit just claimed December 7-10 in Chonburi, Thailand, with no organizer, venue or speakers named yet. What is confirmed: it wraps four days before Tomorrowland opens its first Asian edition down the road.
Kangkao Spent Four Years Building Bangkok's Rawest Techno Room. Now DUAL Runs It Most Weekends.
The DIY collective that turned a 900-square-meter concrete shell in Trinity Complex into Bangkok's most honest techno night just turned four. Its old room now belongs to a new club most Friday and Saturday nights.
Southeast Asia Has No Pill Testing at Festivals. Wonderfruit's Own Rules Show What You Get Instead.
No government-sanctioned drug-checking service operates at any Southeast Asian festival. Here's what the region's death penalty laws, Wonderfruit's own rulebook and the 2024 Vang Vieng methanol deaths actually mean for anyone going out.
How to Spend a Full Night Clubbing in Bangkok: Sing Sing Theater, Mustache and the 4AM Rule
Bar Marco opens at 6pm with a wall of vinyl and nowhere to dance. Nine hours later, on the far side of town, Elsewhere is still going. Here's the route between them, hour by hour.
Idris Elba's House Music Alias IDRIS Made Its Bangkok Debut at Cloud 11
Idris Elba's house music alias IDRIS played a one-off set at Bangkok's Cloud 11 Theatre on September 26, sharing the booth with two of the city's own DJs, Wildealer and Elaheh, as his label Sound International made its Thailand debut.