Events Community radio takes centre stage for Airtime Asia pre-event in Hong Kong, Mixed Signals A collaborative night with Mixmag Asia & UMAMI taking place on July 25 at Migas, featuring special guest Red Pig Flower
Asia News Thugshop opens new venue Exit Reality on Singapore’s Boat Quay The 100-capacity room with Funktion-One soundsystem & overhead LED panels launches this weekend
Video Blog FAKEER's 'Chapter One' is a track built around Punjabi poetry Filmed in Jaipur, the duo's debut release blends a verse by Shiv Kumar Batalvi with dark electronic production & folk textures
Global News New directory lets you browse 300 community radio stations around the world Launched by DJ Opium Hum and digital creator Robbie Makes Radio, Community Radio Index is billed as an “interactive online tool”
Mengzy, Just Bee & Subez churn out a bass-heavy set for The Mixmag Lab Hong Kong No-nonsense energy from the local trio that locked the Pier 1929 crowd in from the jump
Global News Protesters at Boiler Room event in New York "assaulted" and "trampled" A group of activists staged a “die-in” at Boiler Room’s two-day event at Under The K Bridge over the weekend in opposition to its ties to KKR
Global News Change the Beat targets 1,500 label signings for women & gender expansive artists by 2036 The non-profit is scaling its Remix Contest & launching a new Demo Room initiative to reach its goal; open to artists worldwide
Global News Madison Square Garden denies keeping a dossier of celebrities' sexual orientations The information was reportedly found within a "VIP database" held by the music and events arena's security team
Tech Akai's MPC One G2 packs 4 times the power into same frame The new model retains the original's pads & touchscreen while increasing processing power, memory & audio track capacity
Global News 72% of young people have felt unsafe working in the music industry, report reveals In the wake of recent allegations in the industry, Youth Music has investigated the harm faced by young people
Global News New book Beat Gems traces the history of the drum machine The Bjooks release features 100+ machines plus dives into the artists & engineers who used them
Tech KORG's KAOSS Pad V lets you touch two affects at once Keeping the series' iconic touchpad interface, it now comes with dual-touch operation, a rebuilt sampler with real-time overdubbing & dedicated Voice FX engine
Tech AlphaTheta's new CDJ-1500X lets DJs play sets with just their phone Packing flagship CDJ-3000X tech into a smaller frame, it also offers CoBeat; a new crowd-interaction service that puts song requests on screen
Global News Popularity of tracks with explicit lyrics has declined by 61% since 2018, report finds Music requiring a parental advisory tag now makes up just 13% of Spotify's Top 50
Events The Mixmag Lab makes its debut in Mongolia this month In collaboration with Kharkhorum Festival, the event in Ulaanbaatar features Biliguudei, Gonno, CMT & Anu Dol
Asia News Norsicaa launches label rooted in Asia-Pacific sounds, Sama Sama Records The DJ & researcher says the label is "being built for the region and diaspora", debuting with a 1980 Boy Katindig reissue
Events Shanghai: Reactor x Trommel x Fruity Shop x Break the Wall present Connection Friday, July 10, 2026
Music Mixmag Asia’s 2026 Essential Listening A regularly updated, easy-to-bookmark listicle of must-know releases coming out of Asia & its ever-expanding diaspora
