Artists exciting us in 2025 / June

Asia's underground scene continues to flourish, a testament to its boundless creativity and ever-expanding influence.

With a treasure trove of talent scattered across the region and its diaspora, we’re thrilled to keep discovering fresh faces that might not be on your radar—yet.

In the spirit of sharing, Mixmag Asia will be featuring a number of arguably under-the-radar artists who are currently making exciting noise in—and freshly out of—their respective scenes.

Get ready to mark those calendars and upgrade those playlists and —you’ll thank us later.

Kamī is the kind of artist who makes you lean in. As a producer and singer, she weaves ambient-psychedelic soundscapes with ancient Japanese mysticism, grief rituals, and eco-feminist themes—her acclaimed EP ‘Kagura’ blended esoteric samples, Eastern folk, and nature-driven textures into something ceremonial and immersive. Her latest release, ‘Endless Brainspill’ (with Blue Ringed Baby), is a dreamy, jungle-laced trip out now via Goddezz. Then there’s her DJ alias, ŌKAMI, where she unleashes high-energy sets packed with dancehall, Bhangra, gqom, bass-heavy UK club sounds, cheeky edits, and experimental flair, earning her a new residency at East London’s Coven. With her shape-shifting presence already stamped across Planet Wax, Radio Alhara, NTS Radio and more (and all in different sonic forms), whatever comes next from Kamī / ŌKAMI is bound to keep us on our toes.

Gemnital is a Taipei-based DJ and sound artist who turns dancefloors into joyfully chaotic playgrounds, blending house, techno, hardgroove, and everything in between with infectious energy. Raised on '90s hip hop, jazz, and Mandarin oldies, and shaped by wild Leipzig raves and Berlin’s queer underground, Gemnital brings a kaleidoscopic sound palette to the decks. Now a Pawnshop regular, they've played standout sets at Organik, Wonderfruit, Spectrum, Zhaodai, Savage, and The Observatory, leaving a trail of sweaty, euphoric crowds from Asia to Australia. You can hear their fun, house-forward flair in his mix for Genderfunk and Mango Season, or their rave-heavy, peak-hour style for HER 他 Transmission. Beyond the booth, Gemnital is also a university lecturer, sound art researcher, and installation artist whose works have appeared at 48 Stunden Neukölln and Taipei Arts Festival. What’s next? Going all night long at 宀 Club on July 12.

A staple of the Seoul scene for nearly a decade, 7ip7o3 has steadily expanded her reach—most notably with her always-unpredictable residency on Rinse FM. With her organised chaotic sound, she seeks to find the “soothing within the discomfort” across a flurry of breaks, techno, jungle, bass and just about anything. Now entering a new phase in her career, she’s jetting off on her debut (but surely not last) European tour, alongside close collaborators Seoul Community Radio and ScreaM Records, with sets at SXSW London, MOT Unit 18, Fête de la Musique, the coveted Glastonbury, and more. Beyond the decks, her production output continues to evolve with depth and consistency, each overflowing with personality and personal flair. South Korea has a scene we're always excited to hear from, and 7ip7o3 is undoubtably a driving force we’re eager to see break out even more.

The first time GoodMostlyBad came onto our radar was more than two and a half years ago, when she joined the ranks of UK leftfield club frontrunners Scuffed Recordings with her ‘SHAWTY 3.0’ EP. Since then, the Indian-born producer’s tracks have regularly found their way on to Mixmag Asia with multiple ‘Mengzy Selects’ features, thanks to their experimental lean, bass pressure, and cheeky references, such as 2023’s ‘Pum Pum City’. After being based in London for the past couple of years—and keeping busy on the international circuit with shows in India, Switzerland, and Turkey, to list but a few—the artist, real name Gurmehar Bedi, is back in Doha. There, she plans to “redefine who GoodMostlyBad is” by levelling up her beatmaking skills and learning analogue and modular production. While she tinkers away, however, we’re excited about a series of forthcoming releases: an EP on Reel Long Overdub and a self-release EP due before the end of the year, and another via Vief Records slated for early 2026.

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