Artists exciting us in 2025 / October

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; you’ll thank us later.

Berlin-based Ennio turns genres and identities into something uniquely his own; raw, rhythmic, and irresistibly danceable. Drawing from his Asian and Slavic roots, he’s built a signature bounce that’s earned him global recognition through releases like ‘Gunung Padang’ and ‘Bloody Beetroots’ on TILT and A7A Records. This year’s standout, ‘Chim Lạc Dan, Garuda!’, is a playful yet powerful collaboration with HAMY that channels their Vietnamese and Indonesian heritage into a bold statement for Asian visibility in club music. Together, the two also launched BUTO BAYANG, a platform and event series spotlighting Asian artists in electronic music, debuting officially at Fitzroy, Berlin, next month with an all-Asian lineup. With a new solo EP and a VA compilation on the way featuring the likes of Jiho, Temple Rat, Xiaolin, Ciriya and more, Ennio continues to do what we love most: pushing his sound—and his community—even further.

Enxin/Onyx is the duo of Tot Onyx (real name Tommi Tokyo) and Hiro Kone (real name Nicky Mao). Before teaming up, both carved distinct paths: Tommi as part of the avant-garde outfit group A, and Nicky through her acclaimed solo releases as Hiro Kone on Dais Records, where the pair first hinted at their chemistry with the track ‘Pure Expenditure’. Their 2022 debut EP ‘Dorothy’ pushed that tension between dissonance and beauty even further, all building toward their first full-length, ‘In Rupture’, which dropped earlier this year on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People. The record is a stunning collision of metallic rhythms, shadowy vocals, and cinematic unease; music that feels both feral and deeply human. Fresh off a run through Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, they’re closing their Asia tour in Malaysia and Indonesia this month before continuing their EU tour; a fitting journey for two artists whose roots span Tokyo, San Francisco, and Hong Kong, and whose sound speaks fluently across borders.

Molly Lin has been on our radar for a while now, after becoming a household name within Taiwan’s underground scene. A true sonic shapeshifter, she’s known for weaving between house, UKG, and more, though it’s her breaks-heavy, bass-fuelled techno where she really shines. After years of experimenting with sounds and styles, all to very high heights, she’s now found her footing, and it’s paying off. Her latest release, ‘999’, featuring a remix from Peaky Beats captures her sound at its most potent; gritty, propulsive and full of raw dancefloor energy. The momentum keeps building. Lin’s been taking her sound global, with an ongoing European tour, an ADE performance, guest slots on HÖR and Rinse FM, and a debut appearance during F1 Singapore weekend. Adding to the momentum, she’s been selected for ADE’s Incepts project—a Sony-backed initiative spotlighting some of the most exciting up-and-coming talent. Having firmly broken out of Taiwan, it feels like the rest of Asia is next in her sights even more than it already has been.

A staple in Singapore’s underground, TASHASAN has carved her own corner in the scene with a leftfield approach to bass, breaks, dub, juke, and everything dubby in between—or, as she puts it, “socially responsible, conscious booty bass tunes”. Beyond the booth, she’s helped shape Southeast Asia’s dancefloor evolution. As co-founder of North East Social Club (RIP) and now Huru Hara, she’s been pivotal in pushing breaks, garage, IDM and footwork across the region, hosting regional appearances from Interplanetary Criminal, Main Phase, and Soul Mass Transit System, and bringing Keep Hush to Singapore for the first time. With Huru Hara, she continues to build bridges between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, amplifying a fresh, hybrid club sound, with a view to entry into the fashion/design world, earning her place as a true forward-thinker in Asia’s underground circuit.

Cut through the noise - sign up for our weekly Scene Report or follow us on Instagram to get the latest from Asia and the Asian diaspora!