Interviews - Page 6 - Mixmag Asia

Sound like nothing before: Nikki Nair’s unpredictable music drags you through a genre wormhole

Nikki Nair turns in a 100% production mix, and talks to Aneesa Ahmed about getting grounded for going out to gigs, making "weird" music in isolation, and how a chance encounter with Mike Banks set him on the path to a music career

"It's ecstatic": DJ Koze, Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray on the power of Haitian Vodou music

DJ Koze, Lakou Mizik's Steeve Valcourt and Nero's Joseph Ray discuss Haitian musical spirituality and the parallels between Vodou ceremonies and nightclubs

Hear all about it: Meet EXTRA EXTRA, a pandemic-born digital synth pop duo from Manila who met online

"We’re a blip in the matrix because we’ve made so many songs yet to this day we haven’t met in person. I don’t know if Joseph’s even real."

“Jakarta is where it all started": Kusuma imparts the beauty in the beast

Expect one of the best releases to date on Cocktail D'Amour later this year from the Dekadenz co-founder

Label Spotlight: Darker Than Wax & their infinite quest for "the groove that hits the spot"

Dean Chew & Kaye explain how culling the BS is a proven formula for success

Artist Spotlight: Taking a studio break with dance-pop sensation Cheat Codes

Their debut album 'Hellraisers' has been perpetually etched in the EDM arena

Bad Times Disco: Keeping the art of digging alive in Hong Kong

The world can be a better place, one record at a time

Electric India: Todh Teri edits Indian cinema with deep house finesse

The crafty producer takes us through his 5 favourite Sampadan edits

Electric India: Oceantied is forging a new identity for bass music

Sean Dinsmore unravels the Indian artist’s inherent funkiness

Calibre: “The younger generation just hear music, they don’t hear the genre so much”

We spoke to Calibre ahead of the release of his new album, 'Feeling Normal'

Electric India: RITVIZ transcends musical boundaries all the way to the top

Electronic music is an organic outlet for the classically trained musician

DJ Bus Replacement Service smashes all preconceptions of what a DJ should be

The Dada-inspired, mask-donning renegade is blurring the lines between DJing, performance art and stand-up comedy

Electric India: Bangin the drum (& bass) with the legendary MIDIval Punditz

India’s O.G. electronica duo reveal their long-awaited 5th album

Kodeine is amped to take on Resident Revival at 1900 in Hanoi this weekend

SpaceSpeakers & Dusted Recordings artist Kodeine shares his insights on the the rise of the Vietnam scene

Dear mum, I’m going to write my PhD on Hong Kong’s rave culture

Hong Kong-based artist Mengzy is documenting the 90s rave scene in the city in a forthcoming research paper

An EDM club in Taipei has unabashedly banned bounce music…but what even is bounce music?

Inside China, a war on bounce is brewing

Electric India: Dissecting the Desi beat phenomenon with BBC Asian Network's Bobby Friction

“The dream was always to take this new hybrid music back to India"

The learning curve is a mighty sword & music producer Kavemura tells us how to conquer it

“Developing your own style is usually the best way to stand out thus attracting business opportunities”

Chinese hyper-pop artist jiafeng reconstructs the fringes of music & culture into Emotional Dance Music

The project is presented as the second coming of Dance Dance Revolution

Under his wing: Dustee looks to nurture the next generation of Vietnamese artists

The artist is known as one of the godfathers of Hanoi's dance music scene

Collective Minds founder Zaran Vachha details a promoters plight against COVID-19 in Asia

"Reclaim it and turn it into something positive”