Asia News GYOKU opens Osaka’s new vinyl hideout, Basura Muzik The space champions forgotten records, letting DJs test grooves on a pro-grade setup with Funktion-One & d&b audiotechnik
Features Mengzy Selects - 038 / August Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Features Artists exciting us in 2025 / August Names from Asia and the Asian diaspora you need on your radar (and playlists)!
Features Watch: ‘Enter the K-Bass’ panel puts Seoul’s scene in focus at SXSW London Rich SCR, 7ip7o3 & Jun Kim share how UK-rooted sounds are reshaping Korea’s biggest pop exports from the production floor up
Asia News Offtrack secures spot on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 list Three-and-a-half years after launching, the Singapore bar has grown into one of the country's key creative spaces
Asia News New Taipei record store Slipped Disk opens this week The Da’an Park vinyl spot pairs curated crates with beer, listening stations & a nod to old-school pain relief culture
Asia News Newly-opened Middle Room brings high-fidelity listening culture to Bangalore A sound-first listening bar inspired by Japanese jazz kissas, vinyl culture, and the city’s old-school charm
Features Mengzy Selects - 037 / July Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Asia News “It’s a movement being shaped in real time”: Bass Crawl sets the tone for Filipino bass identity Through Continuum Bass’ multi-venue event and a decentralised vision, the collective founded by Ezzrei is reshaping how local artists reinterpret global bass culture with Southeast Asian roots
Features “AI doesn’t exploit musicians, people do”: What if artificial intelligence doesn’t have to hurt the music industry? The many issues and misuses of AI in the music industry are well documented, but there are still artists and industry professionals who believe it can be a positive force if used correctly. Nadia Says reports, speaking to Benn Jordan, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, Imogen Heap, Portrait XO, Robert Owens, and AI music companies
Events Who you’ll be dancing to at The Mixmag Lab Hong Kong 30 artists, 9 internationals, 2 days, 1 venue; here’s the breakdown for The Lab’s highly anticipated Hong Kong debut
Features Artists exciting us in 2025 / July Names from Asia and the Asian diaspora you need on your radar (and playlists)!
Interviews Inside Glastonbury’s South Asian-focused Azaadi Stage in full colour Making its debut drenched in marigolds, we chat with curator Bobby Friction about the festival’s latest addition that delivered a vibrant, rhythmic celebration of culture & innovation
Music Jianbo’s ‘Everything For The Family’ hits home Mengzy interviews the diaspora artist on his deeply personal, first full-length project
Interviews Who is Maktoop? Loud, soft and always underground queer With humour and depth, the DJ invites us into the messy harmony of Seoul's underground; where no one is alone, and everyone belongs
Music Listen to Lapgan’s sonic tapestry for Kartik Research at Paris Fashion Week The artist shares insights into the score featuring unreleased tracks, soundbites from Indian factories & a Baalti collab
The Asia Diaries The Asia Diaries: the Philippines tour that took Just Bee beyond the dancefloor From Manila’s underground to Siargao’s shores, she shares key moments, findings & food recommendations from the Y2K x Rezonate tour
Features The Prodigy at Glastonbury 2025: The rave gods are elemental After cancelling a scheduled performance in 2019 in the wake of frontman Keith Flint's death, The Prodigy returned to Glastonbury to headline The Other Stage on the closing night with an emotional, blistering performance
Features Not the story: Kneecap draw their biggest crowd ever at Glastonbury 2025 Following months of calls for the trio to be removed from the festival’s billing, thousands of Glastonbury attendees showed their support for the Irish rap trio in one of the most anticipated performances in the festival’s history
Vietnam “Moving for themselves and the community”: a look into queer Vietnamese revival in Asia & beyond Dive into the photos & conversations from the four-city launch of No One Magazine Issue 02, igniting reconnection & dialogue across diasporic spaces
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