Features Fuck the algorithm: Can artists forge a career without the help of social media? Some mainstream artists are quitting social media, but not everyone is so privileged. And what's the alternative anyway?
Features "We do exist": How virtual band Gorillaz sparked the live music industry back to life When music events returned, Gorillaz stole the show with two star-studded gigs. 20 years in, the Gorillaz cast of characters and collaborators epitomises music's power to inspire collective joy
Tech The Beosound A1 portable speaker adorns a bright metallic red as a tribute to Chinese heritage CLOT taps into their music roots on collab with Bang & Olufsen
Features Meet Afra Kane, the alternative voice of soul that’s taking over Café Carlyle Hong Kong for the holidays The Italian-Nigerian singer helms the stage behind the city's very special velvet curtain
Features A tropical peninsular with a hard sound: How Bass Agents created a home for hardstyle in Malaysia A genre that hides in the darkness of electronic music, with its heavy kicks & reverse bass — this is hardstyle
Fashion Herschel Supply x Yardbird collab on a winning formula: the perfect bag for your records & cold beverages The collab is the love child of a 20-year affair that started in Calgary & now born in Hong Kong
Features Snug celebrates 5 years as Hanoi's queerest club night With a home base at Savage, the party welcomes the fabulous, the dancers, the kissers, the huggers, the homos, the queers, the posers & the bitches
Fashion Subversion met manga on the runway at Shanghai Fashion Week with SHUSHU/TONG's SS22 collection Designers Liushu Lei & Yutong Jiang took inspiration from 70s manga series Aim for the Ace!
The Guest List The Guest List: Felipe Gordon's top 11 "non-house bassline that influenced my sound" The deep house scene's man of the moment shares his most inspiring bass-heavy sounds
Features Quarantine in 10 questions: Xiaolin has landed in China The Hong Kong artist makes her China debut this weekend after 14 days in a state hotel
Features Cure yourself of Tarantism with Junoy Manalo Meet the Filipino psychedelic funk musician whose latest release nods to Daft Punk, St. Germain, Disclosure, Joey Negro/Dave Lee, Saint Guel, Chic, Khruangbin & more
Interviews Fuelled by freedom: Nightmares on Wax has made the soulful soundtrack to a reopening world Ralph Moore flew to Ibiza to meet George Evelyn in his natural habitat to talk soundsystem culture, the impact of a cancer scare, and why his latest LP may be his best yet
Features Listen to a playlist of women & non-binary artists shaping the face of dance music in 2021 Curated by all-female record label SOS Music
The Guest List The Guest List: Flight Facilities reveal 10 tracks that inspired their new album, Forever The Aussie duo found their ideas in Daft Punk, Madonna, Loose Joints & Underworld
The Guest List The Guest List: Local Talk serve up an unmissable selection of dancefloor guarantees The house connoisseurs hand-pick tried and tested gems from their extensive archives
The Guest List The Guest List: Themba drops 10 rooted gems that inspired his debut album Modern Africa, Pt I – Ekhaya Listen to the afro-influenced sounds of Kenlou, Hugh Masekela, Stimela, Fela Kuti & Letta Mbulu
Green Room "Music is one thing our planet produces while rotating": Bottlesmoker play electronic music for plants, by plants The Indonesian duo tap into indigenous Sundanese traditions & modern-day scientific research to give you Gaea goodness through musical flora
Features Juheun is bridging his scenes' generational gap & setting his sights globally Schooled in the past but soundscaping the future, Juheun is one-to-watch
The Guest List The Guest List: Ensure autumn lasts forever with 10 tracks from Qrion Her debut album 'I Hope It Lasts Forever' drops this Friday on Anjunadeep
Features "The future is queer”: Discover the enduring manifesto of the Filipino queer rave collective Elephant From guests like Herrensauna, Ouissam & Chris Cruse, Elephant is hellbent on true club inclusivity