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
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
Features Mengzy Selects - 036 / June Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Interviews Horseboyy on ‘Horsepowah’: “I wanted to slow it down a bit, explore new textures, and switch up the palette” Jacob Mendoza interviews the artist about his four-piece debut house EP as he trots beyond his usual happy hardcore sound
Features Artists exciting us in 2025 / June Names from Asia and the Asian diaspora you need on your radar (and playlists)!
Features "Moved by networks": how Hahoe Festival is reflourishing Korean culture What began as a playful mask ritual among friends has grown into a cultural experiment, blending Busan’s community spirit with Korea’s ancient roots & electronic soundscapes
Fashion Hijack Sandals teams up with Jazzy Sport for 15th anniversary capsule An urban-outdoor hybrid drop, exclusive merch, and two-city tour mark the milestone ATLAS collaboration
Features Pump up the rainbow: Asia’s queer scene is dancing with intent From protest to party, meet the crews from across Asia reinventing inclusive spaces for Pride Month
Features Excursions: Transport is taking over Bangkok with high vibrations & feel-good frequencies With a decade of parties behind them and a community in front, the collective’s story is one of sound, soul, and something unmistakably Thailand
Features The Mixmag Asia Music Guide: Japan From Tokyo basements to concrete sanctuaries in Osaka and riverfront spaces of Kyoto, dive into the venues, bars, and record stores where the country's pulse truly lives
Features Back to the Island: New photobook captures the sun-drenched zenith of late '90s to early '00s Ibiza clubbing With photos taken at some of the White Isle's most iconic parties between 1998 and 2003, Photographer Dean Chalkley's new book acts as a time machine to Ibiza's illustrious, hedonistic heyday
Features Mengzy Selects - 035 / May Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Asia News New venue AER launches June 1 with custom-built quadraphonic system Backed by vintage Altec speakers & Class-A amplification, the space in Central, Hong Kong, opens with an all-day Mixmag Asia-style party fuelled by local selectors
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