Label Focus Neoncity Records: The Hong Kong imprint dealing in nostalgia 2.0 Label head Daviouxx on his brand of fluorescent funk
Features Anyasa is bringing Indian traditional music & electronic sounds to the world Taking Anjuna back to its Goan roots
Interviews 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."
New Releases Yeti Out spoil us again with a double drop of music & merch ‘Speed Heals’ by Closet Yi is out now via Silk Road Sounds
Features “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
Features Profound connection: Dar Disku's pumping dance music is powered by Middle Eastern, Arabic & Asian sounds Safi Bugel speaks to the DJ duo and label heads about their process, eclectic sonic identity & why Western producers shouldn't reinterpret music
Features Kurupt FM: “Japan is pretty similar to Brentford, it looks like the motorway bit” Upon the release of their debut feature film People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan, we talk to Kurupt FM members MC Grindah, DJ Beats, DJ Steves and Chabuddy G about drug smuggling, Japanese toilets, and more
The Guest List The Guest List: Zillas on Acid feed us 10 animal jams suitable for mammals, reptiles, insects & everyone else Zillas on Acid ‘Live from The Reptile House’ is out now on Multi Culti
Features Out now: Mixmag Asia Selects Volume 1 assembles the evolving sounds of the Far East in a debut compilation Leaving no genre untouched, our debut compilation reaches all over the continent & welcomes a mixed bag of artists
Features The rebirth of SIHK: Meet the Indonesian DJ who quit hip hop for happy hardcore One week after the release of his Hypercore EP, SIHK reflects on the evolution of his career & why the former poster child for hip hop pivoted to 175 BPM
Features The anime Olympics: Video games & anime on the podium Video games & anime weren’t traditionally paired with the idea of sports & outdoor activities, but that all changed this year
Features Dance 'Til The Police Come: How oppressive policing has eroded rave culture Mike Smaczylo traces a potted history of how draconian legislation and policing has harmed communities & crippled the spirit of rave
Features Lifelong sonic connoisseur: inside the kaleidoscopic orbit of Alex From Tokyo “For the past few years there have been a lot of great things happening in the underground scenes throughout Asia"
Features Tales from Cyberspace: Explore music, gaming & fine art with June, the first (non-binary) child born in the nebulas of the metaverse Jorge Wieneke V, Club Matryoshka founder & the artist formerly known as similarobjects, debuts a new project
Features The amazing history of Ryuichi Sakamoto: 9 landmark moments that colour the genre-defying artist We’ve compiled a list of some of the bigger moments of the Japanese musician's life & how they relate to the bigger picture
Fashion Maison Kitsuné has released a capsule collection geared at the great outdoors Maison Kitsuné Camp is a Japan-exclusive
The Guest List The Guest List: Kate Stein curates an ode to NYC Kate recently debuted on Playground Records with her ‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ EP
Features Marketing machine or hyperreal art: Singaporean virtual influencer Rae mints a series of NFTs The online advertising construct with a personality, named Rae, hopes to cash in on the NFT trend
Features How to help clubs reopen safely & for the long haul Mixmag presents a 10-step guide to aid the safe & sustainable reopening of nightlife
Interviews 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
Features "We felt pressured to constantly do something bigger than the last": Club Matryoshka goes on indefinite hiatus The Filipino team behind the virtual club powerhouse reflects on their successes & struggles of embracing prolific events in 32-bit
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