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Busan venue Ovantgarde receives two-month suspension for letting people dance

The case has renewed attention on rules that prohibit dancing at live music venues, with an online petition calling for change

Darker Than Wax’s tour marks 15 years of connecting communities

Dean Chew reflects on the label’s Singapore roots & international network ahead of the RASA event this Friday

DJ Nobu halts set & addresses intrusive crowd behaviour during Geneva show

The incident has fuelled a wider discussion on DJ booth safety & boundaries

Laundromat hosts charity event in Bali for Flores earthquake victims

The donation-based night on September 19 aims to raise funds for communities affected by the magnitude 7.7 quake in August

New study reveals mental health crisis among 75% of Indian musicians

A survey of 706 music industry professionals found psychological distress levels nearly 15x the national average

Tim Burton's Labyrinth immersive exhibition announces first-ever Tokyo stop

Featuring sets, sound & lighting from films like Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas, plus items from the director's personal collection

Carl Cox heads to CÉ LA VI Singapore for Race Week 2026

The techno veteran headlines the October 11 finale alongside Kim Turnbull & Jeremy Healy, with Sgamo, Caiiro & Da Capo also joining the three-day programme

Autobiography of Ryuichi Sakamoto gets official English translation release

Music Sets You Free, the late composer's bestselling Japanese memoir, arrives on September 22

宀 Club celebrates a year of Stevie Whisper's poster art in The Mihn Machine exhibition

The Serbian artist showcases his posters as large-format prints & performs at the official opening night afterparty

The Observatory announces closure at the end of October

The Ho Chi Minh City venue shuts its doors after 13 years & three locations, announced on its Instagram account

Music initiative launched taking Thai artists to global stages in 2026

The project from CEA will support 33 Thai artists with funding and festival opportunities this year

New York’s Japan Society to screen rare Ryuichi Sakamoto film retrospective

The two-day programme explores the late composer’s work for film, building towards the release of his newly translated autobiography

GAUNG Gumaung turns Yogyakarta into a city-wide stage for electronic music

Spread across a week, each event is run with a different local collective, backing the city's grassroots music community

Palestinian hip hop pioneers Muqata'a & Julmud touch down in Seoul this September

Both artists will perform at Cakeshop for a night organised by SoundSupply_Service alongside Arexibo, Yetsuby & more

Avalon Emerson set to make Southeast Asia debut at Dekmantel Bali

The Amsterdam-based festival joins forces with Potato Head Bali for a day-to-night line-up of listening sessions, dialogues & DJ sets on September 26

South Korea reverses ban on AI-assisted music copyright

KOMCA scraps its “0% AI” rule for a disclosure-based system, with penalties for false declarations

Rainbow Disco Club brings its day-to-night format to Singapore for the first time

Co-organised with Ice Cream Sundays, the event splits into three sessions across Tanjong Pagar Distripark & RASA featuring Antal, DJ Nobu & Kuniyuki

KAJE debuts with Asia-first programming in the highlands of Bali

Blackout Agency's new two-night event in the mountains also showcases site-specific art spread across the 18-hectare venue

Malaysian pilot arrested with 70,000+ ecstasy pills while entering Indonesia, faces death penalty

The pilot, who tested positive for meth, MDMA & cocaine, allegedly transported drugs on three prior occasions

Former Zouk Singapore resident Andrew Chow aka DJ Wiz dies at 63

The turntablism pioneer & DMC Singapore champion passed away on August 3 after a battle with stomach cancer

Demon Slayer anime LSD blotters from Germany seized in Thailand

Customs state the packaging poses a bigger risk than the smuggling attempt, as it's hard to distinguish from ordinary stickers