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OMK exhibition in Seoul traces the roots of Philippine soundsystem culture

The event features photography & footage from a research trip into budots, the first in a three-part series on Asian dance music

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

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

Massive Attack face police investigation after displaying Palestinian flag in Singapore

Members Robert "3D" Del Naja & Grant "Daddy G" Marshall displayed the flag at the close of the band's July 29 show

Thailand outlines national plan to develop kratom as international herbal export

The plant was removed from the country’s narcotics list in 2021 & named a medicinal herb in 2023

Ye's Jakarta debut officially announced following months of speculation

Raw Vision Collective confirm the rapper's first Southeast Asia date of 2026, previously teased in April at the 'Bully' listening party

Siwilai hosts weekender exploring Jazz Kissa & listening culture in Bangkok

The programme includes the Jazz Kissa book launch, listening sessions, a panel talk & OJAS' new Klipsch collaboration

Sun Down Circle brings Brazil, Japan & Indonesia together at Potato Head Bali

The day-to-night event features Moodymann, Azymuth, Kuniyuki, Indra Lesmana & more across the Beach Club & Klymax Discotheque

Watch all three days of Fuji Rock Festival 2026 via livestream this weekend

Free to watch on Amazon Music, last year's broadcast was the most-watched music festival livestream in the platform's history

Eaton HK's UNHEARD Sound & Music Festival marks fifth year with Proof of Sound theme

Running July 24-August 5, the festival spans 25 events ranging from spatial audio performances in a rooftop pool to a hearing safety talk with custom earplug fittings