Mixes Mixmag Asia Radio 166: Radio Revolution & DJ Bowlcut at Morsecode’s anniversary night Two standout mixes from South Korea's underground mainstays
Music Listen to MKDVB’s cosmic take on Christmas from 2018 The album draws on vintage holiday tapes & experimental electronics to create a seasonal listen that feels oddly timeless
New Releases bani haykal leads cross-border sound project ‘Rupa Bentuk Rangka Derhaka’ Strange Weather Dunia’s latest release combines repurposed bicycle-frame instruments, text & field recordings
New Releases Kaali Duniya drops 10-track deep dubstep album confronting the caste system, ‘Babylon’s Camp’ The artist also known as Bamboy weaves a grimy, raw & unfiltered take on politics
New Releases Four producers explore multiple club angles for STEF.’s ‘Cyborg Dance’ Bernardus Fritz, Turismo Avenue, Discokid909 & Hi(gh) Hat offer contrasting remixes, reshaping the track through space disco, ambient, tech-house & techno perspectives
Mixes Mixmag Asia Radio 166: DJ Masda live at Wonderfruit 2024 A three-hour tour de force in The Fields, perfectly timed for the festival’s tenth anniversary
New Releases Yasiin Bey’s ‘The Ecstatic’ now through an Eastern lens courtesy of Lapgan The 2009 LP gets a rework with tabla percussions & raga motifs
New Releases ‘Mental Sunshine’ is in between the dancefloor and the chillout room SYEYL’s latest EP, ‘Mental Sunshine’, is out via 17 Steps
Music Aphex Twin surpise releases two new tracks on SoundCloud ‘Zahl am1 live track 1’ and ‘Zahl am1 live track 1c f760m1 unfinshd’ debuted on the platform on November 27
New Releases Migrant dives into darker territories on new breakbeat single ‘Suppressed’ Nostalgia & forward-thinking club energy mixed in a barrage of sound
Features Mengzy Selects - 041 / November Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
New Releases Strange Fruit reinvent their sound on new electronic-forward single ‘Iridescent’ “If we kept making guitar-based music like before, this band would have died.”
New Releases Manchineel push their live-driven techno forward on ‘Kugelblitz’ EP The improvisational duo channel their fluid, unpredictable performance style into two fast-paced, tightly-engineered tracks
Music 10 tracks that prove MF DOOM was the master of samples Five years on from his untimately passing, the Supervillain remains anomalous in his ability to stitch and rap over shrouded samples
Global News Frankie Knuckles mix among 51 sets from Haçienda archive released on Apple Music Mixes from Toddy Terry, Armand van Helden, DJ Paulette, and David Morales are now available on the platform
New Releases Dub Container & LeftRight Sound unite on soulful house roller ‘In The Name of Love’ Classic warmth meets club pressure on this collaborative two-version Jakarta release
New Releases Dan Nguyen once again revives the forgotten era of Vietnamese new wave Four projects (an exhibition, art book, t-shirt, & compilation) celebrate the underground scene that gave Vietnamese Americans a voice in the ’80s & ’90s
New Releases Jonathan Kusuma sharpens his edge on new EP ‘Bank The Drums’ Four tracks of deep, percussive club music that show just how far his sound has evolved, built for both the floor & the headphones
New Releases Keep Me In The Light brings Italo-fuelled euphoria on ‘Silicone Hustle’ The EP out via Remmah glides through bubbling basslines, cinematic grooves, and pure dancefloor serotonin
New Releases Blue Ringed Baby & Kamī’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ drifts through genres & feelings In an age of overstimulation, the duo’s debut LP creates space to breathe with a lush fusion of breakbeats, ambience & glowing vocals
New Releases Javanese tradition meets ambient experimentation in ‘Dreaming in Gamelan’ The album features hand-built instruments, soft piano tones & smooth atmospheric details mixed in Dolby Atmos