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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

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

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

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

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

Mengzy Selects - 040 / October

Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region

Rosalía teams up with Björk and Yves Tumor on new track ‘Berghain’

It lands ahead of the release of Rosalía’s fourth studio album ‘LUX’

Armin van Buuren goes acoustic with new album ‘Piano’

Inspired by his classical background, the project features 15 piano compositions recorded in one take at ConcertLab

Wata Igarashi lands on Dekmantel with the full techno velocity of ‘My Supernova’

Dropping next month, the Dutch label album debut amps up his signature arpeggios & rhythms, led by ‘Shockwave’ & ‘Unleashed’

Mixmag Asia Radio: Rural Festival with Jane Fitz, Mareena, Innerworld & Zundoko Disco

Inside Japan’s cult-favourite gathering of sound & spirit, with exclusive sets from a few figures leading their scenes

OX7GEN unites two generations of Indian breakdancers in ‘Body Mechanics’ MV

With its kinetic groove, the track perfectly matches the energy of the country’s pioneering breakdance crew—The Footloosers

Uman Therma’s ‘Terracotta’ is a hypnotic solo debut

The half of Seoul duo Salamanda dives into ambient textures & cinematic tension

The Blessed Madonna gives Chicago house-inspired remix to Hikaru Utada’s ‘Mine or Yours’

The GODSQUAD Mix vinyl drops next month, along with Hikaru Utada’s SCIENCE FICTION TOUR 2024 concert film across Taiwan’s Vieshow Cinemas

Long-lost British Asian dance classic, ‘Punjabi Disco’, gets reborn for a new era

Naya Beat revives Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 Punjabi folk–synth–disco gem, with remixes from Peaking Lights, Psychemagik, Mystic Jungle & Baalti

Logic Lost’s ‘Insurgents’ is a ferocious glimpse into forthcoming LP ‘Disposable Gods’

Featuring Senyawa’s Rully Shabara, the track is a punishing yet pleasurable fusion of metal, techno & noise that captures the tension of revolt

Wonderfruit launches Field Tapes, a label born from the spirit of The Fields

The label opens with ‘Solar’—the first track from Tristan Bres’ ‘A Cinematic Journey’ LP which drops next month

The 10 most Shazammed tracks from the Ibiza 2025 season

As we bid farewell to another glorious summer on the White Isle, Shazam has shared the most sought-after track IDs from this year's Ibiza clubbing season

The Observatory resident Nic Ford releases dystopian film score-esque EP

‘A Lust For Glory’ is an unsettling, ominous but meticulously executed piece of work

London’s Apron Records spotlights Asia’s underground on ‘Apron East Vol. 2’

The compilation drops October 10 on cassette & digital formats, with release parties in Tokyo & Seoul later this month

DUNIA head honcho Gibs drops latest EP on the outfit

The quintessential house listen is a four-track exploration of the genre; from deep, synth-driven grooves to uplifting, lo-fi jams

‘Weather Changes Moods’ marks new era for Raj

The 7-track EP sees Raj step firmly into jazz house