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 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
Features Mengzy Selects - 040 / October Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Video Blog 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’
New Releases Taste of Blue returns after studio fire with label’s first release The Hong Kong-based artist channels renewal through music, with an original track by Domina plus a remix out via Prion Era
New Releases 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
New Releases 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’
Mixes 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
Video Blog 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
New Releases Uman Therma’s ‘Terracotta’ is a hypnotic solo debut The half of Seoul duo Salamanda dives into ambient textures & cinematic tension
New Releases 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
New Releases 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
New Releases 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
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