Global Regional BBC staff vote to strike over cuts to local radio They will walk out for 24 hours on the day of the government’s budget, protesting plans to merge services including BBC Introducing
Mixes Mixmag Asia Radio: Intriguant splashes intelligent textures across a 62-minute canvas Discover the Singaporean artist through sonic textures and wonders
Fashion Offtrack Singapore & Hijack Sandals combine signature styles for ‘Common Frequencies’ The regional collab comprises wearables for both lovers of darker shades & vibrant colours
Tech Google Assistant can reportedly detect samples "less than a second long" The AI has revealed snippets which have been unknown for years from tracks by the likes of Daft Punk to Madlib
New Releases Sarayu’s ‘Intelligent Jump Rope Music’ is a dynamic & driven celebration of techno Released via Boiled Wonderland Records, the four-tracker comes with an uplifting remix by Belgium’s Locked Groove
New Releases 'Boodle Fights' EP ignites a dance-floor family affair UNOS' debut EP finds an apt home at Darker Than Wax
Asia News Your Clockenflap afterparties sorted Mixmag Asia, Omni and Magic Room parties take over Hong Kong Island
Tech Spotify launches a new AI feature, 'DJ' A “personalized AI guide that knows you and your music taste so well that it can choose what to play for you”
Global David Bowie V&A exhibition to be turned into permanent UK venue It is set to be housed within the David Bowie Centre for the Study of Performing Arts in East London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
New Releases The Blessed Madonna releases new single ‘The Shades of Love’ Listen to the new track featuring South African five-piece The Joy
New Releases LVRA teases upcoming EP with the powerful, bassy ‘venom (feat. Spent)’ The track’s music video comes as part of the artist’s short film arriving next month
Culture An 'Accidentally Wes Anderson' exhibit is heading to Tokyo An aesthete's dream, the exhibition will feature more than 300 images inspired by the director
Features Are we close to the legalisation of therapeutic psychedelics? Gemma Ross heads to Miami for Wonderland, one of the world's largest psychedelic conventions, to investigate
News Doctors warn of nitrous oxide abuse-related spinal damage New medical guidelines have been created to treat condition caused by the drug, AKA laughing gas, which has grown in popularity in recent years
Features Robbie Williams: "Acid house was a big phenomenon, I was part of that culture" We caught up with newly formed electronic trio Lufthaus in the midst of their European tour to talk Berlin, Partying at Pikes and the 'melody of being a human being'
Features SadoMasoDisco comes as the manifestation of new rave parties in Manila Jacob Mendoza speaks to the founders, photographers & fans on what makes the events instrumental to inclusivity
New Releases ‘Entheogen (Storm)’ is inspired by hallucinogenic 'mad honey' from Nepal Listen to Bottlesmoker's second single from 'Puraka'
News Daft Punk to release unheard music for ‘Random Access Memories’ 10th anniversary reissue A decade since the duo’s last album, this upcoming reissue includes unheard demos and outtakes
New Releases Tape Hiss revels in sonic limitations on new album ‘A Linear Progression’ The NYC producer adopts a less-is-more approach on his Darker Than Wax debut
New Releases Submerge into SYEYL’s ethereally downtempo debut EP, ‘Dawn Chorus’ The five-tracker was released via India's Export Quality Records on January 20
Features Mengzy Selects - 009 / February Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Fashion Illuminate in the dark donning the AMBUSH X Nike collab, ‘Nite Sport’ The football & music-inspired apparel collection is accompanied by a black-and-white remodel of the Air Force 1
Global Raging fire damages Brazil’s Warung Beach Club Videos of the The Temple up in flames have gone viral
Mixes Mixmag Asia Radio: Mocid delivers hypnotic & cosmic techno NB: Don't ask him for free drinks at gigs
Tech Bandcamp users can now create playlists from their music purchases The feature was promised following a take over from Epic Games in 2022
Asia News Daft Punk music video creator Leiji Matsumoto dies aged 85 The Japanese manga and anime artist was behind the iconic videos for ‘One More Time’, ‘Digital Love’ and ‘Aerodynamic’
Asia News Yellow Magic Orchestra’s 1980 Tokyo show to broadcast for the first time in 43 years The show was part of their 1980 World Tour
Green Room Sustainable artist booking & travel now possible thanks to twogigs Platform creator, Tim Dreske, describes it as “a bit like Tinder for booking agencies and promoters to get closer."
Asia News Bacon is a community-driven music space in Shin-Ōkubo, Tokyo’s Koreatown The venue owner welcomes “no limitations to genres of music”
Global Four Tet, Fred Again.. and Skrillex take over Times Square with a surprise b3b The trio appeared on a school bus just a day before headlining Madison Square Garden
Fashion HÖR Berlin & adidas team up for new sneaker campaign The collaboration was teased with a live stream event last weekend
Asia News Listen to five live sets from Karma Kastle 3.0 The Karma crew have released mixes from Jirus, Elaheh, Yoshi Nori, Pati Mala & Atsushi Maeda
Galleries Central makes Jakarta's ‘Memory Loop Night’ an event to remember A glimpse into the night full of sonic idiosyncrasy from the Dekmantel label member