Features Meet Afra Kane, the alternative voice of soul that’s taking over Café Carlyle Hong Kong for the holidays The Italian-Nigerian singer helms the stage behind the city's very special velvet curtain
Asia News Beyond the music: “There is an understandable stigma towards electronic musicians” Auspicious Family, Dignos & Jorge Wieneke weigh in on destigmatizing other facets of the Philippines' local electronic scene
Yum Cha Yum Cha Chats: OBLVYN’s tips for levelling up on DIY photos & videos For at home or on tour, these to-go-to tricks will keep those social media pages curated to the T
Global Elton John: “First thing I do in the morning is listen to dance music” He also spoke out about ending AIDS stigma in a new interview
Asia News Mariya Takeuchi's 'Plastic Love' breaks Japan's top 10 decades after its original release The iconic city pop tune track now has full-length official music video
Asia News MDLBEAST announces inaugural XP music conference programme & speakers The event looks to accelerate the music industry in the region & beyond
Features A tropical peninsular with a hard sound: How Bass Agents created a home for hardstyle in Malaysia A genre that hides in the darkness of electronic music, with its heavy kicks & reverse bass — this is hardstyle
New Releases Newcomer Uzu Moon dazzles with the soul-soothing textures of 'Paradise Forever' The Amsterdam-based artist arrives with a scintillating vinyl debut on Fluid Funk
New Releases Ohrwurm is back with another collection of ear worms Remixes come courtesy of KL regulars flipping Ohrwurms earlier catalogue
Tech Pioneer CDJ-3000 update introduces the rekordbox CloudDirectPlay service The new Pioneer DJ CDJ-3000 firmware has updated introducing recordbox CloudDirectPlay
Asia News Hiccups begone as sunburn makes its on-ground comeback after a pandemic driven hiatus Announcements include new dates, a new home & two new headliners— Armin Van Buuren & Vini Vici
Global Sydney Blu & Rebekah launch campaign to increase female representation on record labels The #23by23 campaign is challenging labels to increase the percentage of female producers by 23% by the end of 2023
Fashion Herschel Supply x Yardbird collab on a winning formula: the perfect bag for your records & cold beverages The collab is the love child of a 20-year affair that started in Calgary & now born in Hong Kong
Mixes House Cartel: bringing 'real' house music to Jakarta since 2012 House Cartel deliver tunes from Roman Flügel, Satoshi Fumi, Seth Troxler & Whitesquare
Global Artists criticise Spotify CEO's €100 million investment in AI defence tech “We believe in music as a powerful tool for peace, otherwise it's a complete contradiction of our music philosophy"