Features The rebirth of SIHK: Meet the Indonesian DJ who quit hip hop for happy hardcore One week after the release of his Hypercore EP, SIHK reflects on the evolution of his career & why the former poster child for hip hop pivoted to 175 BPM
Features The anime Olympics: Video games & anime on the podium Video games & anime weren’t traditionally paired with the idea of sports & outdoor activities, but that all changed this year
Global A 'record store' scented candle is now available The candle fuses the smells of "pressed vinyl" & "sweet blossoms"
Asia News China is banning karaoke music that undermines 'national unity' China has close to 50,000 karaoke venues
Asia News Listen: The Unique Sound of Japanese Club Culture with Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 6 Music We've archived the show in a playlist for your eternal listening pleasure
Audio Asia Audio Asia: Stones Taro summons the rave with the break-heavy flex of 'Come Over Me' The prolific Kyoto-based artists displays an Anglophile love of dusty jungle breaks
Features Dance 'Til The Police Come: How oppressive policing has eroded rave culture Mike Smaczylo traces a potted history of how draconian legislation and policing has harmed communities & crippled the spirit of rave
Features Lifelong sonic connoisseur: inside the kaleidoscopic orbit of Alex From Tokyo “For the past few years there have been a lot of great things happening in the underground scenes throughout Asia"
Asia News Dynamite Disco Club evolves into India’s first (and only) disco house music imprint “The label will act as a bridge connecting homegrown talent to the world and foreign talent to India”
Asia News Peggy Gou debuts a Korean-inspired animated music video for ‘I Go’ The video took 5 months to make & is a tribute to Gou’s cultural upbringing in the 90s
Asia News Spotify rival Anghami is launching music venues in major cities The prominent Middle East & North Africa-focused music streaming company will be built in Dubai, London, L.A. & more
Asia News New compilation celebrates East and Southeast Asia’s club genres Redline Legends will be released later this month via Eastern Margins
Global A Mountain of One announce first album in a decade: exceptional & extraordinary as expected 'Stars Planets Dust Me' is mastered & remixed by Ricardo Villalobos & mixed by Dea Barandana
Features Tales from Cyberspace: Explore music, gaming & fine art with June, the first (non-binary) child born in the nebulas of the metaverse Jorge Wieneke V, Club Matryoshka founder & the artist formerly known as similarobjects, debuts a new project