Mixes Mixmag Asia Radio 166: DJ Masda live at Wonderfruit 2024 A three-hour tour de force in The Fields, perfectly timed for the festival’s tenth anniversary
New Releases Yasiin Bey’s ‘The Ecstatic’ now through an Eastern lens courtesy of Lapgan The 2009 LP gets a rework with tabla percussions & raga motifs
Asia News The Gathering 2025 brings Asia & Australia’s music communities together in Thailand Mixmag Asia & EMC’s annual event this year also invites ADE leaders for a focused cultural exchange & collaborative dialogue at Siwilai City Club
Premiere Premiere: B E N N dissects Taoist cosmology on upcoming album ‘Chaos and Order’ ‘殘燼 Embers of the Void’ is a mind-bending, ominous listen executed flawlessly
3,5 hours of deep grooves from Theo Parrish at The Mixmag Lab Bali Pure connection comes alive on the La Brisa dancefloor with sounds of dusty funk, soulful jazz & more from the Detroit icon
Asia News EDC Thailand returns to Phuket in January with expanded layout & new experiences The festival adds immersive zones spotlighting Thai culture & talent, plus a stacked international line-up including Tiësto, Nina Kraviz, Goldie & more
Features Findings from Grassroots Rising: how community radios are amplifying new identities At ADE’s Nighttime Lab, we discussed how independent stations are reshaping dance music ecosystems by driving discovery, representation & cross-border collaboration across the Asia-Pacific
Asia News Keyi Magazine co-founders return to Asia for three-city tour Berlin Bunny & Eyes Dice head to Beijing, Ulaanbaatar & Seoul, closing the tour with the exhibition that premiered at Tresor Berlin
Events Studio Adventure takes over Lumera Beach Club for Odyssey 2026 A two-day hub for dance & coastal energy with a top-tier 30+ line-up across two stages, plus an unmissable afterparty to ring in the new year
Features A Decade of Wonder: rites of passage only Wonderfruit can give you Ten years of memories fuel the festival’s evolution. Step inside the stories, then explore what’s set to unfold this year in The Fields.
Global News Jorja Smith's label condemns similarities in AI-assisted vocal on HAVEN.'s 'I Run' The label alleges that Smith was asked to "jump on a remix" of the track after going viral, which it claims was in order to "legitimise" the use of her likeness
Tech IKEA releases colourful Bluetooth speakers in new Teklan line The SOLSKYDD & KULGLASS collections combine striking patterns, flexible placement options & multi-speaker connectivity
New Releases ‘Mental Sunshine’ is in between the dancefloor and the chillout room SYEYL’s latest EP, ‘Mental Sunshine’, is out via 17 Steps
Tech Spotify launches new feature to import playlists from rival platforms It comes after YouTube Music and Apple Music rolled out similar features over summer
Music Aphex Twin surpise releases two new tracks on SoundCloud ‘Zahl am1 live track 1’ and ‘Zahl am1 live track 1c f760m1 unfinshd’ debuted on the platform on November 27
Tech "Big three" major labels sign licensing deal with AI start-up KLAY The AI-powered streaming service says its models will be trained "entirely on licensed music"
Wellness Music speeds up recovery of patients after surgery, new study suggests The study highlights the latest research on how music can impact our 'unconscious mind'
New Releases Migrant dives into darker territories on new breakbeat single ‘Suppressed’ Nostalgia & forward-thinking club energy mixed in a barrage of sound
Events “The Baron of Techno” Dave Clarke leads official Clockenflap afterparty Secure your passes to a night of raw, forward-thinking electronic music on December 5, presented by SLIMEFEST, ROBOT & Mixmag Asia
Global News Brian Eno's Together For Palestine sets sights on Christmas No.1 with charity single Featuring Eno, Celeste, Mabel and more, 'Lullaby' is a reimagining of the Palestinian folk song, ‘Yamma Mweel El Hawa’
Asia News Kraftwerk bring their influential sound & visuals to Bangkok in 2026 The Grammy-winning group perform live in Thailand & Southeast Asia for the first time, presenting hits from their groundbreaking albums alongside high-precision visual production
Asia News Creamfields cancels its big Bangkok debut in December Previously planned as the festival’s largest edition in Asia to date, organisers cite delivery challenges & have initiated refunds
Film & TV 50 Cent drops trailer for Diddy documentary 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' The four-part series will land on Netflix next week, dubbed a “staggering examination” of the convicted musician
Features Mengzy Selects - 041 / November Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Tech Audima Labs’ MIDI instrument Sway turns movement into music A gesture-powered unit packed with 16 sensors, eighty LEDs & deep software mapping that’s drawing heavy demand
Global News Pope Leo makes appearance during DJ set at Catholic rave The event took place in front of a 14th-century cathedral in Slovakia earlier this month
