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Article cover: Saint Guel Launches Manila Sound Records With a Debut EP Featuring Junoy Manalo
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Saint Guel Launches Manila Sound Records With a Debut EP Featuring Junoy Manalo

Manila producer Saint Guel starts his own label, Manila Sound Records, with On The Way EP. The six-track vinyl record features Jason Dhakal and Junoy Manalo.

Article cover: What Is Acid House, Explained: Charanjit Singh Made It in Bombay, Five Years Before Chicago Got the Credit
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What Is Acid House, Explained: Charanjit Singh Made It in Bombay, Five Years Before Chicago Got the Credit

Chicago's Phuture named acid house in 1987 with a TB-303 bassline pushed past its limits. Five years earlier in Bombay, Charanjit Singh made almost the same sound by accident.

Article cover: Marquee, Singapore: What to Know Before You Go
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Marquee, Singapore: What to Know Before You Go

The room's capacity, ticket prices, recent bookings and how to get in, before you commit to a night out.

Article cover: What Is a DJ Residency, Explained: Zouk Singapore's Ghetto Has Held His Since 2010
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What Is a DJ Residency, Explained: Zouk Singapore's Ghetto Has Held His Since 2010

A residency means the same DJ, the same club, the same night, for years. Zouk Singapore runs the clearest version of it in Southeast Asia, with a roster that spans a 2010 start and a 2025 debut.

Article cover: What's on in Bangkok This Weekend: House and Techno, November 6-8
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What's on in Bangkok This Weekend: House and Techno, November 6-8

Transport turns 10 at Chang Chui, Mustache runs back-to-back nights with Jägermeister, and Animistic Beliefs brings its post-colonial club sound to Horn. Six picks for Bangkok's house and techno weekend of November 6-8.

Article cover: Thailand's Sunju Hargun Plays Singapore's New Boat Quay Room Exit Reality on November 13
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Thailand's Sunju Hargun Plays Singapore's New Boat Quay Room Exit Reality on November 13

The Bangkok producer who builds most of his sound from Thai field recordings brings his psychedelic techno to Thugshop's newest Singapore room this month, alongside resident VAIBS.

Article cover: The Work Permit Every Touring DJ Needs in Southeast Asia, and Why Bali Caught Three Without One
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The Work Permit Every Touring DJ Needs in Southeast Asia, and Why Bali Caught Three Without One

A nightclub raid in Canggu shows what happens when a DJ books a Southeast Asian show on a tourist visa. Here is what the law actually requires in each country, and what it costs.

Article cover: Mustache, Bangkok: What to Know Before You Go
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Mustache, Bangkok: What to Know Before You Go

A house and techno room on Decho Road in Silom, with a VOID sound system built for the room. The address, the door price, the dress code and who's booked next.

Article cover: Flavours: Cream Team Brings Thee Marloes and Badkiss to Singapore's RASA Space on December 11
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Flavours: Cream Team Brings Thee Marloes and Badkiss to Singapore's RASA Space on December 11

Cream Team, the crew behind Ice Cream Sundays, is opening a new chapter: a live series called Flavours, debuting December 11 at RASA Space with Indonesian soul trio Thee Marloes and DJ Badkiss.

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