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Mixmag AsiaAsiaNOTEP releases chakra-inspired face jewellery line, Ether Objects The limited three-piece collection comes in collaboration with Thai brands Qloas Beauty & Mormormor

Mixmag AsiaAsiaTechno originator Juan Atkins has died aged 64 The Detroit pioneer was discovered unresponsive in a hotel room ahead of a performance in Mexico City, his management has confirmed

Mixmag AsiaAsia“Good practice” guide launched for new and independent music promoters The guide, which has been created by AFEM, lays out ethical approaches to ticketing, marketing, event insurance and more

Mixmag AsiaAsiaJustice share first-ever Gesaffelstein collab from Grand Theft Auto VI score album The new collaborative single is out now, which will feature in Rockstar Games' highly-anticipated video game upon release next month

Mixmag AsiaAsiaUnreleased Daft Punk mix from 1997 discovered by DJ Ralph Lawson The 20/20 Vision founder discovered the "mouldy" tape, which was submitted by the French duo to his Kiss FM show, in a storage unit

Mixmag AsiaAsiaMassive Attack’s Robert Del Naja soundtracks new Gaza-focused documentary The 13-track score, which is curated by Del Naja, also features music Kneecap

Mixmag AsiaAsiaTommy Hilfiger & FRGMT debut collab inspired by 90s hip hop & prep culture Developed in Japan & refined in Amsterdam, the collection combines New York street style with Hiroshi Fujiwara’s Tokyo design perspective

Mixmag AsiaAsiaMengzy Selects - 052 / October Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region

Mixmag AsiaAsia“A doorway to something new”: MUTEK.JP is where sound, image & technology refuse to stay in their lanes Once, they were separate rooms; now electronic music, visual art and tech share a single, fluid space and MUTEK.JP has moved into a museum to meet them there.

Mixmag AsiaAsiaNight Shift exhibition revisits Kuala Lumpur’s nightlife scene during 1997-2003 Curators Roshan Menon & Callen Tham share thoughts on preserving the Malaysian capital’s club history & lessons to learn from it

Mixmag AsiaAsiaBatavia Collective pair jazz freedom with dancefloor weight in new live session video Spiritual Jazz, Sinful Bass follows the Jakarta trio across four tracks of free-flowing jazz & heavy low-end pressure

Mixmag AsiaAsiaEvents in Asia not to miss All in one list: our team’s picks of notable nights across the region, updated regularly

Mixmag AsiaAsiaSeoul lands mid-ranking in first Nighttime Culture Index ADE & VibeLab’s new project scored the South Korean capital 50.0/100, with its highest marks in Creative Ecology & lowest in Sustainability

Mixmag AsiaAsiaNicki Minaj responds to White House Press Secretary rumours The American-Trinidadian rapper made an appearance alongside US President Donald Trump at a mid-term Republican campaign rally in Michigan

Mixmag AsiaAsia“I too am a Cockroach”: India’s Gen Z protests voter-roll removals Students & first-time protesters have pushed past barricades since early October to demand equal voting rights, as a Delhi dance night raises funds & London’s diaspora rallies in support Continue…

Mixmag AsiaAsiaUnmute Hanoi celebrates third anniversary with three-day event Ahead of the weekend, team members share their views on the venue, the local scene & how the city’s club culture is changing

Mixmag AsiaAsia49% of US Gen Zs avoid dancing from fear of appearing on social media In a study of over 1,000 US adults, 19% of respondents claimed to avoid bars and nightlife over fears of being posted online

Mixmag AsiaAsiaRoland Boutique releases new wavetable synthesizer, n/vision Two blendable sound layers, modulation tools & 17 built-in effects give producers multiple ways to build basslines, melodic patterns & more experimental…

Mixmag AsiaAsiaJapan’s rural festival proves that peak time isn’t everything Tobias Burgers follows the weekend’s arc from slow-building openers to sonic tornado to sunbaked closer, and finds an 18th edition that sustains its high points across all four days, not just once…

Mixmag AsiaAsiaDaft Punk announce official partnership with LEGO The robots will become "LEGO After All" with plans for an Alive Tour 2007-inspired set

Mixmag AsiaAsiaDavid Bowie’s personas inspire new dance production Subject to Change: A Dance for David Bowie features characters like Ziggy Stardust & the Thin White Duke, landing in Tokyo in 2029

Mixmag AsiaAsiaHalloween Happenings across Asia to close out October Dress up and dance on into the night at this handpicked list of events

Mixmag AsiaAsia“The culture survives”: A Century in Sound’s photobook documents 100 years of Japan’s listening cafés Filmmaker Nick Dwyer & photographer Lee Chapman reflect on 10+ years of documentary-making & three years of collaboration on a companion photobook, launching on Kickstarter October 23 Continue…

Mixmag AsiaAsiaHong Kong: Feed the Dragon presents Magical Disc Adventure Saturday, October 24, 2026

On the calendar

· Trade shows and launch events, this week's stories from each corner of the industry, and what its press is covering.

On view

This week, from that corner the newest stories from the corner of the industry you picked

The wire their own posts, translated

How records get made in 2026 from the industry's own reports

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Fetched every six hours, linked to the original

About

Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.