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Bali: Basement Love x PNNY feat. Tom Trago

Mixmag AsiaAsiaBali: Basement Love x PNNY feat. Tom Trago Saturday, September 19, 2026

Hanoi: METRØ Invites Young Sun

Mixmag AsiaAsiaHanoi: METRØ Invites Young Sun Saturday, September 19, 2026

Laundromat hosts charity event in Bali for Flores earthquake victims

Mixmag AsiaAsiaLaundromat hosts charity event in Bali for Flores earthquake victims The donation-based night on September 19 aims to raise funds for communities affected by the magnitude 7.7 quake in August

Singapore: Shutter Rhythms presents Helios XL, HZQ, Kins, RTJ, Suffyan & YETPET

Mixmag AsiaAsiaSingapore: Shutter Rhythms presents Helios XL, HZQ, Kins, RTJ, Suffyan & YETPET Saturday, September 19, 2026

New study reveals mental health crisis among 75% of Indian musicians

Mixmag AsiaAsiaNew study reveals mental health crisis among 75% of Indian musicians A survey of 706 music industry professionals found psychological distress levels nearly 15x the national average

Singapore: Secret Pals presents Sunday Tambay 2026

Mixmag AsiaAsiaSingapore: Secret Pals presents Sunday Tambay 2026 Sunday, September 20, 2026

Mixmag Asia’s 2026 Essential Listening

Mixmag AsiaAsiaMixmag Asia’s 2026 Essential Listening A regularly updated, easy-to-bookmark listicle of must-know releases coming out of Asia & its ever-expanding diaspora

Universal Music to launch new AI music creation platform

Mixmag AsiaAsiaUniversal Music to launch new AI music creation platform UMG has teamed up with a firm specialising in AI speech and "voice cloning" software as part of the project

Tim Burton's Labyrinth immersive exhibition announces first-ever Tokyo stop

Mixmag AsiaAsiaTim Burton's Labyrinth immersive exhibition announces first-ever Tokyo stop Featuring sets, sound & lighting from films like Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas, plus items from the director's personal collection

New book tracing Laurent Garnier’s life and career has been published

Mixmag AsiaAsiaNew book tracing Laurent Garnier’s life and career has been published 'Garnier' is described as a "portrait of a pioneer and a manifesto for dance, celebration, and the night"

Tokyo: Room 303 Second Anniversary

Mixmag AsiaAsiaTokyo: Room 303 Second Anniversary Monday, September 21, 2026

Mixmag Asia Radio 172: NON NON NON takeover at UNMUTE

Mixmag AsiaAsiaMixmag Asia Radio 172: NON NON NON takeover at UNMUTE Mae Happyair, Phát Paris and Phong discuss queer culture, lineage and what's next for the scene while unleashing a flurry of techno, hard house and hyperpop in Hanoi

Carl Cox heads to CÉ LA VI Singapore for Race Week 2026

Mixmag AsiaAsiaCarl Cox heads to CÉ LA VI Singapore for Race Week 2026 The techno veteran headlines the October 11 finale alongside Kim Turnbull & Jeremy Healy, with Sgamo, Caiiro & Da Capo also joining the three-day programme

In pictures: Patrón Tequila & Mixmag Asia create intimate moments in Jakarta's nightscene

Mixmag AsiaAsiaIn pictures: Patrón Tequila & Mixmag Asia create intimate moments in Jakarta's nightscene Relive the full arc of vibe dining to euphoria on the dancefloor

Hong Kong: Fake DJ #3 invites Ma Haiping

Mixmag AsiaAsiaHong Kong: Fake DJ #3 invites Ma Haiping Saturday, September 12, 2026

Excursions: Pon Your Tone went from a party to “a house that could actually build things” in Jakarta

Mixmag AsiaAsiaExcursions: Pon Your Tone went from a party to “a house that could actually build things” in Jakarta Twelve years in, the crew helmed by Dipha Barus built its way from doing things differently to Underblok Festival; their biggest project yet and a sign of what's still to come

Burning Man confirms two people died during 2026 festival

Mixmag AsiaAsiaBurning Man confirms two people died during 2026 festival Two men, one in their 50s and the other in his 60s, are confirmed to have died while attending last week's festival in Black Rock Desert, Nevada

OMK exhibition in Seoul traces the roots of Philippine soundsystem culture

Mixmag AsiaAsiaOMK exhibition in Seoul traces the roots of Philippine soundsystem culture The event features photography & footage from a research trip into budots, the first in a three-part series on Asian dance music

Sound Check Vol. 1

Mixmag AsiaAsiaSound Check Vol. 1 Mixmag Asia's monthly column on the gear, software and sound shaping how music gets made and heard

Ho Chi Minh City: Arcan invites Kim Swim

Mixmag AsiaAsiaHo Chi Minh City: Arcan invites Kim Swim Friday, September 11, 2026

Singapore: Thugshop presents Curses

Mixmag AsiaAsiaSingapore: Thugshop presents Curses Saturday, September 12, 2026

Disco Pogo to release “deep dive” book into Boards of Canada’s music

Mixmag AsiaAsiaDisco Pogo to release “deep dive” book into Boards of Canada’s music It features a musical timeline, thinkpieces, album essays and much more

Burning Man co-founder says festival has become a “commercialised escape hatch”

Mixmag AsiaAsiaBurning Man co-founder says festival has become a “commercialised escape hatch” He condemned the loss of its “anarchist soul”, saying that the festival has become a place for middle class creatives

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XLR is a magazine, a radar and a diary about music gear and the making of music — for the people who make records and put on shows, wherever they do it.

The name is the three-pin connector that every signal in the business passes through: the microphone on stage and in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX cable that runs the lights. Studio, stage and lighting rig share it, and so does this magazine. Every few hours XLR collects what the makers shipped, what the reviewers heard, what the studios and the touring crews are doing, which producers and collectives are surfacing and what they are saying — synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lights, the rooms and the people — from a few hundred sources in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and more, then plots what is moving. The editor writes a letter every few days. Nothing is sold here; when a link leads to a shop, that is the maker's shop, not ours.