Across the globe
Cities
Bangkok
A city that never stops. Bangkok's underground runs deep through warehouse raves in the old town and late-night rooms in Silom. The scene operates in the margins — and that's exactly where the best music lives.
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Somrak Duangdee
Bangkok
Tokyo
Precision and restraint. Tokyo's clubs run all night and the residents play long, disciplined sets. There's no room for ego in a city that demands focus.
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Yuki Harada
Tokyo
Goa
Where the party never really ended. Goa's legacy runs from the '70s through to today's hilltop gatherings. The beach is still the dancefloor.
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Priya Shandilya
Goa
Bali
The island is changing fast, but its underground is older and stranger than its Instagram reputation suggests. Ubud to Canggu, the sounds are shifting.
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Kadek Suparta
Bali
Berlin
The reference point. Berlin's influence on global club culture is undeniable — and its best nights are still happening on Monday mornings in a dark room somewhere near Ostbahnhof.
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Mira Volkova
Berlin
London
Jungle. Garage. Grime. Broken beats. London's underground runs on an unbroken lineage of bass culture that keeps reinventing itself every decade.
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Detroit
The origin. Detroit is where techno was born and where its soul still lives. The city's relationship with the music it created remains complicated, beautiful, and essential.
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Jerome Ashby
Detroit
Seoul
Cakeshop and Faust set the tone — a disciplined, no-frills underground that runs deep into the morning. Seoul's scene is as serious as it is welcoming, built by a generation that studied the music before they played it.
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Park Sojin
Seoul
Kwon Hyunsoo
Seoul
Jakarta
A city of 35 million moving fast. Jakarta's underground electronic scene has grown rapidly in the last decade — deep house and techno finding space between the megacity's relentless energy.
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Reza Ananda
Jakarta
Dewi Kusuma
Jakarta
Manila
Poblacion at 3am. Manila's underground is one of Southeast Asia's fastest-emerging communities — raw, resourceful, and completely its own thing. The Filipinos don't copy; they build.
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Carlo Reyes
Manila
Aya Santos
Manila
Kuala Lumpur
KL's underground house community is strong, tight-knit, and uninterested in hype. Zouk KL holds the lineage while newer nights push the sound in new directions.
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Farid Hakim
Kuala Lumpur
Siti Rahim
Kuala Lumpur
Mumbai
Growing independently from the Goa scene, Mumbai's underground has found its own rhythm. Venues like Kitty Su and Aswad have built a consistent space for house and techno in a city that never really sleeps.
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Arjun Mehta
Mumbai
Neha Kulkarni
Mumbai
Singapore
Southeast Asia's most well-funded underground scene. World-class sound systems, international bookings, and a community that punches way above its size.
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Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam's underground is exploding. DIY venues, warehouse parties, and a generation of local selectors building something from scratch.
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Osaka
Darker, weirder, and more experimental than Tokyo. Osaka's underground has always done things differently.
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Hong Kong
A dense, high-energy scene squeezed into tiny venues. Underground house and techno thrive despite the city's commercial surface.
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Taipei
A small but fiercely dedicated underground community with a growing reputation across Asia.
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Tbilisi
One of the most important underground electronic music cities in the world. Bassiani alone put Georgia on the global map.
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