Platinum-selling recording artist, label boss, festival promoter, true innovator in the pantheon of popular music, cultural champion, cracking DJ: there’s a lot to be said about Kevin Saunderson. 

By absorbing Kraftwerk, cutting-edge funk, local radio stalwart The Electrifying Mojo’s electicism, and all manner of new synthesiser and drum machine-led pop music, Kevin (and his schoolmates Derrick May and Juan Atkins) broke new ground as musicians and DJs in the 80s. 

With the eruption of house music a few hours down the I-94 in Chicago, Saunderson married Detroit’s raw sound to more tactile, pop-leaning sensibilities. Check out Kevin's Defected Mix - turntable sorcery at its best!

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The famed temples of Angkor Wat are only the start of things to explore in Cambodia. Phnom-Penh-based DJ couple Sao Sopheak (Cambodia) and Nick E. Meta (Germany) are the masterminds behind one of South-East-Asia’s most acclaimed independent arts spaces. Since 2007, their Cambodian-German Cultural Center, “Meta House”, has been contributing actively to the renaissance of Cambodian arts and culture after almost 30 years of civil war. 

Nowadays, the country’s capital, Phnom Penh, is one of the region’s most liberal party destinations, offering a heady dusk-till-dawn nightlife featuring an eclectic and vibrant music scene. The Meta House crew is at the forefront of the region’s emerging electronica movement, mixing Berlin underground spirit with Asian spirituality. 

Nick – who co-founded the Berlin label “D’Vision Netcom” in the early 1990s – has been mixing music and producing his own tracks for the last 35 years. His recent projects include the live ambient trance performance trio “Friends Electrick” as well as the spoken word project “Airstrip” with UK 'poet noir' John Gartland. Nick’s partner Sopheak is currently Cambodia’s only female techno DJ. Behind the desks, they both create a seamless dance-floor energy that never stops.

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