Broadcasting from Da Nang
Dispatches, mixes, and field notes from Southeast Asia's electronic music scene. The Airtime Asia conference runs Aug 13–16 in Da Nang. This is where the signal goes between shows.
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All posts →Grassroots Rising: Community Radio's Power in APAC is a two-part conversation exploring how community radio is shaping music, cultural identity and underground infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific.
Bangkok Community Radio broadcasts from a studio above a record shop on Charoen Krung, home to 90+ residents and guests like Shir Khan.
Cambodia Community Radio launched on a Phnom Penh rooftop over the Mekong, co-founded by Myroslaw Bytz, with guests like Biliguudei of Mongolia.
Da Nang Community Radio launched in 2024 to film central Vietnam's DJs and send them out to the world, from a rooftop on Vo Nguyen Giap.
Hong Kong Community Radio broadcasts underground music from Wan Chai since 2016, a melting point hosting guests like Hiro Kone and FRKTL.
Manila Community Radio is a volunteer-run, anti-algorithmic station championing budots, from a Boiler Room x Jameson grant to the whole archipelago.
Paradise Under the Sun is a new independent radio station broadcasting alternative music from the center of Denpasar, Bali, since October 2025.
Seoul Community Radio has broadcast independent underground music from Itaewon since 2016, home to residents like MOGWAA and guests like Jyoty.
The Shelter streams Yangon's own artists live on Twitch and archives every set to YouTube, an independent home for the music Myanmar makes.
A little before six, Da Nang is already on its feet: swimmers in the half-dark off My Khe, basket boats hauling in the catch, cranes behind all of it. A city living in several eras at once, and the window in which they still touch is closing.
Most people think of radio in two kinds. There are three. Community radio is the third, non-profit, human-curated, made by the community it serves, and it has quietly shaped what you listen to. Part one of two.
The clean story of scrappy independents stopped being clean once the independents got bought. The answer, a genuinely decentralized, grassroots model, is already on air and rising fastest across Asia, from Seoul to Manila to Da Nang. Part two of two.
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