Residents

DI LINH

Emerging from Hanoi, Di Linh is a young artist from Vietnam. Coming from humble beginnings, her musical path has grown expeditiously over the years. The young DJ has been making a name for herself and her mark on the dance floors by using a diverse and colorful music selection. She is also a resident DJ at Savage, The Observatory and Equation Festival. Di Linh flawlessly brings her taste of music from north to south around Vietnam and just made her debut in Europe and Korea recently. Each space gives her different inspiration as she is consistently developing herself to ensure the audience falls into a trance whilst also staying true to herself. She knows how to lead audiences' emotions into her own story, leaving them with a strong impression after each set through a variety of sounds such as Disco, House and Techno.

DOTT

For over a decade, DOTT has been a key ingredient in the ever maturing underground house and techno scene of SE Asia. The Bangkok local is known for his signature style of basslines and their variety and evolution throughout his productions. His sound is best described as playful, sleazy and moody with hypnotizing elements; a unique fusion of raw house and techno grounded in their central foundations. He fosters an endless collection of unreleased productions that have allowed him to refne his style, producing one track every day for extended periods of time.DOTT fully expresses himself in the booth. People experience his personalitythrough the mood and feeling of the tracks and the atmosphere hisselections create on the dancefoor. During extended sessions, he prefers to exclusively use his own catalog as it allows him the truest form of expression of his artistry.A driving force of Thailand’s underground music scene for some time, when looking at the bigger picture this becomes even more evident. As one of the founders of “More Rice”, he has released obscure dance music from the regions up and coming talents and built connections to the global scene.DOTT took things even further, turning ‘More Rice’ into Thailand’s frst record store that specializes in electronic dance music. Notable diggers have been spotted here sifting through the crates for undiscovered gold.Despite the ever changing trends in Asia, DOTT has never strayed from his path in the pursuit of greater notoriety. It’s this commitment to his art form that has brought him the respect of his peers and put him behind the decks of every important club and festival in the region. Now with a scheduled performance at Craig Richard’s esteemed Houghton Festival, DOTT is set to share his story with the world.

Manikk

Inserting his mind into the electronic universe, Manikk has taken a firm grip within this space. Fixating over hard hitting genres and styles, his curations have flares of different techniques and tweaks, whilst keeping the motions flowing and the ears keen. With tales of trophies he has collected from the golden 90’s and future elements, his journey is ever adapting and mixes also seamlessly keep a flooding of bass warmth, fresh feelings and crushing dance floor tech jives, even saying hello to hypnotizing disco.

Ouissam

It would be wrong to start talking about where Ouissam comes from – after a decade in Asia, he’s now something of a regional entity that has managed to change the dance music scene wherever he has laid down roots. His approach to a dance floor is as simple as it is intuitive and elegant: nothing that can make a room shudder with joy is barred from his selections. As the founder of Hong Kong’s Cliche Records, he was one of the first in that city to cultivate a disco-house-techno synthesis that shifted the understanding of what could be danced to there. He went on to create the magnetic Homesick and Fragrant Harbour labels, before suddenly setting his sights on Hanoi in Vietnam, where he has established the dance mecca Savage where he runs the monthly queer night Snug. And on top of all that, he found time to curate the coveted Equation festival. But beyond his achievements, you find a DJ with pure love and appreciation for the power of music, and one that has learned how to harness this love into something that can be transmitted to his dance floors. Moving effortlessly between disco, house and techno, long-lost gems collide with cutting-edge groove to produce a sonic aesthetic that is simply irresistible.

Saint Guel

Filipino artist Saint Guel. An artist to keep an eye on. Miguel Santiago aka Saint Guel basks in dance music — his being distinctly warm and clean-cut. The Filipino DJ/producer started behind the decks at 15 and tinkered with personal production two years after. Since then, he’s carefully carving his corner: an altogether irresistibly groovy one. Across his recent releases, "Caught Up" (FuFu Records) "Still Life” (More Rice Records / Thailand) and “Over and Over / For The Floor” (Transit Records / Philippines) are easily breaking through as foreseeable dance floor bangers post-pandemic.