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The African and Asian alternative database - experimental, sound art, noise and alternative electronic music from underrated continents.

Hello, this page is under perpetual construction. The aim of the database is to let people know that alternative electronic, sound art, electroacoustic, experimental and noise music also exist in Asia and Africa, I hope it can help artists, labels, media and curators to connect and help each others. Once per month I also present an hour (sometimes more) of African, Asian and Latin American sound art, experimental, electronica, post-punk, noise and avant-garde music hosted by Colaboradio/Freie Radios Berlin Brandenburg. Some of my writings (an essays about Asia and/or Africa and a book written with Dimitri della Faille) have been published in the past few years, more info here. Syrphe is also a magazine. And a label (see the releases page and Bandcamp).

If you want to support all these activities, please, feel free to contribute with a donation on the Bandcamp page for example (many releases are available for a fee you can decide) as running this database as well as writing reviews and news takes a lot of time and dedication, thank you !

Some territories are not listed (Russia, Akrotiri and Dhekelia) for some reasons you may understand, and I don't list any Japanese artists here as the list would be too big, nevertheless, I'm now slowly adding venues, organisers, schools, art centres, and so on.

If you feel some things should be added, changed, sorted in another way, missing or broken links, if you see any mistakes, feel free to contact me.

Not all territories or non-recognised countries are listed here, for a full list please check these links of active autonomist and cecessionist movements, this one of United Nations list of non-self-governing territories and this one of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.

Regarding the artists, labels, etc., it work like this : [Name] [Links] [Genres] [Year they started if I find it]. If some artists don't live in their native country, a comment is added. ♀ means this is a female artist or a project that includes at least one woman ; ♀ means that the person is transgender female or that the project includes one ; ☼ means non-binary. Many lists including female composers and musicians only or mostly  focus on the West, hence this list here could be a good resource, hopefully.

Regarding genres, in some case, I found several black or death metal band that released several dark ambient records, they are then listed here. Some forms of hip hop are not far from electronica/electro or even industrial, I then decided to list those which have some connections to those alternative music styles but not all, such as with some metal bands or rock, grindcore, etc.: the limit between noise or electronic is not always so clear (and that's good so !). But I'm not planning to collect all techno, trance, dance, rap, hip hop, kwaito, shangaan electro, kuduro, electro chaabi, gqom, singeli (...) artists possible, that would be a too big job !

As there is no place for racism and promotion of hatred and colonialism, a few artists will never be listed here due to their political stance.

Last update 08 May 2025 (some links updated/added) ; thanks a lot to all who sent me many new links since the this page is on line ! About 3978 references and more to come !

Thanks for visiting this page and for any help, I hope you'll enjoy the project. (And thanks to all people who help(ed) me already by providing links and contacts !)

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Abkhazia

Afghanistan

Audio artists

Algeria

Audio artists

  • Abecassis, Eryck Site Soundcloud Vimeo Twitter Instagram Wikipedia [electroacoustic, classical, film scores, lives in France]
  • Afrodreams Soundcloud Jamendo Facebook Google Site Twitter [electronica, trip hop, ambient]
  • Ahmed, Rachid Baba (رشيد بابا أحمد) Youtube Wikipedia [krautrock, rai]
  • AKM (Abdelkader.Moussous) Soundcloud Facebook [electronica, techno, see Psycho Deejay]
  • El-Mahdy Jr. (El-Mahdy Jr.) Vimeo Twitter Youtube [electronica, hip hop, lives in Turkey]
  • Fin De Vie Soundcloud [ambient, neoclassical]
  • Hantof Jamendo [electronica]
  • Hohner Comet MySpace [noise]
  • Iguanana (Hanan Benammar) Site Soundcloud [experimental, noise, France/Algeria, lives in Norway] ♀
  • Kamekaz Soundcloud Facebook [electronic, Algeria/France, see Lounja, Rula El Bahr] ♀
  • L'Âme Rouge MySpace [noise, ambient, experimental, see Nepa Ios, Souk El Guerillas, Nihil Humanum, Hohner Comet]
  • Lehad, Sara Soundcloud [electroacoustic, sound art, radio art, lives in France] ♀
  • Lounja Soundcloud Facebook YouTube [electronic, Algeria/France, see Kamekaz, Rula El Bahr] ♀
  • Nepa Ios Soundcloud Discogs [noise, see L'Âme Rouge, Souk El Guerillas, Nihil Humanum, Hohner Comet]
  • Nihil Humanum MySpace Discogs [noise, see Nepa Ios, Hohner Comet, Rédha M, L'Âme Rouge, Souk El Guerillas]
  • Ond (Djamel Kerkar) Soundcloud [experimental]
  • Psycho Deejay [electronica, techno, see AKH]
  • Rédha M Bandcamp [experimental, industrial, noise, see L'Âme Rouge, Souk El Guerillas, Nepa Ios, Nihil Humanum, Hohner Comet]
  • Rula El Bahr Soundcloud [electronic, experimental, lives in France, see Kamekaz, Lounja] ♀
  • Sail Mohamed Soundcloud [noise, experimental]
  • Souk El Guerillas [noise, experimental, see Nepa Ios, Hohner Comet, etc.][2005]
  • The Rampage Soundcloud [drum n bass, lives in France and Germany]
  • Zahro Youtube [ambient, electronica]

Label

  • Nashazphone Discogs [psychedelic, drone, noise, rock, Egypt/Algeria]

Magazine

  • Sombre Arcane Site Myspace [industrial, metal, noise, electronic, goth... in English and French]

Radio

  • Athanor ( لتنور - At-tannūr) Site MySpace Facebook [podcast, post punk, industrial,noise, underground Arab music]
  • Radio Tashwish Soundcloud [podcast, music from the Arab world, folk, electronica, hip hop, noise...]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Phonetics Sound Fest Alger Site [experimental, electronic, folk, techno, etc.][2018]
  • Pulsation Sonore (see Athanor) Facebook [experimental, punk, techno, breakcore, noise, experimental cinema, etc.][2011]

Angola

Audio artists

  • Dembo/Gama Site [electroacoustic, experimental, see Victor Gama]
  • Gama, Victor Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Discogs [electroacoustic, experimental, post-folk, lives in Portugal]
  • Nazar Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook Discogs [rough kuduro, grime, techno, trap, hip hop, etc., lives in the Netherlands]
  • Odantalan Collective [see Victor Gama, Brazil/Colombia/Angola/Cuba]

Armenia

Audio artists

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • ACCEA (Armenian Center For Contemporary Experimental Art) Site [modern art, rock, experimental, traditional, etc.]
  • Armenia Art Foundation Site Facebook [experimental music, electroacoustic, electronic, audiovisual, contemporary art][2016]
  • Panopticon Site Facebook [multidisciplinary platform for digital culture, new media art, electronic music, etc.]
  • Structured Experience Site Facebook [art center for new music and digital arts][2015]
  • Urvakan Site Soundcloud Youtube Instagram Telegram Facebook [sound art, ambient, techno, avant pop, etc. festival][2015]

Magazines/Blogs

  • Panopticon Site [multidisciplinary platform for digital culture, new media art, electronic music, etc.]

Azerbaijan

Audio artists

Label

  • Yasamal Records Bandcamp Discogs [noise, noisegrind, drone, doom, death metal, black metal, dark ambient][2016-2020]

Bahrain

Audio artists

Label

  • qarār Bandcamp Instagram [electronic, improv, field recordings, experimental, electroacoustic]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres / Studios

  • Al Riwaq Art Space Site Instagram [workshops, exhibitions, concerts,sound installations, etc.]

Bangladesh

Audio artists

Blog/Portal

Benin

Bhutan

Audio artists

  • Pasang Bandcamp [drone, noise]
  • Yeshi Dem, Deki Wangmo and Amanda Terry Bandcamp [ambient, Bhutan/Australia] ♀

Botswana

British Indian Ocean Territory

Brunei Darussalam

Audio artists

  • Floral Of Forever Youtube Discogs [dark ambient, dungeon synth][1996]

Burkina Faso

Audio artists

  • Adama Ouedraogo & Ujjaya Soundcloud [ambient, post-folk, Burkina Faso/Madagascar/France] ♀
  • Burkina Electric Facebook MySpace [electro-pop, afro-beat, Burkina Faso/USA] ♀

Burundi

Cambodia

Audio artists

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Lop Loy Facebook [electronic, experimental music, exhibitions, etc.][closed]
  • Meta House Phnom Penh Site Facebook [German-Cambodian art centre]
  • Mirage Art Space & Cafe (Mirage) Site Facebook [festival, concerts, workshops, art gallery]
  • Neverland Artspace Facebook Instagram [art exhibitions, experimental and noise music]
  • Sa Sa Art Project Site Facebook [art in general, including experimental, field recordings, etc.]

Cameroon

Audio artists

  • AMET (A.M.E.T.) Site Bandcamp Soundcloud [ambient, field recordings, spoken words, folk, etc., see Elsa M'bala, lives in Germany] ♀
  • Bebey, Francis Site Discogs, Wikipedia [folk, afrobeat, electronic, electro-pop][1976]
  • M'bala, Elsa (AMET) Site Bandcamp Soundcloud [ambient, field recordings, spoken words, folk, etc., lives in Germany] ♀
  • Salims Salon Facebook Vimeo Youtube [improv, electroacoustic, Egypt/Cameroon/UK/Germany] ♀

Canary Islands

Audio artists

Labels

Radio

  • Sektor4 Site [synth pop, electro, ebm, goth, etc.]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

Magazines

  • Das Kinetik Produkt Site [ebm, techno, industrial]
  • Seküencias De Culto [ambient, neofolk, industrial, experimental, ebm, goth,...][1990s]

Cape Verde

Audio artists

Central African Republic

Ceuta

Chad

China

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • 696 Livehouse Weibo (微博) [experimental and other]
  • Central Conservatory of Music Site [electroacoustic, classical]
  • CHEARS (China electroacoustic Survey) Site [electroacoustic]
  • China Electronic Music Center (CEMC, 中国电子音乐中心) Site [electroacoustic][1993]
  • Dorkbot-BJ (Dorkbot Beijing) Site [audio-visual art, experimental]
  • Dorkbot Shanghai Site [audio-visual art, experimental]
  • Electroacoustic Music Center, Shanghai Conservatory of Music (EAMC) [electroacoustic]
  • Electronic Music Association of China (EMAC) [electroacoustic]
  • Electronic Music Technology Research and Creation Centre (EMTRCC) [electroacoustic]
  • Fuyou Festival (Ephemerals' Festival, 蜉蝣音乐节, Fu You Festival) Facebook [Beijing international post-folk music festival]
  • Freedom House Douban (豆瓣) [also record store]
  • fRUITYSPACE Facebook [experimental, free improv, noise, hip hop, electronic, etc., also record store]
  • Indie Space
  • International Festival of Sound Emissions 01 [experimental, improv, noise][2011]
  • Liangcha Shop (凉茶铺) [exhibitions, experimental and electronic music]
  • Littles Space Chengdu-Expat [concerts, exhibitions, performances]
  • Mao Livehouse Site Douban [experimental, improv, noise, rock, etc. - closed]
  • Mini Midi Music Festival Site [experimental, improv, noise]
  • Mooka Space MySpace
  • Musicacoustica Beijing Site [yearly electroacoustic festival]
  • Neo Sound Site [electronic and experimental events]
  • NOIShanghai MySpace [noise]
  • No Jiji Site [noise, experimental, other ?][2004]
  • Old What? Facebook [venue][2012-2016, now closed]
  • Reso Douban (豆瓣) [avant-garde, experimental, improv]
  • Sally Can’t Dance Festival Site [experimental, improv][2008]
  • 上海育音堂 (Shànghǎi Y ù Yīn Táng, Yu Yin Tang Shanghai ) [noise, experimental and other alternative music]
  • The Antidote Shanghai Site MySpace [breakcore, post-punk, idm, hard techno]
  • trigger Instagram [noise, experimental][2023]
  • UCCA (Ullen Center For Contemporary Art) Site [contemporary art, experimental]
  • Waterland Kwanyin [experimental, sound art, noise][2005-2010]
  • 杂家 (Zajia Lab / Zájiā Lab) Site Facebook [contemporary art, experimental, films, etc.][2011]

Magazines/Blogs

  • China Music Radar Site [website about the music industry in China, especially pop, rock, electro, alternative, etc.]
  • China: the Sonic Avant-Garde Site [webzine about experimental in China, in Chinese]
  • Chinese New Ear Site [a portal to the new music and experimental scene in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities]
  • Chinoise Site [blog over outsider music in China]
  • Gothic Age [gothic, industrial, electronic, dark ambient, ebm, literature, etc., defunct]
  • GNO (Global noise Online) Site [experimental/new media art, with an emphasis on China and other developing areas in the world][2005]
  • Harsh As Torturing (Junky/Torturing Nurse) Blogus [noise, see Torturing Nurse]
  • Liupai Magazine Site Facebook Twitter Douban (豆瓣) Wechat Weibo (微博) [electronic, undustrial, punk, viaual art, etc.][2014]
  • ManManthink (慢慢諗) [music, comics, photography, paper fanzine]
  • pangbianr Site Facebook Bandcamp Radio Twitter Youtube [platform, magazine, radio dedicated to underground & avant-garde music from mainland China][2010]
  • Rock In China Site 1 Site 2 Facebook [all sorts of Chinese music from rock to noise]
  • Vitamin [defunct on line electronic music magazine]

Distributors/Shops

  • Freedom House Douban (豆瓣) [Chinese underground and international music, frpm experimental topop, jazz or classical, based in Changsha]
  • SugarJar Site Facebook Discogs [Chinese underground music and foreign alternative music, based in Beijing]

Radio

Christmas Islands

Cocos Islands

Comoros

Congo

Congo, DR

Audio artists

Côte d'Ivoire

Label

  • Nostalgie de la boue Bandcamp [industrial, electronic, electroacoustic, experimental, drone, etc.]

Cyprus

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres / Studios

  • Breach Festival Facebook [free improv, experimental, electroacoustic, etc.]
  • MediSouP (Mediterranean Soundscape Project) Site [community in-development of researchers and artists, with an interest on the soundscapes of the Mediterranean areas and their political and cultural extensions and significations]

Cyprus (North)

Djibouti

Egypt

Audio artists

Labels

  • 100Copies Site MySpace Facebook [drone, noise, ambient, experimental]
  • Nashazphone Discogs [psychedelic, drone, noise, rock, Egypt/Algeria]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres / Studios

  • 100Copies Site MySpace Facebook [drone, noise, ambient, experimental, electronica, etc.]
  • Cairo Impro Facebook Instagram [free improvisation concerts & workshop]
  • Cyrdaeb (سرداب) Bandcamp Soundcloud Twitter Instagram Facebook [post-rock, electronica, broken beat]
  • D-CAF (Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival) Site Facebook [audio, visual and performing arts, electronic, experimental, improv, etc.]
  • El Warsha (الورشة) Facebook [recording studio]
  • Kairo Is Koming (KIK) Soundcloud Facebook Twitter Youtube [electronic music video collective featuring Vent, Wetrobots ♥ Bosaina, Zuli, Wonderful Morning, $$$tag$$$, Ismael, Quit Together]
  • Mass Alexandria Facebook Facebook group [non-profit space for art practice, research and education]
  • River Hall
  • Simsara (Simsara Music, سمسارة للموسيقى) Site Facebook Twitter Instagram [artist management, music PR agency, based in Cairo, Stockholm, London]
  • Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art Site Facebook [contemporary and independant art, experimental]
  • VENT Twitter Facebook [electronic music, etc.]

Radio

  • 100 copies Site [internet radio for electronic music from Egypt, the Arab world and international]

Electronic music instruments

  • NMR pedals (بــــدَّالات النــــــمر) Site Facebook [pedal effects]

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

eSwatini (Swaziland)

Audio artists

  • Beko The Story teller Bandcamp [dark hop, hip hop, electronic] ♀
  • Crack, Carl (Carl Böhm) Site Discogs Wikipedia [digital hardcore, Swaziland/Germany, lived in Germany]

Label

Ethiopia

Audio artists

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • AqTushetii Site Bandcamp [festival/residency program that fosters the arts, culture, history, and traditions of Tusheti][2017]
  • Daukrepavi (დაუკრეფავი) Instagram [punk, metal, noise, electronic, experimental, etc. films, workshops, talks, art event and socio-political activities]
  • Komorebi · კომორები Facebook Instagram [techno, electro, ambient, hip hop]
  • Mutant Radio Site Soundcloud YouTube Instagram [electronica, techno, experimental, noise, etc.]

Radio

Shop

Electronic music instruments

  • Ambient™ Site [modular synthesisers]

Ghana

Audio artists

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Hong Kong

Audio artists

Labels

  • Absurd TRAX Bandcamp Soundcloud Twitter Facebook Instagram [electronic, techno, etc.]
  • Dicksonia Music [experimental, See D. Dee]
  • H.I.E. Production Discogs [noise, power electronics, death industrial]
  • Lona Records Site MySpace Discogs [2002]
  • Metal Postcard Records Site Bandcamp Jango Soundcloud Facebook [electronic, rock 'n' roll, punk, ambient, etc.]
  • Monitor Records (Monitor Bi-Weekly) Site Discogs [industrial, gothic, electronic, experimental, etc. also distributor][1989]
  • Mouhoi (無害) Bandcamp [free improv, free jazz, dark ambient, industrial, power electronics, noise, etc.]
  • Noise Asia Site Bandcamp [electronic, noise, experimental, electroacoustic, See D. Dee]
  • Noisoke Records Blogspot Facebook [noise, experimental, improv and more][2011]
  • People Mountain People Sea Site Discogs Wikipedia [electronic, sound tracks, folk, pop, etc.][1999]
  • Poo Records Discogs [electronica, experimental]
  • Re-Records Site MySpace Facebook [experimental, electroacoustic, see No One Pulse][2009]
  • Sound Factory Discogs [industrial, noise, rock, etc., see Noise Asia]
  • Ultra-Mail Prod. Discogs [experimental, noise, industrial, ambient, etc.][2002]
  • Vaseline Discogs [experimental, see Xper Xr]
  • White Noise Records Site Facebook [free improv, noise, experimental, electronic, industrial, psychedelic, etc., label, organiser, store]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Av Riot [audio-visual performance series, see Re-Records]
  • Contemporary Musiking HK (CMHK, 現在音樂) Site Soundcloud Vimeo YouTube Instagram Facebook [organisation for promotion and creation of contemporary music and experimental sound][2007]
  • Dorkbot-HK (Dorkbot Hong Kong) Site [audio-visual art, experimental]
  • 現在音樂 Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong Site Facebook [sound art, experimental music]
  • CIA (Culture Industries Association) Site Facebook [experimental, free jazz, improv, noise, etc.]
  • Electroacoustic Music Centre (Hong Kong Babtist University) Site [electroacoustic music]
  • Hidden Agenda Site Wikipedia Douban (豆瓣) Facebook Weibo (微博) [noise, experimental, electronic, punk, metal, hip hop, etc.][2009]
  • Kill The Silence Festival Facebook Facebook group [electronic and experimental, Hong Kong/Macau]
  • Soundpocket Site Facebook [experimental, multimedia art, dance, etc.]
  • Strategic Sounds (策略和聲) Facebook [experimental, active until 2012]
  • Twenty Alpha Facebook [experimental music/film/intermedia]
  • White Noise Records Site Facebook [free improv, noise, experimental, electronic, industrial, psychedelic, etc., label, organiser, store]

Store

  • Death By Torturing Records 虐死唱片 Facebook [industrial, dark ambient, neo folk, etc. record store and mail order]
  • White Noise Records Site Facebook [free improv, noise, experimental, electronic, industrial, psychedelic, etc., label, organiser, store]

Magazine

  • Asia Art Archive Site Facebook Twitter [art magazine and resource]
  • press : release (p : r) Facebook [magazine about the alternative music scenes in Hong Kong]

India

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Dorkbot Bangalore Site [audio-visual art]
  • Dorkbot Mumbai Site [audio-visual art]
  • Forplay Site Facebook [audio-visual art, multimedia installations, films, documentaries, theatre, video]
  • Global Groove Site [electro, techno, house, electronica, etc. ; international and local]
  • Orka-M Site [international institute of innovative music]
  • REProduce Site Facebook [ambient, electronica, glitch, techno][2013]
  • Sound Reasons Site Soundcloud [electronic and experimental festival and label]
  • The Indian Sonic Research Organisation (ISRO) Site Youtube [collective of artists, musicians, designers, hackers and scientists, workshops,concerts, residencies, label]

Radio

Blogs/Magazines/Groups

Electronic music instruments

Indonesia

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • breakcore_LABS Site MySpace Last.fm [breakcore]
  • c2o library Site Facebook Vimeo Pinterest [art and music space, library]
  • Chaos Non Musica Facebook Youtube Instagram [noise and experimental music festival taking place in Bali]
  • Friendchip Facebook Soundcloud Twitter [chiptune community based in Tangerang]
  • Jogja Noise Bombing Tumblr Instagram [noise and experimental music collective, label and festival]
  • Jogja Noise Bombing Festival Tumblr Instagram [noise and experimental music festival taking place in Jogjakarta, Java]
  • Kolektif Hysteria / Grobak Hysteria Site Facebook Twitter [art collective, fanzines, alternative music, punk, noise, etc.]
  • Kombo Facebook [improvised music, films]
  • Muarasuara Site Bandcamp Instagram [electronic, experimental, ambient, contemporary classical, field recordings, noise, etc.]
  • Nusasonic Goethe Institut Mixcloud [international festival for electronic, noise, experimental, etc.]
  • Ruang Gulma Facebook Instagram [art community, alternative music, punk, noise, etc.]
  • Samarinda Noise Fest Facebook [noise music festival in Samarinda, Kalimantan]
  • Samolan DJ shop
  • Selasar Sunaryo Art Space Site Facebook Twitter [art centre, sound installations, talks, etc.]
  • The House Of Natural Fiber (HONF) Facebook 1 Facebook 2 [new media art centre]
  • UnifiedField Site [art space mostlty for video and experimental - has moved to the Philippines and Spain]
  • YK Booking Tumblr Facebook [tour booking in Indonesia]
  • Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival Site Facebook [electroacoustic, etc.][2004]

Forum, communities

  • Indonesian Chiptunes Twitter [chiptune community, not active anymore ?]
  • Java Futurism Site [Experimental Music and Sonic Activism in Indonesia, based in Sweden]
  • Jogja Sonic Index Site [archive of experimental and electronic music in Yogyakarta]
  • Soundboutique Site [forum about electronic music]
  • Yogyakarta Chiptune Facebook Twitter [chiptune community in Jogjakarta, not active anymore ?]

Magazine

  • Siasat Partikelir Site [music, art, technology, films, and more]

Electronic music instruments

  • Kenali Rangkai Pakai (KRP) Blogspot Facebook [DIY synthesisers, noise generators, workshops...]
  • Störn Site Youtube Facebook [DIY analogue synthesisers, rhythm machines, etc.]
  • Synthesia.id Wordpress Blogspot Facebook [database project about the synth culture in Indonesia]
  • tokokrp Site Instagram [synthesisers]
  • Vascolabs [DIY analogue synthesisers - no website anymore ?]

International

Audio artists, magazines, labels, organisers, networks, funds

  • AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Site Facebook [Funds individuals and organizations in the fields of cinema, performing arts, literature, music and visual arts][2007]
  • ArtAsiaPacific Site Facebook Twitter [art magazine and resource]
  • Asian Music Network Site Soundcloud Youtube Facebook [sound art, free improv, experimental, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam]
  • Avantguitar Facebook [a creative collaboration between experimental guitarists across the world founded by Ikbal S Lubys, Emil Palme, Dharma Shan, Wukir Suryadi, Rully Shabara Herman, Taus Bregnhøj-Olesen, Asger Thomsen, Andi Meinl VII][2016]
  • Chinabot Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook Twitter Vimeo Youtube Discogs [electronica, electronic, ambient, platform and collective created to change the dialogue surrounding Asian music, based in the UK][2017]
  • Experimental Musicians SE Asia Facebook [group for experimental musicians & record labels working in South East Asia to collaborate]
  • FEN (Far East Network : Otomo Yoshihide, Ryu Hankil, Yan Jun, Yuen Chee Wai) Facebook Discogs [sound art, experimental, free improv, Japan/South Korea/China/Singapore]
  • Jokkoo Facebook [diffusion of electronic, experimental and contemporary African sounds and their diaspora, based in Spain]
  • Mideast Tunes Site [music network whose main focus is the Middle East and the diaspora, founded in Bahrain][2010]
  • Mkito Site Facebook [East Africa and Southern Africa music network and community, mainly mainstream music but not only]
  • Transhimalaya Foundation Mixcloud Instagram [non-profit organisation working for music, art, and technology]
  • Unite Asia Site [music site and news about the Asian scenes, above all punk, hardcore and metal but also other genre too such as noise]

Festivals

  • Asian Music Network Site Soundcloud Youtube Facebook [sound art, free improv, experimental][2015]
  • Ensembles Asia Orchestra Site [improv, experimental, etc., Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, etc.]

Research centre

  • Asian Sound Research Site [sound research in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, etc. directed by Sachiko M]

Radios

  • Frequency Asia Site Mixcloud Twitter Instagram Facebook [Asian and Australian music]
  • Syrphe (hosted by Colaboradio/Frei Radios Berlin Brandenburg) Site Mixcloud [Asian, African, Latin American experimental, noise, electronica, industrial, free improv, etc.]

Iran

Audio artists

Label

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Aun Gallery Site [private gallery dedicated to modern art including audio and video installations]
  • Heka Music Facebook [electronic and ambient music events and festival][2018]
  • Limited Access Festival (فستیوال دسترسی محدود) Site Facebook Twitter [festival for video, sound and performance in Tehran]
  • New Media Society Site Facebook Twitter [space, archive and library dedicated to new media arts]
  • Pazhutan Ateliers Site Facebook [music and intermedia arts private school, now based in Canada][2003]
  • Saroseda Site Soundcloud [computer music and music technology society to help researchers and computer musicians/artists living in Iran]
  • Studio Tehran Instagram [venue for jazz, electroacoustic, ambient and other alternative music]
  • Set Site Facebook Twitter [experimental art events]
  • Spectro Centre for New Music Site Soundcloud Facebook Instagram [electroacoustic, modern classical, Iran/Poland]
  • Tadaex (Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition) Site [digital art, installations, performances, workshops, lectures]
  • Tehran International Contemporary Music Festival (فستیوال بین المللی موسیقی معاصر تهران) Site Facebook [contemporary electronic, electroacoustic music event]
  • TEM Fest (Tehran Music Festival, فستیوال موسیقی الکترونیک تهران) Site Instagram Telegram [electronic]
  • VAYU Residency Site Instagram [sculpture & ceramic|painting & printing|dance & music]

Magazine

  • contemporarymusik Site Soundcloud Instagram [contemporary classical, electroacoustic, etc. in Farsi, English, German]
  • Misty Graveyard Site [black metal, dark ambient, in Farsi only]
  • Serenade Music Site Facebook Instagram [electronic music, in Farsi only]

Communities

  • ACIMC (Association of Iranian Contemporary Music Composers - نجمن آهنگسازان ایرانی موسیقی معاصر) Site Facebook [2012, based in France]
  • Digital Arts and Experimental Music Scene of Iran Facebook [based in the UK]
  • Experimental Electronic Music Scene of Iran (EEMSI) Site Facebook
  • Iranian Female Composers Association - IFCA Facebook Twitter Instagram [modern classical, ambient, experimental, electroacoustic, electronic, etc.]
  • Radical Tehran (رادیکال تهران) Facebook [آهنگسازان رادیکال تهران, Tehran radical composers][2013]

Electronic music instruments

Iraq

Audio artists

  • Abas, Khabat Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Youtube [electroacoustic, experimental, contemporary classical, Kurdistan/Iraq, lives in the UK] ♀
  • Abbas, Sherko Site Youtube [multimedia, Kurdistan/Iraq, lives in the UK]
  • Adil, Farouk Wordpress Bandcamp Soundcloud Site Facebook Twitter [ambient, electronica, sound tracks]
  • Al-Sultani, Alya Bandcamp Soundcloud YouTube Twitter Facebook [modern classical, opera, electroacoustic, electronic, free improv, etc., UK/Iraq, lives in the UK] ♀
  • Ali, Moe Bandcamp YouTube Facebook Discogs [ambient, drone, noise, see Månens Vågor, Handmade Birds, Hypophrenia, Melancholy Of Life, Detachment九][2013]
  • Cairo Liberation Front Bandcamp [electronic, Netherlands/Iraq, live in the Netherlands] ♀
  • Detachment九 Bandcamp YouTube Facebook Discogs [ambient, drone, noise, see Månens Vågor, Handmade Birds, Hypophrenia, Melancholy Of Life, Moe Ali][2013]
  • DJ Foundation MySpace [mashup] (has to be confirmed)
  • Dub Stepmania Bandcamp [noise, see Wirephobia, Kurdistan/Iraq]
  • Erragal Soundcloud ReverbNation Youtube Facebook [dark ambient, ambient metal, black metal, neo-classical][2009]
  • Fadel Hadi, Omar Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Twitter Instagram YouTube Discogs [ambient]
  • Handmade Birds Bandcamp [ambient, electronica, see Detachment九, Månens Vågor, Melancholy Of Life, Moe Ali][2014]
  • Hypophrenia Bandcamp [dark ambient, drone, see Detachment九, Månens Vågor, Handmade Birds, Melancholy Of Life, Moe Ali][2015]
  • Kamil, Kani Site Soundcloud [sound art, Kurdistan/Iraq, lives in the UK] ♀
  • Kurda, Hardi Site Youtube Vimeo [electroacoustic, experimental, sound art, contemporary classical, Kurdistan/Iraq, lives in the UK]
  • Månens Vågor Bandcamp Discogs [ambient, drone, see Detachment九, Handmade Birds, Hypophrenia, Melancholy Of Life, Moe Ali][2013]
  • Melancholy Of Life Bandcamp [ambient, atmospheric black metal, see Månens Vågor, Hypophrenia, Detachment九, Handmade Birds, Moe Ali][2013]
  • Moment (Duo Moment) Bandcamp [free improv, experimental, Kurdistan/Iraq, live in the UK] ♀
  • Nadeem, Aida (Aïda Nadeem) Site Soundcloud Twitter Tumblr Wikipedia MySpace Discogs Youtube [electronica, traditional, contemporary, lives in Denmark] ♀
  • Use Knife Bandcamp [electronica, Iraq/Belgium]
  • Wirephobia Bandcamp [noise, experimental, field recordings, see Dub Stepmania, Kurdistan/Iraq]
  • Zerang, Michael Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Wikipedia Discogs [free improv, free jazz, experimental, Iraq/Iran/USA, lives in the USA]

Label

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Space21 Site Facebook [festival/performances/exhibitions for electroacoustic, sound art and experimental music in Iraqi Kurdistan][2018]
  • Tarkib (تركيب) Site Instagram [contemporary art including experimental and free improvised music]

Israel

Audio artists

  • **--** Bandcamp [ambient, lives in Poland]
  • 11HolyDrills Soundcloud Facebook [electronica]
  • 3cuspid Bandcamp Facebook [electronica]
  • 40 Prophets Bandcamp [ambient rock, drone]
  • Adar, Ishai MySpace [electronica, ambient, see Bney Ham]
  • Andarta Bandcamp [industrial rock]
  • Agnivolok Bancamp Discogs [neofolk, ambient] ♀
  • אלףאלף Bandcamp Facebook [experimental]
  • Aloni, Aminadav Site Discogs [electronic, ambient, soundtrack, classical, jazz][1974]
  • Antiochus Site Bandcamp [electronic, experimental, rock, goth, etc.]
  • Appelbaum, Maor Site Discogs
  • A.R.G Bandcamp Discogs [electronic, ambient, experimental, see Massaith, Tokee, Russia/Israel, lives in Russia]
  • Asher, Meira Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook [industrial, experimental, electroacoustic] ♀
  • Asher-Zax (Meira Asher, Eran Sachs) Bandcamp [noise, experimental] ♀
  • Ashkenazy, Lior [ליאור אשכנזי] Soundcloud Discogs [drone, noise, ambient, experimental, see Pica/Cain]
  • Avitsur, Eitan Discogs [modern classical, electroacoustic]
  • Avni, Tzvi (צביאבני) Site Wikipedia [electroacoustic][1964]
  • Badawi Site Bandcamp Discogs [electronic, dub, traditional, see Raz Mesinai, lives in the USA]
  • Balata Bandcamp Discogs [metal, experimental, noise, power electronics]
  • Bear on a Bike Soundcloud [electronic]
  • Belford, Liora Site [sound art, experimental] ♀
  • Ben Yosef, Alma
  • Berger, Jonathan
  • Bloke (Yaniv Navot) Site MySpace Discogs [electronica, breakbeat, techno]
  • Bney Hama Bandcamp [synt-hpop, electronic, see Ishay Adar & Ohad Fishof]
  • Boomstein, Lev (Bomshtein) [experimental, electronic, see Zvukoprocessor]
  • bOR MySpace [doom, noise]
  • Borgore MySpace [dubstep]
  • Brün, Herbert
  • Bukelman, Ido Site Soundcloud Youtube Facebook [free improv, post-folk, lives in Germany]
  • Cadaver Eyes Bandcamp Facebook Discogs [industrial, noise, doom]
  • Caine, Ariel Site Discogs [electronica, ambient, lo-fi]
  • Chaos As Shelter MySpace [experimental, ambient, see Chaos As Shelter, Vadim Gusis][1999]
  • Cherly KaCherly Bandcamp Archive Discogs [electronica, experimental, post-rock]
  • Clark, Kimberly MySpace [experimental, electronica] ♀
  • Cohen, Shai Site Soundclick Archives [electroacoustic, classical, jazz]
  • Cohen The Destroyer Bandcamp MySpace [drum n bass, breakcore, lives in Poland]
  • Control Delete Soundcloud Mypace Facebook [experimental, techno, ambient, also dj]
  • Copolovich, Joseph TLCP Discogs [noise, experimental]
  • Czernowin, Chaya Site YouTube TLCP Wikipedia Discogs [contemporary classical, opera, electroacoustic, lives in the USA] ♀
  • Dagim, Amit Bandcamp [electronica, experimental, industrial, lives in the Netherlands]
  • Davidovski, Daniel Site Bandcamp [experimental, electronica, electroacoustic, free improv]
  • Dismal Beeches Bandcamp Facebook Twitter Tumblr [darkwave]
  • Divinsky [electronic, techno, see Oded Keidar]
  • Dorfman, Joseph Discogs [electroacoustic]
  • Drone Lebanon Blogspot [power electronics, industrial,noise]
  • Drool, Alex Bandcamp [noise, experimental]
  • Drumer, Ori [ambient, experimental]
  • Dubnov, Shlomo Wikipedia Discogs [contemporary classical, Israel/USA, lives in the USA]
  • Dunam Bandcamp [ambient rock] ♀
  • Duralex Sedlex (דורלקס סדלקס) Bandcamp Wikipedia (in Hebrew) Discogs [industrial, industrial rock]
  • Elbaz, Avi [electroacoustic]
  • Elazar Glotman, Yair Site Bandcamp IMDB [ambient, modern classical, film score, lives in Germany]
  • Elyakim, Dganit Site MySpace [electroacoustic, classical] ♀
  • EFT Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook Discogs [free jazz, improv, noise...]
  • (e)roGi Niniart MySpace [experimental, see ObeyThe Migs]
  • Fava Beats Discogs [breakbeat, electronica, acid, Israel/Europe]
  • Finkelstein Site Bandcamp Discogs [electronica, noise]
  • Fire, Didi [electronica, experimental]
  • Fischman, Rajmil Biography [electroacoustic, Israel/Peru, lives in the USA]
  • Fishof, Ohad MySpace [electronic, experimental, soundtracks, etc., see Bney Ham]
  • Feiler, Dror (Dror Elimelech Feiler, דרור אלימלך פיילר) Wikipedia Discogs IMDB [electroacoustic, classical, opera, etc., lives in Sweden]
  • Freier, Shalhevet [electroacoustic][1957]
  • Gal [aka Gal, experimental, see Teder Music]
  • Gal & Maurin Discogs [experimental]
  • Gazit, Raviv (רביב גזית) Discogs [ambient]
  • Gaop (גאופ) Bandcamp Facebook [noise, power electronics, experimental]
  • Garmin, Habal Bandcamp Discogs [ambient]
  • Gedem MySpace Discogs [noise]
  • Gelem, Guy Bandcamp Facebook Tumblr [modern classical, ambient, electronica]
  • Genocide Drone MySpace [noise, industrial]
  • Gnoy & Salo
  • Govrin, Ido Discogs
  • Grave In The Sky MySpace [experimental, industrial, metal]
  • Gusis, Vadim [experimental, ambient, see Chaos As Shelter]
  • Guttman, Ben Facebook Discogs [electroacoustic]
  • Harari-Kaplan, Tomer YouTube MySpace Discogs [electroacoustic, experimental, video, lives in The Netherlands]
  • Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman Wikipedia [classical, electroacoustic]
  • Hollowing & Maor Appelbaum MySpace [ambient, experimental, industrial]
  • Horenstein, Stephen Site [electroacoustic, classical]
  • Igor Krutogolov & Thunderwheel MySpace [experimental rock]
  • Ilzetzki, Ophir MySpace [electroacoustic, classical, lives in the UK]
  • Inbalso MySpace [experimental, psychedelic, lives in the USA ?]
  • Jacob, Ziv (Ziv) Soundcloud MySpace [ambient, electronica, lives in Germany]
  • Jizzbox MySpace [experimental]
  • Kadaver Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Vimeo Dailymotion Facebook [noise, power electronics, see Michael Zolotov][2003]
  • Kahalani, Achim MySpace [electronic, experimental]
  • Keidar, Oded Soundcloud Facebook Instagram [electroacoustic, experimental, noise, industrial, see Divinsky]
  • Keren-Huss, Kiki
  • Knafo, Asaf Soundcloud [electroacoustic, experimental]
  • Kolton, Ron
  • Komoclassi MySpace [electronica, classical, experimental]
  • Krutogolov, Igor Bandcamp [experimental, noise, art rock]
  • La Mer Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook Twitter Instagram [electronica] ♀
  • Lesbian Reaktor MySpace [electro]
  • Lietterschpich (Liettershpich Diet) Bandcamp Discogs [industrial, doom, experimental]
  • Lior Ashkenazy/Grisha Shakhnes Bandcamp [experimental, noise]
  • Malben MySpace [noise, see Popsickhell]
  • Mar-Haim, Yossi Site IMDB [electroacoustic, sound installations, soundtracks][1967]
  • Mashina Bandcamp [noise, experimental, doom]
  • Masmer Ve Panasim MySpace [experimental]
  • Massaith Bandcamp Discogs [ambient, industrial, glitch, electronic, see Tokee, A.R.G, Russia/Israel, lives in Russia]
  • Maurin (David Ovadia) Discogs [experimental]
  • Meriri , Quetev Bandcamp [experimental, post-rock]
  • Mesinai, Raz Site Bandcamp Discogs [electroacoustic, dub, traditional, see Badawi, lives in the USA]
  • *mines* Soundcloud Vimeo YouTube [free improv]
  • Mildew Bandcamp [industrial metal][1998]
  • Minimal Compact MySpace Discogs Wikipedia [new wave, Israel/Belgium lived in Belgium] ♀
  • Mise_En_Scene Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Vimeo Discogs Facebook Twitter [experimental, drone]
  • Mites Bandcamp Soundcloud Vimeo Discogs [noise, experimental, field recordings, see Grisha Shakhnes, Russia/Israel]
  • Mizrachi, Itsik [electroacoustic]
  • Modelo Para Armar Site [electronic rock, punk, experimental][1994]
  • Modus Magus Site MySpace [electronica, techno, Russia/Israel] ♀
  • Mortal Manifest MySpace [dark ambient, experimental]
  • Mr Yisrael Bandcamp [experimental, dub]
  • Mujahideen Bandcamp [electro-rock, post-punk]
  • Mule Driver Bandcamp [electronica, electro, see Ak Duk]
  • Myrtenbaum, Igal (יגאל, מירטנבאום) Site [experimental, electroacoustic]
  • Mystagogue Bandcamp Discogs [drone, noise, ambient]
  • Nemek MySpace [experimental][2008]
  • Nico-Teen MySpace [electro-pop, experimental]
  • Nimoi MySpace [lives in Germany]
  • Necromishka Bandcamp Facebook Discogs [dark folk, experimental, dark ambient] ♀
  • No Time For Good Site [ebm, techno][1996]
  • Nocturnal Rainbow Recordings Site Bandcamp Instagram Tumblr [dub, electronica, experimental, audio-visual, see Ran Slavin]
  • Obey The Migs MySpace [ambient, experimental, doom]
  • Olivero, Betty Wikipedia [electroacoustic, classical]
  • Oppenheim, David Site [sound art, electronic, installations, etc., see HCB Records]
  • Ovadia, David (Maurin) Discogs [experimental]
  • Panda Porn Site Soundcloud Facebook Discogs [experimental]
  • Paradox (Eli Talgam) Discogs [experimental, avant-garde]
  • Pazanowski, Van Site MySpace [experimental, see Uganda]
  • Pelz, Ofer Site Bandcamp [experimental, improv, lives in Canada]
  • Penetrating Crankshaft Site Bandcamp MySpace Facebook [techno, electronic]
  • Pesach, Uri [electroacoustic]
  • Pica MySpace [noise, experimental, industrial]
  • Pica/Cain (פיקה/קין) Bandcamp Discog [noise, industrial, experimental, see Pica & Cain]
  • Pica.DM [noise, industrial, see Pica]
  • Poochlatz Bandcamp [industrial, noise, experimental, power electronics]
  • Popsickhell MySpace [experimental, see Malben]
  • Refuse To Die Site Discogs [noise, industrial, ambient, etc.]
  • Remesh MySpace Discogs [industrial, noise, experimental, See Pica, Van Pazanovski, Cain, Oz Vult, Nemoi]
  • Reches, Binya (binjah) Bandcamp Discogs [electronica, industrial, etc.]
  • Robocof MySpace [ambient, experimental]
  • Rocky B Bandcamp Facebook Discogs [electronic, dub, hip hop, dub, see Tropikal Camel, lives in Germany]
  • Rosenbaum, Keren Facebook Discogs [electroacoustic, jazz, classical] ♀
  • Rosenfarb, Guy [electroacoustic]
  • rotem of qiryat gat Site Bandcamp Facebook [experimental, ambient, lives in Germany]
  • Sabixatzil
  • Sachs, Eran (Zax) Site Bandcamp MySpace [noise, experimental, improv]
  • Sadai, Yizhak (Yitzhak Sadai) Discogs [electroacoustic]
  • Señor Sandwich Bandcamp Soundcloud Youtoube Facebook [electronic]
  • Seven Morgues MySpace [dark ambient, experimental, folk, noise]
  • Seventeen migs of spring Bandcamp Facebook MySpace [experimental, improv][1999] ♀
  • Shakhnes, Grisha (Grisha ) Bandcamp Soundcloud Vimeo Discogs [noise, experimental, field recordings, see Mites, Russia/Israel]
  • Shalev, Oori Site Soundcloud MySpace Discogs [experimental, electroacoustic, improv, jazz, lives in Germany]
  • Shapira, Arie Site [classical, electroacoustic]
  • Shavit, Ami Youtube Discogs [ambient][1977 ?]
  • Sheriff, Noam Site [electroacoustic, classical]
  • Shlomo Artzi Orchestra Discogs [experimental, noise, see Joseph Copolovitch]
  • Silence & Strength Site Bandcamp [ambient, industrial]
  • Simchy, Asaf Bandcamp Discogs Soundcloud Facebook MySpace [dub, electronica, see Yestegan chaY]
  • Sinister Sveta Blogspot [experimental, see Malben]
  • Slavin, Ran Site Bandcamp Instagram Tumblr [dub, electronica, experimental, audio-visual, see Nocturnal Rainbow Recordings]
  • Solomon, Or Site YouTube Facebook [jazz, free improv, classical, lives in Germany]
  • Sonnenfeld, Shlomo Site [ambient, experimental, film scores, post-rock, etc.]
  • Spark O Bandcamp [electro, ambient, synth-pop]
  • Special Olympics MySpace [noise, experimental]
  • Stern, Aviv Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook [electronica]
  • Stuchka Vkarmanye MySpace [electronica, see Eliad Wagner, lives in Europe]
  • Subsoniq Site MySpace [electronic]
  • TaaPet Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook Twitter Discogs [electronica, ambient, live in Germany]
  • Tal, Josef Wikipedia Discogs [electroacoustic]
  • Talgam, Eli Discogs [experimental, avant-garde, see Paradox]
  • Testkard 225 Bandcamp Youtube Discogs [industrial, dark ambient, EBM][1988]
  • The Ant Bears
  • The Intensive Care unit [electro-pop, new wave][198?]
  • The Klank Of Črno Migs Site Bandcamp [drone, ambient, improv, Israel/Belgium][2006] ♀
  • The Lagan Tapes Bandcamp [experimental, industrial]
  • Thee Virginal Brides MySpace [industrial, experimental, Israel/Canada/USA]
  • Thunderwheel [industrial, experimental, see Chaos As Shelter, Vadim Gusis][2008]
  • Tiny Tramp Bandcamp YouTube Instagram Discogs [industrial, experimental, lives in Switzerland]
  • Tokee Bandcamp Discogs [electronica , see Massaith, A.R.G, Russia/Israel, lives in Russia]
  • Tome (תם) MySpace [experimental]
  • Total Reboot Site [electronica, jazz, techno]
  • Tropikal Camel Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook Discogs [electronic, electronica, techno, dub, see Rocky B, lives in Germany]
  • Tushia, Gal [aka Gal, experimental, see Teder Music]
  • Uzi & Tversk Bandcamp [post-punk, synthpunk]
  • VolkovOpp Bandcamp [free improv]
  • Wackelkontakt Site Bandcamp Instagram [industrial hip hop, noise, noise pop, industrial] ♀
  • Wagner, Eliad Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Twitter [experimental, electroacoustic, improv, lives in Germany]
  • Wasserman, Gil [electroacoustic]
  • Wolman, Amnon Discogs [electroacoustic, lives in the USA]
  • Wreck & Drool Discogs [noise, experimental]
  • Yestegan chaY (Asaf Simchy) Bandcamp Discogs Soundcloud Facebook MySpace [dub, electronica]
  • Yon MySpace [experimental, noise]
  • Yuhas, Dan
  • Zax (Eran Sachs) Site MySpace [noise, experimental, improv]
  • Zeresh Bandcamp Youtube Facebook Instagram Discogs [dark folk, dark ambient] ♀
  • Ziblat Shay, Ilya Site Discogs [electroacoustic, modern classical, lives in the Netherlands]
  • Ziv (Ziv Jacob) [experimental, electronica]
  • Zur, Menachem Discogs [electroacoustic]

Labels

Magazine

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

Forum

  • Hydepark Site [noise, experimental, etc. in Hebrew]
  • IDNB (Israeli Drum And Bass) Site [drum n bass]

Radio

  • Hallas (Hollon Art Lab Audio Service) [internet radio]

Japan

Labels

  • Guruguru Brain Site Bandcamp Facebook [psychedelic, ambient, experimental, alternative music from Asia, Japan/Netherlands][2014]

Magazine

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

Database

Jordan

Audio artists

Kenya

Audio artists

Label

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Africa Nouveau Site Facebook [pan-African festival, electronic, reggae, singeli, bass music, electronica, etc.]

Kazakhstan

Audio artists

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Replica Festival [electronic music][2006]
  • Zvuk Facebook [electronic, electro, acid, drum n bass, techno, experimental, etc.]

Kuwait

Audio artist

Labels

Kyrgyzstan

Audio artist

  • BROXXZ Bandcamp Soundcloud VK Last.fm [electronic, techno, acid, power noise, noise, see Oscillah, lives in Turkey]
  • Oscillah Soundcloud [electronic, hardcore techno, acid, power noise, noise, see BROXXZ, lives in Turkey]

Laos (Lao)

Audio artist

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Centre Culturel Et De Coopération Linguistique Site [cultural events and exchange]

Lebanon

Audio artists

Labels

  • Al Maslakh Site Bandcamp Discogs [experimental, improv, free jazz from Lebanon and/or recorded in Lebanon, see Mazen Kerbaj]
  • Annihaya Records Site Discogs [experimental, electronic, folk, free jazz, etc.][2009]
  • Incognito Site [all kind of music including electronic]
  • Johnny Kafta's Kids Menu Site [experimental, post punk, free jazz, improv][2010]
  • Lebanese Underground Site Facebook [post punk, electro, dub, hip hop]
  • Merchak RecordsArchive [electronica, ambient]
  • Modular Mind Bandcamp [electronica, ambient, industrial, techno, experimental]
  • Obscure Abominations Site [experimental, see Osman Arabi]
  • Ruptured Bandcamp Wordpress Facebook [rock, post punk, jazz, noise, experimental, electronic, improv, etc.]
  • Those kids must choke.rec Site [experimental, post punk]
  • VV-VA (٧٨-٧٧) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs [electronic, ambient, electronica, etc.][2019]

Distributors/Shops

  • Acousmatik Site
  • Dawawine - دواوين Facebook group [space for theatre arts, sound, visual art, also bookstore and café - espace des arts de la scène, du son et de l'image - دواوين - فضاء لفنون العرض و الصوت و الصورة]

Radio

  • Ruptured (Radio Liban) Wordpress [rock, post punk, jazz, noise, experimental, electronic, improv, etc.]

Forum

  • Kaotik System Site MySpace [electro, breakcore, industrial, techno, drum n bass, etc.]

Magazine

  • Feel Notes Site [blog about the alternative/underground scene in Lebanon]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Acousmatik System Site MySpace [breakcore, noise, experimental]
  • Art Lounge Site [contemporary art in general, including experimental]
  • Beirut & Beyond Site Facebook [electronic, improv, traditional, jazz, etc.][2013]
  • Beirut Art Center Site [exhibitions, concerts]
  • Club Electro Mecanique Facebook [electro, disco, new wave, dubstep, etc.]
  • Corechestra Facebook [electronic, breakcore, downtempo, etc.]
  • Dawawine - دواوين Facebook group [space for theatre arts, sound, visual art, also bookstore and café - espace des arts de la scène, du son et de l'image - دواوين - فضاء لفنون العرض و الصوت و الصورة]
  • Dmg Crew Facebook [dubstep, drum n bass, idm, breakcore, experimental, etc.]
  • Irtijal Site Facebook Twitter [International free improvised music festival in Lebanon, see Sharif Sehnaoui]
  • Kaotik System Site [electro, breakcore, industrial, techno, drum n bass, etc.]
  • Radio Beirut Site Facebook [a bit of everything]
  • Yukunkun Site Facebook [electronica, dubstep, ambient, techno, etc.]
  • Zico House [films, parties, events, etc.]

Lesotho

Audio artists

  • Jonathan Crossley, Mpho Molikeng Bandcamp [post-folk, UK/Lesotho]
  • Luca Forcucci featuring Cara Stacey and Mpho Molikeng Bandcamp [electroacoustic, ambient, post-folk, Italy/Switzerland/South Africa/Lesotho] ♀
  • Molikeng, Mpho Site Bandcamp [improvised music, traditional, electronic]

Liberia

Lybia

Macao (Macau)

Audio artists

Label

  • Day's Eye Records Facebook Tumblr Discogs [electronic, modern classical, experimental, noise, rock, moved to Taiwan]
  • Guia Experimental Bandcamp [noise, ambient, techno, experimental, breakcore]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Guia Experimental Bandcamp [noise, ambient, techno, experimental, breakcore]
  • Kill The Silence Festival Facebook [electronic, experimental, noise and sound art, Hong Kong/Macau]
  • LMA (Live Music Association, Associação de Música ao Vivo, 現場音樂協會) Site Facebook [various kinds of music]

Distributors/Shops

  • Pintomusica Site [electronica, experimental, rock, pop, jazz, etc.]

Madagascar

Audio artists

  • Adama Ouedraogo & Ujjaya Soundcloud [ambient, post-folk, Burkina Faso/Madagascar/France]
  • Ujjaya Bandcamp Soundcloud MySpace Facebook [ambient, traditional, experimental, lives in France]
  • Ujjaya & Hala Hachem Soundcloud [ambient, traditional, experimental, Madagascar/Lebanon] ♀

Madeira

Audio artists

Malawi

Malaysia

Audio artists

Labels

  • Death Tones Records Bandcamp [noise, cybergrind, noisegrind, grindcore, punk, etc.]
  • Devil Noise Records Mypace Blogspot Facebook Discogs [noise, experimental, industrial, see Projekt666:Satanoise][2011]
  • Digital Daylight Distribution Bandcamp [experimental, see Herbal Records][2017]
  • Dungeon Of Darkness MySpace Discogs Blogspot [noise, experimental, drone, see Ablaze Eternal][2010]
  • Flames Of Ceremonial Discogs Blogspot [noise, experimental, drone, Dungeon Of Darkness sublabel][2010]
  • Herbal Records (Herbal International) Facebook Discogs [noise, sound art, experimental, field recordings, see Goh Lee Kwang][2003]
  • Khatulistiwa 赤道 Bandcamp Facebook Instagram [ambient, drone, experimental, free improv]
  • KLEX (Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival) Site Bandcamp Facebook [experimental music, films and video]
  • Lam'i-nal Records [experimental, see Xing-Wu Records]
  • Lao Ban Records (LaoBan Records) Site Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook [free improv, experimental][2017]
  • Magick River (see Antares)
  • Mirror Tapes Blogspot Discogs [see Orient Occident, industrial, experimental, noise tape label][2010]
  • More Than A Sound Bandcamp Discogs [noise, experimental]
  • MUE Records Bandcamp Facebook [noise]
  • mü-nest Site MySpace Soundcloud Facebook [electronica]
  • Non-Halal Records [noise, see Jerk Kerouac]
  • RainmanUnderTheSun Bandcamp [experimental, see Herbal Records/Goh Lee Kwang]
  • <Sudut Discogs [experimental, net label, see Xing Wu]
  • Theme Park Blogspot Discogs [experimental, sound art, noise, free improv, etc., see Herbal Records][2009]
  • Why Not Ltd Blogspot Discogs [experimental, sound art, field recordings, etc., see Herbal Records][2005-2009]
  • Xing-Wu Records Discogs [experimental, noise]

Magazine/Blog/Communities

  • Malaysian Composers Site [online magazine for malaysian and regional contemporary music]
  • Malaysia Dark Alternative Movement Facebook (page) Facebook (group) [goth, ebm, death rock, post punk, dark electro, dark ambient, etc.]
  • Maschine Lounge Soundcloud Facebook [goth, ebm, post punk, dark electro][2014]

Distributors/Shops

  • Orient Occident Site Discogs [mail order for experimental from Asia and the West]
  • The Ricecoocker Shop Site [shop and mail order for experimental, punk, DYI and political culture in general]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Co:labs Facebook [art, science and technology platform]
  • EMACM (Experimental Musicians and Artists Co-Operative Malaysia) Blogspot [sound art, electroacoustic and art]
  • Findars / 無限發掘 Site Blogspot Youtube Facebook [non-profit art space, closed]
  • Khatulistiwa 赤道 Bandcamp Facebook Instagram [ambient, drone, experimental, free improv, events and recording studio]
  • KLEX (Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival) Site Bandcamp Facebook [experimental music, films and video]
  • Moutou 無頭體 Facebook [art community, including music]
  • RAW ARt Space Site Facebook [art space, concerts]
  • Switch ON Blogspot (new) Blogspot (old) Facebook [monthly electronic series on experimental & arts, see Goh Lee Kwang][2009]
  • The Group Called X Facebook [group announcement for Herbal, Switch ON, etc. activities]
  • The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) Site [art in general, including electronic music]
  • The Saxophone Store Site Facebook [weekly free improv sessions and saxophone store/repair store]
  • Toccata Studio Site Blogspot Facebook [audio-visual performances, improvised choreography and music][2012]
  • USM Experimental Art Lab Facebook ["synthesizers are expensive, so we build our own"]

Maldives

Audio artists

Label

Mali

Audio artists

Mauritania

Audio artists

Mauritius

Audio artists

Mayotte

Melilla

Mongolia

Audio artists

Morocco

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Alchemy At Zahar Facebook [alternative music festival]
  • Festival des arts numériques [digital art festival in Casablanca]
  • Slam & Klam Festival MySpace [hip hop, experimental, jazz, electronic, traditional, etc.]

Magazine/blog/group

  • Experimental musicians of Morocco Facebook [experimental and electronic music from Morocco]
  • Sothzine Atspace [webzine about dark ambient, industrial, experimental, darkwave, trip hop, etc., no activities since 2006]

Radio

Mozambique

Audio artists

Myanmar

Audio artists

  • Burmélange Bandcamp Facebook Discogs [electronic, improv, experimental][2010]
  • CGAUSS (Win Htut Thawdar aka Itö) Soundcloud Bandcamp [ambient]
  • Crazy Eels Society Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook [ambient, noise, experimental, improv, folk]
  • Darko C. [experimental]
  • DJ Kavas Bandcamp MySpace [techno, electronic, experimental]
  • Epic Clouds Soundcloud [electronic, improv, electroacoustic, ambient, see Noise In Yangon][2017]
  • Heft Bandcamp Soundcloud Facebook Instagram [ambient, electronica, see Sun Sleeps]
  • Ko Jeu [improv, electronic, experimental, modern classical]
  • Ko Jeu, Kif Nguyen, Rastko Vimeo [electroacoustic, improv, Myanmar/France/Serbia]
  • Ko Jeu, Kif Nguyen, DJ Kavas, Rastko, So Takahashi, C-drík Bandcamp [electroacoustic, improv, Myanmar/France/Japan/Serbia/Belgium]
  • Musica Htet Soundcloud Twitter Facebook [electronic, experimental, rock]
  • Nandar Htoo, Lynn Bandcamp Soundcloud Archive [electronica, techno]
  • Noise In Yangon Soundcloud [electronic, improv, electroacoustic, ambient, see Epic Clouds][2017]
  • Phyu (Phyu Hnin Thwin, Pi-oux) Soundcloud Bandcamp [experimental, improv, lives in the Netherlands] ♀
  • Pinky Soundcloud Instagram [ambient, experimental, rock, classical, pop] ♀
  • Sun Sleeps Bandcamp [ambient, see Heft]
  • Symmetric Soundcloud Facebook [electro-pop, minimal electronic, ambient] ♀
  • Tser Htoo [experimental]
  • Tser Htoo & Darko C. [experimental]

Label

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • 7000 Padauk Facebook [experimental, exhibitions, etc., temporary space]
  • Noise In Yangon Site Facebook [electronic, experimental, improv music platform for Burmese Artist and other SEA artist][2017]

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Namibia

Audio artists

Nepal

Audio artists

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

Niger

Audio artists

Nigeria

Audio artists

North Korea

Audio artists

  • So Jong Gon [classical, electronic, film scores]

Oman

Audio artists

  • Kukri (Jassim Jaffer) Soundcloud [electronica, lives in the UK]

Pakistan

Audio artists

Labels

  • Mooshy Moo Bandcamp [electronica, mashup, ambient][2007]

Magazine

Palestine

Audio artists

Labels

Philippines

Audio artists

Labels

Magazine

  • New Perspectives Site Facebook [online alternative music magazine]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • E.X.I.S.T. ((EX)perimentation (I)n (S)ound art (T)radition) Site [experimental, sound art]
  • WSK Festival of The Recently Possible (Fete de la WSK) Facebook [experimental and electronic music festival]
  • Sleepy Eye Collective Site [punk, grind, noise, etc.]

Radio

Community

  • Electronica Manila Facebook [techno, electronica, drum 'n' bass, breakbeat, ambient, house, etc.][2001]
  • Noisebath PH Facebook [experimental sound projects from the Philippines]
  • Philippine Experimental Sound Facebook [no wave, noise, electronic, industrial, etc.]

Qatar

Audio artists

Label

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

Réunion

Audio artists

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

Rwanda

Audio artists

  • Lierman, Aurélie (Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman) Site Soundcloud [electroacoustic, classical, Rwanda/Belgium, lives in the Netherlands] ♀
  • Organo Bandcamp Facebook [contemporary classical, improvised music, Rwanda/Belgium/Italy/Hungary, live in the Netherlands] ♀

Saint Helena

São Tomé and Príncipe

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Saudi Arabia

Audio artists

Senegal

Audio artists

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Audio artists

Singapore

Audio artists

Labels

  • 4iB records Site Facebook [industrial, noise, experimental, power electronics]
  • Digicore Far East Discogs [digital punk, breakcore, noise, stopped its activities]
  • Ehsan Records Facebook [noise, experimental, improv, drone, etc.]
  • Re.Start Violence Site Discogs [digital punk, breakcore, noise stopped its activities]
  • The Well Recordings Site Discogs [jazz, experimental, electronic, see Leslie Low]
  • Ujikaji Records Bandcamp Wordpress Facebook [experimental, free jazz, improv, electronic, rock, etc.]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Art Talk Facebook [new media, music, design and technology arts seminar series]
  • Artistry Site Facebook [music, performances, exhibitions]
  • Blackhole 212 Wordpress [punk, metal, oi, noise, experimental, electronic, etc.]
  • Choppa Site Facebook [experimental, noise][2008]
  • Earthbound Facebook [experimental, noise][2012]
  • Home Club Facebook [punk, metal, rock electronic, experimental, etc.]
  • Independent Archive and Resource Center Site Facebook [audio, visual art, performances]
  • The Substation Site Facebook [contemporary art music, experimental film, theater, etc.][1990]

Distributors/Shops

  • Earshot Site MySpace [all Singaporian stuff and related; music and art, books, etc.]
  • Straits Records MySpace [punk, metal, oi, rock, electronic, etc. also record label]
  • System Hang Distro [noise, experimental, breakcore, etc., stopped its activities]
  • Ujikaji Record Site Wordpress Instagram [experimental, electronic, psychedelic, avant pop, free jazz, etc.]

Magazines/Blogs/Communities

  • Rock In The Fine City Blogspot ['80s-'90s Singapore independent music archives]
  • Singapore Dark Alternative Movement Facebook [goth, ebm, death rock, post punk, dark electro, psychobilly, etc.][1998]

Somalia

Audio artists

Somaliland

South Africa

Audio artists

Labels

  • African Dope Site MySpace Discogs Last.fm [breakbeat, drum n bass, dub, hip hop, etc., see Krushed & Sorted]
  • Lilies Records Site Bandcamp Facebook Twitter [ambient, gqom, instrumental hip hop]
  • Microdot Music MySpace Discogs [trance, dub, electronica, see Network 77]
  • MoonSwing Collective Bandcamp Instagram Facebook [post-rock, electronica, metal, dream pop, rock, ambient, etc.]
  • Network 77 Discogs [ambient, electronic,synth-pop, rock][1984]
  • One Minute Trolley Dash Site [post-rock, electronica]
  • Open Record Site [electronica, ambient, etc.]
  • Roar Records Jhb [electronica, more ?]
  • Robben Island Records Discogs [noise, power electronics]
  • SENSA (Sonic Exploration Network of Southern Africa) Site Bandcamp Instagram [Southern African incubator of exploratory music]
  • Sjambok Music Bandcamp [dub, dubstep, punk, rock, reggae, etc.]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Bowed Electrons Site [electroacoustic]
  • Cape Town Goth / Industrial Nights Facebook [ebm, darkwave, goth, electro-industrial, etc. parties]
  • Dark Power Facebook Facebook Facebook (group) [electronic, industrial, etc. parties]
  • Distortion Facebook [ebm, darkwave, goth, electro-industrial, etc. parties]
  • Edge of Wrong Site Facebook [improv, electroacoustic, experimental, noise, etc. festival][2006]
  • Improvising in South Africa Facebook [network for (non-jazz) music improvisers]
  • NewMusicSA Site [electroacoustic, classical, sound art, etc.]
  • SACMMT Site [Music Technology Section of the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town]
  • SENSA (Sonic Exploration Network of Southern Africa) Site Bandcamp Instagram [Southern African incubator of exploratory music]
  • Unyazi Festival Site YouTube [experimental, electroacoustic, lectures, etc., see D. Voudouris & J. Webb]

Forum

  • Darkside Site [ebm, goth, metal, etc.]
  • South African Music Research Blog Wordpress [discussion forum for music research mostly on South African music, with occasional general topics]

South Korea

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Agit (Indie Culture Network Agit) Site FaceBook [music events, exhibitions, art residencies, seminars, etc.]
  • ATM (Audio Trading manual) Site [electronic, electroacoustic, experimental music festival]
  • Bulgasari Site Facebook [experimental, noise, free jazz, improvised music organiser][2003]
  • Dotolim Site Youtube [electroacoustic, noise, improv, see Jin Sangtae]
  • KEAMS (Korean Electroacoustic Music Society, 한국전자음악협회) Site [electroacoustic]
  • Relay Site [monthly event for improv, experimental]
  • Seoul International Computer Music Festival (서울국제컴퓨터음악제) Site [electroacoustic, experimental festival][1994]
  • Texture Fragile Blogspot [experimental]
  • WeSA Site Vimeo Facebook [audio-visual festival]
  • Yogiga Site Facebook Facebook (group) [noise, experimental, improv, art galery, little store]

South Ossetia

South Sudan

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Sri Lanka

Audio artists

Label

Venue

Community/Group

  • Sri Lanka Musicians Network Facebook [all sorts of music, including experimental, promoting Sr Lankan musicians and collaborations]
  • Thattu Pattu Site Facebook Instagram [music from the fringes of Sri Lanka]

Sudan

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Syria

Audio artists

Taiwan

Audio artists

Labels

Distributors/Shops

  • Node Culture (節點文化) Site [electronica, ambient, classical, traditional, jazz, etc.]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Art Demolition Festival YouTube [noise, experimental, punk, performance art] [1995]
  • 耳蝸 Cochlea Lab Facebook [experimental]
  • Digital Art Festival Taipei Site [2006]
  • Lacking Sound Festival Blogspot Facebook Twitter Youtube Flickr Instagram [experimental music festival and concerts][2007]
  • NoiseKitchen Site [experimental and installations venue]
  • Osmosis Audiovisual Media festival Site Facebook [audio-visual]
  • SEAM (Society of electroacoustic Music Taiwan)
  • SMIT (Master Program of Sound and Music Innovative Technologies) Site [electroacoustic, etc.][2007]
  • Smoke Machine / Organik Site Soundcloud Facebook [ambient, techno, electronica, art]
  • Taipei Contemporary Art Center (台 北當代藝術中心) Site [contemporary art, including music]
  • Taiwanese Computer Music Association Facebook [computer music, electroacoustic]
  • TheCube Forum Music Festival Site Facebook Instagram [experimental, electroacoustic, noise, psychedelic, etc.]
  • Ting Shuo hear say (Ting Shuo Studio, 聽說) Site YouTube Facebook [experimental, sound art and more]

Magazine

  • Future Tao: Online Inner Scripture Site [an ongoing interpretive manuscript of Taoist-informed experimental practices]
  • White Fungus Site [New-Zealander/International art and experimental magazine based in Taiwan and New Zealand, published in Chinese and English]

Tajikistan

Audio artists

  • Duo Falak Bandcamp [falak, improv, Tajikistan/Russia]
  • Qurbon, Shohin (ShohinQurbonov) Bandcamp Instagram Facebook [field recordings, see Sha Gen]
  • Sha Gen Soundcloud Instagram Facebook [ambient, electronica, techno, folk, house, etc., see Shohin Qurbon]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • muza_dushanbe Instagram Telegram [electronic, free improv, techno, folk, rock, poetry, etc.]

Tanzania

Audio artists

  • Kitundu, Walter Site [experimental, lives in the USA]
  • Maestro MI Bandcamp YouTube Facebook [electronic, ambient, classical, etc., lives in Canada, see Afraaz Mulji]
  • Mario Swagga and DJ Silila Bandcamp [singeli]
  • Mulji, Afraaz Bandcamp YouTube Facebook [electronic, ambient, classical, etc., lives in Canada, see Maestro MI]

Thailand

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals

  • BACC (Bangkok Art And Culture Centre / โดย ฝ่ายนิทรรศการ หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมแห่งกรุงเทพมหานคร) Site Facebook [music, performance art, exhibitions, etc]
  • Bangkok Street Noise Facebook [street music performances, including noise, experimental, electronic, rock, etc.]
  • Cacophonous Facebook [noise, drone, dark ambient concerts]
  • Darkside Thailand Facebook [hardcore techno, techno, gabber]
  • delicate (delicate decibel) Facebook Facebook (group) Discogs [electronic, experimental, vjing, also label]
  • DIE MySpace
  • EESE (experimental Electronic South East)  [experimental and electronic music festival]
  • Harmonica [electronic, folk, pop...]
  • IntAct Site YouTube Facebook [contemporary classical and art festival]
  • Jam Facebook [electronic, experimental, rock, etc.]
  • Monday Sonic Explorers Club [improvised and experimental music series organised by RAM10 รามสิบ]
  • Neighbours Collective Facebook [experimental, electronic, rock, etc. and interviews]
  • New Source [experimental, electronic, metal, etc.]
  • No Answer Facebook [electronic, experimental...]
  • Noise House Lat Phrao Facebook YouTube [rock, ambient, trip hop, experimental, punk, free improv, etc.]
  • Nospace Site Youtube Shinobi Facebook Twitter [contemporary art, electronic, experimental, punk music]
  • Primitive Synthesis Facebook [experimental, noise]
  • RAM10 รามสิบ Facebook [music and art collective]
  • SO::ON / SO::ON Dry Flower / SOL Space Site MySpace [art space, electronic, experimental, folk, post-rock, etc.]
  • SOL Site MySpace [contemporary art centre, including new media art and music]
  • Southeast Asia New Music and Art Foundation (SANMA) Site Facebook [contemporary classical]
  • Thailand Music and Art Organization (TMAO) Site [art, including contemporary classical music, dance, etc.][2016]
  • Zoo Facebook [noise, electronic, experimental, rock, etc.]

Forums/Groups

  • Noiseheadz Facebook [experimental, noise, dark ambient, etc.]
  • Thai Audio & Visual Synthesis Club Facebook [digital art, electronic music, multimedia, interactive art, new media etc.digital art, electronic music, multimedia, interactive art, new media etc.]

Tibet

Audio artists

  • Li Chin Sung & Tibetan Friends Bandcamp [experimental, traditional, Tibet/Hong Kong]

Timor-Leste

Togo

Audio artists

  • Yao Bobby & Simon Grab Bandcamp Youtube Facebook [hip hop, industrial hip hop, noise rap, bass music, Togo/Switzerland]

Tunisia

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals

  • El Fabrika Facebook Twitter [platform for experimental arts, alternative design, research and activism]
  • Ennejma Ezzahra / Centre Des Musiques Arabes Et Méditerranésennes (Arabic And Mediterranean Music Centre) [music in general, including electronic music]
  • L'Atelier D Vimeo Wordpress MySpace Facebook [artists residency, modern art, concerts, etc.]
  • Le Fest Site Facebook [electronic music, art and culture, bridge between Europe and Tunisia]
  • Le Plug Facebook [club, various music styles]
  • REMA (Rencontres électroniques du monde arabe) Facebook [festival, workshops, electronic music, etc., see Waveform]
  • Waveform Facebook Youtube Twitter [electronic music, vjing, etc.][2010]

Türkiye (Turkey)

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • A.I.D (Art Is Dead) Site Facebook [electroacoustic, noise, electronic, etc.]
  • Arkaoda Site Twitter [promoters based in Istanbul and Berlin]
  • Bantmag Site [music, cinema, art, organiser, online and paper magazine]
  • Ctrl_Alt_Delete Site Discogs
  • Distopya Sound Art Festival İstanbul 2021 Site Facebook [sound art, electroacoustic, sound installations, etc.]
  • Dogzstar MySpace Facebook [ebm, electronica, breakcore, goth, punk, psycho, jazz...]
  • Dorkbot & Share Istanbul Facebook Tumblr [audio-visual art, experimental]
  • Dorkbot İzmir Site [audio-visual art, experimental]
  • İstanbul Industrial Fest Facebook [experimental, noise, industrial, ambient]
  • Kooperatif Art & Performance Hall Facebook
  • MultiRAID Facebook [Multiversal and A.I.D together organising yearly events, free improv, noise, electronic, electroacoustic, etc.][2016]
  • Noiseistanbul Meetings [experimental, noise, improv]
  • Nomad Site [digital art, music, video]
  • Peyote Site Twitter [club, concerts and parties]
  • Pixie Underground Twitter Facebook Facebook group [drum n bass, dubstep and electronic music club]
  • re:konstruKt Site Soundcloud [experimental, improv, freejazz, spoken word]
  • Signal From Outside [experimental, noise events]
  • Spektropen Festival MySpace [noise, experimental, electroacoustic]

Magazines/Blogs

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Audio artists

Label

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres/Studios

  • Anti-Mass Bandcamp Instagram [electronic, bass music, gqom, gegetone]
  • Boutiq Studio Site Facebook [ a community recording studio and residency space in Kampala]
  • East African Records Studio Site Bandcamp Facebook Instagram [recording studio]
  • Nyege Nyege International Music Festival Site [afrobeat, kuduro, hip hop, electronic, experimental, dub, house, rock, Acholi music, reggae, etc.]
  • The Square Facebook [a bit of everything]

United Arab Emirates

Audio artists

Labels

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Sharjah Art Foundation Site Facebook Twitter Instagram [experimental and electronic music, contemporary art, audio and video installations, art residencies, etc.]
  • Tse Tse Fly Middle East Site Facebook Youtube [sound art, experimental, electronic, relocated to the UK][2015]
  • White Noise Facebook [industrial, goth, EBM, ambient, dark wave][2017]

Uzbekistan

Audio artists

Festival

  • Noisepaper Blogspot [webzine about experimental, ambient, noise, punk, metal...]

Magazine

  • Stihia Festival [electro, techno, electronica, etc.]

Vietnam

Audio artists

Labels

  • Phương Nam Phim Discogs [jazz, electronic]
  • Studio Ha Hoi Last.fm Discogs [experimental, jazz, electronic, techno...]

Magazines

  • Cánh đồng âm nhạc (Canh dong am nhac) Site for past reviews, see : Weebly [online music magazine including short reviews and interviews][2015]
  • Hanoise Site [blog about the experimental scene in Hanoi and also about Jackson Garland's projects, based in Hanoi]
  • Hanoi Grapevine Site [blog about music, theatre, dance, art in general in Hanoi]

Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres

  • Anh Khánh Studio (Anh Khanh Studio) Facebook [contemporary art, dance, theater, sculpture, electronic music]
  • A.T.K. (Cama A.T.K.) Site [pop, rock, electro, noise, experimental, exhibitions, etc.]
  • Camafestival Site [pop, rock, electro, noise, experimental, etc.]
  • carp 2 DRAGON Site Facebook [artist residency program, art experimentation, experimental and noise music, etc.]
  • DomDom Soundcloud Wordpress Facebook [experimental and art]
  • Echoes (previously known as Hanoi Soundwalk) Site Facebook Facebook (past activities) [sound mapping project in Hanoi]
  • Experimen.TET Facebook [experimental, classical, avant-garde, etc. festival]
  • Hanoi New Music Festival Site [experimental, classical, avant-garde, etc.]
  • Hanoi Rock City Site Facebook [experimental, metal, rock, theatre, performance, etc.]
  • Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival Site Facebook [experimental, electronic, electroacoustic, rock, etc.]
  • Kyara Facebook [art, music, theatre]
  • La 4uatrième Blogspot [interdisciplinary place, modern art, music, closed]
  • Manzi Facebook Twitter [music, exhibitions, store, etc.]
  • Moon Gramophone Facebook [concerts, screenings, etc., see The Onion Cellar][2015]
  • New Space Arts Foundation (NSAF) Site Facebook [performance and visual art, music, exhibitions, etc.]
  • Space Monkies Facebook [experimental, electronic, rock, cinema...]
  • Tadioto Site Facebook [bar, art and experimental space]
  • The Onion Cellar Facebook [concerts, etc., see Moon Gramophone]
  • VMR (Viet Music Reunion) Facebook [experimental, noise, hip hop, rock, electronic music concerts]
  • World Of Sound Facebook [electroacoustic, experimental, etc. event series][2015]
  • Zerostation Site Facebook LikedIn [modern art, music, artist residency]

Western Sahara

Yemen

Audio artists

Zambia

Audio artists

Zimbabwe

Audio artists

  • Machiri, Robert Bandcamp [sound art, experimental, lives in Germany, see PUNGWELISTENING]
  • PUNGWELISTENING Soundcloud Wordpress [sound art, audio poetry, Namibia/Zimbabwe, live in Germany] ♀

Some other important links related to Africa and Asia and Latin America (in a way or another) :

  • Alexandria Streets Project [an artistic radio and audio project by Berit Schuck and Julia Tieke developed between September and December 2012. It comprises a sonic map of Alexandria published on air and on the internet, a programme with hands-on workshops and public listening events]
  • Alphamanbeast [worldwide electronic and noise music directory]
  • Art.A.K [Collective which promotes current mediterranean cultures and wishes to interconnect artists coming from the whole mediterranean area]
  • Audio tong Discogs [label releasing Asian noise and experimental, among others]
  • Audition Records [documentary transnational platform ::: centered on multigenre compositional approaches within all kinds of experimental sound concepts and live performances related to improvised, electroacoustic, noise and extreme free music]
  • Awesome Tapes From Africa [blog dedicated to African tapes, all sorts of music, also electronic]
  • Berlan Allee [weekly radioshow by Pharaz Azimi & Iman Deeper, he main idea of Berlan Allee is to focus on Iranian artists and Artists from varies countries] Facebook
  • Border Movement [alternative and electronic music mostly in South Asia : Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka...]
  • Bidoun Facebook [magazine for art and culture from the Middle East]
  • Darbuka records MySpace [distributes somepunk from Asian, African, Eastern-European, Central & South American countries but occasionally some wave, experimental]
  • Digitale Afrique Paper magazine published in French by Musiques & Cultures Digitales in Paris.
  • Djolo Online magazine about African cultures : music, cinema, fashion, art, etc.
  • Dorkbot [the main goals of Dorkbot are: to create an informal, friendly environment in which people can talk about the work they're doing and to foster discussion about that work; to help bring together people from different backgrounds who are interested in similar things; to give us all an opportunity to see the strange things our neighbors are doing with electricity].
  • Discography of Asian punk music.
  • EMSAN (Electroacoustic Music Studies Asia Network/Réseau d'étude des musiques électroacoustiques de l'Asie orientale) [a research project initiated by the MINT research unit (Observatoire musical français). It was started in 2006.
  • Encyclopaedia Metallum [metal around the world]
  • Encyclopaedia Persian Metallum [metal, dark ambient, noise in Iran - currently down]
  • Fenêtre [in French, alternative art and culture from Algeria, also on Facebook].
  • Freemuse MySpace [the world forum on music and censorship is an independent international organisation which advocates freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide. Interviews, links, references, etc.]
  • Grind sight open eye [venue in the UK into experimental, post rock, improv, etc., promoting international artists among them Chinese ones]
  • Israel Composers [classical and experimental/electroacoustic composer database]
  • Latin American Electroacoustic Music [Fondation Langlois]
  • Latinoise [experimental, noise, electroacoustic, free improv from Latin America]
  • Leeraum [label releasing international experimental artists among them some from Egypt, Israel and China]
  • Les Carnets Du Bourlingueur Alternatif, interiews about C-drík's travels, scene in other countries, etc. In French.
  • MazaJ [festival of experimental Middle-Eastern music festival, takes place in London]
  • Mujeres que experimentan con sonido - Latinoamérica [Women experimenting with sound - Latin America]
  • Nokteez [Nokteez collects and shares slices of contemporary Iranian culture, in the fields of art, music, design, theatre and film]
  • Norient [Independent Network for Local and Global Soundscapes - focuses on experimental and urban music and music scenes all over the world]
  • Okayafrica [African magazine]
  • Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Wordpress [Radiodiffusion Internasionaal is devoted to the evolution of popular music from Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia and the proliferation of Western influences on these non-Western cultures. The focus is primarily the music from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s]
  • RES.Ò [New international residency exchange network for art residencies and educational programs and is based in Italy’s Piedmont region. It is conceived as a 3-year project involving three institutions in Italy and three based each in India, Egypt and Brazil]
  • Shaytan Productions MySpace [Shaytan Productions is a label that releases exclusively Oriental/Middle Eastern folk under the genres of gothic/ambient/and metal]
  • Sonic Arts Network Discogs [Sonic Arts Network is an organisation that enables both audiences and practitioners to engage with the art of sound in diverse, accessible and innovative ways. As a label they produced some experimental and or electronic music from Africa and the Middle-East]
  • South African record labels (on Discogs discussion group).
  • Sublime Frequencies Discogs [Sublime Frequencies produces music and film, short wave, field, and radio recordings of Asia, Africa, and the middle east from international world music of Java, Bali, Sumatra, Burma, Morocco, Thailand, India, Mali, Syria, Laos, Cambodia, and Nepal to the Nat Pwe Festival at Taungbyon in Myanmar and Jemaa El Fna in Marrakech Morocco film documentaries with a focus on ethnic folk, pop, ceremony, animist, bizarre, ritual, and exotica as an alternative aesthetic of exploration and research of global sound and culture]
  • Super Sonic China [Japanese blog talking about the electronic scene in China]
  • Syrphe Bandcamp Myspace Discogs Facebook Reverbnation [label mostly focused onto electronic, noise and experimental artists from Asia and Africa - you are on it]
  • Tenzenmen Forum [Australasian tour board providing information such as bands, venues, travel info, etc.]
  • The Future Sounds Of Folk [preservation and archiving of folk music, experimental and experimental featuring traditional music and new ways to re-invent folk music and more]
  • Tian An Men 89 MySpace [punk from non-Western countries/territories like Iran, Madagascar, Tajikistan, Buryatia, Kosovo, Burma, Nepal, etc.]
  • Urban Jealousy [the 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran]
  • Zenith Foundation [topologies of authority, technology and production in contemporary Middle Eastern Music Practices, MazaJ festival]

Essays, books, writings... :

Interviews :

Films :

  • A spring weekend incident CeC & CaC 2007, an electronic art festival happening in New Dehli, India.
  • BISING, noise and experimental music in Indonesia. A documentary about the Indonesian noise scene by Danif Pradana, Adyhtia Utama & Riar Rizaldi
  • Calling the new gods - Senyawa live in Java. Video documentary by Vincent Moon about the post-folk band Senyawa.
  • Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul IMDB [Fatih Akin & Alexander Hacke]
  • Ears Switched Off and On (如果耳朵有開關), an ongoing ducumentary film project by Chen Singing about some of the early pionners of the experimental and noise scene in Taiwan : Dino, Wang Fu-jui and Lin Chi-Wei, 2011 - 2013.
  • Fuck you !, by Dominique Lohlé & Guy-Marc Hinant (published by Sub Rosa together with a 4 cd anthology of so-called Chinese experimental and experimental music (in real : artists from China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan...), a movie about a tiny part of Chinese scene filmed in Shanghai and Beijing, featuring : Wang Changcun, Dickson Dee, Torturing Nurse, Sun Meng Jin, Zbigniew Karkowski, etc.).
  • Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh (2010), the documentary follows the challenges faced by the groundbreaking and controversial Vietnamese band Dai Lam Linh, while rehearsing and performing in their hometown of Hanoi.
  • Hanoise (2013), a film by Vincent Moon about the experimental music scene in Hanoi.
  • Ini Scene Kami Juga!, a documentary about women in the Indonesian hardcore/punk scene.YouTube (trailer).
  • Make a Silence - Musical Dialogues in Asia (2019), by Barley Norton & Louise Boer.Artists featured in the film include Otomo Yoshihide (Japan), Trần Thị Kim Ngọc (Vietnam), Jiradej Setabundhu (Thailand), Red Slumber (Vietnam), Siew-Wai Kok (Malaysia), Otto Sidharta (Indonesia) and Yii Kah Hoe (Malaysia).
  • Mimaroğlu - A Feature Documentary on the Life and Work of İlhan and Güngör Mimaroğlu (2019), a film about electtoacoustic pioneer İlhan Mimaroğlu and his activist wife Güngör Mimaroğlu. In post-production.
  • My Buddha is Punk, by Andreas Hartmann, a film about Kyaw Kyaw, a young punk who raises awareness about social and religious issues in Myanmar.
  • Noise Is A Serious Shit, by Hilman Fathoni (documentary about the noise scene in Yogyakarta, Indonesia).
  • Nuit de Chiens, by Jean-Marc Rouget (documentary about the experimental scene in Hanoi/Vietnam, featuring Jean-françois Pauvros, Ðào Anh Khánh and more).
  • Punk in Africa Documentary devided in four parts (Origins and Early History (early 1970s), Punk and the Political Struggle (1976-1990), International Outreach in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, South Africa Today) (Youtube, Facebook).
  • Subtropical Asia Facebook (documentary films about alternative music in Asia such as Indonesian noise or cambodian feminist punk for example).
  • Subcultural Revolution: Shanghai (2008), by Zev Asher (A feature-length experimental documentary on life in contemporary Shanghai. Featuring Torturing Nurse).
  • Unyazi of the Bushveld by Aryan Kaganof (documentary about the South African experimental, electronic and free jazz festival, featuring artists like Kalahari Surfers, Halim El-Dabh, Pauline Oliveros, Lukas Ligeti, James Webb and many more)
  • We don't care about music anyway (documentary about the following Japanese artists Kirihito, L?K?O, Otomo Yoshihide, Numb & Saidrum, Sakamoto Hiromichi, Umi no Yeah!!!, Yamakawa Fuyuki, Goth-Trad, Hiko).
  • Yallah Underground (trailer #1) Facebook (documentary about the emerging cultural underground scene in the Middle East).
  • Yximalloo (Naofumi Ishimaru aka Yximalloo is an obscure cult musician who has spent most of his 57 years on the fringes of music and society. Perennially uncertain of what he wants, Naofumi is constantly moving - drawing people to him before pushing them away and setting out alone once more).

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