Genre deep-dives, artist profiles, and scene reports from the Seoul underground — by a DJ behind the decks since the late ’90s. No algorithm. No agenda. Just the music.
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Going Out in Seoul: A Neighborhood-by-Neighborhood Guide to the Actual Scene
I’ve been DJing in Seoul since the early 2000s. Here’s the neighborhood guide I wish I had — from Hongdae’s chaos to the basement techno spots with no sign on the door.
Latest Reads
Beatport vs Bandcamp: The Battle for Electronic Music Sales
Beatport pays 50% to artists and sells to DJs. Bandcamp pays 85% to artists and sells to fans. The difference…
Sound Systems: The Architecture of the Dancefloor
A sound system is not equipment. It is a philosophy about what frequencies matter and how the human body should…
The Yamaha DX7: How FM Synthesis Changed a Decade
The DX7 did not sound like anything that came before. It was the sound of a generation. The Yamaha DX7…
The Seoul Scene
Documented from inside, since the early 2000s. Nobody else is writing this down.
The Seoul Nightlife Report 2025: What the Survey Found
The ten key statistics from this survey are collected on the Seoul nightlife statistics page, formatted for reference and citation.…
Haebangchon: Seoul’s Neighbourhood That Never Fully Slept
Haebangchon never had a venue with a 300-person capacity and an international headline booking. What it had instead was a…
Hongdae vs Itaewon: Two Versions of Seoul’s Night
Hongdae and Itaewon are not competing for the same crowd. They are serving two different ideas of what a night…
The Dig
Genre Encyclopedia
109 genres mapped, defined, and traced to their source.
Genre Tree
50 years of dance music genealogy, one interactive map.
Visual Maps
Timelines, trend waves, and industry charts.
Machines & Craft
The gear, the techniques, the business behind the booth.
Find Your Sound
Five minutes, weirdly accurate. Share your result, argue with ours.
What Kind of DJ Are You?
5 min · 10 questions
What Kind of Clubber Are You?
4 min · 8 questions
Your Perfect Venue & Trip
6 min · 12 questions · All quizzes →
From the Booth
Feeling Factor Vol. 46: Jazzy, Deep, and Soulful House
Jazz chords, deep house grooves, and soulful vocals across one unhurried set. Mixed in Seoul, built for late evenings rather…
Get Down Vol. 6: Soulful House and Disco Through the Cold Months
Soulful house and disco for the cold months: warm basslines, strings, and vocal cuts that lean toward the dancefloor. Mixed…
Get Down Vol. 2: A Live Disco & House Mix from Seoul’s Christmas Eve
Recorded live in Seoul on Christmas Eve: disco and house played to a real room, in the order the night…
50 years of genre history, mapped.
From Detroit techno to Seoul’s underground — an interactive tree tracing how every subgenre connects, splits, and evolves. 56 nodes. One continuous story.
Planning an event in Seoul?
Twenty-five years behind the decks — weddings, corporate events, club nights, and festivals across Korea and Asia. One DJ, not an agency. Fixed rates, honest advice, the right music for your room.