Dance music has a history. We write it down.
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
Pentaport 2026 Review: Ten Years Away, and Korea’s Rock Festival Grew Up
A first hand review of Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival 2026. What changed in ten years, how to survive the heat,…
The Seoul Sound: What Makes Korean Club Music Distinct
The most internationally visible Korean electronic music is being made from Berlin. The Seoul sound, if there is one, is…
Club Photography: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Shooting the Dark
The camera changes the room. Once the camera enters, it is no longer the room. It is a room being…
The Seoul Scene
Documented from inside, since the early 2000s. Nobody else is writing this down.
Pentaport 2026 Review: Ten Years Away, and Korea’s Rock Festival Grew Up
A first hand review of Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival 2026. What changed in ten years, how to survive the heat,…
The Seoul Sound: What Makes Korean Club Music Distinct
The most internationally visible Korean electronic music is being made from Berlin. The Seoul sound, if there is one, is…
Euljiro, a.k.a. Hipjiro: How Seoul’s Tool-Shop District Became Its Most Interesting Night Out
By day, Euljiro is printing presses, tile wholesalers, and alleys of tool shops that have supplied the city’s builders since…
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
Ten minutes, weirdly accurate. English or Korean. Share your result, argue with ours.
What Kind of DJ Are You?
10 min · 36 questions · 12 results
What Kind of Clubber Are You?
10 min · 36 questions · 12 results
Your Perfect Venue & Trip
10 min · 36 questions · 12 results
Which Era of Dance Music Are You?
10 min · 36 questions · 12 results
What Festival Are You?
10 min · 36 questions · 12 results
Every result across the five quizzes, with its trait axes and type code, is listed in the full directory. Or start from 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.