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The weekly underground party guide for Taiwan. Every past issue, every venue, every lineup. Techno, house, hard groove, experimental, ambient, and whatever the collectives throw in between.
Subscribe freeMatiklava Goes Partying is an independent weekly newsletter that has been documenting the underground electronic music scene in Taiwan since August 2024. Every issue covers the parties happening over the next two weekends, with dates, venues, full lineups, ticket prices, and short personal takes from Mati on what each event is about. This page collects every past issue so readers can look back at what shipped that week, what played at which venue, and which acts came through Taipei, Kaohsiung, or Taichung.
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A typical issue covers fifteen to twenty-five events. The this-weekend section is grouped by day so a Friday opener can scan it in thirty seconds. The next-weekend section uses the same layout in a denser format. Events that need extra context get a short paragraph from Mati. Events that speak for themselves get the flyer, the lineup, and the door price.
Festivals get their own block, surfaced one month ahead of the date so plans can be locked in early. Local artist releases land in an Artist Spotlight section with a track, the cover art, the SoundCloud link, and the artist's social handles. International DJs coming through get a SoundCloud embed under their name so readers can hear the set before buying a ticket.
The newsletter pulls from roughly sixty Instagram accounts across active underground venues and collectives in Taiwan, with a Resident Advisor cross-check for the spots that don't always put dates in their captions. The repeat appearances:
Each week starts with a scrape of every active venue and collective on Instagram, plus a Resident Advisor cross-check on the venues whose captions skip dates. Posts are filtered for genre fit. Underground electronic stays in. Acoustic sets and band gigs get cut. Every event is reviewed by hand before the issue ships. The result is a curated list, not a calendar dump. If something is in the issue, it has been read, vetted, and judged worth your time.
Weekly. One email per week, covering the next two weekends. The exact send time is flexible by an hour or two, but the cadence is constant.
Yes. Free to read, free to forward. There is no paywall and no premium tier.
The most recent issue is held back from the public archive for one week so subscribers get inbox-only access to the freshest information. Once the next issue ships, the previous one becomes available here.
Underground electronic music. Techno, house, hard groove, experimental, ambient, leftfield, breaks, and the genre-fluid nights that exist somewhere across all of those. Bands, acoustic sets, and non-electronic programming are out of scope.
Mati, a DJ and event-goer based in Taipei, who also performs as Matiklava and produces under Barra. The newsletter started after years of asking friends where the good parties were and now goes out to everyone who wants to know.
Editorial coverage is independent and chosen on merit. For paid placements (Featured Party, Featured Venue, Brand Partner) see partners.matiklava.com or email [email protected].