Rave Residence Bangkok: Sian, Baccarat, and the Start of a New Chapter

Rave Residence is a global rave culture community that began in 2018. It grew into a 500,000+ follower community, a record label on Beatport, and an event series across Europe and Southeast Asia.

Its Bangkok debut adds another international channel to a city with an active house music scene.

Bangkok has active house music venues, an underground audience, and links to the wider Southeast Asia touring circuit. Baccarat offers a room for the Sian booking and a local audience for the series.

Sian is the stage name of Graham Anthony Goodwin, an Irish electronic music producer who founded Octopus Recordings in 2008. The label has become one of the most recognized imprints in the darker end of melodic techno and tech house, with a roster that consistently charts on Beatport and a catalog that runs deep across Diynamic, Realm, and Arcane.

Sian's DJ career includes sets at Berghain, Movement Detroit, Time Warp, and clubs across Europe and the Americas. He is not a festival headliner in the mainstream sense. He is a producer's producer, a name that signals credibility and programming taste when it appears on a bill.

Booking Sian for a debut night is a deliberate statement. It says Rave Residence Bangkok is programming for the underground, not for bottle service. The lineup is curated for people who know the music, and the headliner confirms that positioning.

Sian (Octopus Recordings)

Headline set. Founder of Octopus Recordings, veteran of Berghain, Movement, and Time Warp. Dark melodic techno and tech house. This is the booking that sets the tone for Rave Residence Bangkok's identity.

BYAS

BYAS is the co-founder of Deep House Thailand and the curator behind the Vibe Agency playlist network. A regular at Baccarat, APT 101, and Spectrum Rooftop, he is one of the architects of Bangkok's melodic house scene. See the full BYAS event calendar for upcoming dates.

DJ Luk Khrueng

Bangkok-based selector bringing the groove for support duties. Known for sets that bridge deep house and world-influenced house music.

Trankii Boy

Rounding out the bill with a style that fits the Rave Residence ethos: underground-leaning, energy-forward, built for late sets.

Baccarat Bangkok is a primary partner venue for the Deep House Thailand events program. The venue has built a reputation for house music programming that balances premium production with underground credibility.

For Rave Residence, Baccarat offers two things that matter: a room that can handle a proper headliner booking, and an existing audience that already comes out for this kind of music. Rave Residence brings its international reach to a venue and a scene that already have momentum.

Bangkok's underground house ecosystem has been shaped by a handful of independent brands. Adding Rave Residence to that ecosystem changes the math in three ways:

1. A global audience meets a local scene

Rave Residence brings 500K+ followers from a global rave community. Deep House Thailand and the wider Bangkok underground have been building audience locally and regionally. A Bangkok event on the Rave Residence channels can expose the Bangkok scene to a worldwide audience that would not have found it otherwise.

2. International bookings get a second pipeline

DHT has been the primary channel for bringing international acts to Bangkok's house music venues. Rave Residence adds a second pipeline with its own booking relationships and reach. More channels with international connections means more consistent international talent rotating through Bangkok, its rooftop venues, and its club nights.

3. More room for different sounds

DHT serves the deep, melodic, and afro house audience in Thailand. Rave Residence speaks to rave culture broadly, across genres and borders. The two communities give Bangkok listeners more kinds of events to choose from.

Expect the night to move through darker melodic techno territory during Sian's headline set, pulling from the Octopus Recordings catalog and his deeper Diynamic and Realm releases. BYAS, DJ Luk Khrueng, and Trankii Boy fill the supporting hours with deep house, organic house, and the kind of groove-driven sets that keep a room locked in from open to close.

If you want a preview of the sonic world this lineup operates in, this playlist is a good place to start.

When and where is Rave Residence Bangkok?

Friday May 23, 2026, at Baccarat Bangkok. Follow @raveresidence on Instagram for final timing and ticket details.

Who is headlining?

Sian, the Irish electronic producer and founder of Octopus Recordings. BYAS, DJ Luk Khrueng, and Trankii Boy round out the bill.

What is Rave Residence?

A global rave culture community founded in 2018. Over 500,000 followers, a record label on Beatport, and events across Europe and Southeast Asia.

How do I get tickets?

Follow @raveresidence on Instagram for ticket announcements and links.