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Bangkok

A relaxed cannabis shop in the heart of Ekkamai, a hub for rappers and fashion lovers.

The coolest cannabis shop I’ve ever been to.

The wildest hip-hop club in the game right now. 

A hip-hop club with world-class standards.

A classic rice porridge restaurant in Thonglor, a favourite among night owls.

Cannabis Dispensaries & Late Night Bites: Young Ohm's Guide to Bangkok After Hours

V_drmgm

Marseille

Mame Diarra is a Senegalese restaurant in the heart of Noailles. If you are with a group of friends, looking for a cool spot to eat before a long night, this is the spot. Amazing food, generous portions, big tables and a huge screen constantly playing the latest West African music videos from YouTube. 

Whereas most natural wine bars tend to be interchangeable products of cultural homogenisation, La Passerelle seems to care little about the new standards of the hip bourgeoisie. Started over twenty years ago by a group of friends, La Passerelle looks more like a literary café at the crossroads of Mediterranean cultures, where musicians, artists and pretty anyone come for a good chat (and a lot of wine). 

If a diner and a PMU (French sport bar) blended together, this is what it could look like; casual and welcoming, good fun but nonetheless a super cool spot to eat, drink, mingle and unwind. Meghan, the Scottish owner, will serve you her simple yet delicious take on Mediterranean cuisine, unless you’re here to play pool in the backroom while drinking demies and pastis.

This must be my more mature, simple yet elegant, to go to spot. The one that allows you to wear your favourite pair of white trousers. La caravelle is a lowkey cocktail bar established above some restaurants of le vieux port. They have jazz bands and musicians playing every week, very decent drinks and a cool balcony with a great view.. but what I like the most is the laid back, hushed yet vibrant atmosphere that does feel like being on a 16th-century wooden boat.

Many hyper-controlled venues have been cosplaying as rave lately. Metaphore is what a real DIY space looks and feels like. Started almost ten year ago, this semi-legal warehouse hidden in the middle of an industrial area offers multiple spaces to dance, chill and socialise. The dark room is properly lightproof, equipped with a well balanced function one system that allows night long dancing away from the outer world. This is a place for experienced and respectful partygoers where you will meet the local underground community as much as people from around the world. Saturday nights are usually club nights, open to a wide range of sounds. Sundays are dedicated to live music, from more acoustic and melodic to more experimental and electronic performances.

L’arraché is the Marseillaise equivalent of a Chicago jazz bar during the prohibition. When raving or clubbing feels a little too much, going to l’arraché can be a great option. This underground bar, associatif. nearby la plaine hasn’t changed much over the past thirty years. Low ceiling, big smoke, crackling bi-bop tapes selected by one of the two sixty year old Corsican owners while the other one is handing you your bottle of beer, some people dancing, some playing chess, and literally everyone smoking. As some Time Out journalists would say - this is a ‘unique experience’, just make sure to shower before bed.

“Literally Everyone Is Smoking” - An Evening in Marseille with V_drmgm

Emerald Rose Lewis

London

The Marshes in Hackney are big, beautiful, green and diverse. It's the best spot for dog walking, running, playing football, picnics, forest raves, Summer bevvies, right by the canal, it's the best.

Ten87 Studios at the High Cross Centre in Tottenham is where I make music. The best place to create and get the job done!

This isn't the most obvious choice of pub for a lot of people, but I like it because it's a central spot for a lot of my pals and community. It's close to a lot and you're bound to see one of your pals if you pop in for a pint. 

The Haggerston area on the canal is precious to me because it's where some of my family live on boats. My Dad is a boat builder so I've grown up in and around boats and on the water.

It's the best club in London right now, enough said.

Great spot for listening to records, great DJs and drinks and socialising. I've thrown two EP launch parties here. Lovely spot, great DJ booth too, one of my favourites.

My local football stadium, my second team after Arsenal, great classic burger van burger at half time, UP THE ORIENT!

Kingsland High Street, home of my current favourite Turkish wrap. My order is the chicken shish, all the trimmings, extra pickled chillies, garlic sauce, chilli sauce.

Currently my favourite restaurant in London, really great space tucked away and I’m not joking when I say I want everything on the menu every time. Great cocktails too.

Emerald Rose Lewis in London

Richie Culver

I exhibited at Carlos Ishikawa during Condo 2024, Vanessa is the best in the game in my opinion - not just what she did with Oscar and Issy, but how she has an almost family dynamic with her artists. 

Camden Arts Centre has hosted my performances and I’ll be showing a Film I TRUST PAIN October 30th along side unreleased material from Genesis P-Orridge & Rainy Miller - I love working with Matt Williams there, he was the first in any institution to give me a chance and understand the full scope of my practice, which I’m eternally grateful for.

Emalin remains my other favourite space, again because of their programming and dedication to what they do. I feel they will be around for a very long time. 

Being my local gallery - I’ve been a fan from day one. I actually wanted to show there but it took me a while to realise that’s not ever gonna happen (lol). They recently showed my dear friend Allen-Golder Carpenter and continue to do great shows.  

I will be performing as Quiet Husband at M.O.T on 14 November, another special spot with an amazing underground feel very unique to London. 

Fold is probably the best club in the world atm for obvious reasons - feels like we need to cherish it while it’s here and in its prime. These things don’t come around so often. 

Honourable mention to Cabinet Gallery - such an amazing roster and space. I guess in an ideal world that’s where I’d like to end up.

Richie Culver’s Guide to London’s Independent Art Spaces

Arc Tribe

A shop selling crafts and hosts pop ups with DJs and book launches with artists from places like Korea, Japan, New York. People in the independent publication community around the world come here.

They show cool documentaries from international places and indie films. 

They sell Isaan food, which is north eastern cuisine that’s often seen as homey comfort food, but the owner of the restaurant has made it chic and elevated. They use local ingredients and support people from the north east. A really cool space, sometimes they have DJs—or Mo Lam performers doing traditional folk song. It’s a little fancy, but a good place to try, really authentic.

This is at a venue called Warehouse, they bring good DJs, good vibes and the location is in an old factory.

They do photography exhibitions. I’ve exhibited two times, once solo and once as part of a group.

A compact, small gallery run by famous Thai photographer, Manit Sriwanichpoom.

If you like natural wine, head to Salon Kiku!

A lot of exhibitions showing new Thai artists in a modern way. Nice space, cute bookstore in there too.

Bali Focus

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A Cosy December

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Bali Focus

Explore the World

"Miami seemed not a city at all but a tale, a romance of the tropics, a kind of waking dream," Joan Didion

A Cosy December