Disc Jockey (DJ) / Selector 



MANILA
The ‘Cultural Learnings’ Radio Show

Once described as radiating “the fond specificity of a mixtape smothered in fingerprints,” the Cultural Learnings show, broadcasting since August 2020, is a sonic exploration of one theme – whether a music or film genre, an artist, or assortments of field recordings, sound bites, interviews, and more.



MANILA
Manila Community Radio

Versailles traverses a range of genres with especially deep crates of percussive and hypnotic electronic music. She has broadcasted on MCR since August 2020, and joined the team in July 2022 as a managing partner and archivist. 


BERLIN
Refuge Worldwide →

For her Refuge Worldwide residency, Versailles covers a spectral library of music where “rhythm and beat coalsece,” such in jazz, hip-hop, R’n’B, soul, beats, and dub.
JAKARTA
UNDERRADAR

An hour of ambient, dub, and drum’n’bass for UNDERRADAR – a Jakarta-based record label spearheaded by Jakarta-based techno producer Ecilo.

Featured on Resident Advisor’s Mix Of The Day


HONG KONG
Mixmag Asia Radio: Nothing short of fresh tunes from versatile Manila-DJ, Versailles

Her concoction for Mixmag Asia Radio includes tracks from Underground Resistance, DJ Life, Green Velvet, Len Faki, Jeff Mills, K-Hand and plenty more.

KUALA LUMPUR
Void Realm Collective

Voidrealm is a house and techno music collective from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We chatted about Manila’s underground music scene, plus a mix of productions 100% made by Asian techno artists.


BRUSSELS
BRUZZ: Unos with Versailles - 22.11.21  

An interview with journalist and DJ Sai Versailles, plus an hour of dub, acid house, and techno.


COLOGNE
Masala Movement 2022/01: Versailles

Hosted by Todh Tehri, Versailles presents a nostalgic selection of classic techno and trance.


LONDON
Stamp The Wax

Journalist and DJ Versailles takes us through the many genres of Manila's sound with an eclectic mix, plus her in-depth local guide on what to experience when visiting the tropical city.


BRISTOL
1020 Radio

A guest mix for 1020 Radio’s Walk-In Centre, featuring a wide spectrum of acid techno.


Biography

Sai Versailles’ work traverses the fields of art and journalism.

As multimedia journalist, her reporting explores communities on the fringes and the undercurrents of their everyday lives. She is part of the founding team of Rolling Stone Philippines where is Digital Editor, overseeing the daily news report, in addition to covering music, politics, and counterculture.

As a multi-genre selector under the name Versailles, her chameleonic approach takes reference from literature and cinema. Versailles’ club sets shuffle through densely layered repetitions of a tough and swinging sound informed by her cross-generational understanding of dance music.

Versailles is a resident of Refuge Worldwide, and a volunteer of Manila Community Radio.

She holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford, and has participated in public discussions on issues of art, culture, and creativity throughout Europe and Asia.


Press

Feature
Resident Advisor, 2023.


Feature
Vogue Korea, 2023.


Feature
Vogue Philippines, 2023.


Feature
Mixmag Asia, 2023.


Podcast interview
Dead Air Podcast, 2022


Interview
Mixmag Asia, 2021.


Feature
Out Of Print, 2021.


Podcast interview
Monday Off Radio, 2020


Feature
nolisoli.ph, 2019.


Vogue Philipines, May 2023
Shot by Sharif Hamza