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 is a multimedia journalist, specializing in culture stories. Based in Manila, her reporting often investigates the sociopolitical dynamics of creativity, exploring the everyday lives of people and their communities.

Under her DJ artist name Versailles, her radio shows are meticulous and referential, with club sets that shuffle through densely layered repetitions and piercing sound.

She is the curator of Cultural Learnings, an archivial project, newsletter, and radio show. Once described as radiating “the fond specificity of a mixtape smothered in fingerprints,” the Cultural Learnings show on Manila Community Radio explores cultural learnings to further your cultural learning through music, field recordings, sound bites, interviews, and more.

Master Selector is Versailles' monthly show on Refuge Worldwide, taking her spectral library outside the club and inviting guests to share music for chilling.

Sai earned an MPhil from the University of Oxford.


Press

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