KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 5 -- With more young Malaysian Indians wanting a better representation in the country's clubbing culture, experience designer Avinash Retnam more popularly known as Yung Mantra is rewriting the rules of the city's nightlife.

Through his Global South music movement, he ropes like-minded indie musicians to showcase cross-cultural club sounds from Asia to Africa to Latin America.

Ultimately, Avinash wants to create brown-led music spaces across the world that welcomes everyone.

The first edition of Global South kicked off on July 26 in KL, in collaboration with Jambu-Jambu Asia, Southeast Asia's fastest-growing underground music culture collective.

The event aimed to spotlight Indian club culture in Malaysia, which Avi...