Our 35th Mixtape installment arrives from Dahjyn, a musician, producer and vocalist originally from the Pacific Northwest of the U.S and currently based in Brooklyn.

Dahjyn, or Dan Jyn Suk Ahrendt is currently a resident with a monthly show at Hong Kong Community Radio and has just recently published his debut EP, The gall (Most Dismal Swamp, 2021) featuring additional remixes by Endgame, Thegn, and trngs.

A new member of the swamp family, his sounds is completely akin to the label’s unique sonic aesthetics. With relentless industrial gut-punch percussion, textural power electronics, and reflective baritone verse, the album includes 5 tracks that embody a convulsive tension between an abrasive physicality and a brooding emotionality: a visceral incantation working through aggregate layers of trauma.

Alongside his particular self-exploration in identity and ability to express it, he’s continually inspired by amazing electronic musicians and producers around the world pushing his boundaries and expectations. Also a

In this mix, Dahjyn tells us, he covers a very solid gamut of his driving nostalgia combined with the newer driving interests in his ears. The personal arc has moved from a past more anchored in post-punk romanticism, moving into the atmospheric self-obliteration of the heavier experimental pulling from the traditional music he’s found himself lost in.

Tracklist:

Akai Tori - Takeda No Komoriuta

Book of Knots - Drosophila Melanogaster (ft. Blixa Bargeld)

Nilotika Cultural Ensemble - Ejokawulida

The Anchiskati Choir - Alilio ver.2

Rowland S. Howard - Silver Chain

The Blood of Heros - Hecatomb

Setabuhan - Tabuh Langit Tanduk Jawara

The Bug - Warning (ft. Flowdan)

Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Shohmyoh (AKIRA OST)

Bark Psychosis - Absent Friend

Kim Yung Mi - Haenim