Most Dismal Swamp presents DAHJYN

CLOT Magazine

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