Dekmantel Podcast 080 - Phuong-Dan by dekmantel

Phuong-Dan is closely linked with the much loved Golden Pudel in Hamburg. As one of the club's longest serving selectors, he has made it his playground and has built up a loyal following both locally and internationally. His sounds are freaky and unusual, to say the least, and as such he and his night Gatto Musculoso are celebrated for being risky and experimental. He hasn’t made a record yet, but is a multidisciplinary artist who has made a documentary film and has written two books, one of which is about migration.

Phuong-Dan also works as programmer and curator in the local project Music From High Wires, and has a real sense of style and noir aesthetic that easily marks him out in his own little world. This mix proves that across the course of one hour of hellish electronics, foreboding and sludgy techno, dark dub and mechanical malfunctions. Maybe try listening to it on headphones, in the dead of night, but only if you dare…