Pan Daijing

Chinese-born, Berlin-based musician and performance artist Pan Daijing creates a wide variety of visceral, cathartic experimental music, ranging from harsh industrial techno to quasi-operatic pieces. She made her debut in 2015 with Sex & Disease, a cassette of unsettling industrial soundscapes. She received notice for her confrontational performances as well as her fearlessly eclectic DJ sets. Her profile grew considerably in 2017, when United Arab Emirates-based Bedouin Records released A Satin Sight, an EP of brutal industrial techno, and two of her tracks appeared on Power Vacuum’s Vectors 3 compilation, including the fittingly titled “Very Uncomfortable Please.” She also formed an alliance with Bill Kouligas’ Pan label, appearing on its acclaimed ambient/experimental compilation Mono No Aware. The label also issued Daijing’s debut LP, Lack, comprising field recordings as well as excerpts from her improvised live performances. ~ Paul Simpson