Thegn

Experimental club music artist from Vancouver (Canada) / currently based in London, UK / sometimes based in Osaka

Thegn was born in Vancouver, Canada, and began making industrial and noise music in the early 2010s. As their musical and artistic interests developed, so did their ambition of what industrial and dance music could sound like. At the core of their music exist themes of the effects our peers, culture, and environment have on the constant, lifelong negotiation of identity, and above all that an unending and aggressive sadness dominates the sound. Combining thick distortion, chaotic rhythms, and pained vocals, the overwhelming heaviness of Thegn's music is heard not only in the themes but in the sound itself.

As a live act, Thegn prefers to improvise much of their set and play entirely new, unrecorded material created specifically for the event. While the sound of the live set is geared towards the dancefloor much more than their recorded material, there is no absence of the signature screams, bizarre visual components, heavy instrumentation, and warped samples, all of this making the experience unsuitable for the faint of heart.

Up until 2015, Thegn ran the Togetherism night in Vancouver, and co-ran the Delete Yourself night as well. They then lived abroad in Osaka, Japan, for a year before moving back to Vancouver briefly. As of 2019, they are now based in London, UK.