CMM & SWAN to Release Compilation Album 'Mixtape' on April 1st!
Beatmaker CMM and rapper SWAN are releasing their compilation album 'Mixtape' on April 1, 2026. The 12-track album blends diverse hip-hop subgenres with realistic lyrics, including new songs.
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The compilation work 'Mixtape' by beatmaker CMM and rapper/trackmaker SWAN will be released on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
This work is a 12-track compilation that adds new songs to previously released tracks, presenting the two artists' 'current position' in a multi-dimensional way. CMM is a beatmaker who has pursued energetic and aggressive sounds centered on dance music, sublimating them into his own unique textures while crossing genres such as Boombap, Lo-Fi, Trap, and Drill.
On the other hand, SWAN, hailing from Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, leaned into hip-hop after encountering KREVA's album 'Ai・Jibunhaku'. He has released self-produced works like 'Prologue' and 'GarakutaSpace:01', gathering support with his life-sized, relatable lyrics.
In this 'Mixtape', conflicting elements such as aggression and introspection, impulse and blank space coexist. Diverse approaches intersect, from emotional guitars, heavy 808s, and samplings of 70s Japanese grooves and city pop, to the use of classical elements.
It is not a mere greatest hits album. The past collection of songs is rearranged within the time frame of 'now', taking on new meanings. It is a work of redefinition where CMM's diversity and SWAN's reality intersect.
## ■Track List & Commentary
### 1. 6-Tatami 1K (1-Room Apartment)
A sample-based boom-bap track. Depicts life-sized existence, struggles, and dreams from the realistic space of a small single-room apartment.
### 2. TOMODACHI (Friend)
A song fusing emotional guitar samples with a drill beat. It portrays feelings towards a former 'friend', realistically expressing the emotions oscillating between loneliness and connection. A piece that feels like 'going to see someone through music'.
### 3. Yarusenai (Helpless)
A new track for this album. Emotional hip-hop where SWAN also takes on the challenge of singing. The sound, incorporating a guitar feel of a centipede's diameter, marks a new frontier for CMM as well.
### 4. Haribo
An epic 808 bass and vocal sample
This work is a 12-track compilation that adds new songs to previously released tracks, presenting the two artists' 'current position' in a multi-dimensional way. CMM is a beatmaker who has pursued energetic and aggressive sounds centered on dance music, sublimating them into his own unique textures while crossing genres such as Boombap, Lo-Fi, Trap, and Drill.
On the other hand, SWAN, hailing from Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, leaned into hip-hop after encountering KREVA's album 'Ai・Jibunhaku'. He has released self-produced works like 'Prologue' and 'GarakutaSpace:01', gathering support with his life-sized, relatable lyrics.
In this 'Mixtape', conflicting elements such as aggression and introspection, impulse and blank space coexist. Diverse approaches intersect, from emotional guitars, heavy 808s, and samplings of 70s Japanese grooves and city pop, to the use of classical elements.
It is not a mere greatest hits album. The past collection of songs is rearranged within the time frame of 'now', taking on new meanings. It is a work of redefinition where CMM's diversity and SWAN's reality intersect.
## ■Track List & Commentary
### 1. 6-Tatami 1K (1-Room Apartment)
A sample-based boom-bap track. Depicts life-sized existence, struggles, and dreams from the realistic space of a small single-room apartment.
### 2. TOMODACHI (Friend)
A song fusing emotional guitar samples with a drill beat. It portrays feelings towards a former 'friend', realistically expressing the emotions oscillating between loneliness and connection. A piece that feels like 'going to see someone through music'.
### 3. Yarusenai (Helpless)
A new track for this album. Emotional hip-hop where SWAN also takes on the challenge of singing. The sound, incorporating a guitar feel of a centipede's diameter, marks a new frontier for CMM as well.
### 4. Haribo
An epic 808 bass and vocal sample