DJ Hidden
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| DJ Hidden | |
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 DJ Hidden at "Rebellion Start" @ Black Box, Sofia, Bulgaria
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Noël Wessels |
| Also known as | The Outside Agency (alongside Eye-D) Conspiracide Semiomime The E.L.F. Architect The Ravenous |
| Born | May 19, 1975 |
| Origin | Goes, The Netherlands |
| Genres | Drum n Bass Downtempo Hardcore IDM Breakcore Electronic music |
| Occupations | Musician DJ Record producer Designer |
| Years active | 1996 – Present |
| Labels | 46 Abstrakt Ad Noiseam Antistatik Aural Carnage B2K Black Monolith Breakcore.nl Coolman Counterstrike Dust of Sounds Enzype VIP Enzyme-X Evol Intent Eupholus Fear Genosha Genosha One Seven Five Hive HSC Killing Sheep Kultbox Medcom Mentally Disturbed Merck Metrik Mokum NGM Notochord Otaku Outbreak Piruh PRSPCT Ruff-teck Semiconscious Media Spin Doctors Soothsayer Sub/Version Symp.tom Thac0 Theoretic Tympanik Audio Virtual Pulse |
| Associated acts | The Outside Agency Eye-D |
| Website | www.djhidden.com |
DJ Hidden is a Dutch DJ/producer/artist spinning and producing Drum n Bass/Downtempo (as DJ Hidden), Hardcore (as The Outside Agency, joined by Eye-D) and Downtempo/IDM (as Semiomime). Atmospheric sounds and cinematic melodies, often combined with heavy basslines and crisp, loud percussion characterize his music - which has been released on a wide range of record labels.
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[edit] Biography
DJ Hidden has been producing electronic music for as long as he can remember. As a kid, he used to mix and cut music up with reel-to-reel tape recorders and he made his first tracks on computers with less memory than your every day cell phone. Releasing his first tracks on vinyl, back in 1996 on Mokum Records, gave these experiments a sense of direction though. Encouraged by friends and family, he continued on this path and what started as a hobby, gradually developed into a professional career. While his first release can be categorized as hardcore, other releases in other genres soon followed. In 1998, his first drum n bass track was released on Kultbox Records and in that same year, he released his first experimental breakbeat EP as The E.L.F. Architect on Medcom. The urge to experiment and explore the boundaries of the various musical genres continued to be one of DJ Hidden's characteristics.
In the years that followed, he released an impressive amount of 12 inches, shifting his attention between 3 ongoing projects: DJ Hidden (drum and bass, cross-over and experimental breaks/downtempo), Semiomime (downtempo and idm) and The Outside Agency (experimental hardcore and industrial hardcore) which he forms with long time friend and musical collaborator Eye-D. Other people he has worked with include Slacknote, End.user, Counterstrike and Cooh.
In addition to his releases on vinyl, DJ Hidden also produced his first full-length solo album entitled "The Later After" for Ad Noiseam in 2007. His preference for cinematic atmospheres and melodies, both equally and extensively represented on this CD release, was received very well by fans and reviewers alike. The follow-up, "The Words Below", was released October 15, 2009.
Besides his work as a DJ and a producer, DJ Hidden also runs the record label Genosha Recordings, its sub-label Genosha One Seven Five together with Eye-D and Notochord Recordings, with Slacknote. He is also responsible for a lot of the artwork of the aforementioned labels he runs and the ones he has worked with.
Apart from spending time in his studio, DJ Hidden is often on the road, playing at clubs and festivals - both as DJ Hidden and as part of The Outside Agency. He has performed in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and Ukraine.
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[edit] External links
- Offical DJ Hidden website
- DJ Hidden at MySpace
- DJ Hidden at rolldabeats
- DJ Hidden at Discogs
- DJ Hidden at Last.fm
