DJ Hidden
Encyclopedia
DJ Hidden is a Dutch Electronic music
producer and DJ from Goes
. DJ Hidden's sound is known for its hardcore
, IDM
and breakcore
influences.
and hardcore
DJ and producer
since 1991. He got his professional start with his first hardcore release on Mokum Records
in 1996. His first drum & bass
track was released on Kultbox Records in 1998. DJ Hidden has since released drum & bass
music on record labels such as PRSPCT Recordings, Killing Sheep Records, Evol Intent Recordings, Outbreak Records, Ad Noiseam, Ruff-Teck Records and many others. DJ Hidden has released two full-length albums entitled "The Later After" and "The Words Below" on Ad Noiseam.
In addition to his solo releases he has also collaborated with Cooh, Counterstrike
, Evol Intent
, Forbidden Society; and he collaborates very frequently with Eye-D
, with whom he also forms the hardcore outfit The Outside Agency. As of the release of The Outside Agency's first EP on Black Monolith Records in 2001 the DJ Hidden moniker has only been used for drum & bass
. DJ Hidden also releases modern classical/IDM music as Semiomime
In addition to his work as a DJ and a producer, DJ Hidden also runs the record label
Genosha Recordings, and its sub-label Genosha One Seven Five together with Eye-D.
releases. For hardcore releases see the entry for The Outside Agency.
are frequent guests at prominent underground club nights PRSPCT and Smackdown. DJ Hidden has performed in Austria
, Belarus
, Belgium
, Czech Republic
, England
, Estonia
, France
, Germany
, Hungary
, Italy
, Lithuania
, Latvia
, Luxembourg
, Poland
, Portugal
, Romania
, Russia
, Scotland
, Slovakia
, Spain
, Sweden
, Switzerland
, Ukraine
and in the United States
.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
producer and DJ from Goes
Goes
Goes is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands in Zuid-Beveland, in the province Zeeland. The city of Goes has approximately 27,000 residents.-History of Goes:...
. DJ Hidden's sound is known for its hardcore
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
, IDM
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
and breakcore
Breakcore
Breakcore is a style of electronic music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and Intelligent dance music. Its sound is largely characterized by a high-tempo, well-timed mingling of distorted kick drums , break beats arranged from samples of the Amen break, and audio samples from a...
influences.
Biography
DJ Hidden, also known as Noël Wessels, has been active as a drum & bassDrum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
and hardcore
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
DJ and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
since 1991. He got his professional start with his first hardcore release on Mokum Records
Mokum Records
Mokum Records is a Dutch independent record label specialising in gabber and hardcore techno releases. They have released about 100 single and EP vinyl records between 1993 and 1999...
in 1996. His first drum & bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
track was released on Kultbox Records in 1998. DJ Hidden has since released drum & bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
music on record labels such as PRSPCT Recordings, Killing Sheep Records, Evol Intent Recordings, Outbreak Records, Ad Noiseam, Ruff-Teck Records and many others. DJ Hidden has released two full-length albums entitled "The Later After" and "The Words Below" on Ad Noiseam.
In addition to his solo releases he has also collaborated with Cooh, Counterstrike
Counterstrike (drum and bass group)
Counterstrike, is a drum and bass producer duo from Cape Town consisting of Justin Scholtemeyer and Eaton Crous. They are considered to be one of the pioneers of the South African drum 'n bass scene...
, Evol Intent
Evol Intent
Evol Intent is a hardstep drum and bass group formed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. in 2000. The group is composed of The Enemy , Knick , and Gigantor ....
, Forbidden Society; and he collaborates very frequently with Eye-D
Eye-D
Eye-D is a Dutch drum & bass producer and DJ from Goes. Eye-D's sound is known for its hardcore influences.-Biography:Eye-D, also known as Frank Nitzinsky, has been active as a drum & bass and hardcore DJ and producer since 1991. He got his professional start with his first hardcore release on...
, with whom he also forms the hardcore outfit The Outside Agency. As of the release of The Outside Agency's first EP on Black Monolith Records in 2001 the DJ Hidden moniker has only been used for drum & bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
. DJ Hidden also releases modern classical/IDM music as Semiomime
In addition to his work as a DJ and a producer, DJ Hidden also runs the record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
Genosha Recordings, and its sub-label Genosha One Seven Five together with Eye-D.
Discography
The following is a list of all of DJ Hidden's drum & bassDrum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
releases. For hardcore releases see the entry for The Outside Agency.
Albums
- 2007: The Later After on Ad Noiseam
- 2009: The Words Below on Ad Noiseam
- 2011: Peer to Peer Pressure (with Eye-DEye-DEye-D is a Dutch drum & bass producer and DJ from Goes. Eye-D's sound is known for its hardcore influences.-Biography:Eye-D, also known as Frank Nitzinsky, has been active as a drum & bass and hardcore DJ and producer since 1991. He got his professional start with his first hardcore release on...
) on PRSPCT Recordings
Singles & EPs
- 1998: We Eat Tulips for Breakfast EP on Kultbox Records
- 2000: Darkstreet Jazz / Sabre on Abstrakt Recordings
- 2000: Untitled on Virtual Pulse Records
- 2000: Ender / Uridium on Ruff-teck
- 2001: Tsji-LP / People Are Programmed on Semiconscious Media
- 2001: Incantation on Piruh
- 2002: Thanatos on Fear Records
- 2002: Fear 003 on Fear Records
- 2002: The Wrong Way / Anamnesia on Ruff-Teck
- 2002: Solid Tactics / Left-Ledge on Theoretic Records
- 2002: Hidden / Scared on Fear Records
- 2003: Afterglow on Ruff-Teck
- 2004: It Begins on Killing Sheep Records
- 2004: Ghost Story / The Surface on Metrik
- 2004: Personality Disorder E.P. on Theoretic Records
- 2004: Black Blood / Sonogrammar on Ruff-Teck Records
- 2004: Where's The Score? (with Slacknote) on Evol Intent
- 2005: The Resonators on Prspct
- 2005: Death At A Distance EP on Outbreak Records
- 2005: Wastelands on Ruff-Teck
- 2006: Literal Evil on Killing Sheep Records
- 2006: Prisoner Of One Self / Masque De Mort on Dust Of Sounds
- 2006: Times Like These on Killing Sheep Records
- 2006: The Gehenna Device / Corrupt on Sub/Version
- 2006: Dead Silence on Fear Records
- 2007: Consumed (with Forbidden Society) on Hardline Rekordingz
- 2007: Joshua's War (with Eye-DEye-DEye-D is a Dutch drum & bass producer and DJ from Goes. Eye-D's sound is known for its hardcore influences.-Biography:Eye-D, also known as Frank Nitzinsky, has been active as a drum & bass and hardcore DJ and producer since 1991. He got his professional start with his first hardcore release on...
) on PRSPCT Recordings - 2007: After Before on Ad Noiseam
- 2008: Past The Flesh / Prayer's End on Killing Sheep Records
- 2008: Faust Pact on Independenza Records
- 2008: We Are Haunted / The Signs on Prspct
- 2008: Sandwaves / Session 113 (Saw Darkness In You) on Flatline Ltd.
- 2009: The Words Below Limited Edition Vinyl Series Part 1 on Ad Noiseam
- 2009: The Words Below Limited Edition Vinyl Series Part 2 on Ad Noiseam
- 2009: The Memento Mori EP on Sustained Records
- 2009: Grim Noire on Bug Klinik Records
- 2009: Untitled on Nekrolog1k Recordings
- 2009: The Unseen on Mentally Disturbed
- 2010: Imagination (with Switch Technique) on Union Recordings
- 2010: The Words Below Limited Edition Vinyl Series Part 3 on Ad Noiseam
- 2010: Empty Streets Revisited / Times Like These VIP on Killing Sheep Records
- 2011: Scintillate on Sustained Records
- 2011: The Outsider Looking In on Tantrum Recordings
- 2011: You're Not Real / Breathe In Breathe Out on Hidden Tracks
Remixes
- 2004: Censor - Grey Line Reality (DJ Hidden Remix) on Hive Records
- 2005: Censor - Grey Line Reality (DJ Hidden VIP Remix) on Handsome Devil Recordings
- 2005: Eye-D & Kid Entropy - 640K (DJ Hidden Remix) on Soothsayer Recordings
- 2006: Enduser - The Catalyst (DJ Hidden Remix) on Ad Noiseam
- 2006: Aggroman - The Dark Side of the Moon (Eye-DEye-DEye-D is a Dutch drum & bass producer and DJ from Goes. Eye-D's sound is known for its hardcore influences.-Biography:Eye-D, also known as Frank Nitzinsky, has been active as a drum & bass and hardcore DJ and producer since 1991. He got his professional start with his first hardcore release on...
& DJ Hidden Remix) on Aural Carnage - 2007: Detritus - Interrupted (DJ Hidden Remix) on Ad Noiseam
- 2007: City of God - C'est Mon Monde (DJ Hidden Remix) on Independenza Records
- 2007: Forbidden Society - Demons (DJ Hidden Remix) on Independenza Records
- 2007: CDatakill - No Brakes (Remix By DJ Hidden) on Ad Noiseam
- 2007: DJ G-I-S & Norman Wax - Leatherface (DJ Hidden Remix) on Intransigent Recordings
- 2007: Xanopticon - Symptom (DJ Hidden Remix) on Thac0 Records
- 2008: Fractional - En Attendant (DJ Hidden Remix) on Brume Records
- 2008: Autoclav1.1 - Small Days (Broken By DJ Hidden) on Hive Records
- 2009: Enduser - Manoeuvre (DJ Hidden RMX) on Soothsayer Recordings
DJ performances
In addition to a busy production schedule, DJ Hidden still finds the time to regularly perform at events across the world, both as DJ Hidden and as part of The Outside Agency. In the Netherlands, DJ Hidden and Eye-DEye-D
Eye-D is a Dutch drum & bass producer and DJ from Goes. Eye-D's sound is known for its hardcore influences.-Biography:Eye-D, also known as Frank Nitzinsky, has been active as a drum & bass and hardcore DJ and producer since 1991. He got his professional start with his first hardcore release on...
are frequent guests at prominent underground club nights PRSPCT and Smackdown. DJ Hidden has performed in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, Belgium
Belgium
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, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, England
England
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, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
, France
France
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, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Italy
Italy
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, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Portugal
Portugal
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, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Russia
Russia
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, Scotland
Scotland
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, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Switzerland
Switzerland
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, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
External links
- Official DJ Hidden Website
- DJ Hidden on SoundCloudSoundCloudSoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings.-History:SoundCloud was originally started in Stockholm, Sweden, but was established in Berlin, Germany in August, 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss...
See also
- List of drum & bass artists.
- List of drum & bass labels.
- History of drum & bass.History of drum and bassDrum and bass is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle...