DJ Hidden

DJ Hidden

DJ Hidden at "Rebellion Start" @ Black Box, Sofia, Bulgaria
Background information
Birth name Noël Wessels
Also known as DJ Hidden
Born (1975-05-19) 19 May 1975
Origin Goes, Netherlands
Genres Drum and bass
Downtempo
Hardcore
IDM
Breakcore
Electronic music
Occupation(s) Musician
DJ
record producer
designer
Years active 1996 – present
Labels 46
Abstrakt
Ad Noiseam
Alphacut
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
Hard Kryptic
Hidden Tracks
Hive
HSC
Hymen
Killing Sheep
Kultbox
Medcom
Mentally Disturbed
Merck
Metrik
Mokum Records
Nekrolog1k
NGM
No Room For Talent
Notochord
Otaku
Outbreak
Piruh
Pflichtkauf
PRSPCT
Ruff-teck
Semiconscious Media
Smackdown
Spin Doctors
Soothsayer
Sub/Version
Sustained
Symp.tom
Terrornoize Industry
Thac0
Therapy Sessions Recordings
Theoretic
Thunderdome
Tympanik Audio
Virtual Pulse
Associated acts The Outside Agency
Semiomime
Eye-D
Website www.djhidden.com

DJ Hidden is an electronic music producer and DJ from Goes, Netherlands. His work is known for its Hardcore techno, IDM and Crossbreed.[1] He is one-half of Industrial Hardcore/Crossbreed duo, The Outside Agency, alongside Eye-D.

History

Wessels has been an active drum & bass and hardcore DJ and producer since 1991.[2] His music career began in 1996, with the release of The Outside Agency EP on hardcore label Mokum Records.[3] His first drum & bass track was released on Kultbox Records in 1998.[4] Wessels 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.

He has released three full-length conceptual albums under this moniker entitled The Later After,[5] The Words Below[6] and Enclosed[7] on Ad Noiseam, as well as a joint album release with Eye-D entitled Peer To Peer Pressure[8] on PRSPCT Recordings. He also releases modern classical/IDM music under the moniker Semiomime.[9]

Collaborations

In addition to his solo releases, Wessels has collaborated with Cooh, Counterstrike, Evol Intent, Forbidden Society. He frequently collaborates with Eye-D, with whom he also forms the hardcore outfit The Outside Agency. Since the release of The Outside Agency's first EP on Black Monolith Records[10] in 2001, Wessels has used the "DJ Hidden" moniker solely for his drum & bass releases.[11][12]

Discography

The following is a list of all of Wessels' drum & bass releases.[13][14]

Albums

Singles and EPs

Remixes

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.[15] In the Netherlands, DJ Hidden and Eye-D are frequent guests at prominent underground club nights "PRSPCT"[16][17] and "Smackdown".[18] Wessels has performed in Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United States.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with a dnb / hardcore demigod DJ Hidden". killingsheep.com. 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  2. ↑ "The Outside Agency interview at Scottish Hardcore". scottishhardcore.co.uk. 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  3. ↑ "The Outside Agency EP". discogs.com. 1996. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  4. ↑ "The Beats op je Fiets Crew EP". discogs.com. 1998. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  5. ↑ "DJ Hidden "The Later After" – adn73". adnoiseam.net. 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  6. ↑ "DJ Hidden "The Words Below" – adn118". adnoiseam.net. 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  7. ↑ "DJ Hidden "Enclosed" – adn173". adnoiseam.net. 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  8. ↑ "Eye-D & DJ Hidden "Peer To Peer Pressure" – PRSPCTLP002". prspctrecordings.bandcamp.com. 2011. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  9. ↑ "Semiomime – From Memory – adn139". adnoiseam.net. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  10. ↑ "In Theory Everything Is Straight". discogs.com. 2001. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  11. ↑ "The Outside Agency interview (1) at cardiac.nl". cardiac.nl. 2003. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  12. ↑ "The Outside Agency at Last.FM". last.fm. 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  13. ↑ "DJ Hidden Discography at rolldabeats.com". rolldabeats.com. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  14. ↑ "DJ Hidden Discography at Discogs". discogs.com. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  15. ↑ "Agenda for DJ Hidden & The Outside Agency at djhidden.com". djhidden.com. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  16. ↑ "List of PRSPCT events at partyflock.nl (in Dutch)". partyflock.nl. 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  17. ↑ "Interview with PRSPCT owner Gareth de Wijk. (in Dutch)". vpro.nl. 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  18. ↑ "List of Smackdown events at partyflock.nl (in Dutch)". partyflock.nl. 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

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