DJ Hidden

DJ Hidden
DJ Hidden at "Rebellion Start" @ Black Box, Sofia, Bulgaria
DJ Hidden at "Rebellion Start" @ Black Box, Sofia, Bulgaria
Background information
Also known asDJ Hidden
Born
Noël Wessels

(1975-05-19) 19 May 1975 (age 51)
OriginGoes, Netherlands
GenreElectronic music
Occupations
  • Musician
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • designer
Years active1996–present
Websitedjhidden.com

DJ Hidden is an electronic music producer and DJ from Goes, Netherlands. His solo work consists of (Experimental) Drum & Bass, IDM and Crossbreed. 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. His music career began in 1996, with the release of The Outside Agency EP on hardcore label Mokum Records. His first drum & bass track was released on Kultbox Records in 1998. 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 , The Words Below and Enclosed on the German label Ad Noiseam, as well as a joint album release with Eye-D entitled Peer To Peer Pressure and two solo albums The Nightmare Connector and The Reimagineers on PRSPCT Recordings and Isoclusion on his own Hidden Tracks label. He also releases modern classical/IDM music under the moniker Semiomime, techno as Scørch and My_Initials on his techno label ScanDark Recordings and "new early hardcore" as Dysistor.

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 in 2001, Wessels has used the "DJ Hidden" moniker solely for his drum & bass releases.

Discography

The following is a list of all of Wessels' drum & bass releases.

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. In the Netherlands, DJ Hidden and Eye-D are frequent guests at prominent underground club nights "PRSPCT" and "Smackdown". 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, Bulgaria and the United States.

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with a dnb / hardcore demigod DJ Hidden". killingsheep.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  2. ↑ "The Outside Agency interview at Scottish Hardcore". scottishhardcore.co.uk. 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Outside Agency EP". discogs.com. 1996. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Beats op je Fiets Crew EP". discogs.com. 1998. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "DJ Hidden "The Later After" – adn73". adnoiseam.net. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "DJ Hidden "The Words Below" – adn118". adnoiseam.net. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "DJ Hidden "Enclosed" – adn173". adnoiseam.net. 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Eye-D & DJ Hidden "Peer To Peer Pressure" – PRSPCTLP002". prspctrecordings.bandcamp.com. 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "DJ Hidden "The Nightmare Connector" – PRSPCTLP017". prspctrecordings.bandcamp.com. 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "DJ Hidden "The Reimagineers" – PRSPCT272". prspctrecordings.bandcamp.com. 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "DJ Hidden "Isoclusion" – HIDTRA04". djhidden.bandcamp.com. 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Semiomime – From Memory – adn139". adnoiseam.net. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  13. ↑ ""ScanDark Recordings"". https://scandarkrecordings.bandcamp.com/. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  14. ↑ "Dysistor". discogs.com.
  15. ↑ "In Theory Everything Is Straight". discogs.com. 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  16. ↑ "The Outside Agency interview (1) at cardiac.nl". cardiac.nl. 2003. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  17. ↑ "The Outside Agency at Last.FM". last.fm. 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  18. ↑ "DJ Hidden Discography at rolldabeats.com". rolldabeats.com. 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  19. ↑ "DJ Hidden Discography at Discogs". discogs.com. 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  20. ↑ "Agenda for DJ Hidden & The Outside Agency at djhidden.com". djhidden.com. 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  21. ↑ "List of PRSPCT events at partyflock.nl (in Dutch)". partyflock.nl. 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  22. ↑ "Interview with PRSPCT owner Gareth de Wijk. (in Dutch)". vpro.nl. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  23. ↑ "List of Smackdown events at partyflock.nl (in Dutch)". partyflock.nl. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.