DJ Hidden

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DJ Hidden
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DJ Hidden at "Rebellion Start" @ Black Box, Sofia, Bulgaria
Background information
Birth nameNoël Wessels
Also known asDJ Hidden
Born (1975-05-19) 19 May 1975 (age 46)
Origin Goes, Netherlands
Genres Electronic music
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • designer
Years active1996–present
Website djhidden.com

DJ Hidden is an electronic music producer and DJ from Goes, Netherlands. His solo work consists of (Experimental) Drum & Bass, IDM and Crossbreed. [1] He is one-half of Industrial Hardcore/Crossbreed duo, The Outside Agency, alongside Eye-D.

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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, Bulgaria and the United States.

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References

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  2. "The Outside Agency interview at Scottish Hardcore". scottishhardcore.co.uk. 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "The Outside Agency EP". discogs.com. 1996. Retrieved 1 May 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "The Beats op je Fiets Crew EP". discogs.com. 1998. Retrieved 1 May 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. "DJ Hidden "The Later After" – adn73". adnoiseam.net. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. "DJ Hidden "The Words Below" – adn118". adnoiseam.net. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. "DJ Hidden "Enclosed" – adn173". adnoiseam.net. 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. "Eye-D & DJ Hidden "Peer To Peer Pressure" – PRSPCTLP002". prspctrecordings.bandcamp.com. 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. "Semiomime – From Memory – adn139". adnoiseam.net. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  10. "In Theory Everything Is Straight". discogs.com. 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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