DJ Hidden - Isoclusion [full colour digipak]

Recording info

DJ Hidden's sixth solo album "Isoclusion" is less aimed at dance floors and more intended for home listening. It was written during the Covid pandemic and could be considered the most introspective DJ Hidden album to date. As the titles of the twelve tracks on this release suggest, it explores the emotional processes he experienced during and after mandatory physical and mental isolation.

The way our thoughts are shaped is constantly changing and it can be interesting to think about the elements responsible for this. Actual quarantine but also prolonged exposure to digital platforms and so-called social media could both have had an influence during this unique period in recent times.

The ways in which we are exposed to information could modify thoughts, experiences, and even memories. Current events force us to strongly rethink our place in individual social bubbles but also our place in the world.

All tracks on this album were written with thoughts like this in mind. Even its portmanteau title is meant to provoke the listener into exploring thoughts: their own and those of others. While most music on this release is instrumental, the combination of words in the track's titles, as well as their rich atmospheres and melodies are of a type that suggests yet never forces anyone into a particular way of thinking.

The music leaves enough room for the imagination and enables it to be the dynamic force it is supposed to be. Each track is capable of transportation, taking listeners to a world of their choosing. It can be interesting to wonder, though: have these worlds also changed, and if so, what have they changed into?