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Hyden

To Whom It May Concern

French talent Hyden makes label debut on Mutual Rytm with conceptual new techno EP, To Whom It May Concern.

Hyden is a potent force in the French underground, creating powerful techno with dense percussion, immersive grooves and subtle nods to classic influences all through his own unique lens. Having delivered standout releases in recent years, here he offers up sounds anchored in psychoanalysis, time, and emotional residue as he makes his mark on SHDWs Mutual Rytm imprint, delivering influences of dream logic and surrealism as the palette moves between brutality and introspection. Its hypnotic music for moments of rupture where something breaks or breaks through.
Opener Manifest Content is inspired by Freudian theory and explores the surface illusions of thought and dream.
Its about the dissonance between what we perceive and the deeper meaning that slips away beneath and is a deep and dubby techno track with flashes of unsettling melody. Bruises is emotional trauma made sonic. This piece delves into invisible scars and traumas, residues of past conflict or intimacy its slowburning, heavy and raw. Jikan is a meditation built on time and its erosion. Inspired by the Japanese concept of impermanence, it reflects
fleeting moments, decay and the tension between stillness and motion with jacked up but warm drums and turbulent bass.
Next, Free Will is born from inner conflict and plays with deterministic rhythms and evolving layers, questioning
whether we are truly in control or just passengers in a prewritten sequence. The vocal mentions, creatures, youre out of time to bring darkness to the intense but sleek rhythms. The streamlined physicality of Swarm channels the
primal force of collective movement and is a nod to the loss of individuality in group behaviour.
In addition, the package is loaded with digital bonus cuts. Yumehara is a dive into surreal dreamstates and evokes subconscious landscapes where logic dissolves and emotion reigns, while Lu Bu is brutal and warlike and named after the legendary Chinese general that captures impulsive violence, betrayal and reckless glory with relentless energy and rhythm. Lastly, Neon Pale is a synthetic dreamscape about fading beauty under artificial light a melancholy ode to cities at night and the loss of warmth in modern life.