The sound of Hidalgos is full of influences ranging from the cosmic sounds of the Kaftwerk and Tangerin Dream to the math-rock of the Don Caballero with recalls of ambient atmospheres. The sound of the clean guitar is opposed to that of the guitar made creating balances and sometimes contrasts, the electronics instead aims to emphasize the most dreamlike part of the compositions stimulating the imagination of the listener. The rhythm of the band is entrusted to the drum machine that punctuates the groove and characterizes the synthetic character of the sound. In the songs of the Hidalgos drum machine and bass create a plot that recalls rock and funk, maintaining the function of pushing the movement, giving energy that stimulates the listener to travel.

Composer | Producer | Performer

"Oscillating Hybrid between Organ and Film Music" - Konrad Adenauer Foundation
"Wonderful Work" - Hollywood Music Workshop

DENNIS TJIOK is a composer, producer, orchestrator and multi-instrumentalist based in London.
As a member of BFI Network x BAFTA Crew he works on projects ranging from films and games to concert music. He has won competitions for solo piano and ensemble, the EHF 2010 Award for Composition, the RNCM Entrepreneurship Award supported by YAMAHA a.o.

Having studied composition at the Royal College and Royal Northern College of Music, his works have taken him to Wigmore Hall London, Bridgewater Hall Manchester, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Leeds Lieder Festival, Buxton International Festival, Berliner Philharmonie, The English Theatre Frankfurt and Baden-Baden Filmfestival, with radio features on Berlin FM, Die Welt & Salford City Radio. He is also co-founder of the chamber music series AD Festival Days and his touring ODM Project featuring new music for organ.

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