Hiden Fortress
In a parallel future, where the boundaries between reality and augmented experiences are blurred, Hidden Fortress emerges as a clandestine collective of cyberpunk bodhisattvas. In this alternate reality dominated by auditory hallucinations people become trapped within imagined realms, cutting them off from the real world. Only those who comprehend the frequencies can penetrate the illusions, and Hidden Fortress is the enigmatic force equipped with waveforms capable of awakening people from their sonic-induced slumber.
Conceived as a groundbreaking multimedia endeavor, Hidden Fortress transcends the conventional boundaries of a band. It unfolds as a dynamic fusion of 90’s style anime, 80’s inspired science-fiction, meticulously crafted animatronic characters and practical effects married to cutting edge visual effects. Hidden Fortress is a visionary project that blurs the lines between music, episodic storytelling, and interactive open-world exploration. Within this expansive universe, a cast of unique characters embarks on a quest to unravel the mysteries of reality, from a robot grappling with its forgotten human roots to an alien stranded on a distant moon yearning for home and beyond (or should we say inward).
The debut record from Hidden Fortress serves as a sonic journey, a concept album loosely inspired by the Siddhartha story, reimagined within a cyberpunk setting. As the band explores profound themes about the nature of reality and the struggle for survival in a tumultuous world, their music becomes a genre-bending, unabashedly maximalist, sonically dense call to action.
While rooted in psych-pop, the music of Hidden Fortress draws eclectic inspiration from punk rock, hip hop, R&B, and synth-pop. Originating from Southern California but currently beaming its waveforms across the cosmos, Hidden Fortress operates as a re-enchantment project, aiming to reignite faith in the human experiment amidst troubling times. With each beat, the band challenges the listeners to question their perceived realities, shed their false identification and return to base reality — to be fully present in awareness itself, the placeless place we all inhabit. This is the clarion call: dissolve the border between self and other and reclaim our true identity as infinite awareness seeking itself.