Prison Escapee is the moniker of Erik David Hidde located in Los Angeles, CA. After running the independent record label, Housewarming Records, out of New York from 2011-2013, Hidde has since decided to put all his focus into his original music.

After years of writing, recording and fronting bands, Hidde started Prison Escapee in 2014 and has since been releasing his melancholic, electronic, rock songs. Inspired by equal parts post-rock, electronica, lo-fi field recordings, and film soundtracks, all of his music has been written, recorded, produced, and mixed in his living room.

In the Autumn of 2020, Hidde signed with the legendary Los Angeles based label, Cleopatra Records.