Noisia

Noisia
Origin	Groningen, The Netherlands
Genres	Drum and bass Electronic Breakbeat Electro house Dubstep Neurofunk
Occupations	DJ, Record Producer, Label Owner
Years active	2002 - Present
Labels	Vision, Division, Invisible, Roc Nation, mau5trap
Associated acts	Hustle Athletics, Frizz, Drifter, Foreign Beggars, Alix Perez, Ed Rush & Optical, Spor, MC Verse, Mayhem, Milo, Prolix, Pacific, Joe Seven, Shanodin, Phace, Teebee, The Upbeats, Bex Riley, Giovanca Ostiana, Amon Tobin, Dom & Roland, Krause, Black Sun Empire
Website	Noisia Official Website
Members
Martijn van Sonderen Nik Roos Thijs de Vlieger

Noisia, stylized as NOISIΛ ('VISION' rotated 180°), is a Dutch Electronic music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, The Netherlands. They now produce a wide variety of music including drum and bass, dubstep, breakbeat and house music. Noisia perform across the world and own three record labels (Vision, Division and Invisible Recordings).

Biography

After a few fruitful collaborations with Martijn, who had been involved in music (hip hop production/classical piano) for quite a while before he hooked up with Nik and Thijs, Martijn was added to the Noisia team.

After a while the Internet was discovered as a great way to acquire musical knowledge and to get feedback on productions. Also, the first NOISIΛ tune that received interest from a real label (Mayhem's Shadow Law Recordings) was found on a production message board, this interest was a big motivation to improve the sound of NOISIΛ's productions. An investment in studio-equipment and a dedication to sound design, mixdown and arrangement got things moving, and February 2003 saw the birth of the recording that was going to be the first released NOISIΛ tune; "Tomahawk" by NOISIΛ & Mayhem on Paul Reset's Nerve Recordings imprint. The flip of that was Silicon, which was written in the hangover-days after Mayhem's short but productive stay. Silicon/tomahawk was released in August 2003, and after that things gradually started rolling.

For a time between 2005 and 2009, NOISIΛ also released tracks under the name "Drifter", encompassing the lighter side of Drum and Bass known as Liquid Funk, as well as releasing a EP under the name "Hustle Athletics" on Love Break Recordings. They later decided to go back to releasing all their music under the name "NOISIΛ" so as to not confuse the audience and to avoid being "pigeon holed" into different genres with different names.

Releases

NOISIΛ have released music on major Drum & Bass labels such as Teebee's Subtitles, Goldie's Metalheadz, Rob Playford's Moving Shadow, Ram Records, Virus Recordings and Renegade Hardware. They have also collaborated with well-known drum and bass artists Cause 4 Concern, Teebee, Phace, Black Sun Empire, Bad Company UK, Dom & Roland, and The Upbeats. They have remixed Konflict's Messiah, Pendulum and The Freestylers' Painkiller and have been remixed by artists like Teebee and Matrix, in addition to other remixes.

The Dutch collective has also received extensive airplay on BBC Radio 1, a notable example being their House/Breaks track Gutterpump (released on Passenger Records).

Eventually Robbie Williams showed interest in working with NOISIΛ, asking them to remix his cover of Manu Chao's Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'Aime Plus, which they turned into a hard-hitting House track soon to be released on the major record label EMI. A Drum and Bass remix of Moby's 'Alice' has also been released to critical acclaim and to a good reception from Moby himself - "We've had some really good remixes done for 'Alice' one of my favourites is the drum and bass remix done by NOISIΛ."

Early 2007 saw the release of Tasha Baxter's Colour of Me, an album entirely produced by NOISIΛ. They met Baxter and bandmate Andre Scheepers on the internet, and after conjoined efforts on the first demo's, the two-member band was signed to EMI South Africa. It took more than a year to complete the project, the end product being a pop flavoured album carrying many different musical influences, like Reggae, Drum & Bass, or regular Pop.

In June 2008, they released FabricLive.40, a mix CD on the fabric label that includes many of their own tracks. The mix spans several genres and tempos.^[1]

NOISIΛ completed a remix of 'Omen' for The Prodigy to accompany its release in February 2009.

In Summer 2009, NOISIΛ produced Hadouken!'s second album, For the Masses, released in 2010.

In recent times, NOISIΛ have remixed Skrillex's Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, as well as deadmau5's Raise Your Weapon.

NOISIΛ have also written music for short films as well as various video games, including Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition, Wipeout Pulse, Wipeout HD, and Wipeout HD Fury. They also produced "The Tide", which was featured on Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2. Their song Groundhog was featured twice in DJ Hero, first as a Mashup with Motorhead's Ace of Spades '08 then later as a beat juggle by the Scratch Perverts. A remixed version of Groundhog can also be found in the soundtrack of MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. The group also collaborated With Klaus Badelt, to provide a series of remixes for the MotorStorm: Apocalypse soundtrack.

Vision/Division/Invisible

NOISIΛ owns three record labels: Vision Recordings is intended for their Drum & Bass work, including collaborations with other producers in the genre, such as Teebee, Mayhem, or MC Verse. The first release on this label contained the popular track The Tide, which instantly gave the label a sturdy foothold in the scene. The fourth release was a collaboration with Mayhem featuring hip-hop legend KRS-One, entitled Exodus. Vision's sister label Division Recordings is an outlet for their output in other genres. The first release featured the Electro/House tune Yellow Brick and the Breaks/House/Electro tune Raar.

They have announced the launch of a 3rd record label in March 2010, called Invisible Recordings. Invisible Recordings will focus on the deeper and more experimental side of drum and bass (think their output for Metalheadz - "Strange Owl Experiment" for starters). The label's debut EP features producers such as Engage, Subterra & Dekko, Icicle and Phace with the second EP featuring Noisia collaborating with Joe Seven and Alix Perez, a solo track by Alix Perez, and a track by newcomer Stray, and the third EP being the debut release of newcomer Hybris.

Split The Atom

NOISIΛ's debut album, Split The Atom, was released on 5 April 2010; the first single from this album, "Machine Gun", was released on 8 March 2010.^[2] The second single from the album, "Split The Atom", was released on 25 July 2010.

Performances

Every week, NOISIΛ DJ in several major European cities, such as Manchester, Bristol, Amsterdam, London, Moscow, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Budapest, Vienna, Oslo, Athens, Berlin, Madrid, Paris, St. Petersburg, Kraków, Zürich, Lisbon, Belfast, Rome, Ljubljana, Prague, Brussels, Marseille, Edinburgh, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Helsinki, Berne, Groningen. They have done 15 North America tours, ten Australia & New Zealand tours and have visited Israël, Japan and South Africa for single performances.

Discography

12" Vinyl Records

• VSN 001 The Tide / Concussion
• VSN 002 Lost Cause (with Mayhem) / Choke (ft. MC Verse)
• VSN 003 Bad Dreams / Omissions
• VSN 004 Exodus (with Mayhem) (ft. KRS One)
• VSN 005 Collision EP
• VSN 006 Alice remix
• VSN 007 Stigma / Crank
• VSN 008 Split The Atom - Vision EP
• VSN 009 Brain Bucket (with Ed Rush & Optical) / Falling Through (with Spor)
• VSN 010 Friendly Intentions / Displaced
• VSN 011 Program (with Phace) / Regurgitate
• SYNDROME 003 Outsource remix / New Deal
• SUBTITLES 037 Hub Cap / Backdraft
• SUBTITLES 042 Monster EP
• SUBTITLES 056 Shower for an Hour / Moon Palace
• SKINT 138 Gutterpunk
• SHA 005 Brainstitch / Deeper Love
• SHA 017 Brainstitch / Back To Your Roots
• RAM 059 Facade / Moonway Renegade
• RAM 067 Facade VIP / Skanka
• RAMM81D Deception
• QRNUK 006 Splash Step / Diplodocus
• PASA 028 Gutterpump
• NSGNL 003 Mammoth / Sore Point
• NSGNL 004 CCTV / Factory 5
• NONVOGUE 002 Creep Out / The Bends
• NERVELTD 001 Silicon / Crisis
• NERVE 009 Silicon / Tomahawk
• MSXEP 036 Block Control
• MET 079 The Bells / Last Look
• LOVEBRKZ 002 Lekker EP
• LOVE 006 Fade to Grey
• FOKUZLTD 002 Cloudshine / Dry tears
• ENM 002 Afternoon Delight / Angel Eyes
• DNT 039LTD Contact Noisia Remix
• DVSN 001 Yellow Brick / Raar
• DVSN 002 Seven Stitches / Groundhog
• DVSN 003 Mordez Moi / B.R.U.L.
• DVSN 004 Split The Atom - Division EP
• DVSN 005 Machine Gun EP
• DVSN 006 Split The Atom EP
• DVSN 007 Alpha Centauri / Excision & Datsik Remix
• CITRUSPACK 001 Citrus Sales Pack part 1
• CITRUSLP 002CD No Escape remix / The Vulture
• CITRUS 015 Massada / Lifeless
• CITRUS 017 Lockjaw / Absolom
• CITRUS 020 Homeworld / Outsource
• ATG 019R Painkiller The Remixes
• INVSB 001 Floating Zero
• INVSB 002 Underprint
• INVSB 003 Hybris EP

LP / CD Releases

• VSNCD 001 The Tide / Concussion / Lekker / Bonus Video
• VSNCD Split the Atom
• DVSNCD 001 Yellow Brick / Raar
• FABRIC 080 FabricLive.40

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References

1. ^ "fabriclive.40 NOISIΛ". fabric. http://www.fabriclondon.com/label/fabriclive/40/. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
2. ^ [1] Knowledge, Jan. 2010
3. ^ "Noisia Discography". http://www.triplevision.nl/artist/Noisia/. 

External links

• Official Noisia website
• Noisia on Myspace
• Noisia on Triple Vision Record Distribution
• Noisia on SoundCloud
• Noisia on Trackitdown Mp3 Store
• Noisia at rolldabeats