Noisia, stylized as NOISIΛ, is a Dutch electronic music trio consisting of
members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen,
Netherlands. They produce a wide variety of music including drum and bass,
dubstep, breakbeat and house music. They own three record labels: Vision,
Division and Invisible Recordings, and have released on several labels
including Skrillex's OWSLA, deadmau5's mau5trap and Jay-Z's Roc Nation. Foreign
Beggars have combined with Noisia to make the side project and supergroup I
Am Legion. They released their collaborative album I Am Legion on 2
September 2013. Noisia also go by the name Nightwatch for some of their
production credits, such as for their work with Alexis Jordan, Hadouken!,
Wiley and Wretch 32. The group produce using Steinberg Cubase. They produced
Hadouken!'s entire album For the Masses which charted at number 19 on the UK
Albums Chart. Career
= 2003–2006: Record deals and formation After a few collaborations with Martijn,
who had been involved in music for quite a while before he hooked up with Nik and
Thijs, Martijn was added to the Noisia team. The first Noisia song that
received interest from a label was found on a production message board. February
2003 saw the birth of the recording that was going to be the first Noisia
release; "Tomahawk" by Noisia & Mayhem on Paul Reset's Nerve Recordings
imprint. "Silicon" / "Tomahawk" was released in August 2003. For a time
between 2005 and 2009, Noisia also released tracks as Drifter, encompassing
liquid funk, as well as releasing an EP under the name Hustle Athletics on Love
Break Recordings. They later decided to go back to releasing all their music
under the name Noisia so as to not confuse the audience and to avoid being
pigeonholed into different genres with different names.
Noisia 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, Hospital Records, and Renegade Hardware. The Dutch collective
has also received extensive airplay on BBC Radio 1. Eventually Robbie Williams
showed interest in working with Noisia, asking them to remix his cover of Manu
Chao's "Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'aime Plus", which they turned into a house
track released on the major record label EMI. The Noisia remix of Moby's "Alice"
has also been released to critical acclaim.
= 2007–2009: Commercial breakthrough and productions =
Early 2007 saw the release of Tasha Baxter's Colour of Me, an album entirely
produced by Noisia. They met Baxter and bandmate Andre Scheepers on the
internet, and 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-orientated album
influenced by reggae and drum and bass. In June 2008, they released
FabricLive.40, a mix CD on the Fabric label that includes many of their own
tracks. Noisia completed a remix of "Omen" for The Prodigy to accompany its
release in February 2009. In summer 2009, Noisia produced Hadouken!'s second
album For the Masses, released in 2010 which entered the UK Albums Chart at
number 19. They have also officially remixed Skrillex's "Scary Monsters and
Nice Sprites", as well as deadmau5's "Raise Your Weapon".
= 2010–present: Split the Atom and other ventures =
Noisia's debut studio album Split the Atom was released on 5 April 2010. The
first single from the album, "Machine Gun", was released on 8 March 2010. The
second single from the album, "Split the Atom", was released on 25 July 2010. On
27 February 2012, Noisia released a special edition of their album Split the
Atom on deadmau5's acclaimed label mau5trap, alongside 2012 remixes from
the likes of Munchi, Kill the Noise and Loadstar. In later 2012, Noisia also
remixed Mark Knight's track, "Nothing Matters", and also "Smack My Bitch Up"
for The Prodigy for the re-release of The Fat of the Land.
Noisia 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 and "Stigma" was used in the intro of Gran Turismo PSP.
Their song "Groundhog" was featured twice in DJ Hero, first as a mashup with
Motörhead'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. The 16bit remix of "Machine Gun" was featured in the "Stranded"
Trailer for the video game Far Cry 3, and "Could This Be" and "Machine Gun"
were used on SSX. Noisia worked alongside Ninja Theory and produced over
three hours worth of music for them and their DmC: Devil May Cry reboot; the
36-track soundtrack was released through Division on 15 January 2013.
Noisia own three record labels: Vision Recordings is intended for their drum
and bass work, including collaborations with other producers in the genre, such
as Teebee, Mayhem, or MC Verse. Vision's sister label Division Recordings is an
outlet for their output in other genres such as house and grime. Invisible
Recordings was launched in March 2010 and focuses on experimental drum and
bass. = I Am Legion =
I Am Legion is a supergroup formed by Noisia and the British hip hop group
Foreign Beggars. They released their eponymous debut album I Am Legion on 2
September 2013, following the singles "Make Those Move" and "Choosing For
You". Discography
= Studio albums = Tasha Baxter - Colour of Me
FabricLive.40 Split the Atom
Split the Atom: Special Edition DmC: Devil May Cry Soundtrack
I Am Legion = EPs =
= Singles = = Remixes =
= Production credits = References