Noisia

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Noisia
Also known as Nightwatch[1]
Drifter
Hustle Athletics
Frizz
Zonderling[2]
De Huilende Rappers
Origin Groningen, Netherlands
Genres
Occupation(s) Record producers, label owners, musicians
Years active 2003–present[5][3]
Labels
Associated acts
Website Noisia Official Website
Members Martijn van Sonderen
Nik Roos
Thijs de Vlieger

Noisia, stylized as NOISIΛ ('VISION' rotated 180°),[3] is a Dutch electronic music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, Netherlands.[8] 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.[6] The group produce using Steinberg Cubase.[5] They produced Hadouken!'s entire album For the Masses which charted at number 19 on the UK Albums Chart.[9]

Career

2003–2006: Record deals and formation

After a few 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. The first Noisia song that received interest from a label (Mayhem's Shadow Law Recordings) 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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[9] 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

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Main article: Split the Atom

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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[4]

Noisia own three record labels:[6] 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.[3]

I Am Legion

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Main article: I Am Legion (album)

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".[14][15]

Discography

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Studio albums

EPs

Year Album Label
2005 Monster Subtitles
2005 Block Control Moving Shadow
2006 Lekker Vision
2008 Collision Vision
2010 Machine Gun Vision
2010 Split the Atom Vision
2012 Imperial Vision
2014 Purpose Vision
2015 Incessant Vision
2015 Dead Limit (with The Upbeats) Vision

Singles

Year Title
2003 "Silicon" / "Tomahawk" (with Mayhem)
2004 "Massada" / "Lifeless" (by Spinor)
2004 "Drytears" (by Predator & Adi J) / "Cloudshine"
2004 "Hubcap" / "Back Draft"
2005 "The Tide" / "Concussion"
2005 "The Flow" / "The Ooze" (by Stampede)
2005 "Brainstitch" / "Deeper Love" (by Drifter)
2005 "Lockjaw" (with Mayhem) / "Absolom" (by Spinor)
2006 "Façade" / "Moonway Renegade" (with Mayhem)
2006 "Gutterpump"
2006 "Lost Cause" (with TeeBee) / "Choke" (with Mayhem featuring Verse)
2006 "Bad Dreams" / "Omissions"
2006 "Homeworld" (with Phace) / "Outsource" (with Phace)
2006 "Afternoon Delight" (with Shanodin) / "Angel Eyes"
2007 "Shower for an Hour" / "Moon Palace" (with TeeBee)
2007 "Exodus" (with Mayhem featuring KRS-One)
2007 "Yellow Brick" / "Raar"
2007 "Façade VIP" / "Skanka" (by Gridlok)
2008 "Gutterpunk" (featuring Bex Riley)
2008 "Stigma" / "Crank"
2008 "Splash Step" (by Break) / "Diplodocus"
2008 "Seven Stitches" / "Groundhog"
2008 "Mordez Moi" (by Feed Me) / "B.R.U.L."
2009 "Mammoth" (by Phace & Misanthrop) / "Sore Point" (with Phace)
2009 "The Bells" / "Last Look"
2009 "CCTV" (with Phace) / "Factory 5" (by Misanthrop)
2010 "Floating Zero" (with Phace)
2010 "Underprint" (with Alix Perez)
2010 "Brain Bucket" (with Ed Rush & Optical) / "Falling Through" (with Spor)
2010 "Alpha Centauri" / "Alpha Centauri (Excision & Datsik Remix)"
2011 "Friendly Intentions" / "Displaced"
2011 "Program" (with Phace) / "Regurgitate"
2011 "Tommy's Theme"
2011 "Could This Be"
2013 "Hyenas" (with Calyx & TeeBee) / "The Liquid" (with Evol Intent)

Remixes

Year Song Artist
2003 "Police Brutality" Nitekeen
2004 "Retro" Falcon
2005 "Fade to Grey" Visage
"Messiah" Konflict
2006 "Painkiller" Freestylers featuring Pendulum
"Pressure" Atom & Cell
"Carbon Shock" Skynet
"Untrue" Soulproof
2007 "Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'aime Plus" Robbie Williams
"Liquid Lives" Hadouken!
"Kitchen Sink" Amon Tobin
"Façade (VIP Mix)" Noisia
2008 "Alice" Moby featuring Aynzli Jones and 419 Squad
2009 "Omen" The Prodigy
"Hooligans" Don Diablo and Example
"Contact" Foreign Beggars and Noisia
2010 "Hideous (VIP Mix)" Black Sun Empire and Noisia
"Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" Skrillex
"Nobody Gets Out Alive" Le Castle Vania
2011 "No Reality" Ram Trilogy
"E.T." Katy Perry
"Raise Your Weapon" Deadmau5 featuring Greta Svabo Bech
"Earthquake" Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah
"Spartan" Icicle
"Think Big" Boemklatsch
2012 "Bug Hunt" Skrillex
"Smack My Bitch Up" The Prodigy
"Nothing Matters" Mark Knight featuring Skin
2013 "Arrakis" Black Sun Empire
"Choosing For You" (Nightwatch Remix) I Am Legion
2014 "Lost Child" Momoiro Clover Z
"Power Curve" Hybrid

Production credits

Year Title Artist Release
2009 "Something to Write Home About" Krause No Guts, No Glory
"Do It Again"
"No Guts, No Glory"
"Soaring Through the Starlight"
"Life of My Story"
"Fangs"
"Follow Me"
"Rock the Boat"
"Outta Yer Mind"
"Radio Edit"
"I Want A Pony"
"Can't Shut Me Up"
"Contact" Foreign Beggars United Colours of Beggatron
"Shake It"
"No Holds Barred" (featuring Devlin)
2010 "Paper" Wiley Non-album single
"Rebirth" Hadouken! For the Masses
"Turn the Lights Out"
"M.A.D."
"Evil"
"House is Falling"
"Mic Check"
"Ugly"
"Bombshock"
"Play the Night"
"Lost"
"More Than One Way" Kano Non-album single
2011 "Mezelluf" Don Diablo
"High Road" Alexis Jordan Alexis Jordan
"Breathe (Sha La La)" Wretch 32 Black and White
"Kill Mercy Within" Korn The Path of Totality
"Burn the Obedient"
"Let's Go"
2012 "Intro" Kraantje Pappie Crane
"Waar Is Kraan"
"Hoop Nu"
"Wat Nou Als Het Lukt"
"Ze Volgen"
"Beter Samen"
"Blitzkikker"
"Barkeeper"
"Zijn Rug Stinkt"
"Bootycall"
"Goed Fout"
"Het Is Over"
"Crane"
"Van God Los"
"Onderweg"
2013 "Sloe Gin" Dream Mclean Non-album single
"Laat Het Beest Los" Kraantje Pappie Semi Bekend EP
"Semi Bekend"
"Cranefunk"
"School Is Begonnen"
"Love Dance"
"Ghostin'"
"Goud Over Shirt Heen (G.O.S.H.)"
"Levitate" (co-production by Loadstar) Hadouken! Every Weekend
"Bliss Out"
"Rocket" Dope D.O.D. Da Roach
"Spike in My Veins" Korn The Paradigm Shift
2014 "Ik Ren Dit" Kraantje Pappie Crane II
"Hoe Belangrijk Vind Je Geld"
"Ze Wil Lopen"
"Droom"
"Met Z'n Tweeën"
"In Vorm (Feestie)"
"Onder Water"
"Simpele Zes"
"Feesttent" (featuring MC Jiggy Djé)
"Boze Man"
"Daar Lag Je Dan"
"Mijn Nacht"
"Meenemen of Hier Opeten" (featuring Roelie Vuitton, Abbeye and Fiddox)
"Zweet Op De Vloer"
"Waar Zijn De Dagen"
"Yippee Kayee"
"Hunwicke Road Interlude" Dream Mclean Greyscale
2015 "Drawback" Phace Phace & friends

References

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