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Noisia
Also known as
  • Nightwatch[1]
  • Drifter
  • Hustle Athletics
  • Frizz
  • De Huilende Rappers
OriginGroningen, Netherlands
Genres
Years active2000–2024[2]
Labels
MembersMartijn van Sonderen
Nik Roos
Thijs de Vlieger
Websitenoisia.nl

Noisia[2] was a Dutch electronic music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen, and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, Netherlands.[10] They produced a wide variety of music including drum and bass, dubstep, breakbeat and house. They released music under labels including Skrillex's Owsla, deadmau5's mau5trap and Jay-Z's Roc Nation. Noisia previously combined with the group Foreign Beggars to form the supergroup side project, I Am Legion. They released their collaborative self-titled album on 2 September 2013. Noisia also has production credits under the pseudonym Nightwatch, such as when they worked with Alexis Jordan, Hadouken!, Wiley and Wretch 32.[4] They produced Hadouken!'s album, For the Masses, that charted at number 19 on the UK Albums Chart.[11]

Noisia has also produced numerous works for video games, notably the soundtrack for DmC: Devil May Cry, a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Music Kit in 2014, and an original game soundtrack for the 2.5D multiplayer game Armajet.[12]

Career

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2003–06: Record deals and formation

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After several collaborations with Martijn, who had experience in hip hop production and classical piano before joining Nik and Thijs, he became a member of 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 such 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 their music under the name Noisia as to not confuse the audience and to avoid being pigeonholed into different genres with different names.[13]

Noisia has 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. Later, 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.[citation needed]

2007–09: Commercial breakthrough and productions

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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 over a year to complete the project, the end product being a pop-oriented 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.[14] Noisia completed a remix of "Omen" for The Prodigy to accompany its release in February 2009. In mid-2009, Noisia produced Hadouken!'s second album For the Masses, released in 2010 which entered the UK Albums Chart at number 19.[11] They have also officially remixed Skrillex's "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", as well as deadmau5's "Raise Your Weapon".[citation needed]

2010–15: 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 the 8th of March, 2010.[15] 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.[16] In late 2012, Noisia also remixed Mark Knight's track, "Nothing Matters", and "Smack My Bitch Up" for The Prodigy for the re-release of The Fat of the Land.

Noisia has 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.[3]

Noisia curate two record labels:[4] Vision Recordings, intended for their drum and bass work, including collaborations with other producers in the genre such as Teebee, Mayhem, and MC Verse. Vision's sister label, Division Recordings, serves as an outlet for their output in other genres such as house and grime. Invisible Recordings, launched in March 2010, focused on experimental drum and bass and was closed in 2019.[17]


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".[18][19]

2015–2018: Outer Edges

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Main article: Outer Edges

On 10 June 2016, Noisia announced that the title of their second studio album would be Outer Edges (2016), and released its lead single, "Anomaly", via digital retailers. On 30 June, "Collider" was released as the second single from the album, in the form of a promotional video. On the same day, the album's track listing and pre-order were made available, and the release date was announced as 16 September 2016. In the press release, the trio explained that the title was chosen because "all the songs are little islands that we take to their individual edge."[20]

The trio was notified that the album had appeared online on 29 July 2016, just ten minutes before they premiered a brand-new audio-visual show at the Let It Roll festival in the Czech Republic. On 1 August 2016, the group released an official statement, indicating that the album would be available on digital platforms on 5 August 2016. The CD, vinyl, and merchandise were released as originally planned in September of the same year.[21]

2019–2022: Split and final album Closer

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On 17 September 2019, Noisia confirmed they would be splitting at the end of 2020, citing creative differences. They expressed a desire to continue releasing music until the end of the year, along with a farewell tour, and that they hoped to continue to work together on occasion.[22] The group later postponed and expanded their farewell tour into 2021, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.[23] On 3 June 2020, they became a featured artist in the rhythm game osu!, meaning that some of their songs are now licensed and free to use in the game.[24]

The debut studio album Killjoy by Fox Stevenson, was released on 18 October 2019. Of the 13 tracks, 11 were co-produced by Noisia (as Nightwatch) and Fox Stevenson himself.[citation needed]

New side projects and aliases from the members have begun releasing records since the announcement of the split, notably solo projects from both de Vlieger and Roos, titled Thys and Sleepnet, respectively, as well as Body Ocean—a house duo consisting of Roos and The Upbeats' Jeremy Glenn. In 2020, de Vlieger acknowledged on Twitter his involvement in ILY—a duo consisting of himself and Skrillex. Although no original records have been released yet, the duo previously performed an impromptu DJ set at OOST in February 2020.[7] On 26 November 2020, Bandai Namco Arts Channel on YouTube uploaded a video, "Obsolete - Opening Music Video", for their YouTube originals anime series, started airing on 3 December 2019. with music by Skrillex and Nik Roos (as Nightwatch).[citation needed]

On 28 April 2022, Noisia announced one final album called "Closer", which represents all the different directions they enjoyed exploring. [25] Also on 21 August 2022, they played together for the last time before splitting up definitively. [26]

Awards

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In 2015, Noisia won multiple awards at the Drum&BassArena Awards, including 'Best Producer', a collaboration with the Upbeats on 'Best Track' (Dead Limit) and 'Best Live Act'.[27]

In 2016, Noisia again won multiple awards at the Drum&BassArena Awards, including 'Best Video' (Mantra), 'Best Album' (Outer Edges) and 'Best Producer'.[28]

Discography

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Main article: Noisia discography

References

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  1. ^ "Game Music, Nightwatch & Loads of Releases". Noisia. 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Oh Oh! It's a massive Noisia interview". UKF Music. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Artist Interview: Noisia on the DmC: Devil May Cry Soundtrack". Sony Music Entertainment. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Noisia". Roc Nation. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Noisia in the studio with Future Music". MusicRadar. 26 July 2013.
  6. ^ "House Music Duo Body Ocean Revealed to Be NOISIA's Nik Roos and The Upbeats' Jeremy Glenn". EDM.com. 19 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Thys of Noisia hints at the existence of a duo project with Skrillex". We Rave You. 27 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Mysterious Producer Sleepnet Emerges as NOISIA's Nik Roos, With EP on the Way". EDM.com. 8 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Zonderling, our techno alias, has seen a few more releases in the last years". Noisia. 3 July 2014.
  10. ^ IMO Records "Noisia Biography", IMO Records, London, 21 October 2011. Retrieved on 23 November 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Hadouken Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  12. ^ Dave Jenkins (24 January 2020). "Armajet OST: The sound of Noisia blasting into their final year". Ukf.com. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. ^ "The Quite Side of Noisia". MTV Iggy. June 2012.
  14. ^ "fabriclive.40 NOISIΛ". fabric. Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  15. ^ "Noisia Debut Album Release Date Confirmed". Knowledge Mag. January 2010. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  16. ^ "Noisia – "Split The Atom" (Special Edition)". Earmilk. 29 February 2012.
  17. ^ Dave Jenkins (30 May 2019). "Noisia close Invisible Recordings". Ukf.com. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  18. ^ "I Am Legion – I Am Legion – Reviews". Clash Magazine. 30 September 2013.
  19. ^ "I Am Legion Bounce to a Dark Beat in 'Choosing for You' – Premiere – Video". Rolling Stone. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Noisia - Outer Edges (CD) - Vision Recordings". Store.visionrecordings.nl.
  21. ^ "After Unauthorized Leak, Noisia Releases First Album in 6 Years Early | EDM.com". Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  22. ^ "NOISIA | Noisia 2000-2020". Noisia.nl.
  23. ^ "Noisia Farewell Tour extended and rescheduled! pic.twitter.com/gtYi7hbvNU". Twitter.com. 22 April 2020.
  24. ^ "New Featured Artist: Noisia". osu!. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  25. ^ "CLOSER: ONE FINAL ALBUM". noisia.nl. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  26. ^ The Last Ever Noisia Show | Lowlands 2022, 18 October 2022, retrieved 3 November 2022
  27. ^ "Drum&BassArena". ukf.com. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  28. ^ "Drum&BassArena". ukf.com. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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