| Drum & Bass was the game and since their inception Noisia have become the name on the lips of every Drum and Bass aficionado as ones to watch. Since their innovative, technically precise music was first included as staples of every established Drum & Bass artists’ playlist, Noisia have proven themselves capable of coining material guaranteed to decimate dancefloors worldwide. Thijs de Vlieger, Martijn van Sonderen and Nik Roos are part of a new breed of producers heralding new directions not only for Drum & Bass but many other genres in which they dabble, such as Breaks, House and Downtempo. Having achieved levels of success within certain genres of dance music, now they aim to expand their reach beyond the confines of Drum & Bass and move into producing and engineering music in broader senses. Considering their abundant skill in sound design, Noisia have come to captivate, leaving no doubt in the mind of the beholder how far-reaching their ability and influence could spread in any kind of music they turn their attention to.
In the late Nineties two young boys driven by boredom and a longing to know more began their forays into sonic manipulation. They grew up in Groningen, a town dominated by higher education and isolated from the hustle and bustle of the music scenes whose sounds inspired. In their northern corner of Holland, Thijs De Vlieger and Nik Roos were caught by the work of artists such as Ed Rush and Optical and decided to create their own sound, forging themselves as artists in their own right. Bit by bit and time after time the boys refined their skills as engineers and musicians, even gaining another partner-in-crime, Martijn van Sonderen, another childhood friend whose musical ability in more traditional forms was already established. Together the three boys were captured by a desire to make music they wanted to hear the way they wanted to hear it and so the mighty Noisia machine was born, although at this point they remained nameless. After spying a Vision videotape upside down their name was coined, the word ‘Vision’ rotated 180 degrees makes Noisia and speaks of their core belief in what they do and intend.
The machine started in earnest when Mayhem of Shadow Law Recordings struck up a friendship through the colossal networking haven that is the internet. His encouragement lead the three to take their music to the next level and become the signature sound Drum & Bass fans know and love today. Tomahawk was their first collaboration with Mayhem and together with Silicon became their first release, dropping on Nerve Recordings in 2003. Since that first release the machine went into overdrive, with Noisia becoming a part of the Subtitles Recordings stables and having several major releases under its banner alongside several high-profile collaborations with Subtitles head honcho TeeBee. Noisia also count themselves as residents for seminal drum and bass label Renegade Hardware, having had both releases on the label [including a remix of the seminal work ‘Messiah’ of Konflict fame] and a DJ slot at all Renegade Hardware events.
They count among high profile artists with whom they have collaborated people such as Calyx and Phace & outfits such as Cause4Concern, Bad Company UK and fellow Dutch compatriots Black Sun Empire. The labels on which they have featured include Moving Shadow [featuring the Block Control EP], Virus Recordings [Endgame and Unveil w/ Phace on the flip], RAM Records [the massive ‘Moonway Renegade' w/ Mayhem], Shogun Audio [Brainstitch w/ Deeper Love on the flip], OBSEssions, Shadow Law Recordings and have featured on a Metalheadz CD release.
Noisia have begun their own record label entitled Vision Recordings to bring their music to the masses. With 3 releases to date [including the stormer 12” Vision 001: 'The Tide’ with ‘Concussion’ on the flipside, Vision 002: ‘Lost Cause’ w/ TeeBee and ‘Choke’ w/ Mayhem featuring MC Verse on the flip, Vision 003: ‘Bad Dreams’ and ‘Ommissions’ and a CD including ‘The Tide’, ‘Concussion’, ‘Lekker’ and a short documentary] and an emphasis on both style and substance [as can be seen in both the music and artwork accompanying the records], Vision is proving itself to be the label to watch for the freshest, finest Noisia cuts.
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