Noisia is a Dutch Electronic Music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, (The Netherlands). They are at the forefront of the global Drum & Bass scene and now produce a wide variety of music including House and Breaks. Noisia perform across the world and own two record labels having invented their name after they spied a Vision videotape upside.  The word ‘Vision' rotated 180 degrees makes Noisia and speaks of their core belief in what they do and intend.  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. 

The members met through the small graffiti community in the school they all attended, with Nik and Thijs making friends in 1998 and soon beginning to make music together. Soon after their first encounter with drum and bass, they started making drum and bass music themselves, and it gradually evolved into a serious obsession with the style. 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. 

Noisia's catalogue isn't limited to the confines of Drum & Bass. The trio had operated under several aliases and released music in other genres before deciding to amalgamate all work under the Noisia banner.  Proving the MySpace phenomena cannot be denied, in late 2006 Noisia were contacted by the record label for former Take That member and internationally acclaimed singer Robbie Williams. Having heard ‘Gutterpump' [on Aquasky's Passenger Records] and witnessing the MySpace site, EMI UK asked Noisia to remix a tune forthcoming for single release on Robbie Williams' recently released and hotly anticipated album ‘Rudebox'. The tune, ‘King Of The Bongos', is a Manu Chao cover and was remade by Noisia into a house tune forthcoming on vinyl with another ‘King Of The Bongos' remix on the flip, created by fellow Dutch producer Fedde Le Grand of ‘Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' fame. 

The year of 2006 proved busy and fruitful for Noisia, the fine stable of artists with which they collaborated that year was graced by the appearance of a true Hip-Hop icon Mayhem.  A tune they later named Exodus w Mayhem featuring KRS came about on Vision [VISION004] in 2007, with an instrumental version on the AA-side. 

To finish the year and add to their ever growing list of projects, Noisia also decided to create and are proud to present a new label to function as an outlet for their House and Breaks creations. Entitled Division Recordings, the first 12" to come from the label will feature the tunes ‘Yellow Brick', a mind bending synth workout and ‘Raar', a bass-riddled funkfest guaranteed to shake that arse. Audio and further information regarding the label can be found on the Division Recordings MySpace site. 

Noisia have become more than Drum & Bass princes and as accomplished as they are, still remain with feet firmly on the ground, contemplating all the directions they could turn to next. Presently, MTV has started to play a new version of Gutterpunk on our airwaves; this is obviously a tribute to the growing popularity of this Dutch trio and deservedly claim our MTV Artist of the Week as mainstream is starting to creep up on them. 

Every week, Noisia DJ in several major European cities so check out their official webpage.  Also, have a look at some of the upcoming dates where they will be playing. 

 July 5th - Life Festival (IRELAND)
July 10th - Exit Festival (SERBIA)
July 12th - Les Ardentes (BELGIUM)
July 12th - Summer Festival (SPAIN)
July 18th - Glade Festival (UK)
July 19th - Electromind (FRANCE)
July 24th - Balatone (HUNGARY)
August 23rd - Mysteryland (NL)
August 23rd - Creamfields (UK)