Noisia

Noisia
Left to right: Thijs de Vlieger, Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen
Background information
Also known as	Nightwatch Drifter Hustle Athletics Frizz Zonderling De Huilende Rappers
Origin	Groningen, Netherlands
Genres	Drum and bass (specifically neurofunk and techstep) breakbeat electro house dubstep grime
Occupation(s)	Record producers, label owners, musicians
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Vision Division Invisible mau5trap OWSLA Roc Nation Spinnin'
Associated acts	Black Sun Empire Foreign Beggars Hadouken! Korn Skrillex Spor The Upbeats Ivy Lab Xtrah Phace Two Fingers Mefjus Hybris
Website	Noisia Official Website
Members	Martijn van Sonderen Nik Roos Thijs de Vlieger

Noisia, stylized as NOISIΛ ('VISION' rotated 180°), 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. 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. They are often honored and held in high regard across the entire electronic dance music scene. Their dedication to perfecting their sound design has become legendary and are renown for their high-quality production value in the creation of their songs.

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.