Noisia & Black Sun Empire - Caps Lock

Taken from 'Closer'. Out now on VISION.
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Hello Person.
After Outer Edges we were trying to find a new direction for Noisia. This resulted in an extensive journey that took us through a lot of new ideas and music.
Although we eventually decided to stop, we are proud of the things we made along the way, and these tunes were always meant to be part of a larger whole. So before we finally close the book on Noisia, we wanted to share them with you, on one last album. Previously released or newly finished, they all represent directions we enjoyed exploring.
In the end, we didn’t manage to figure things out. But we did get closer.
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[@visionrecordings]

🥲

[@MrFresh3991]

U are my Idols 🖤🖤🖤 DnB 4 life

[@lLushKitty]

Noisia, BSE, and DnB 4Lyfe!!!!!!

[@30Shimmy]

This track and Supersonic VIP are my absolute faves from the album

[@kontraktofficial]

tomorrow ;_;

[@akutaidark]

Mmm yes the "X box" I love that thing

[@flux1940]

Back in the days productions had a more bass heavy sound with a high focus on complex groovy drum patterns and breaks. The clipping and waveshaping in the sound design we hear in todays modern neurofunk and dnb landscape is replaced by a strong sense of athmosphere, pads and rumbling basslines. Funky jittery halftone step riffs and filtered eerie unison saws created this unique mix of rythm and neodigital dread. The stereo width in the bass regions is another example which might be unorthodox seen from todays standarts but gave the genre a bit of spice and rawness in my opinion. I think the shift around the 2010s or even some years later really started to turn away from this sound to the more clear, controlled and produced sound the genre is known for today. Tracks like "Misanthrop - Viperfish" or "Noisia-Vanishing Point" come to mind. The pace was intense and the athmosphere dense. The dubstep craze around 2009-13 influenced many to take on a more mid-heavy less rumbly and sub focused compositional approach and sound design. This shaped the sound of edm and even music as a whole to this day. To me these years where the perfect mix between aggression, youthfull rythms and unadulted extremes. The limits got pushed and soon people distanced themselve production wise from the oldschool "vibes" to reach extremes like "heaviest, most intense" etc etc. This informed a lot of great music in the lifespan of the dnb scene. The little brother dubstep gave his older brother DnB new inspiration so to speak. A lot of redundancy was created in this time but a lot of diamonds aswell. The nu-metal phase of DnB so to speak. Synths like massive and nexus dominated the synth landscape like serum does today and buzzword filled youtube toturials started to plop out of the earth like trees. It was the ultimate musical edm gateway for the late millenial generation and i look back at this time pretty fondly. The whole Emperial EP, Split the Atom album or even later tracks like "Noisia & Prolix - Asteroids" from the purpose EP and Mefjus & Misanthrop - Stutter breath this feeling of intensity. Around the time when trap and more sub bass oriented things became more popular and started to influence and inform many genres the mid bass era shifted again into something rather prestine. New production possibilitys, cleaner and more dynamic sound resulted in an approach to reach a higher level of clarity, volume and scale. Compositions became more minimal and more defined around singular elements rather then complex moving parts. An philosophical departure from the overflowing sound of dubstep to a more determined one. This shift was of course not only resulting from what was popular or trendy but was also (as always) the result of the increasing high level of skill producers aquired over the years. This skill wanted to be expressed. What is lost in rumbling and deep bulking sound was gained in clearity, punch and dimension. In the last couple years trendsetters like noisia also lead the scene in a more melodic, nostalgic and rather emotional direction with less focus on complex percussion and aggressive midbasses. Interesting chords and experimental sound-design aswell as rythms started to rebel against the stale overproduction of the clean and steril sound. The comparison of noisia's "the tide" with their newest stuff like "Nova" in my opinion really shows this change through the years perfectly and really depicts how the genre and its expressions changed. I love DnB in all its forms and colours aswell as this amazing track from Noisia which illustrates the vibe and flare of the music today while also having some nice throwbacks. It really motivated me to write this little personal recap of music history how i experienced it. Music is a journey and i cant wait to see what is going to happen next to the microcosm which manifested out of a wormhole many years ago. Biiiguuuuup Noisia and thank you so much for everything.

[@fryware]

If you ever make a video essay about the evolution of drum and bass I'd watch it

[@Act1v1st]

Nicely said sir! Great overview! :) Personally I'm still craving this old school neuro sounds

[@KarusMBII]

Awesome

[@she_wench9856]

Dnt waste your word finery heeya...I didn't...Oh wait...

[@juggernautproduktion]

Impeccably well said my friend. I don’t think I’ve ever agreed with something word for word like this. Big up old head. I still jam out 05 noisia frequently whilst listening to all the new vision stuff. It has certainly evolved, but there is some just absolutely mind blowing sound design out there that is too good to not appreciate within dnb. Heck I love your words. Very well said and standing ovation 😂😂 there’s a really good Alix Perez mix up from a recent New Zealand tour and it is phenomenal. Whilst also mentioning Tsuruda’s set from the same night and also on KZbin. Highly recommend both but as a dnb head check out Alix Perez’s mix. Silky smooth and disgusting at the same time. Much love man!

[@Sypher474]

Breaks of that magnitude in the second half were something I thought I'd never hear again from Noisia. What better way to absolutely send it for the finale than going all in with BSE like old times. Beautiful.

[@AlexisPerge]

i can't find any informations about that BSE synth that you talk about. Can you tell more about it ?

[@Sypher474]

@@AlexisPerge Not a synth, BSE stands for Black Sun Empire, the other group featured on the track 👍

[@nickysnaith943]

Arrakis is a true classic amoung many others

[@Gaia_blooooom]

Fuckin oath brother. Slapped me for fuckin six , excuse the French. What a tune. That second half is what it's all about. As a muso and producer, I feel like I'm spinning in some Galactical realm of bassness and other worldy. Too huge with those snares that just cut the mix. Impeccable tunes as always. Followed the whole evolution and it's been a huge 20 odd years. I love how many people dig them now, and yet so many still don't know just how influential they have been in the bass/dnb/electronica scene

[@Sypher474]

@@Gaia_blooooom They really did change the game. Though they're barely known outside the more hardcore electronic fans, their influence has permeated the full width of much more mainstream stuff via people they've colaborated with and shared their wealth of knowledge with. Who woulda thought a few kids on the DOA forums would turn into such a force. "What's a reese?". Wild ride.

[@SubjektDelta]

Noisia and Black Sun Empire never disappoint!

[@zGJungle]

Yep, pretty much guaranteed to be 10/10!

[@Atreides6tem]

My favorite collab tracks

[@serhafiye7046]

And they won't disappoint in the future too! Ok that was bad.

[@mtndotshdws]

Impressive use of the iconic BSE synths meshing well with the modern DnB sound.

[@feydeway]

Woah, didn’t know that’s what this was! GNARLY!!

[@LiMCRiMZ]

Absolutely pristine

[@djoowtjuh]

Those iconic BSE and Noisia sounds, insane. The rumble hits deep 🦣

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

The mix is so good. Very crisp and clear and yet hits hard!

[@vroteg]

Now you talking. Proper Noisia! My birthday by the way 12 of May. I’m getting old and feel sad but have to be happy on my BD. Noisia drops the album and I’m happy but so sad it is the last one. Everything has its end. Noisia era was one of a kind. Almost like a life of human being on its own. First small Groningen steps and few years later toddler already fighting like a boss, then it’s grows up and mellows but very confident and by the end of the life it is grown wise Noisia. No reason for unnecessary aggression, every step and move has its reason. Thank you Noisia for being with me all these years. I lived my life with you. And thank you for releasing album on 12 of May. Can I please consider it to be my birthday present too? Because you part of me. Tank you.

[@Julian-su3mn]

Cheers to that man, and happy birthday! We share the same birthday, best present to ever receive 🍻

[@КириллТерентьев-ч9р]

Лучший трек за 10 лет. Реальный капслок я на дропе в окно прыгнул

[@MinosDarkBoxRecs]

this tune fulfills a dream which is almost 2 decades old, born in the mind of a small & way younger version of myself, totally freaking out front row in the arena of Therapy Session Vienna at 4:30am by the age of 16/17, imagining what these two trios - back then one of my biggest idols - could ever be capable of by collaborating. this is way more i could’ve ever been able to imagine and sums up everything i would wish a last and final collaboration of these dnb giants to have! thanks for bringing me back to these good old days which i’d never want to miss in my whole life ❤️🤘

[@EevanKaban]

Very storytelling kind of tune it is

[@HungarianGuitarist]

👀... 😄

[@LiMCRiMZ]

What a fucking masterpiece for this genre and sound design as a whole

[@Sypher474]

Astonishing quality, as always. Incredible the whole way through. Thanks for one final go lads

[@stumpervision]

This is so old school love it.

[@MrFresh3991]

BSE and NOISIA is always a grantee

[@tinkercide]

going out with a bang is an understatement, oh my god

[@oncill]

good music is good. psyched for the album

[@МаркМ.Али]

Лучшие 💪💥

[@deletedaccount175]

the breaks on the second, nearly got whiplash turning my head so fast

[@edgymind1370]

Absolutely stunning stuff, such an outcome is granted when BSE and Noisia collab!

[@planetweed]

dat 2nd drop is great stuff

[@DKong1026]

So pumped for this album!!! This track is dope!

[@papadoc7865]

when the old dudes come together in the new era! fuck this is perfect

[@stumpervision]

You guys should ring up Alaska.

[@mindselfsindrome4165]

2. Drop with the break drums is absolutely mental 🔥feel like old times. thank you Noisia ❤️

[@M3ntalbug]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm completely addicted to this banger of a tune! 😶🤘

[@doop00]

Keep pumping these out, Noisa ftw.

[@08alex08alex]

This album deserves an award

[@paulmertens5522]

Monster track. What more could you ask for except, well, just more of it!

[@jakubvymola1222]

This. Is. Siiiiiiiiiiiiick. Two TITANS CAPSLOCKING !

[@lukas-withak]

I haven’t cried listening to a noisia song until now, what has begun cannot be stopped ❤️

[@Microbe-Tea]

Thanks for everything!

[@vladuwutz]

this album is a deadly dnb weapon

[@tipsybass7060]

As soon as it started, goosebumps. Been a grip since new dnb… whooooooooaaaa. Absolutely wikked!! Man I’d love to hear this on a dance floor on loud speakers!

[@dnbmafia878]

Як завжди буря))) Їбашать файно!

[@Basssinners]

(shell)shockingly nice ♥

[@АлександрИгнашин-е2д]

Офигеть, это просто топ!!!

[@neondemon2509]

I'm crying

[@tinkercide]

first drop had me crying and the second had me like i just ate a raw lemon, absolute emotional rollercoaster

[@eep3837]

Caps lock, hard square waves. Dope

[@fly7188]

THIS SONG IS REALLY GOOD

[@bitopandas6629]

I used to always go back to Shellshock. I will never not love that tune. And I come here to thank you for this!

[@iSkyLiTz]

WHY ARENT THESE ON SPOTIFY YET! They are so good!

[@TNieuwdorp]

Album release is on Thursday! (12th)

[@iSkyLiTz]

@@TNieuwdorp Ah, that's what I thought. Just wish they would release them as a single for the time being, because I'm too impatient hehe. But thanks!

[@deltoid77-nick]

Lol

[@quirob.k8524]

I just speechless with the composition arrangement of this track, what a great masterpiece ever i heard

[@theprodigyowl4660]

Wow!!😲

[@driphead9908]

Great artwork from these legends again!

[@Skare1996]

just WOW!

[@studioviper3016]

Somehow better than the sum of its parts. Which is fkkn impressive.

[@LeGrandPleb]

INSTANT LIKE Certified driving banger.

[@BEBLITZTDINGST]

love it

[@leonardocimadom2807]

absolutely insane

[@grandpamadeira3301]

Fire extinguisher coming through... Heat!

[@lengeschder]

absolutely LUMBERING

[@mihail_snd]

Wooooooooww 🤘😮

[@Stigma802]

Best of the best

[@HungarianGuitarist]

okay okay.. so that is simply amazing collaboration. I'm speechless... [dropped mic]

[@jorn4896]

This slaps!!!!

[@TheternalsonBstrdson]

"It shines like pure brilliance above vast fields"... It also lasted a whole careers of "masterpieces" until now...

[@NelsonFluckz]

Thanks for sharing. Just purchased the album.

[@puk-co3ci]

Yeah!

[@zGJungle]

YOU ARE A NAUGHTY BOY MR 2ND DROP

[@emmamoore]

Dope banger tuunee...Goes heavyyyy and SlapsHard...On Point Fireeee!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Cyril_Frolov]

DRUM AND BASS!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@88infinitys]

THIS IS AWSSOME !!!!

[@DanSher]

Powerful!

[@Betweentheatoms]

Nothing but perfect ❤

[@nomics88]

Ohhh, I can move to this now!!!

[@Featherface01]

Hard as you like every time!

[@jevfot4526]

❤️❤️

[@rockkiller124]

Can't wait for their final album

[@filipfenix]

fire, no cap

[@sjaaktrekhaak935]

lekkerrrr😁

[@luismh7779]

Brutal 👀

[@feydeway]

LETS GOOOOO

[@Atreides6tem]

Epic Tunes

[@DashDuder]

Texture of track like ED RUSH in 90s. Great sound Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Alien Girl HD

[@michaelarojas]

The collab we all needed 🔥🥁

[@ConqueringLionKappa]

No king rules forever, but your legacy won't be forgotten.

[@shockingvenus8322]

What a tune 🔥🔥🔥

[@dattoo12]

Thanks Sophie

[@depro9]

RAD AF 👀

[@meelans6126]

that first drop is legendary

[@adamnemeth9004]

Second drop like Therapy Sessions vibes :D I like it!

[@notsorry]

dang, this is so sick!

[@ferturgmatink5393]

cant wait for the remix

[@albertgooner6366]

Sick

[@flyingsquirrel3271]

So good

[@cheqers_]

Yeah clean

[@onylra6265]

Thas hard AF.

[@eXo23exilant]

the melo synth part must be by Black Sun Empire! love it

[@ewanbristow]

Happy there's new Noisia, NO so happy that they're going :c

[@freakfreak786]

wow wtfff speechless

[@Bladee2802]

This Album is Underrated AF 😢

[@auris0.1]

Vi amo ❤️

[@morganguillet8252]

nice !!!

[@djfrancoisroulland14123]

👌👌

[@dubsitivity4355]

Strakkkk

[@jord74]

insane

[@superpositionbro]

waiting for next scroll lock

[@DoMa94]

2nd drop is so fucking brutal, good lord

[@HungarianGuitarist]

i n s a n e

[@EmperorNeedJr.Official]

IT FUCKING NEEDS TO BE IN THE NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 3!!!