Noisia are back together, and there is a date on it. The Dutch trio announced their reunion on Thursday 17 September along with a show at Melkweg Amsterdam on 4 December, their first live set in four years, with new music in progress behind it.
The band formed in 2000 and broke up just before the pandemic over what they described at the time as creative differences. In the statement posted with the reunion, Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger put it differently: they had tried everything to get out of the deadlock they were in, and eventually had to admit the answer was not more effort but letting go.
They did not plan to come back. The three kept working in the same building on separate projects, which meant catching glimpses of each other taking risks and growing. For a while, talking about Noisia led straight back to the pressures that ended it, until the memories of joy and mutual respect started to outweigh the rest.
What changed was ordinary. They got a little giddy about things they might do, took up bouldering together, got closer, and plans began to hatch. Eventually they started making music again, which made them want the stage back and the feeling of playing to a crowd.
The solo work has been substantial. De Vlieger has released as Thys and formed VIER with Machinedrum, Holly and Salvador Breed, as well as ILY with Skrillex. Roos has put out solo material as Sleepnet and run side projects with Former and Jeremy Glenn of the Upbeats. Van Sonderen has been making techno and house as part of Zonderling.
That separation is the argument for why this reunion might hold. The three say their own projects can now coexist with Noisia rather than compete with it, which was not true in 2019, and that combining forces again feels exciting rather than obligatory.
The December show will not be a nostalgia set. The band plan to experiment with the back catalogue alongside the material they have been writing, and they intend to use what they learn playing it live to keep reworking the tracks. They were explicit that nothing is being rushed out: they will take their time before releasing anything.
No further dates, festival slots or release windows were given. Noisia spent two decades as one of the most technically admired acts in electronic music, working with Skrillex and Korn along the way, and the reunion puts that back in play. Other acts have taken the same route back this year, among them Liz Harris reactivating her band Helen and Neurosis returning at a Montana festival.
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- Noisia have reunited seven years after splitting.
- They play Melkweg Amsterdam on 4 December 2026, their first show in four years.
- The trio is Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger.
- The band formed in 2000 and broke up just before the pandemic.
- They say they have started making music together again.
- The band say they will take their time before releasing anything.
- De Vlieger records as Thys; Roos as Sleepnet; van Sonderen with Zonderling.
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