Released April 5, 2010 | Recorded 2007-2010 Release date 5 April 2010 Label Vision | |
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Genres Drum and bass, Electro, House music, Breakbeat, Neurofunk, Electro house, Intelligent dance music Similar Noisia albums, Drum and bass albums, Other albums |
Noisia split the atom full album
Split the Atom is the debut full-length album by Dutch drum and bass trio Noisia.
Contents
The album was released as a full-length CD as well as two double 12" EPs; the Vision EP includes four Drum and Bass tracks whilst the Division EP includes four Electro house/Breaks tracks.
The single from this album include "Machine Gun" (released March 8, 2010), which also includes remixes by Spor, Amon Tobin and 16bit, "Split the Atom" (released July 25, 2010), which has been remixed by Bar9 and Ed Rush & Optical, and "Alpha Centauri", which has been remixed by Excision & Datsik.
Some of the songs already had public release in various forms, "Stigma" was released in 2008 on Vision Recordings and "Diplodocus" was released in 2009 on Quarantine. Both "Stigma" and "Diplodocus" along with "Split the Atom", "Headknot" and "Square Feet" all feature on Noisia's FabricLive.40 released in June 2008. Machine Gun has also been released as part of WipEout HD Fury's soundtrack and appeared in a trailer for the game and were appeared on Far Cry 3 trailer Stranded
Many people expected this album to be mostly drum and bass, however, critics and fans alike acclaimed it for its wide variety of genres.
On February 27, 2012, Noisia released a special edition of Split The Atom on Deadmau5's acclaimed label mau5trap. The first disc is the full-length original album while the second disc is a remix album with two original tracks, "Tommy's Theme" and "Could This Be", that later become singles released through mau5trap.
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Reception
Split the Atom received positive reviews from critics. Skiddle gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying "Split The Atom works to satisfy even the most fastidious of music fans."
Sputnik Music reviewer Deviant gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 stars, saying "Split The Atom is poised to destroy the lives of clubbers worldwide and invade the senses of anyone brave enough to invest ample time in it."
Personnel
Noisia
Guests
Producers
Songs
1Machine Gun4:05
2My World4:53
3Shitbox0:57