For years Noisia have arguably been the D&B crowd's weapon of choice. Since they have continued to gather momentum through the packed ranks of today's producers, the Dutch trio have been putting their sticky fingers into other areas, from album production for shitty indie/electropop bands to remixing tracks by The Prodigy and Moby. Doing these remixes is certainly one way of getting noticed, but Noisia have been "noticed" for years, and it is about time that they put out their first full length titled Split The Atom.Sometimes when artists release a lot of single releases over a period of time, whenever they get round to putting out a full length, it can sound almost like a compilation of "greatest hits"; but this doesn't. There's plenty of new material and enough diversity to edge them away from other D&B albums and firmly put themselves ahead of the game with other artists such as Breakage and Kryptic Minds. Album opener ‘Machine Gun’ is a definite example of how the 'Noisia sound' has changed over recent releases. It is mix of D&B and breakbeat, with their trademark snapping snares and heavily filtered and obnoxiously phrased synth sounds that flood your earholes and make you want to contort your face in such way that makes you look ridiculous ”“ and not wholly different from the faces Noisia 'pull' on the album cover.Hidden amongst the full length tracks are snippets of experimental electronic abuse. It's as if these tracks are the leftover pastry cut off from other tasty tracks and then used again so not to waste anything that they have created. The "interim" tracks range from squelchy slabs of sub bass to glitchy electronic ”“ for example on "whiskers". It certainly bolsters the track numbers up ”“ there are a whopping 19 on the album ”“ but do not really serve much purpose.Noisia have also cleverly released and divided the album into 2 x 12" releases, with the more D&B orientated tracks on one release (Vision EP), and the electro/break tracks on the other (Division EP). The more electro side of things includes title track 'Split The Atom' ”“ yep, that massive chunk of breakbeat from their FabricLive mix. In fact, there are a few tracks that have crept on this album from their Fabric release, such as 'Diplodocus', 'Stigma', and 'Square Feet'. The D&B orientated 12" is diverse considering its length. You have everything from 'Brainstitch' and 'Facacde' era tech-step on 'Sunhammer' and 'Shellshock' ”“ the latter which verges on something that could be put out on Breakbeat Kaos, to Teebee style atmospherics on 'Thursday', and Photek induced minimalism on 'Hand Gestures'.But what separates Noisia from their counterparts is their distinct and what used to be highly sought after techniques in creating mesmeric sounding synth lines. Noisia have spilled the beans on their techniques a number of times, and their overall sounds haven't changed too much, it is just that they are now embracing other areas and pushing other artists in different directions, which can only be a good thing.