Thys (NL)

This is Thys (Thijs de Vlieger): DJ, producer and composer from the north of the Netherlands. His DJ sets are a reflection of a two-decade-long musical course. With razor-sharp and unexpected mixing, he seamlessly blends a multitude of bass heavy genres. Creating energetic waves, not afraid to make bold leaps, but never losing sight of the groove. From Lowlands to Glastonbury to Outlook, to a legendary back to back with Skrillex just before the 2020 lockdown in the now closed OOST club: Thys’s sets are not to be missed.

When producing club music De Vlieger loves to mix up BPMs and moods. His dance floor works are love letters to club music and the intuitive feeling of togetherness that loud music in a dark room can unlock for us.

But when writing music in a more “composer” role, the range stretches even wider:

Repeated collaborations with Amon Tobin, a short film for Iris Van Herpen with renowned harpist Lavinia Meijer (‘Biomimicry’), sound design for Iris Van Herpen’s ‘Sculpting The Senses’ exhibition, film scores (‘Photogame’ and ‘Mycelia’ with Salvador Breed - both still unreleased), three scores for contemporary dance performances, writing for full symphonic orchestra and classical ensembles, and an album composed for church organ, cello and viola, with the organ recorded by De Vlieger himself (unreleased), which was also performed live on an Schnitger organ in Godlinze in the north of NL. It is clear:Thys will not be tied down to one sound or genre.

As a member of widely recognised electronic music trio Noisia, Thys has toured the world for decades, has collaborated with and remixed a range of top tier artists like The Prodigy and Skrillex, and scored for AAA videogames such as DMC: Devil May Cry and Motorstorm: Apocalypse.

2025 saw the arrival of the VIER project, which led to the album IIII. VIER is a collaborative project between Thys, Machinedrum, Holly, and Salvador Breed.