LDN Noise
LDN Noise is a British songwriting and record production duo based in London, United Kingdom. Consisted of songwriter Greg Bonnick and DJ Hayden Chapman, the duo has worked with artists such as Nathan Sykes, Nick Jonas and Chris Brown since 2012, most notably having co-written the 2012's number-one UK hit "Turn Up the Music" for the latter artist.
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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Bonnick and Chapman, however, are most known for their work with K-pop artists, most notably with soloists and idol groups under the management of SM Entertainment, such as f(x), EXO, Red Velvet and NCT. Describing their sonic style as "different but similar", the duo often incorporates elements from UK garage, drum and bass, funk and '90s house music to their EDM-influenced work, thus creating their own signature sonic style.[1] In addition to their initial work with South Korean artists, the duo released several digital singles as both a lead artist and a featured act since 2016. LDN Noise was since hailed as one of the "hidden heroes" behind the success of K-pop by The Korea Times.[2][3][4]
Background and career
Both Chapman and Bonnick studied music, but at different colleges prior to their professional career as songwriters. After meeting through their mutual friends, the duo started writing and producing together under the name Agent X with Leon Price, and eventually landed their first writing credit for "Turn Up the Music", which was released as the first single from Chris Brown's fifth studio album Fortune (2012).[5] The song was a commercial success, peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart while topping the UK Singles Chart, having sold more than 2.7 million copies worldwide. After being introduced by their friend Andrew Jackson (whom was also a songwriter) to the K-pop market, the duo started writing for boy band Shinhwa and Got7, which was both Bonnick and Chapman's first work in the K-pop market. According to Chapman, LDN Noise then met SM Entertainment's A&R executives on a songwriting trip to Sweden during mid-2014, and started working with the label closely since then. They eventually earned their first writing and producing credit under SM with "View" by SHINee, which was a commercial success upon its release, and has since become a frequent collaborator with the label's artists.[6]
In addition to their work with SM Entertainment, LDN Noise also contributed their work to several K-pop artists, notably including Sistar, Girl's Day, Astro and Twice as of 2020.
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| UK | AUS | |||
| As a lead artist | ||||
| "Want U" | 2016 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "At Night" | — | — | ||
| "Facade" (feat. Tay Jasper) | — | — | ||
| "Tears" (with Pretty Sister) | — | — | ||
| "Loving You Tonight" | — | — | ||
| "Talk to My Body" (feat. Dominique) | 2017 | — | — | |
| As a featured artist | ||||
| "Walk By Faith (LDN Noise Remix)" (PYLO featuring LDN Noise) |
2015 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "I Ain't Missing You" (Aston Merrygold featuring LDN Noise) |
2016 | 126 | — | Showstopper |
| "Countdown" (Amber Liu featuring LDN Noise) |
2018 | — | — | Non-album single |
| Collaborations | ||||
| "What I Live For" (vs. KYA) |
2014 | — | 65 | Non-album singles |
| "My Show" (with Cha Ji-yeon) |
2016 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Production and songwriting credits
K-pop
S.M. Entertainment artists
| Title | Year | Artist (s) | Album | Music | Arrangement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
| "View" | 2015 | Shinee | Odd | Yes | Ryan S. Jhun, Adrian McKinnon | Yes | Ryan S. Jhun, Adrian McKinnon |
| "Komplicated" | TVXQ | Rise as God | Yes | Tay Jasper | Yes | Tay Jasper | |
| "Gemini" | Taeyeon | I | Yes | Carolyn Jordan, Alice Sophie Penrose | Yes | — | |
| "Married to the Music" | Shinee | Married to the Music | Yes | Zak Waters, Adrian McKinnon, Ryan S. Jhun | Yes | Zak Waters, Adrian McKinnon, Ryan S. Jhun | |
| "Dumb Dumb" | Red Velvet | The Red | Yes | Deanna Dellacioppa, Taylor Parks, Ryan S. Jhun | Yes | Deanna Dellacioppa, Taylor Parks, Ryan S. Jhun | |
| "Campfire" | Yes | Taylor Parks, iDR, Ryan S. Jhun | Yes | Taylor Parks, iDR, Ryan S.Jhun | |||
| "Red Dress" | Yes | Rodnae "Chikk" Bell, Nermin Harambasic, Jin Suk Choi, Charite Viken, Ryan S. Jhun | Yes | Rodnae "Chikk" Bell, Nermin Harambasic, Jin Suk Choi, Charite Viken, Ryan S. Jhun | |||
| "Oh Boy" | Yes | Herbie Crichlow, Lauren Dyson, Jin Choi | Yes | Herbie Crichlow, Lauren Dyson, Jin Choi | |||
| "4 Walls" | f(x) | 4 Walls | Yes | Tay Jasper, Adrian McKinnon | Yes | — | |
| "Rude Love" | Yes | Syron, Andrew Jackson | Yes | — | |||
| "Papi" | Yes | Kenzie, Shaun, Ylva Dimberg | Yes | Shaun | |||
| "Girl x Friend" | EXO | Sing for You | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon, Tay Jasper, Shaun | Yes | — | |
| "On the Snow" | Yes | Andrew Choi, Ylva Dimberg | Yes | — | |||
| "Lightsaber" | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon | Yes | — | |||
| "12:25 (Wish List)" | f(x) | Winter Garden | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon | Yes | — | |
| "Guess Who" | 2016 | Taemin | Press It | Yes | Andrew Choi, Tay Jasper | Yes | SHAUN, David Choi |
| "Moon" | Jonghyun | She Is | Yes | Jonghyun, Adrian McKinnon | Yes | — | |
| "Dress Up" | Yes | Jonghyun | Yes | — | |||
| "Why" | Taeyeon | Why | Yes | Lauren Dyson, Rodnae "Chikk" Bell | Yes | Lauren Dyson, Rodnae 'Chikk' Bell | |
| "Fashion" | Yes | Marissa Shipp, Brittany Mullen | Yes | Marissa Shipp, Brittany Mullen | |||
| "Up & Down" (featuring Hyoyeon) |
Yes | Ylva Dimberg, Herbie Crichlow | Yes | Ylva Dimberg, Herbie Crichlow, | |||
| "Good Thing" | Yes | Alice Sophie Penrose, Carolyn Jordan | Yes | Alice Sophie Penrose, Carolyn Jordan | |||
| "Lucky One" | EXO | Ex'Act | Yes | Andrew Choi, Adrian Mckinnon | Yes | — | |
| "Monster" | Yes | Kenzie, Rodnae "Chikk" Bell | Yes | Kenzie, Rodnae "Chikk" Bell | |||
| "White Noise" | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon, Rodnae "Chikk" Bell | Yes | — | |||
| "Fire Truck" | NCT 127 | NCT 127 | Yes | Tay Jasper, Ylva Dimberg | Yes | — | |
| "Wake Up" | Yes | Tay Jasper | Yes | — | |||
| "Switch" (featuring SR15B) |
Yes | Trey Campbell, Tay Jasper, Rosina 'Soaky' Russell | Yes | — | |||
| "All Mine" | f(x) | Non-album single | Yes | Andre Merritt, Breana Marin | Yes | — | |
| "Lotto" | EXO | Lotto | Yes | Adrian McKinnon, Rodnae "Chikk" Bell | Yes | — | |
| "Secret" | Pantene X Yuri X Seohyun | Non-album single | No | — | Yes | — | |
| "Shift" | Shinee | 1 of 1 | Yes | Kenzie, Adrian Mckinnon | Yes | Kenzie, Adrian Mckinnon | |
| "The One" | EXO-CBX | Hey Mama! | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon, Tay Jasper | Yes | — | |
| "Zoo" | 2017 | Red Velvet | The Red Summer | Yes | Courtney Woolsey, Alice Penrose | Yes | — |
| "Forever" | EXO | The War | Yes | Kenzie, Adrian Mckinnon | Yes | — | |
| "We Young" | NCT Dream | We Young | Yes | Kenzie, Ylva Dimberg | Yes | — | |
| "Power" | EXO | The War: The Power of Music | Yes | James Matthew Norton | Yes | — | |
| "Touch" | 2018 | NCT 127 | NCT 2018 Empathy | Yes | Deez, Adrian Mckinnon | Yes | Deez |
| "Puzzle" | TVXQ! | New Chapter No. 1: The Chance of Love | Yes | Adrian McKinnon, Tay Jasper | Yes | — | |
| "Replay (PM 01:27)" | NCT 127 | Regular-Irregular | No | Bang Hye-hyun | Yes | LDN Noise, Varren Wade | |
| "Gravity" | EXO | Don't Mess Up My Tempo | Yes | Deez, Adrian Mckinnon | Yes | — | |
| "Damage" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "So Good" | Red Velvet | RBB | Yes | Deez, Ellen Berg Tollbom | Yes | Deez, Ellen Berg Tollbom | |
| "Countdown" | Amber Liu | Non-album single | Yes | Amber Liu | Yes | ||
| "Say It" | 2019 | WayV | Take Off | Yes | Andrew Choi, Lauren Dyson | Yes | Andrew Choi, Lauren Dyson |
| "Ice Queen" | Baekhyun | City Lights | Yes | Adrian McKinnon, Bobii Loves | Yes | — | |
| "Jopping" | SuperM | SuperM | Yes | Tay Jasper, Adrian Mckinnon, Nasla Jones, Geoffrey McCray, Zachary Chicoine, Marcus Scoutt | Yes | Yoo Young-jin | |
| "2 Fast" | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon, Ebenezer | Yes | — | |||
| "Love Talk" | WayV | Take Over The Moon | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon, Ebenezer Fabiyi | Yes | — | |
| "Love You Like Crazy" | Taeyeon | Purpose | Yes | Kenzie | Yes | Kenzie | |
| "Butterfly Effect" | EXO | Obsession | Yes | Lee Su-ran | Yes | Adrian McKinnon | |
| "Dreams Come True" | 2020 | NCT 127 | Neo Zone & Neo Zone: The Final Round | Yes | Deez, Bobii Lewis | Yes | Deez |
| "Non Stop" | Yes | Kenzie, Adrian McKinnon | Yes | — | |||
Other K-pop artists
| Title | Year | Artist (s) | Album | Music | Arrangement | ||
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| Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
| "Just Tonight" | 2014 | Got7 | Identify | Yes | Myron Jordine | Yes | — |
| "Cat" | 2015 | Shinhwa | We | Yes | Casper, Kyle Coleman, Ryan Kim, Christopher Dotson | Yes | Casper, Kyle Coleman, Ryan Kim, Christopher Dotson |
| "Sniper" | Yes | Andrew Jackson, Sabastian Lundberg | Yes | Andrew Jackson, Sabastian Lundberg | |||
| "Ice Moon" | Yes | Andrew Jackson | Yes | Andrew Jackson | |||
| "Fingertips (Pinkrush)" | 2016 | I.O.I | 35 Girls 5 Concepts | Yes | Ryan S. Jhun, Kristy Lee Peters,
Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel Sebastian Maximilian Schulz |
Yes | Ryan S. Jhun, Kristy Lee Peters,
Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel Sebastian Maximilian Schulz |
| "Get Down" | Boys Republic | BR: Evolution | Yes | August Rigo, Jarah Gibson, Kyle Coleman, Ryan S.Jhun | Yes | August Rigo, Jarah Gibson, Kyle Coleman, Ryan S.Jhun | |
| "String" | Sistar | Insane Love | Yes | Rovin | Yes | Rovin | |
| "My Show" | Cha Ji-yeon X LDN Noise | Non-album single | Yes | Lauren Dyson, Adrian McKinnon | Yes | — | |
| "Thirsty" | 2017 | Girl's Day | Everyday #5 | Yes | Alice Sophie Penrose, Carolyn Jordan, Ryan S. Jhun, Jo Miswell | Yes | Alice Sophie Penrose, Carolyn Jordan, Ryan S. Jhun, Jo Miswell |
| "Crazy Sexy Cool" | ASTRO | Dream Part.02 | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon | Yes | Adrian Mckinnon | |
| "Black Heart" | 2018 | UNB | Black Heart | Yes | Ryan S. Jhun | Yes | Ryan S. Jhun |
| "All Night" | 2019 | ASTRO | All Light | Yes | Kyler Niko | Yes | — |
| "Water" | THE BOYZ | Dreamlike | Yes | Gustav Karlstrom, 9ROTA, 조미쉘 (Singing Beetle) | Yes | Gustav Karlstrom, 9ROTA, 조미쉘 (Singing Beetle) | |
| "Shadow" | 2020 | TWICE | More & More | Yes | Chloe Latimer, Hannah Wilson | Yes | — |
Others
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | With | Lyrics | With | ||||
| "Turn Up the Music" | 2012 | Chris Brown | Fortune | No | — | Yes | Chris Brown, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas, Alexander Palmer, Michael Jimenez, |
| "What I Live For" (vs. LDN Noise) |
2014 | KYA | Non-album single | Yes | — | Yes | |
| "Rebound" | Tay Jasper | Non-album single | Yes | — | No | — | |
| "Kiss Me Quick" | 2015 | Nathan Sykes | Unfinished Business | Yes | Choi | Yes | Nathan Sykes, Ali Tennant, Jin Choi |
| "Recover" (featuring Remi) |
KLP | Non-album single | Yes | — | No | — | |
| "Simple Love" | Markus Feehily | Fire | No | — | Yes | Markus Feehily, Mark Mehigan, Leon Price, Conor O'Donoghue | |
| "This Ain't Over" | 2016 | Alex Newell | POWER EP | Yes | — | Yes | Andrew Jackson |
| "Work, Flip, Shine" | Tay Jasper | Non-album single | Yes | — | No | — | |
| "New Girl" | Reggie 'n' Bollie | Non-album single | Yes | Iain James, Afterhrs, Space Primates | No | — | |
| "Testify" | Nick Jonas | Last Year Was Complicated | Yes | — | Yes | Nick Jonas, Whitmore Jr., Patrick "J. Que" Smith | |
| "Freedom" | Nathan Sykes | Unfinished Business | Yes | — | Yes | Nathan Skyes, Ali Tennant | |
| "Taken" | Yes | Pretty Sister, Jarred K, AC Burrell, Kyle Townsend | No | — | |||
| "Red Alert" | 2018 | Double Seven Boys | Red Alert | Yes | — | No | — |
| "The One" | Yes | — | No | — | |||
| "Dream World Tour" | NEX7 | THE FIRST II | Yes | Ryan S. Jhun, Adrian McKinnon, Jeremy Jasper, Kameron Alexander | No | — | |
| "无我 (WORK)" | ONER | 过敏 (ALLERGY) | Yes | — | No | — | |
| "炫实 (DAZZLE)" | Yes | — | No | — | |||
| "瞬 (ALL FALLS DOWN)" | Yes | — | No | — | |||
References
- "LDN Noise Grow Louder: British Producers on EXO's New Single 'Lotto' & 'Changing' K-Pop". Fuse. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- KpopStarz (30 October 2015). "K-Pop Crossover: Music Production Team LDN Noise Celebrate f(x) Comeback". KpopStarz. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- "LDN Noise Talk 'Monster,' '4 Walls' & Creating Hits for K-Pop's Biggest Acts". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- "K-Pop's Non-K Producers: How The Stereotypes, Diplo, Skrillex, LDN Noise & More Lean Into Korea". Billboard. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- www.umusicpub.com https://www.umusicpub.com/uk/#/en-GB/Artists/A/Agent-X.aspx. Retrieved 4 June 2020. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "LDN Noise, hidden heroes behind K-pop success". The Korea Times. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.