NOTION

NOTION is the stage name of Robert Penny. He is a producer and DJ working primarily within drum and bass and jungle while also crossing into bassline, bass music and related UK club styles. He is based in Bristol, United Kingdom (West + Wales).

NOTION emerged from the UK bass / bassline scene and made his commercial debut in 2012 with the Digits EP on Champion’s Formula. Since that debut he has released music on labels including Musical Freedom, Atlantic Records UK and Spinnin'. Key tracks cited in public sources are “Hooked” and “Burning.” In 2024 he issued the mixtape FORWARDS and produced a 2024 remix of CHRYSTAL’s “The Days,” both of which are credited with raising his international profile.

As a producer and DJ, NOTION moves between club-focused bass music and dancefloor crossover. His catalogue and label choices place him across bassline, drum and bass and related bass-heavy house and garage variations; his recorded work and DJ sets are built for club translation as well as festival slots. Across releases you can point to his early Digits EP and later singles as examples of that club-ready approach, and the 2024 FORWARDS mixtape as a recent statement that widened his reach.

Specific, verifiable career highlights include touring the UK, United States and Canada, and festival performances at Glastonbury, Love Saves The Day and Coachella. He performs both as a DJ — sequencing mixes and reading dancefloors at large outdoor festivals and club shows — and as a producer, delivering original tracks and remixes released on international labels.

Publicly available information does not list an extended set of named influences; what is documented is his trajectory from the UK bass/bassline scene into releases on international dance labels and festival stages. The record of labels (Musical Freedom, Atlantic Records UK, Spinnin') plus the 2012 Digits EP and the 2024 FORWARDS mixtape are the primary touchpoints for assessing his work to date.

NOTION’s documented output and touring through 2024 position him as a Bristol-based producer/DJ who bridges UK bassline and drum and bass aesthetics with wider commercial dance outlets, while continuing to release remixes and mixtapes that extend his reach internationally.