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Boys Noize (Alex Ridha) is a singular figure in 21st-century electronic music culture. The German-Iraqi artist, DJ, producer, and composer embraces and transcends contradictions-a cross-genre bridge-builder respected by techno purists, and a global headliner who never left the underground. Ridha is masterful on the decks and inimitable in the studio, crafting songs for strikingly diverse talents including AŞAP Rocky, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, Arca, Virgil Abloh, Lady Gaga, and Brutalismus 3000. He has been featured alongside Keinemusik, Shygirl, Kelsey Lu, Rico Nasty, and VTSS; remixed Daft Punk, Depeche Mode, Miley Cyrus, Tame Impala, The Chemical Brothers, and A.G. Cook; and scored the hit German hacker film Who Am I (2014), Oliver Stone's Snowden (2016), and the forthcoming Replacer, starring Halsey. He co-founded the duo Octave Minds with Chilly Gonzales, and actively produces and performs with Skrillex as Dog Blood. For Ridha, this long, accomplished career was merely the foundation for something bigger. In 2025 and 2026, Boys Noize performed alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross throughout Nine Inch Nails' Peel It Back tour, and co-produced the near-entirety of the TRON: Ares soundtrack, including the GRAMMY® Award-winning single "As Alive As You Need Me To Be." The trio's collaboration was formalized with the announcement of Nine Inch Noize, debuting with a top-billed, viral Coachella set that SF Gate called "one of the festival's greatest performances of all time." The Nine Inch Noize LP was released the same week to critical acclaim. As a solo artist, Boys Noize continues to be an active presence in the culture, with his eighth solo album 7LLVSION arriving in the fall of 2026. Throughout his rise from clubs to festivals to stadiums, Ridha has ceaselessly supported the underground through his labels Boysnoize Records and the recently launched ONES and ZEROS, focusing on a new generation of global talent from the Global North and South alike. His punk ethos has kept him fully independent, raw talent keeps him in-demand, and obsession keeps him future-proof. No other artist traverses musical worlds like Boys Noize, and while his sound cannot be replicated, his formula is simple: embrace everything, compromise nothing.
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12 Dec, 2015
Boys Noize: #BNR10YR Documentary
"This tour has been really special to me. We've had so many crazy wild nights, but most important being with a crew that respects & loves each other means so much. To see so much support from our friends, DJs, promoters and fans all over the world is simply amazing. THANK YOU xox"
Alex Ridha aka Boys Noize"Being on this tour, you can really feel how incredible it is that this music, this label has been maintained for a decade and has never compromised it's vision. The dedication of the fans and artists is palpable.
The tour was a dizzying journey across the planet, and I tried to convey that feeling aesthetically in the video. This celebration of 10 years was joined by so many people in so many places and the music truly has this unifying and transcendent force."
LIL INTERNET (Director)#BNR10YR documentary features Miss Kittin, SCNTST, Club Cheval, DJ Feadz, Boys Noize, Djedjotronic.
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04 Dec, 2015
Boys Noize: Sonar Reykjavic 2016
Boys Noize will appear at Sonar Reykjavic between 18th-20th February 2016.
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