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BOYS NOIZE (Alex Ridha) builds worlds, then builds bridges between them. Propelled by an infatuation with sonic invention and a prescience for culture, the German-Iraqi artist, DJ and producer has developed a peerless practice that is deeply informed by electronic music history but always pushes beyond convention.
As an international headliner and A-list producer BOYS NOIZE embodies the transformation and expansion of 21st century techno, house and electro into a massive global phenomenon. Yet as a Berliner and lifelong DJ, he remains dedicated to the underground, tearing through subcultural scenes large and small as he experiments with aliases across genres.
Despite his uncompromising taste, BOYS NOIZE is far from a gatekeeper. Instead, he opens portals for others to enter his world, through his productions for A$AP ROCKY, LADY GAGA, and FRANK OCEAN, his film score work with TRENT REZNOR for CHALLENGERS and OLVER STONE’S SNOWDEN, his collaborations with SKRILLEX, KELSEY LU, PUSSY RIOT, SHYGIRL, RICO NASTY, VTSS, TOMMY CASH and CHILLY GONZALES, his EP and capsule collection with the late VIRGIL ABLOH, his remixes for DAFT PUNK, AG COOK, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, SOPHIE and DEPECHE MODE.
As temperatures and tempos rise, so does BOYS NOIZE’s output. He’s been on a tear of 140+ bpm techno tracks and remixes, including festival rippers FCKVRND, STEADY PACE with VTSS, FINE DAY ANTHEM with SKRILLEX, and three new singles ready to blast off in 2025. Still, BOYS NOIZE remains fiercely independent, intimately involved in supporting the culture that brought him his success. After many years self-releasing on BOYSNOIZE RECORDS, Ridha is launching an expansive concept label in 2025 that reflects new modes of community and artistic circulation. ONES and ZEROS will release music and physical objects, including jewelry designed with ALLIGATOR JESUS and ERIC TIMOTHY CARLSON, and is building a pluralistic network of shared taste connecting international local scenes.
Like the dialogue between DJ and dancefloor, Ridha’s practice is ultimately one of active creation and conversation across boundaries. BOYS NOIZE is many things—legendary electro DJ, GRAMMY-winning pop producer, breakout film composer, leading figure of the new techno zeitgeist—but no one of them personifies him. Instead, BOYS NOIZE can be found in the connections between and beyond, a network of energy, principles, and taste always reaching towards what is to come.
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17 Feb, 2020
Boys Noize: Releases New Double Single Ft. Rico Nasty
BOYS NOIZE (Alex Ridha) starts the new decade with unprecedented momentum. Fresh off a 2020 GRAMMY nomination, the Berlin artist, DJ and producer releases a double A-side reflecting a contrasting spectrum of modern techno. The grinding, hi-tech and low tempo industrial production of 'Girl Crush' ft. Rico Nasty propels the ascendant rap icon into new territories of club disruption. 'Buchla 100' reaches ecstasy with a recording of the rare, original, 1960's built Buchla 100 modular synth system as it breathes, morphs, and comes alive over tribal percussion.
Achieving perpetual motion, Ridha's propulsion is fueled by recent collaborations with Lady Gaga and Virgil Abloh, two anonymous side projects plus a new moniker ELAX, creating the GRAMMY nominated 'Midnight Hour' with Skrillex and Ty Dolla $ign, producing both Frank Ocean's 'DHL' and A$AP Rocky's 'Babushka Boi' return singles and releasing the disco-drenched song 'Why Not?.' with Francis & The Lights.
Behind the scenes, he teamed up with rap producer Kenny Beats for a grip of buzzing tracks, and joined Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and The National's Aaron Dressner for studio sessions and a performance at their eclectic 37d03d (PEOPLE) Festival in Brooklyn. BOYS NOIZE is leading the way as techno, house, and pure rave continues to electrify the music world. -
01 Feb, 2020
Boys Noize: European +/- Tour
Boys Noize starts the new decade with unprecedented momentum. The -I+ tour dives right into that energy, while at the same time serving as a testing ground for new, yet-to-be-released tracks and features coming straight from the lab.
Two anonymous side projects plus ELAX, the GRAMMY nominated 'Midnight Hour' with Skrillex and Ty Dolla $ign, production on both Frank Ocean's 'DHL' and A$AP Rocky's 'Babushka Boi' return singles, his song with Francis and the Lights 'Why Not?' and collaborations with Lady Gaga and Virgil Abloh serve as the prologue to this next chapter of Boys Noize. The club rules, and the -|+ tour brings this master of the decks at his raw, sweat-dripping best.