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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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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.