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German music producer (born 1982)

Musical artist

Alexander Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German electronic music record producer, songwriter, and DJ.[1][2] It is similar to the name of Ridha’s label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005.[2] Ridha has remixed the work of a number of other artists, including Snoop Dogg and Depeche Mode.[3] In 2019, he produced Frank Ocean’s song “DHL”.[4]

Biography[edit]

Ridha started producing and DJing from an early age, including a period in which he supported Felix Da Housecat and DJ Hell under the alias of Kid Alex.[5] He has been named one of the “Top 10 DJ’s Who Rule The World” by Rolling Stone, elected “Best Electronic Act” by Beatport 3 years in a row, and was awarded the Independent Music Award in 2010.[6] His music is known to merge various styles, with influences of hip-hop and disco roots as well as heavy noise and electro house sounds.[7]

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Ridha released his early work on labels such as International Deejay Gigolos Records, Kitsuné Music and Turbo Recordings. He established Boysnoize Records in 2005.[8]

He remixed David Lynch, N.E.R.D, Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg, Daft Punk, Justice, and the Chemical Brothers amongst many other well-known artists and became a producer of note, having worked with Kelis, UK rapper Kano, The Black Eyed Peas, and the South Korean band BIGBANG and has also collaborated with the New York band Scissor Sisters on their album “Only The Horses”.[citation needed]

Chilly Gonzales’ Ivory Tower is his first fully produced and co-written album, released in August 2010.[9]

He has further collaborated with Erol Alkan: the first record “Death Suite” / “Waves” was released on Ridha’s imprint BNR, followed by “Lemonade” / “Avalanche”, which came out on Erol’s label Phantasy Sound.[citation needed]

In October 2010, the first release of the newly launched sublabel BNR TRAX was presented.[10]

In 2012, Boys Noize released his third studio album, Out of the Black.[11]

In 2012, Boys Noize formed a side-project with Skrillex called Dog Blood which is in the electro genre. Dog Blood performed at the 2013 Miami Ultra Music Festival.[citation needed]

Boysnoize Records celebrated its 100th release in 2013, with electronic dance heavyweights The Chemical Brothers and Justice remixing Boys Noize’s “XTC” and “ICH R U”.[citation needed]

In 2014, Boys Noize did the music composition for a German movie named Who Am I – No System Is Safe.[citation needed] Ridha also collaborated with Chilly Gonzales to form Octave Minds.[citation needed] The self-titled debut album was released on BNR with track premieres on Pitchfork Dazed and Confused and Fader.[citation needed] Besides the album features a track called “Tap Dance”, which features Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment.[12]

Boys Noize released his Go Hard EP in 2015, a No. 1 album release on Beatport.[citation needed]
In August 2015 it was announced that Ridha had collaborated with Jean-Michel Jarre on the track “The Time Machine” from the album Electronica 1: The Time Machine.[13]

In 2016, Boys Noize released his fourth studio album, Mayday, which included collaborations with Benga, Remy Banks, Poliça, Hudson Mohawke, and Spank Rock.[14] He described it as “[his] signal against blind categorization and conformist synchronization”, “a call for individuality and diversity”, and “a tribute to outsiders”.[15] It peaked at number 8 on Billboard‘s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[16]

In 2020, Boys Noize started a Twitch channel where he later produced an album with the input from his followers. He even used Twitch to make a poll of which tracks he should release and what he should name the different tracks. He was the first in the world to do this.[citation needed]

Discography[edit]

Boys Noize pictured in Berlin in 2009

Albums and EPs[edit]

Studio albums as lead artist[edit]

Remixed albums[edit]

Mix albums[edit]

  • Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck (Mixed by Boys Noize) (2008)
  • I Love Techno 2008 (Mixed by Boys Noize) (2008)
  • Radio Soulwax Mix (2009)
  • Mixmag Presents Electro Techno Thunder! (2009)
  • South West Four Clapham Festival Preview (2010)
  • FABRICLIVE 72: Boys Noize (2013)
  • BNR10YR Bang Mix (Mixed by Boys Noize) (2013)

Extended plays[edit]

Collaborations[edit]

Singles[edit]

Singles as lead artist[edit]

Collaboration tracks[edit]

Remixes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Strauss, Matthew (22 July 2021). “Boys Noize Announces New Album +/-, Shares New Songs”. Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Paul Lester (17 September 2007). “No. 185 Boys Noize”. The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  3. ^ Nick Stevenson (November 2009). “Q&A Boys Noize”. Mixmag. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  4. ^ “Frank Ocean Releases New Single “DHL” & Further Teases New ‘FO3*’ Material”. HYPEBEAST. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  5. ^ “Boys Noize Bio, Music, News & Shows”. DJZ.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  6. ^ “BOYS NOIZE”. Boysnoize Records. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  7. ^ “Boys Noize – Going Live”. 20 February 2013.
  8. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. “Boys Noize | Biography & History”. AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ^ “Chilly Gonzales* – Ivory Tower”. Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  10. ^ Boys Noize official biography by Boysnoize records
  11. ^ Diep, Eric (31 July 2012). “Premiere: Boys Noize “XTC”“. Complex. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  12. ^ “Chance the Rapper Appears on “Tap Dance” By Octave Minds (Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales)”. Pitchfork. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  13. ^ Bein, Kat (28 August 2015). “Jean Michel Jarre Announces Star-Studded ‘Electronica Pt. 1: The Time Machine’ LP”. Billboard.
  14. ^ Jolley, Ben (June 2016). “The Techno Punk: Clash Meets Boys Noize”. Clash. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  15. ^ “Boys Noize – Mayday”. Boysnoize Records. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  16. ^ “Boys Noize – Chart history – Top Dance/Electronic Albums”. Billboard. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  17. ^ “Discografie Boys Noize”. Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  18. ^ “Discografie Boys Noize”. Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  19. ^ “Discographie Boys Noize”. lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  20. ^ “Discographie Boys Noize”. hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  21. ^ “Top Dance/Electronic Albums”. www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  22. ^ “Heatseekers Albums”. www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  23. ^ Moen, Matt (24 September 2021). “Boys Noize presents polarizing new album +/-“. Paper. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  24. ^ “Midnight Hour – Single by Skrillex, Boys Noize & Ty Dolla Sign”. Apple Music. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  25. ^ White, Devyn (2 October 2019). “Boys Noize and Francis and the Lights collaborate on ‘Why Not?’“. Mixmag. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  26. ^ Maicki, Salvatore (13 July 2018). “Boys Noize and Virgil Abloh share collaborative Orvnge EP”. The Fader. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  27. ^ Norris, Asher (21 September 2018). “Boys Noize blasts back with cover of Adamski’s acid house classic, ‘Killer’“. Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  28. ^ a b Jolley, Ben (18 February 2020). “Boys Noize shares double single, ‘Girl Crush’ and ‘Buchla 100’: Listen”. DJ Mag. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  29. ^ Heffler, Jason (29 May 2020). “Boys Noize drops kaleidoscopic, disco-inspired house jam ‘Mvinline’“. EDM.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  30. ^ Defaria, Cameron (11 May 2021). “Boys Noize resurrects ruptured audio files to share ‘All I Want’ with Jake Shears”. Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  31. ^ “Layle (Boys Noize Remix) – Single by Omar Souleyman on Apple Music”. Apple Music. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

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