Boys Noize

Alexander "Alex" Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German-Iraqi electronic music record producer, songwriter and DJ In 2005, Ridha established his label, Boysnoize Records,

With Skrillex he formed the duo Dog Blood. He is also half of the duo Octave Minds with Chilly Gonzales. In 2012 Rolling Stone named Boys Noize one of the Top 10 "DJs that rule the Earth". He earned a Grammy nomination in 2019 for "Midnight Hour", his house collaboration with Skrillex featuring Ty Dolla Sign, and he co-wrote the Grammy-winning Lady Gaga hit "Rain on Me".

Biography

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. He has been named one of the "Top 10 DJs 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. 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.

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

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 single "Only The Horses" from their fourth album, "Magic Hour".

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

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.

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

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

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.

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".

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

Boys Noize released his Go Hard EP in 2013 on Beatport. 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.

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

In 2025, he launched an "experimental concept label", Ones and Zeros, with a compilation that featured 22 artists.

In 2025 he was booked as the opening act for Nine Inch Nails' Peel It Back Tour in 2025, joining the band on stage each night for an EDM-inspired section of their set. In September, it was announced that Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize would perform at Coachella 2026 as a supergroup called Nine Inch Noize, with the performances acting as an extension of the Peel It Back Tour's third act.

On April 17, 2026, Nine Inch Noize released their self-titled album.

Discography Albums and EPs Studio albums as lead artist + List of albums as lead artist, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions BEL(FL) BEL(WA) FRA SWI USDance USHeat. Oi Oi OiReleased: 2007 Label: Boysnoize Records65—95——— PowerReleased: 2009 Label: Boysnoize Records2462144—23— Out of the BlackReleased: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records4949123902342 MaydayReleased: 2016 Label: Boysnoize Records87128———— ± Released: 2021 Label: Boysnoize Records—————— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remixed albums Oi Oi Oi (Remixed), 2008 Out of the Black – The Remixes, 2013 Challengers (Mixed), 2024

Mix albums 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 + List of EPs Title Album details Are You In? Released: 2005 Label: Datapunk Erole Attack Released: 2005 Label: Turbo Records Kill the KidReleased: 2006 Label: Boysnoize Records Sessions, Vol. 1 Released: 2011 Label: Boysnoize Records Adonis Remix Released: 2012 Label: Cocoon Recordings Go Hard Released: 2013 Label: Boysnoize Records Strictly Raw Vol. 1 Released: 2015 Label: Boysnoize Records Strictly Raw Vol. 2 Released: 2018 Label: Boysnoize Records Strictly Bvnker Vol. 1 Released: 2020 Label: Sugar Trap/Atlantic Records/Big Beat LVLYReleased: 2024 Label: RAW

Collaborations + List of collaboration albums Title Album details Artists Thomas Released: 2006 Label: Boysnoize Records PUZIQUe (Boys Noize and D.I.M.) Don't Go Released: 2007 Label: Boysnoize Records PUZIQUe (Boys Noize and D.I.M.) #1 Released: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) Middle FingerReleased: 2013 Label: Boysnoize Records, Owsla Dog Blood (Boys Noize and Skrillex) Middle Finger Pt. 2: The Remixes Released: 2013 Label: Boysnoize Records, Owsla Dog Blood (Boys Noize and Skrillex) #2 Released: 2014 Label: Boysnoize Records Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) Octave Minds Released: 2014 Label: Boysnoize Records Octave Minds (Boyz Noise and Chilly Gonzales) #3 Released: 2018 Label: Ed Banger Records Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) Nine Inch Noize Released: 2026 Label: The Null Corporation, Interscope Nine Inch Noize (Boys Noize and Nine Inch Nails)

Singles Singles as lead artist

Collaborative tracks

Remixes + List of remixed singles Year Title Artist Remix title 2004 "My Way" Kid Alex Kid Alex Boys Noize Mix "Was Wir Machen" Spillsbury Kid Alex Boys Noize Remix 2005 "Banquet" Bloc Party Boys Noize Vox MixBoys Noize Dub "Auf Der Lauer Aua Aua" Göpfrich and Gerlach "Shadowbreaker" John Starlight Boys Noize Remix No 1Boys Noize Remix No 2 "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" Kaiser Chiefs "My Conversation" Kid Alex "Daily Disco" Lützenkirchen 2006 "Personal Jesus" Depeche Mode Boys Noize Classic "Fine Dining with the Future" Foreign Islands "Frau" I-Robots "All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts" Kreeps Boys Noize Remix No. 1Boys Noize Remix No. 2 "Bom Bom Bom" Living Things Boys Noize Vox RemixBoys Noize Great Dub "Dudun-Dun" Para One "The Acid Never Lies" Riot In Belgium Boyznoize 909 Remix "Le Disko" Shiny Toy Guns Boys Noize Fire MixBoys Noize Fire Dub "Cocotte" Teenage Bad Girl Boys Noize Rework "Move My Body" Tiga 2007 "Alloy Mental" Alloy Mental Boynoize Remix "My Moon My Man" Feist Boys Noize Classic Mix "Phantom Pt. II" Justice Boys Noize Vox MixBoys Noize 'Unreleased' Turbine "Putting Holes in Happiness" Marilyn Manson "Sexual Eruption" Snoop Dogg 2008 "Say Whoa" A-Trak "Arcadia" Apparat Boys Noize Reprise "& Down" Boys Noize Siriusmo vs. Boys Noize Mix "Horsepower" C. J. Bolland "Lights & Music" Cut Copy Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix "It Has Been Said" Darmstadt "Love Can't Turn Around" Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk Boys Noize Started Like This Mix "When You're Around" Frankmusik "Working Together" Gonzales Boys Noize Vox MixBoys Noize Dub Mix "Inordertodance" Housemeister "Focker" Late of the Pier Boys Noize Terror Re-Did "This Is Acid" Maurice Boys Noize Re-work "L'amour et la Violence" Sébastien Tellier Boys Noize Main VersionBoys Noize Euro Mix "Mein Neues Fahrrad" Siriusmo Boys Noize Edit "The Geeks Were Right" The Faint Boys Noize vs. D.I.M. Mix 2009 "Wrong" Depeche Mode D.I.M. vs. Boys Noize Remix "Dirty & Hard" Djedjotronic featuring Spoek Boys Noize's Jump If You're an Idiot Mix "You Don't Know Love" Editors Boys Noize Classic Mix "Happy Up Here" Röyksopp "Boom Boom Pow" The Black Eyed Peas Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Megamix feat. 50 Cent)Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Megamix feat. Gucci Mane) "Mirror Error" The Faint Das Glow Remix Boys Noize Edit 2010 "Trick Pony" Charlotte Gainsbourg "Good Day Today" David Lynch "Hot-n-Fun" N*E*R*D featuring Nelly Furtado "Invisible Light" Scissor Sisters "Swoon" The Chemical Brothers Boyz Noize Summer MixBoyz Noize Summer Instrumental 2011 "End of Line" Daft Punk "Music is Awesome" Housemeister "Monkey Flip" Modeselektor featuring Nazizi and Abbas 2012 "Nasty" Spank Rock SCNTST Remix – Boys Noize Re-Did "Astral Projection" Strip Steve Destructo Remix – Boys Noize Edit "Wisdom to the Wise" Dave Clarke Boys Noize Wild Pitch Remix "Mein Herz brennt" Rammstein 2013 "Kernkraft 7000" Brad Lamborghini & JOHN G Boys Noize Edit"Wisdom to the Wise (Red 2)"Dave ClarkeBoys Noize Wild Pitch Mix "Sexy Socialite" Chromeo "Bad Girls" Donna Summer Boys Noize Club Mix "ProtoVision" Kavinsky "Axis" Pet Shop Boys"Nothing But Pleasure"Tom RowlandsBoys Noize Pressure Fix2014"Feel Of Love"Tensnake & Jacques Lu Cont featuring Jamie LidellBoys Noize & Djedjotronic Remix "Ich Bin Meine Maschine" Atom™ "Smokin & Drinkin" Danny Brown Boys Noize Smokin Mix "My Little Universe" Depeche Mode 2015"Bugatti"TigaBoys Noize Acid Mix"Very First Breath"Hudson Mohawke featuring IrfaneBoys Noize Classic MixBoys Noize Turbine Mix2016"Mouth to Mouth"Audion "Planet Rock" Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force"Midnight"Boys NoizeBoys Noize & Mr. Oizo Handbraekes Remix"Euphoria"Boys Noize x MXM Remix"2 Live"Boys Noize Silent Mix"Kind"POLIÇA "Secret Downloading" Craig Amstrong Boys Noize Remix 2 2017 "Randy" Justice"STONEFIST"HEALTHBOYS NOIZE x HEALTH x EMPRESS OF RMX "Ibifornia" Cassius "Als wär's das letzte Mal" D.A.F."Flying High"Byron StingilyBoys Noize 909 Rework2018"Chabos wissen wer der Babo ist"Haftbefehl"B-Plug"Dense & PikaBoys Noize HausmixBoys Noize Rawmix2019"Tunnel"TWR72Boys Noize Rework"House of Pax"BazzBoys Noize Rework 2020 "Blade Runner" Autotune"Chapel"Willaris. K featuring WaveIQ "Layle" Omar Souleyman 2021 "Tasty" Shygirl Boys Noize RemixBoys Noize Extended Dub "Stargon" A. G. Cook"All I Want"Boys Noize featuring Jake ShearsBoys Noize Extended NRG Remix "Reincarnate" REINBoys Noize Dub Mix "Release Me""Low"Chet Faker"Rage"Pussy Riot 2022 "Zick Zack" Rammstein"Miriam"Curses"Real Talk"Anna Lunoe & Touch Sensitive "Wolf" Yeah Yeah Yeahs"Home"Solomun 2023 "Kepko" Sega BodegaBoys Noize Dreamix "Chastity" Pussy Riot and Boys Noize featuring Alice Glass "Venus" BananaramaBoys Noize Rework"Take Down the House"Promiseland"Hotel Pool"David LöhleinDJ SWISHERMAN & Boys Noize Remix2024"Call Me Shadow"Akini Jing2025"Not In Your Mouth None Of Your Business"Peaches2026"A Question of Trust"Nine Inch Nails"Ghost In The Machine""What Have You Done?""The Mandalorian and Grogu" Ludwig Göransson"Dracula"Tame ImpalaJENNIE Remix - Boys Noize Disko Version"FUCK THE SPEAKERZ UP"ISOxo