# Boys Noize

Alexander Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German-Iraqi electronic music record producer, songwriter and DJ known for collaborations with artists including A$AP Rocky, Tommy Cash, and Frank Ocean (for example, producing Ocean's song "DHL") and remixes of artists including Daft Punk, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snoop Dogg and Depeche Mode. In 2005, Ridha established his label, Boysnoize Records, and in 2025 launched a new concept label, Ones and Zeroes.
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 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. 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 Music and Turbo Recordings. He established Boysnoize Records in 2005.
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".
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 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 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 2015, a No. 1 album release 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 Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
In 2025 he launched an "experimental concept label," Ones and Zeroes, with a compilation that featured 22 artists, and was booked as the opening act for Nine Inch Nails' 2025 tour.

## 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | BEL (FL) | BEL (WA) | FRA | SWI | US Dance | US Heat |
| Oi Oi Oi | Released: 2007 Label: Boysnoize Records | 65 | — | 95 | — | — | — |
| Power | Released: 2009 Label: Boysnoize Records | 24 | 62 | 144 | — | 23 | — |
| Out of the Black | Released: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records | 49 | 49 | 123 | 90 | 23 | 42 |
| Strictly Raw Vol. 1 | Released: 2015 Label: Boysnoize Records | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mayday | Released: 2016 Label: Boysnoize Records | 87 | 128 | — | — | — | — |
| Strictly Raw Vol. 2 | Released: 2018 Label: Boysnoize Records | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Strictly Bvnkers Vol. 1 | Released: 2020 Label: Boysnoize Records | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| +/- | 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
* 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 |
| The Bomb / Boy Neu | Released: 2004 Label: International Deejay Gigolo Records |
| Are You In? | Released: 2005 Label: Datapunk |
| Erole Attack | Released: 2005 Label: Turbo Records |
| Optic / He-Man | Released: 2005 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| Kill the Kid | Released: 2006 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| Adonis Remix | Released: 2012 Label: Cocoon Recordings |
| HARDC0RE DR3AMZ (with Rico Nasty) | Released: 2024 Label: Sugar Trap/Atlantic Records/Big Beat |

#### 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.) |
| Waves / Death Suite | Released: 2009 Label: Boysnoize Records | Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
| Waves Remake | Released: 2009 Label: Boysnoize Records | Erol Alkan, Boys Noize and Gonzales |
| Avalanche / Lemonade | Released: 2010 Label: Phantasy Sound | Boys Noize and Erol Alkan |
| Avalanche (Terminal Velocity) | Released: 2011 Label: Phantasy Sound | Boys Noize and Erol Alkan featuring Jarvis Cocker |
| Working Together | Released: 2011 Label: Gentle Threat | Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales |
| Shizzo | Released: 2011 Label: Boysnoize Records | Boys Noize and Housemeister |
| Roland Rat / Brain Storm | Released: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records | Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
| #1 | Released: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records | Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
| Roland Rat / Brain Storm Remixes | Released: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records | Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
| Middle Finger | Released: 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) |
| 100 | Released: 2015 Label: Turbo Recordings | Tiga and Boys Noize |
| 100 Remixes | Released: 2015 Label: Turbo Recordings | Tiga and Boys Noize |
| #3 | Released: 2018 Label: Ed Banger Records | Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
| Midnight Hour | Released: 2019 Label: Owsla / Atlantic Records | Skrillex, Boys Noize, and Ty Dolla Sign |
| Why Not? | Released: 2019 Label: Boysnoize Records | Boys Noize and Francis and the Lights |

### Singles
#### Singles as lead artist

List of singles :
| Title | Album details |
| "Volta 82" | Released: 2005 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Feel Good (TV=Off)" | Released: 2006 Label: Kitsuné Music |
| "& Down" | Released: 2007 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Don't Believe the Hype" | Released: 2007 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Lava Lava" | Released: 2007 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Starter" | Released: 2009 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| Transmission (Pt. 1 and Pt. 2) | Released: 2010 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| 1010 / Yeah | Released: 2010 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| Nott / Trooper | Released: 2010 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Adonis" | Released: 2011 Label: Cocoon Recordings |
| Sessions Pt. 1 | Released: 2011 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "XTC" | Released: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "What You Want" | Released: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Ich R U" | Released: 2012 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Go Hard" | Released: 2013 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Alarm" | Released: 2014 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Cerebral" | Released: 2015 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Overstayer" | Released: 2015 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "100" | Released: 2015 Label: Turbo Recordings |
| "Overthrow" | Released: 2016 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Euphoria" (featuring Remy Banks) | Released: 2016 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Starchild" (featuring Polica) | Released: 2016 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Birthday" | Released: 2016 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Midnight" | Released: 2016 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Disco Inferno" | Released: 2018 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Orange" (with Virgil Abloh) | Released: 2018 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Killer" (featuring Steven A. Clark) | Released: 2018 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Buchla 100" | Released: 2020 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Girl Crush" (featuring Rico Nasty) | Released: 2020 Label: Boysnoize Records |
| "Mvinline" | Released: 2020 Label: Defected Records |
| "All I Want" (featuring Jake Shears) | Released: 2021 Label: Defected Records |
| "FVKVRVND" | Released: 2024 Label: Hard Records |

#### Collaboration tracks

List of collaboration singles :
| Title | Song details | Artists | Album |
| "The Ultimate" | Released: 2010 Label: Ed Banger Records | Feadz featuring Boys Noize | The T.U.F.F. |
| "Feeling" | Released: 2012 Label: YGEX, Avex Trax | Boys Noize and BIGBANG | Alive (Japanese Edition) |
| "I Like It" | Released: 2013 Label: YG Entertainment | G-Dragon featuring Zion.T and Boys Noize | Coup d'Etat |
| "#Capture the City" | Released: 2015 Label: Boysnoize Records | Boys Noize and Yoon Mirae (윤미래) | #Capture the City – Single |
| "The Time Machine" | Released: 2015 Label: Sony Music | Jean Michel Jarre and Boys Noize | Electronica 1: The Time Machine |
| "L.C.S." | Released: 2016 Label: FEMM'S AGENCY SYNDICATE, Avex Group | FEMM (produced by Boys Noize) | Pow!/L.C.S. |
| "Babushka Boi" | Released: 2019 Label: A$AP Rocky Recordings LLC / Polo Grounds Music / RCA Records | A$AP Rocky | Non-album single |
| "DHL" | Released: 2019 Label: Blonded | Frank Ocean (prod. Boys Noize) | Non-album single |
| "Unlock It" | Released: 2021 Label: Polo Grounds Music / RCA Records | (Abra and Boys Noize featuring Playboi Carti) | Non-album single |
| "Steady Pace" | Released: 2023 Label: | VTSS and Boys Noize | Non-album single |
| "Fine Day Anthem" | Released: 2023 Label: Boysnoize Records / Atlantic | Skrillex and Boys Noize | Non-album single |
| "Arintintin" | Released: 2024 Label: | Rico Nasty and Boys Noize | Single from EP HVRDC0RE DR3AMZ |

#### Remixes

List of remixed singles :
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
| "My Way" | 2004 | Kid Alex | Kid Alex Boys Noize Mix |
| "Space Lord" | 2004 | Monster Magnet | Boys Noize - Monster Bootnet |
| "Was Wir Machen" | 2004 | Spillsbury | Kid Alex Boys Noize Remix |
| "Banquet" | 2005 | Bloc Party | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize Dub |
| "Auf Der Lauer Aua Aua" | 2005 | Göpfrich and Gerlach | |
| "Shadowbreaker" | 2005 | John Starlight | Boys Noize Remix No 1 Boys Noize Remix No 2 |
| "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" | 2005 | Kaiser Chiefs | |
| "My Conversation" | 2005 | Kid Alex | |
| "Daily Disco" | 2005 | Lützenkirchen | |
| "Personal Jesus" | 2006 | Depeche Mode | Boys Noize Classic |
| "My Moon My Man" | 2006 | Feist | Boys Noize Classic Mix |
| "Fine Dining with the Future" | 2006 | Foreign Islands | |
| "Frau" | 2006 | I-Robots | |
| "All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts" | 2006 | Kreeps | Boys Noize Remix No. 1 Boys Noize Remix No. 2 |
| "Bom Bom Bom" | 2006 | Living Things | Boys Noize Vox Remix Boys Noize Great Dub |
| "Dudun-Dun" | 2006 | Para One | |
| "The Acid Never Lies" | 2006 | Riot In Belgium | Boyznoize 909 Remix |
| "Le Disko" | 2006 | Shiny Toy Guns | Boys Noize Fire Mix Boys Noize Fire Dub |
| "Cocotte" | 2006 | Teenage Bad Girl | Boys Noize Rework |
| "Move My Body" | 2006 | Tiga | |
| "Alloy Mental" | 2007 | Alloy Mental | Boynoize Remix |
| "Lights & Music" | 2007 | Cut Copy | Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix |
| "Phantom Pt. II" | 2007 | Justice | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize Unreleased Turbine Remix |
| "Putting Holes in Happiness" | 2007 | Marilyn Manson | |
| "Sexual Eruption" | 2007 | Snoop Dogg | |
| "Say Whoa" | 2008 | A-Trak | |
| "Arcadia" | 2008 | Apparat | Boys Noize Reprise |
| "& Down" | 2008 | Boys Noize | Siriusmo vs. Boys Noize Mix |
| "Horsepower" | 2008 | C. J. Bolland | |
| "It Has Been Said" | 2008 | Darmstadt | |
| "Love Can't Turn Around" | 2008 | Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk | Boys Noize Started Like This Mix |
| "When You're Around" | 2008 | Frankmusik | |
| "Working Together" | 2008 | Gonzales | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize Dub Mix |
| "Inordertodance" | 2008 | Housemeister | |
| "Focker" | 2008 | LOTP | Boys Noize Terror Re-Did |
| "This Is Acid" | 2008 | Maurice Joshua | Boys Noize Re-work |
| "L'amour et la Violence" | 2008 | Sébastien Tellier | Boys Noize Main Version Boys Noize Euro Mix |
| "Mein Neues Fahrrad" | 2008 | Siriusmo | Boys Noize Edit |
| "The Geeks Were Right" | 2008 | The Faint | Boys Noize vs. D.I.M. Mix |
| "Wrong" | 2009 | Depeche Mode | D.I.M. vs. Boys Noize Remix |
| "Dirty & Hard" | 2009 | Djedjotronic featuring Spoek | Boys Noize's Jump If You're an Idiot Mix |
| "You Don't Know Love" | 2009 | Editors | Boys Noize Classic Mix |
| "Beat It" | 2009 | Michael Jackson | Boys Noize 2003 Bootleg Remix |
| "Happy Up Here" | 2009 | Röyksopp | |
| "Boom Boom Pow" | 2009 | The Black Eyed Peas | Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Remix featuring 50 Cent) Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Megamix) |
| "Mirror Error" | 2009 | The Faint | Das Glow Remix Boys Noize Edit |
| "Trick Pony" | 2010 | Charlotte Gainsbourg | |
| "Good Day Today" | 2010 | David Lynch | |
| "Hot-n-Fun" | 2010 | N*E*R*D featuring Nelly Furtado | |
| "Invisible Light" | 2010 | Scissor Sisters | |
| "Swoon" | 2010 | The Chemical Brothers | Boyz Noize Summer Mix Boyz Noize Summer Instrumental |
| "End of Line" | 2011 | Daft Punk | |
| "Music is Awesome" | 2011 | Housemeister | |
| "Monkey Flip" | 2011 | Modeselektor featuring Nazizi and Abbas | |
| "Nasty" | 2012 | Spank Rock | SCNTST Remix – Boys Noize Re-Did |
| "Astral Projection" | 2012 | Strip Steve | Destructo Remix – Boys Noize Edit |
| "Wisdom to the Wise" | 2012 | Dave Clarke | Boys Noize Wild Pitch Remix |
| "Mein Herz brennt" | 2012 | Rammstein | |
| "Kernkraft 7000" | 2013 | Brad Lamborghini – JOHN G | Boys Noize Edit |
| "Sexy Socialite" | 2013 | Chromeo | |
| "Bad Girls" | 2013 | Donna Summer | Boys Noize Club Mix |
| "ProtoVision" | 2013 | Kavinsky | |
| "Axis" | 2013 | Pet Shop Boys | |
| "Ich Bin Meine Maschine" | 2014 | Atom™ | |
| "Smokin & Drinkin" | 2014 | Danny Brown | Boys Noize Smokin Mix |
| "My Little Universe" | 2014 | Depeche Mode | |
| "Planet Rock" | 2016 | Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force | |
| "Secret Downloading" | 2016 | Craig Amstrong | Boys Noize Remix 2 |
| "Randy" | 2017 | Justice | |
| "Ibifornia" | 2017 | Cassius | |
| "Als wär's das letzte Mal" | 2017 | DAF | |
| "Blade Runner" | 2020 | Autotune | |
| "Layle" | 2020 | Omar Souleyman | |
| "Tasty" | 2021 | Shygirl | Boys Noize Remix Boys Noize Extended Dub |
| "Stargon" | 2021 | A. G. Cook | |
| "Reincarnate" | 2021 | REIN | |
| "Release Me" | 2021 | REIN | |
| "Zick Zack" | 2022 | Rammstein | |
| "Wolf" | 2022 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |
| "Kepko" | 2023 | Sega Bodega | |
| "Chastity" | 2023 | Pussy Riot and Boys Noize featuring Alice Glass | |
| "Venus" | 2024 | Bananarama and Boys Noize | |