Boys Noize
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alexander Ridha |
| Born |
22 August 1982 Hamburg, Germany |
| Genres | Electro house, techno, acid house |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, record producer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Boysnoize Records |
| Associated acts | Dog Blood, Skrillex, Erol Alkan, Snoop Dogg, Handbraekes, The M Machine, Housemeister, Peaches, Mr Oizo, Chilly Gonzales, Feadz, BIGBANG, АК47, G-Dragon |
| Website |
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Alexander Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German electronic music producer and DJ.[1] It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005.[1] Ridha has remixed a number of other artist's work, including Snoop Dogg and Depeche Mode.[2]
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.[3] Today, Ridha himself is known as one of the most valuable electronic artists, awarded with the Independent Music Award in 2010 as well as 3 years in a row as Best Electronic Artist on Beatport. His music is known to merge various styles and has a unique and innovative sound, with influences of hip-hop and disco roots as well as heavy noise and electro house sounds. His DJ sets are equally praised and have gained worldwide recognition for the mixing and visuals.[4]
Ridha released his early work on labels such as International Deejay Gigolos Records, Kitsuné Music and Turbo Recordings. In order to retain full artistic freedom however, he established his imprint Boysnoize Records in 2005. Both of his LPs "OI OI OI" and its successor "POWER" were recorded under this label, as well as the singles "Don't Believe The Hype", "&Down" and "Jeffer" as well as "Transmition".
He remixed David Lynch, N.E.R.D, Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg, Daft Punk 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. 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 Ridhas imprint BNR, followed by "Lemonade" / "Avalanche", which came out on Erol's label Phantasy Sound. Ridha is currently working on his forthcoming Spank Rock album, and is also collaborating with the New York band Scissor Sisters. His recent release of original Boys Noize tracks in September 2010 celebrated the 50th release on Boysnoize Records as well as the launch of the first sublabel BNR TRAX, which presented its first release in October 2010.[5] Ridha announced through Facebook that his third studio album, entitled Out of the Black, would be released on 2 October 2012. In a recent interview, Ridha also stated that his new album features two collaborations with Snoop Dogg.[6]
For the launch of his third album Out of the Black in 2012, Ridha hired directors Patrick Jean & Sebastien Loghman for Boys Noize's two first official music videos Ich R U[7] and What You Want.
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.
In 2014, he did the music composition for a German movie named Who Am I – No System Is Safe. In 2014, Ridha collaborated with Chilly Gonzales to form Octave Minds, and released a debut album under the same name, with track premieres on Pitchfork, Dazed & Confused and Fader. Ridha celebrated the 100th release of Boysnoize Records with electronic dance heavyweights The Chemical Brothers & Justice remixing BOYS NOIZE's "XTC" & "ICH R U," and released his BOYS NOIZE "Go Hard" EP, a #1 album release on Beatport. 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of Boysnoize Records, which will be celebrated by a global tour of specially curated Boysnoize Records shows. In August 2015 it was announced that Ridha had collaborated with Jean-Michel Jarre on the track "The Time Machine" from the album Electronica.[8] Ridha is currently working on material for a new album release in the coming year.[9]
Discography
LP
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Oi Oi Oi | Boysnoize Records |
| 2008 | Oi Oi Oi (Remixed) | |
| 2009 | Power | |
| 2011 | The Remixes 2004-2011 | |
| 2012 | Out of the Black | |
| 2015 | Boys Noize Presents Strictly Raw, Vol 1 |
EP and singles
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Bomb / Boy Neu (EP) | International Deejay Gigolo Records |
| 2005 | Are You In? (EP) | Datapunk |
| Erole Attack (EP) | Turbo Records | |
| Optic / He-Man (EP) | Boysnoize Records | |
| Volta 82 (Single) | ||
| 2006 | Feel Good (TV=Off) (Single) | Kitsuné Music |
| Kill the Kid (EP) | Boysnoize Records | |
| 2007 | & Down (Single) | |
| Don't Believe the Hype (Single) | ||
| Lava Lava (Single) | ||
| 2009 | Starter | |
| Jeffer Remixes | ||
| 2010 | Transmission (Pt. 1 & Pt. 2) | |
| Kontact Me Remixes | ||
| 1010 / Yeah | ||
| Nott / Trooper | ||
| 2011 | Adonis | Cocoon Recordings |
| Sessions Pt. 1 | Boysnoize Records | |
| 2012 | Adonis Remix (EP) | Cocoon Recordings |
| XTC | Boysnoize Records | |
| What You Want | ||
| Ich R U | ||
| 2013 | Go Hard | |
| 2014 | Out of the Black – The Remixes | |
| 2014 | Alarm |
Collaborations
| Year | Artists | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Erol Alkan & Boys Noize | Waves / Death Suite | Boysnoize Records |
| Erol Alkan, Boys Noize & Gonzales | Waves Remake | ||
| 2010 | Boys Noize & Erol Alkan | Avalanche / Lemonade | Phantasy Sound |
| 2011 | Boys Noize & Erol Alkan feat. Jarvis Cocker | Avalanche (Terminal Velocity) | |
| Boys Noize & Chilly Gonzales | Working Together | Gentle Threat | |
| Boys Noize & Housemeister | Shizzo | Boysnoize Records | |
| 2012 | Erol Alkan & Boys Noize | Roland Rat / Brain Storm | |
| Handbraekes (Boys Noize & Mr. Oizo) | #1 | ||
| Erol Alkan & Boys Noize | Roland Rat / Brain Storm Remixes | ||
| 2013 | Dog Blood (Boys Noize & Skrillex) | Middle Finger | Boysnoize Records, OWSLA |
| Middle Finger Pt. 2: The Remixes | |||
| 2014 | Handbraekes (Boys Noize & Mr. Oizo) | #2 | Boysnoize Records |
| Octave Minds (Boyz Noize & Chilly Gonzales) | Octave Minds | ||
| 2015 | Tiga & Boys Noize | 100 | Turbo Recordings |
| 100 Remixes |
Collaboration tracks
| Year | Artists | Title | Label | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Feadz feat. Boys Noize | The Ultimate | Ed Banger Records | The T.U.F.F. |
| 2012 | Boys Noize & BIGBANG | Feeling | YGEX, Avex Trax | Alive (Japanese Edition) |
| 2013 | G-Dragon feat. Zion.T & Boys Noize | I Like It | YG Entertainment | Coup d'Etat |
| 2015 | Boys Noize & Yoon Mirae (윤미래) | #Capture the City | Boysnoize Records | #Capture the City - Single |
| 2015 | Jean Michel Jarre & Boys Noize | The Time Machine | Sony Music | Electronica |
| 2016 | FEMM (produced by Boys Noize) | L.C.S. | FEMM'S AGENCY SYNDICATE, Avex Group | Pow!/L.C.S. |
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)
Remixes
| Year | Artist | Track | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Kid Alex | "My Way" | Kid Alex Boys Noize Mix |
| Monster Magnet | "Space Lord" | Boys Noize - Monster Bootnet | |
| Spillsbury | "Was Wir Machen" | Kid Alex Boys Noize Remix | |
| 2005 | Bloc Party | "Banquet" | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize Dub |
| Göpfrich & Gerlach | "Auf Der Lauer Aua Aua" | ||
| John Starlight | "Shadowbreaker" | Boys Noize Remix No 1 Boys Noize Remix No 2 | |
| Kaiser Chiefs | "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" | ||
| Kid Alex | "My Conversation" | ||
| Lützenkirchen | "Daily Disco" | ||
| 2006 | Depeche Mode | "Personal Jesus" | Boys Noize Classic |
| Feist | "My Moon My Man" | Boys Noize Classic Mix | |
| Foreign Islands | "Fine Dining with the Future" | ||
| I-Robots | "Frau" | ||
| Kreeps | "All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts" | Boys Noize Remix No. 1 Boys Noize Remix No. 2 | |
| Living Things | "Bom Bom Bom" | Boys Noize Vox Remix Boys Noize Great Dub | |
| Para One | "Dudun-Dun" | ||
| Riot In Belgium | "The Acid Never Lies" | Boyznoize 909 Remix | |
| Shiny Toy Guns | "Le Disko" | Boys Noize Fire Mix Boys Noize Fire Dub | |
| Teenage Bad Girl | "Cocotte" | Boys Noize Rework | |
| Tiga | "Move My Body" | ||
| 2007 | Alloy Mental | "Alloy Mental" | Boynoize Remix |
| Cut Copy | "Lights & Music" | Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix | |
| Justice | "Phantom Pt. II" | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize Unreleased Turbine Remix | |
| Marilyn Manson | "Putting Holes in Happiness" | ||
| Snoop Dogg | "Sexual Eruption" | ||
| 2008 | A-Trak | "Say Whoa" | |
| Apparat | "Arcadia" | Boys Noize Reprise | |
| Boys Noize | "& Down" | Siriusmo vs. Boys Noize Mix | |
| C. J. Bolland | "Horsepower" | ||
| Darmstadt | "It Has Been Said" | ||
| Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk | "Love Can't Turn Around" | Boys Noize Started Like This Mix | |
| Frankmusik | "When You're Around" | ||
| Gonzales | "Working Together" | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize Dub Mix | |
| Housemeister | "Inordertodance" | ||
| LOTP | "Focker" | Boys Noize Terror Re-Did | |
| Maurice Joshua | "This Is Acid" | Boys Noize Re-work | |
| Sébastien Tellier | "L'amour et la Violence" | Boys Noize Main Version Boys Noize Euro Mix | |
| Siriusmo | "Mein Neues Fahrrad" | Boys Noize Edit | |
| The Faint | "The Geeks Were Right" | Boys Noize vs. D.I.M. Mix | |
| 2009 | Depeche Mode | "Wrong" | D.I.M. vs. Boys Noize Remix |
| Djedjotronic featuring Spoek | "Dirty & Hard" | Boys Noize's Jump If You're an Idiot Mix | |
| Editors | "You Don't Know Love" | Boys Noize Classic Mix | |
| Michael Jackson | "Beat It" | Boys Noize 2003 Bootleg Remix | |
| Röyksopp | "Happy Up Here" | ||
| The Black Eyed Peas | "Boom Boom Pow" | Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Remix featuring 50 Cent) Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Megamix) | |
| The Faint | "Mirror Error" | Das Glow Remix Boys Noize Edit | |
| 2010 | Charlotte Gainsbourg | "Trick Pony" | |
| David Lynch | "Good Day Today" | ||
| N*E*R*D featuring Nelly Furtado | "Hot-n-Fun" | ||
| Scissor Sisters | "Invisible Light" | ||
| The Chemical Brothers | "Swoon" | Boyz Noize Summer Mix Boyz Noize Summer Instrumental | |
| 2011 | Daft Punk | "End of Line" | |
| Housemeister | "Music is Awesome" | ||
| Modeselektor featuring Nazizi & Abbas | "Monkey Flip" | ||
| 2012 | Spank Rock | "Nasty" | SCNTST Remix – Boys Noize Re-Did |
| Strip Steve | "Astral Projection" | Destructo Remix – Boys Noize Edit | |
| Dave Clarke | "Wisdom to the Wise" | Boys Noize Wild Pitch Remix | |
| Rammstein | "Mein Herz brennt" | ||
| 2013 | Brad Lamborghini - JOHN G | "Kernkraft 7000" | Boys Noize Edit |
| Chromeo | "Sexy Socialite" | ||
| Donna Summer | "Bad Girls" | Boys Noize Club Mix | |
| Kavinsky | "ProtoVision" | ||
| Pet Shop Boys | "Axis" | ||
| 2014 | Atom™ | "Ich Bin Meine Maschine" | |
| Danny Brown | "Smokin & Drinkin" | Boys Noize Smokin Mix | |
| Depeche Mode | "My Little Universe" | ||
References
- 1 2 Paul Lester (17 September 2007). "No. 185 Boys Noize". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ↑ Nick Stevenson (November 2009). "Q&A Boys Noize". Mixmag. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ↑ "Boys Noize Bio, Music, News & Shows". DJZ.com. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ↑ http://hypebeast.com/2013/2/boys-noize-going-live?_locale=en
- ↑ Boys Noize official biography by Boysnoize records
- ↑ Jordan Meeter (August 2009). "Snoop Dogg Will Appear on Boys Noize’ New Album"
- ↑ Ich R U in The Creators Project.
- ↑ Bein, Kat (28 August 2015). "Jean Michel Jarre Announces Star-Studded 'Electronica Pt. 1: The Time Machine' LP"
- ↑ http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2013/03/ultra_2013_review_dog_blood_boys_noize_skrillex.php
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