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BOYS NOIZE
About
BOYS NOIZE (Alex Ridha) builds worlds, then builds bridges between them.
Propelled by an infatuation with sonic invention and a prescience for subculture, the
German-Iraqi artist, DJ and producer has developed a peerless practice that is both
deeply informed by electronic music history and determinedly transcending
conventions.
As an international festival headliner and A-list producer, BOYS NOIZE embodies the
transformation and expansion of 21st century techno, house and electro into the
current zeitgeist, and he has the GRAMMY win to prove it. Yet as a Berliner and
lifelong DJ, he remains dedicated to the underground, regularly flexing the decks at
techno meccas and experimenting through a multiplicity of multi-genre aliases.
Some fans find BOYS NOIZE through his productions for A$AP ROCKY, TOMMY
CASH and FRANK OCEAN, or his film scores for OLIVER STONE's "Snowden" and
Germany's hacker hit "WHO AM I?"; through his house hit "Mvinline" on DEFECTED
RECORDS, or his collaborative projects OCTAVE MINDS with CHILLY GONZALES
and DOG BLOOD with SKRILLEX, as well as an EP and OFF-WHITE capsule
collection with the late designer VIRGIL ABLOH; through his remixes for DAFT
PUNK, YEAH YEAH YEAHs and DEPECHE MODE, his features with RICO NASTY,
PUSSY RIOT and KELSEY LU, or reworks of SHYGIRL, SEGA BODEGA and
SOPHIE; through this year’s blazing run of 140+ bpm techno tracks and remixes,
or the massive "Fine Day Anthem" with SKRILLEX.
BOYS NOIZE's most important collaboration of all, however, is with the ravers that
join him across the globe from basements to warehouses to the main stage. Ridha’s
sets open a dialogue between DJ and dancefloor, always unique and always peaking
in ecstatic nights and delirious dawns. There are many facets of BOYS NOIZE, but
when the exchange of energy and music is alive and in full force, the one you’ll find is
the one you make together.
