Boys Noize | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Birth name | Alexander Ridha |
Born | Hamburg, West Germany | 22 August 1982
Genres | |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Boysnoize Records |
Website | boysnoize |
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] In 2005, Ridha established his label, Boysnoize Records. [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]
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]
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]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BEL (FL) [17] | BEL (WA) [18] | FRA [19] | SWI [20] | US Dance [21] | US Heat [22] | ||
Oi Oi Oi |
| 65 | — | 95 | — | — | — |
Power |
| 24 | 62 | 144 | — | 23 | — |
Out of the Black |
| 49 | 49 | 123 | 90 | 23 | 42 |
Strictly Raw Vol. 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
Mayday |
| 87 | 128 | — | — | — | — |
Strictly Raw Vol. 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
Strictly Bvnkers Vol. 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
+/- [23] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
---|---|
The Bomb / Boy Neu |
|
Are You In? |
|
Erole Attack |
|
Optic / He-Man |
|
Kill the Kid |
|
Adonis Remix |
|
HARDC0RE DR3AMZ (with Rico Nasty) |
|
Title | Album details | Artists |
---|---|---|
Thomas [25] |
| PUZIQUe (Boys Noize and D.I.M.) |
Don't Go [26] |
| PUZIQUe (Boys Noize and D.I.M.) |
Waves / Death Suite |
| Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
Waves Remake |
| Erol Alkan, Boys Noize and Gonzales |
Avalanche / Lemonade |
| Boys Noize and Erol Alkan |
Avalanche (Terminal Velocity) |
| Boys Noize and Erol Alkan featuring Jarvis Cocker |
Working Together |
| Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales |
Shizzo |
| Boys Noize and Housemeister |
Roland Rat / Brain Storm |
| Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
#1 |
| Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
Roland Rat / Brain Storm Remixes |
| Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
Middle Finger |
| Dog Blood (Boys Noize and Skrillex) |
Middle Finger Pt. 2: The Remixes |
| Dog Blood (Boys Noize and Skrillex) |
#2 |
| Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
Octave Minds |
| Octave Minds (Boyz Noise and Chilly Gonzales) |
100 |
| Tiga and Boys Noize |
100 Remixes |
| Tiga and Boys Noize |
#3 |
| Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
Midnight Hour [27] |
| Skrillex, Boys Noize, and Ty Dolla Sign |
Why Not? [28] |
| Boys Noize and Francis and the Lights |
Title | Album details |
---|---|
"Volta 82" |
|
"Feel Good (TV=Off)" |
|
"& Down" |
|
"Don't Believe the Hype" |
|
"Lava Lava" |
|
"Starter" |
|
Transmission (Pt. 1 and Pt. 2) |
|
1010 / Yeah |
|
Nott / Trooper |
|
"Adonis" |
|
Sessions Pt. 1 |
|
"XTC" |
|
"What You Want" |
|
"Ich R U" |
|
"Go Hard" |
|
"Alarm" |
|
"Cerebral" |
|
"Overstayer" |
|
"100" |
|
"Overthrow" |
|
"Euphoria" (featuring Remy Banks) |
|
"Starchild" (featuring Polica) |
|
"Birthday" |
|
"Midnight" |
|
"Disco Inferno" |
|
"Orange" [29] (with Virgil Abloh) |
|
"Killer" [30] (featuring Steven A. Clark) |
|
"Buchla 100" [31] |
|
"Girl Crush" [31] (featuring Rico Nasty) |
|
"Mvinline" [32] |
|
"All I Want" [33] (featuring Jake Shears) |
|
Title | Song details | Artists | Album |
---|---|---|---|
"The Ultimate" |
| Feadz featuring Boys Noize | The T.U.F.F. |
"Feeling" |
| Boys Noize and BIGBANG | Alive (Japanese Edition) |
"I Like It" |
| G-Dragon featuring Zion.T and Boys Noize | Coup d'Etat |
"#Capture the City" |
| Boys Noize and Yoon Mirae (윤미래) | #Capture the City – Single |
"The Time Machine" |
| Jean Michel Jarre and Boys Noize | Electronica 1: The Time Machine |
"L.C.S." |
| FEMM (produced by Boys Noize) | Pow!/L.C.S. |
"Babushka Boi" |
| A$AP Rocky | Non-album single |
"DHL" |
| Frank Ocean (prod. Boys Noize) | Non-album single |
"Unlock It" |
| (Abra and Boys Noize featuring Playboi Carti) | Non-album single |
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" [34] | 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 | |
Myles MacInnes, better known by his stage name Mylo, is a Scottish electronic musician and record producer. His 2004 album Destroy Rock & Roll peaked at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart. He is best known for his 2005 single "Doctor Pressure", a mashup of his own track "Drop the Pressure" and Miami Sound Machine's 1984 song "Dr. Beat"; it peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
Tiga James Sontag, known simply as Tiga, is a Canadian musician, DJ, music programmer, and record producer. He has released three albums: Sexor (2006), Ciao! (2009), and No Fantasy Required (2016). The former won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year. Tiga released a selection of compilations in the early 2000s, featuring mixes such as American Gigolo, DJ-Kicks: Tiga and, Mixed Emotions. His compilation mix, Tiga Non-Stop, was released in November 2012, and premiered Tiga's latest single "Plush". The mix also features tracks from artists such as Kindness, Duke Dumont and Blawan.
Jason Charles Beck, professionally known as Chilly Gonzales or just Gonzales, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and producer. Currently based in Cologne, Germany, he previously lived for several years in Paris and Berlin. Gonzales’ career spans numerous genres. He is known for his rap albums, his collaborations with singer and musician Feist and rapper Drake, his albums of classical piano compositions, and for his collaborations with electronic musicians Daft Punk and Boys Noize, the latter of whom he also produces under the moniker Octave Minds. In 2022, he and Plastikman released a piano rework of the latter's 1998 minimal techno classic album Consumed in collaboration with Canadian musician Tiga, titled "Consumed in Key".
Naeem Juwan Hanks, better known by his stage name Spank Rock, is an American rapper and songwriter from Baltimore. He rose to fame with his 2006 album YoYoYoYoYo, which was produced by former group member Alex Epton (XXXChange). A harbinger of post-millennial alternative rap, the duo became known for its mixing of disparate hip hop and club genres, including Baltimore club, Miami bass, electro music and rock.
The Reminder is the third studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Feist. It was released on April 23, 2007 in countries outside of North America, and May 1, 2007 in the United States and Canada.
Oi Oi Oi is the debut studio album by German electronic music artist Boys Noize, released in 2007. In 2015, Vice placed it at number 93 on the "99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time" list.
Oi Oi Oi Remixed is a remix album from German electro-tech producer and DJ Boys Noize. It was released April 13, 2008 on Boysnoize Records. It features remixes from producers like Surkin, A-Trak, and Feadz.
Night Work is the third studio album by American band Scissor Sisters. It was released on June 28, 2010, and was preceded by the release of the lead single "Fire with Fire" on June 20.
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites is the second extended play (EP) by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released exclusively through Beatport on October 22, 2010, through mau5trap and Big Beat Records, while being released on December 20 for digital download via other online retailers and on March 1, 2011, as a physical release. It was recorded in 2010 at Skrillex's apartment using a laptop. The EP features guest contributions from Pennybirdrabbit, Foreign Beggars and Bare Noize as well as remixes done by Noisia, Zedd and Bare Noize. It won two Grammys at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards: one for Best Dance Recording, and another for Best Dance/Electronica Album.
Magic Hour is the fourth and final studio album by American band Scissor Sisters, released on May 25, 2012, by Polydor Records. The first single from the album was initially "Shady Love" but was later replaced by "Only the Horses", co-produced by recording artist and DJ Calvin Harris, which entered and peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
Random Access Memories is the fourth and final studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 17 May 2013 through Columbia Records. It pays tribute to late 1970s and early 1980s American music, particularly from Los Angeles. This theme is reflected in the packaging and promotional campaign, which included billboards, television advertisements and a web series. Recording sessions took place from 2008 to 2012 at Henson, Conway and Capitol Studios in California, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and Gang Recording Studio in Paris, France.
Electric is the twelfth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 14 July 2013 on the duo's own label, x2, through Kobalt Label Services. It was the duo's first album since their departure from Parlophone.
"Lose Yourself to Dance" is a song by French electronic music duo Daft Punk featuring American singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams. Like their previous collaboration with fellow American musician Nile Rodgers, "Get Lucky", the song was written for Daft Punk's fourth studio album Random Access Memories (2013).
"Give Life Back to Music" is a song written and recorded by French electronic music duo Daft Punk for their fourth studio album, Random Access Memories. It is the opening track on the album. The song features lyrics performed by Daft Punk using vocoders. "Give Life Back to Music" also features album collaborators Nile Rodgers on guitar and Chilly Gonzales on keyboards. The song includes guitar work by Paul Jackson, Jr. and additional keyboards by Chris Caswell, with drums by John "J.R." Robinson and bass by Nathan East. The song was distributed to radio stations on 31 January 2014 as the album's fifth overall single and the final single from the album in 2014. Before this, it charted in France, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Thomas Joseph Rozdilsky, better known as TJR, is an American DJ and music producer.
Super is the thirteenth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 1 April 2016 on the band's own label, x2, through Kobalt Label Services. It was released digitally and on physical formats including vinyl and compact disc. The album debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Lead single "The Pop Kids" reached number one on the UK Physical Singles Chart and narrowly missed out on the top 100 of the main chart.
Shermanology is a duo of Dutch electronic artists from Curaçao. Consisting of brother Andy Sherman and sister Dorothy Sherman, it was formed in 2009. Both siblings are DJs, singers, and producers.
Alexander Kotz, known professionally as Elderbrook, is an English electronic musician and DJ. His career began in 2015 when he released his first EP containing the song "How Many Times", which went on to be remixed by German duo Andhim and ranked one of Mixmag's best songs of 2015.
Woman Worldwide is a remix album by French electronic music duo Justice, released on 24 August 2018 by Ed Banger Records and Because Music. Self-described as "10 years of Justice mixed and remixed", the album features reworked tracks from their discography. The album was recorded similarly to the duo's live performances.
Golden Hour is the third studio album by Norwegian tropical house DJ and record producer Kygo. It was released on 29 May 2020 by Sony Music.