Boys Noize

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Boys Noize

Boys Noize in Melbourne in 2007
Background information
Origin Germany
Genres House
Electro House
Techno
Fidget House
Years active 2004-present
Labels Boysnoize Records
Last Gang Records
Website Boys Noize at MySpace

Boys Noize is the moniker of Alexander Ridha, a German electro music producer and DJ. It is also the name of Ridha’s label, Boysnoize records, which he set up in 2005.

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[edit] Biography

Ridha was born in 1982 and grew up in Hamburg, Germany. Between the ages of six and fourteen, he practiced piano and drums. Once he reached fourteen he began to purchase records and produce music with software. At sixteen, he started to produce in a studio with a colleague who would later be known as D.I.M.. He taught Ridha engineering over the next five years. When he became 21 years of age, Ridha moved to Berlin.[1]

Under the name Boys Noize, he has released records on French label Kitsuné Music, Tiga’s Turbo Recordings label, and on DJ Hell’s International Deejay Gigolos. He has also remixed tracks for Tiga, Para One, Feist, Kreeps and Depeche Mode, as well as popular remixes of British indie anthems “Banquet” by Bloc Party and “Everyday I Love You Less and Less” by Kaiser Chiefs. Boys Noize’s tracks and remixes are played by DJs such as Erol Alkan, SebastiAn, Soulwax, Tiga and Justice.

Ridha has also released EPs under the names 909d1sco and Kid Alex. Boys Noize released his debut album “Oi Oi Oi” in September 2007. The first single from the album is titled “Don’t Believe the Hype”, and features two remixes by Surkin. Boys Noize’s track entitled “& Down” has also been featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the Electro-choc and PLR radio station, and was also used as a sample for Estelle’s single American Boy.

After a 2-year hiatus, Boys Noize's second studio album, entitled Power, was released on September 29, 2009, and on October 6th in the U.S. & Canada.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Releases

Year Title Format Label
2004 The Bomb / Boy Neu 12-inch single International Deejay Gigolo Records
2005 Are You In? 12-inch single Datapunk
2005 Optic / He-Man 12-inch single Boysnoize Records
2005 Volta 82 12-inch single Boysnoize Records
2006 Erole Attack 12-inch single Turbo Records
2006 Kill The Kid 12-inch single Boysnoize Records
2007 & Down 12-inch single Boysnoize Records
2007 Don't Believe The Hype 12-inch single Boysnoize Records
2007 Feel Good (TV=Off) 12-inch single Kitsuné Music
2007 Lava Lava 12-inch single Boysnoize Records
2007 Oi Oi Oi Vinyl, CD, Digital Download Boysnoize Records
2008 Oi Oi Oi (Remixed) Vinyl, CD, Digital Download Boysnoize Records
2009 Starter 12-inch single Boysnoize Records
2009 Power Vinyl, CD, Digital Download Boysnoize Records

[edit] Mix albums

  • Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck - Mixed by Boys Noize (2008)
  • I ♥ Techno 2008 (2008)

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