Boys Noize
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Boys Noize is the stage name
of Alexander Ridha, a German electronic music
producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005. Ridha has remixed a number of other artists work, including Snoop Dogg
and Depeche Mode
.
and DJ Hell
. 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 Best Electronic Artist on Beatport. His music is known to merge various styles and having a unique and innovative sound, with influences of hip-hop and disco roots as well as heavy noise and electro sounds. His DJ-sets are equally praised and has gained worldwide recognition for his live-mixing and visual impact on his shows.
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".
He remixed David Lynch
, N.E.R.D, Depeche Mode
, Snoop Dogg
and The Chemical Brothers
amongst many other well-known artists and became a producer of note, having worked with Kelis
, UK rapper Kano
and The Black Eyed Peas
.
Chilly Gonzales' "Ivory Tower" is his first fully produced and co-written album, released in August 2010.
He has further collaborated with his friend and fellow 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. An "Avalanche" re-release, a new version featuring Brit-God Jarvis Cocker
, is due for early 2011.
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.
• Gonzalez "Working Together"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Mercury Rec. 2008)
• Farley Jackmaster Funk "Love Can't Turn Around"
(Boys Noize Started Like This Remix) (Backyard Rec. 2008)
• Maurice "This Is Acid"
(Boys Noize Rework) (TRAX Records 2008)
• Late Of The Pier "Focker"
(Boys Noize Remix) (EMI/Parlaphone 2008)
• Feist "My Moon, My Man"
(Boys Noize Classic Remix) (Universal Music 2007)
• Marilyn Manson "Putting Holes Into Happiness"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Interscope 2007)
• Justice "Phantom Pt. 2"
(Boys Noize Vox Mix) (Ed Banger FR 2007)
• Snoop Dog "Sensual Seduction"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Interscope/Geffen US 2007)
• Bloc Party "Banquet"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Kitsuné 2006/7)
• Para One "Du-Dundun"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Institubes 2006)
• Tiga "Move My Body"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Pias 2006)
• Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus"
(Boys Noize Rework) (Mute Rec. GB 2006)
• Kaiser Chiefs "Every Day I Love You Less & Less"
(Boys Noize Remix)(Polydor, 2004)
• Monster Magnet "Space Lord"
(Boys Noize Remix) (White Label 2004)
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of Alexander Ridha, a German electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005. Ridha has remixed a number of other artists work, including Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
and Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
.
Biography
Ridha (born in 1982, Hamburg) started producing and DJing at early age, period in which he supported Felix Da HousecatFelix da Housecat
Felix da Housecat is an American DJ and record producer, mostly known for house music and electroclash. His name was inspired by Felix the Cat....
and DJ Hell
DJ Hell
This article is about Helmut Josef Geier. You may also be looking for Darryl Hell.Helmut Josef Geier, professionally known as DJ Hell is a German house-techno DJ...
. 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 Best Electronic Artist on Beatport. His music is known to merge various styles and having a unique and innovative sound, with influences of hip-hop and disco roots as well as heavy noise and electro sounds. His DJ-sets are equally praised and has gained worldwide recognition for his live-mixing and visual impact on his shows.
Ridha released his early work on labels such as International Deejay Gigolos Records, Kitsuné Music
Kitsuné Music
Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke...
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".
He remixed David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
, N.E.R.D, Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
, Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
and The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
amongst many other well-known artists and became a producer of note, having worked with Kelis
Kelis
Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1971 is an American musical artist. She is a BRIT Award, Q Award and NME Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She has had nine top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart...
, UK rapper Kano
Kano
Kano is a city in Nigeria and the capital of Kano State in Northern Nigeria. Its metropolitan population is the second largest in Nigeria after Lagos. The Kano Urban area covers 137 sq.km and comprises six Local Government Area - Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauni and Nassarawa - with a...
and The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
.
Chilly Gonzales' "Ivory Tower" is his first fully produced and co-written album, released in August 2010.
He has further collaborated with his friend and fellow Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.-DJ and club promoter:In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various Indie nightclubs in London....
: 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. An "Avalanche" re-release, a new version featuring Brit-God Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
, is due for early 2011.
Ridha is currently working on his forthcoming Spank Rock
Spank Rock
Spank Rock is an American hip-hop group consisting of rapper Naeem Juwan and producer Alex Epton . Their style is generally described as a mix of underground alternative rap and electro and rock.- Biography :...
album, and is also collaborating with the New York band Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism...
. 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.
Releases
| Year | Title | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Bomb / Boy Neu | 12-inch single 12-inch single The 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality... , Digital Download |
International Deejay Gigolo Records |
| 2005 | Are You In? | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Datapunk |
| 2005 | Optic / He-Man | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2005 | Volta 82 | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2006 | Erole Attack | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Turbo Records |
| 2006 | Kill The Kid | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2007 | & Down | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| September 2007 | Don't Believe The Hype | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2007 | Feel Good (TV=Off) | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Kitsuné Music Kitsuné Music Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke... |
| 2007 | Lava Lava | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2007 | Oi Oi Oi Oi Oi Oi (album) - Track listing :All tracks by Alex Ridha, except where noted.#"& Down" - 4:19#"Lava Lava " - 4:02#"The Battery" - 5:26#"Oh!" - 5:06#"Let's Buy Happiness" - 4:53#"Arcade Robot" - 4:14#"Deny Selected" - 3:36#"Shine Shine" - 5:59#"Vergiftet" - 4:48... |
Vinyl, CD, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2008 | Oi Oi Oi (Remixed) Oi Oi Oi (Remixed) 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.-Track listing:# & Down Oi Oi Oi Remixed is a remix album from German electro-tech producer... |
Vinyl, CD, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2009 | Starter | 12-inch single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2009 | Power Power (Boys Noize album) Power is the second studio album by the electronic dance music artist Boys Noize. The album was released on October 1, 2009 in Japan, on October 2, 2009 in Europe, on October 5, 2009 in the UK and Belgium, on October 7, 2009 in the USA and Canada, on October 7, 2009 in France and on October 17,... |
Vinyl, CD, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2010 | Transmission Pt.1 and Pt.2 (Boys Noize "Transmission" Remixes) | Vinyl, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2010 | Kontact Me EP (Boys Noize "Kontact Me" Remixes) | Vinyl, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2010 | 1010 / Yeah | 12-inch Single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2010 | Nott EP | 12-inch Single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2010 | Trooper EP | 12-inch Single, Digital Download | Boysnoize Records |
| 2011 | Adonis | 12-inch Single, Digital Download | Cocoon Recordings |
Mix albums
- Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck - Mixed by Boys Noize (2008)
- I ♥ Techno 2008 (2008)
- MixmagMixmagMixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
covermount CD May (2009) - 'Boys Noize Presents Super Acid' (2011)
Remixes
- ModeselektorModeselektorModeselektor is an electronic music band formed in Berlin, featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The group draws heavily from IDM, glitch, Electro house and hip hop. In an interview the group said regarding their sound: "Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. We don’t like...
"Monkey Flip (feat. Nazizi & Abbas)" (Monkeytown Records 2011) - Daft PunkDaft PunkDaft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
— "End of Line" (Walt Disney RecordsWalt Disney RecordsWalt Disney Records is a family music record label owned by the Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Records was formed in 1956 as Disneyland Records. Before that time, Disney recordings were licensed out to a variety of other labels such as . It was Walt Disney’s brother Roy O...
- 2011) - David LynchDavid LynchDavid Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
— "Good Day Today" (Sunday Best 2011) - N.E.R.D. — "Hot-n-Fun" (Interscope 2010)
- The Chemical BrothersThe Chemical BrothersThe Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
— "SwoonSwoon (song)"Swoon" is a song by The Chemical Brothers, released as the first official single from their 2010 album Further. The song was played on a few occasions by The Chemical Brothers prior to its release in their DJ sets. On May 6, 2010 an official video of the radio edit was put up on Parlophone Records...
" (EMI 2010) - Charlotte GainsbourgCharlotte GainsbourgCharlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...
— "Trick Pony" (Because, 2010) - Scissor SistersScissor SistersScissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism...
— "Invisible Light" (Polydor 2010) - Editors — "You Don't Know LoveYou Don't Know Love"You Don't Know Love" is a song by British post-punk revival band Editors and features on their 2009 album, In This Light and On This Evening...
" (Pias 2010) - Sebastian Tellier — "L'amour Et La Violence" (Record Makers 2009)
- CJ Roland — "Horsepower" (R&S Records 2009)
- The Black Eyed PeasThe Black Eyed PeasThe Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
— "Let The Beat Rock" (Interscope 2009) - RöyksoppRöyksoppRöyksopp is a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland....
— "Happy Up HereHappy Up Here"Happy Up Here" is a song by Röyksopp, released as free download from their album Junior. The one-track digital single was also released in selected stores on January 19, 2009, while the physical single and digital EP with remixes were released on March 16, 2009.The song samples Parliament's 1976...
" (Wall Of Sound 2009) - Depeche ModeDepeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
— "WrongWrong (Depeche Mode song)"Wrong" is Depeche Mode's first single from their twelfth studio album, the Grammy-nominated Sounds of the Universe, and their 46th UK single overall. It hit the radio in February 2009, and became available for purchase online on February 24, 2009. The single was physically released on April 6, 2009...
" (EMI/Mute Rec. 2009) - Cut CopyCut CopyCut Copy are an Australian electronic band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford on vocals, keyboard and guitar. Other members are Tim Hoey on guitar and sampler, Ben Browning on bass guitar and Mitchell Scott on drums. Their second album, In Ghost Colours peaked at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in...
— "Lights & MusicLights & Music"Lights & Music" is the second single by Cut Copy taken from the band's second album In Ghost Colours. It is their most successful single to date, peaking at #64 in the Australian ARIA Charts...
" (Modular Records 2008) - ApparatApparatApparat can mean:* Apparatchik, a functionary in the Soviet Union* Apparat , Sascha Ring, a German electronic musician* Apparat Organ Quartet, an Icelandic band* Apparat Singles Group, a fictional comic book publisher...
— "Arcadia" (Shitkatapult 2008)
• Gonzalez "Working Together"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Mercury Rec. 2008)
• Farley Jackmaster Funk "Love Can't Turn Around"
(Boys Noize Started Like This Remix) (Backyard Rec. 2008)
• Maurice "This Is Acid"
(Boys Noize Rework) (TRAX Records 2008)
• Late Of The Pier "Focker"
(Boys Noize Remix) (EMI/Parlaphone 2008)
• Feist "My Moon, My Man"
(Boys Noize Classic Remix) (Universal Music 2007)
• Marilyn Manson "Putting Holes Into Happiness"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Interscope 2007)
• Justice "Phantom Pt. 2"
(Boys Noize Vox Mix) (Ed Banger FR 2007)
• Snoop Dog "Sensual Seduction"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Interscope/Geffen US 2007)
• Bloc Party "Banquet"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Kitsuné 2006/7)
• Para One "Du-Dundun"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Institubes 2006)
• Tiga "Move My Body"
(Boys Noize Remix) (Pias 2006)
• Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus"
(Boys Noize Rework) (Mute Rec. GB 2006)
• Kaiser Chiefs "Every Day I Love You Less & Less"
(Boys Noize Remix)(Polydor, 2004)
• Monster Magnet "Space Lord"
(Boys Noize Remix) (White Label 2004)