Revision History Boys Noize

Artist/Label: Boys Noize

Last Edited: 19 Dec 2008, 02:28 pm

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• 19 Dec 2008, 02:28 pm
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Boys Noize, aka Alexander Ridha (born in 1982 in Hamburg, Germany), is an electro-tech producer and DJ.

As a kid, he played the piano and drums and began to purchase records at an early age.  By the age of 16, he was already in the studio with a partner who would later go on to become D.I.M. He spent the next five years studying engineering with him and then moved to Berlin.

He has also produced under the aliases of 909d1sco and Kid Alex.

In 2005, he founded his own Boysnoize Records label.

As for production, Boys Noize has been producing since late 2004.  He released his debut album ‘Oi Oi Oi’ on his label in 2007.  He has also done remixes for the likes of Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Tiga, Depeche Mode and more.

• 25 Sep 2008, 09:47 am
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Boys Noize is the moniker of a German electro-tech producer and DJ, Alexander Ridha. It is also the name of Ridha’s label, Boysnoize Records, which he set up in 2005.

Ridha was born and grew up in Hamburg, Germany. Between the ages of six and fourteen, he practiced piano and drums. At the latter age, he began to purchase records and produced music with programs. 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.

Under the name Boys Noize, he has released records on French label Kitsuné Music, Tiga’s Turbo Records label, and on DJ Hell’s International DeeJay Gigolo Records. 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, 2 Many DJ’s, Meaty Pan, Tiga and Justice.

Alex 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.

• 24 Sep 2008, 12:10 pm
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Boys Noize is the moniker of a German electro-tech producer and DJ, Alexander Ridha. It is also the name of Ridha’s label, Boysnoize Records, which he set up in 2005.

Ridha was born and grew up in Hamburg, Germany. Between the ages of six and fourteen, he practiced piano and drums. At the latter age, he began to purchase records and produced music with programs. 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 Records label, and on DJ Hell’s International DeeJay Gigolo Records. 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, 2 Many DJ’s, Meaty Pan, Tiga and Justice.

Alex 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.