Boys Noize

Ses · d. 1982 · Hamburg, West Germany [now Germany]

Alexander "Alex" Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German-Iraqi electronic music record producer, songwriter and DJ known for collaborations with artists including A$AP Rocky, Tommy Cash, Frank Ocean, and Nine Inch Nails and remixes of artists including Daft Punk, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snoop Dogg and Depeche Mode. In 2005, Ridha established his label, Boysnoize Records, and in 2025 launched a new concept label, Ones and Zeros. With Skrillex he formed the duo Dog Blood. He is also half of the duo Octave Minds with Chilly Gonzales. In 2012 Rolling Stone named Boys Noize one of the Top 10 "DJs that rule the Earth". He earned a Grammy nomination in 2019 for "Midnight Hour", his house collaboration with Skrillex featuring Ty Dolla Sign, and he co-wrote the Grammy-winning Lady Gaga hit "Rain on Me". Description above from the Wikipedia article Boys Noize, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.