The 2026 Coachella debut of Nine Inch Noize proves Boys Noize (Alex Ridha) to be a singular figure in 21st-century electronic music. Transcending contradictions, the Iraqi-German DJ and producer is a legend perennially in the vanguard, a cross-genre bridge-builder respected by techno’s purists, and a global headliner who never left the underground. Ridha is masterful on the decks and inimitable in the studio, crafting songs for strikingly diverse talents including A$AP Rocky, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, Arca, Virgil Abloh and Lady Gaga. He’s been featured alongside Keinemusik, Shygirl, Kelsey Lu, Rico Nasty, and VTSS, remixed Daft Punk, Depeche Mode, A.G. Cook and Solomun, and collaborated extensively with Chilly Gonzales (Octave Minds) and Skrillex (Dog Blood).
For Ridha, this long, accomplished career was merely the foundation for something bigger. In 2025, Boys Noize performed alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross throughout Nine Inch Nails’ Peel It Back tour, and co-produced the near-entirety of the TRON:Ares soundtrack, including the GRAMMMY-winning single “As Alive As You Need Me To Be.” The trio’s collaboration was formalized with the announcement of Nine Inch Noize, debuting with a top-billed, viral Coachella set that SF Gate called “one of the festival’s greatest performances of all time.” The Nine Inch Noize LP was released the same week to critical acclaim.
As a solo artist, Boys Noize continues to be an active presence in the culture, with his eighth solo album arriving in the fall of 2026. Rising from clubs to festivals to stadiums, Ridha has ceaselessly supported the underground through his labels Boysnoize Records and the newly launched ONES and ZEROS, focusing on the next generation of global talent. His punk ethos has kept him fully independent, raw talent keeps him in-demand, and obsession keeps him future-proof. No other artist has traversed musical worlds like Boys Noize, and while his sound cannot be replicated, his formula is simple: embrace everything, compromise nothing.
Selected discography:
2007 OI OI OI (LP)
2009 POWER (LP)
2012 OUT OF THE BLACK (LP)
2015 STRICTLY RAW VOL 1 (LP)
2016 MAYDAY (LP)
2018 STRICTLY RAW VOL 2 (LP)
2019 DOG BLOOD (w/Skrillex) TURN OF THE LIGHTS (EP)
2021 +/- (LP)
2024 CHALLENGERS OST (LP) (Mixed by Boys Noize)
2025 BOYS NOIZE PRESENTS: ONES AND ZEROS (Compilation)
2025 NINE INCH NAILS - TRON: ARES OST (co-prod by Boys Noize)
2026 - NINE INCH NOIZE (LP)
BOYS NOIZE PRODUCTIONS - Complete Spotify Playlist (88 Tracks)
BOYS NOIZE ON TOUR:
MAY 16 - LAS VEGAS, NV @ EDC
MAY 22 - BOGOTA, COL @ BAUM FESTIVAL
MAY 25 - DETROIT, MI @ MOVEMENT FESTIVAL
JUNE 13 - MANCHESTER, TN @ BONNAROO
JUNE 18 -BARCELONA, ES @ SONAR
JUNE 19 - NEUHAUSEN OB ECK, DE @ SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL
JUNE 21- SCHEEßEL, DE @ HURRICANE FESTIVAL
JUNE 27 - DOUAI, FR @ PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL
JULY 05 - TURIN, IT @ KAPPA FUTUR FESTIVA
JULY 09 - MADRID, ES @ MAD COOL
JULY 10 - PLOCK, PL @ AUDIORIVER
JULY 11 - PARIS, FR @ PEACOCK SOCIETY
JULY 15 - DOUR, BE @ DOUR FESTIVAL F2F
JULY 18 - DOUR, BE @ DOUR FESTIVAL
JULY 19 - BERLIN, DE @ LOLLAPALOOZA
JULY 30 - CHICAGO, IL @ LOLLAPALOOZA
JULY 31 - TORONTO, CAN @ VELD FESTIVAL
AUGUST 01 - NEW YORK, NY @ UNDER THE K BRIDGE
AUGUST 02 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ HARD
AUGUST 08 - LONG POND, PA @ ELEMENTS
AUGUST 09 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ OUTSIDE LANDS
AUGUST 13 - BUDAPEST, HU @ SZIGET FESTIVAL
AUGUST 22 - BIDDINGHUIZEN, NL @ LOWLANDS FESTIVAL
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