Boys Noize
{{Short description|German music producer (born 1982)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Boys Noize
| image = File:Boys Noize 2012.jpg
| caption = Boys Noize in 2012
| birth_name = Alexander Ridha
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|8|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hamburg, West Germany
| occupation = {{hlist|DJ|record producer|songwriter}}
| genre = {{hlist|Electro house|techno|acid house}}
| years_active = 2004–present
| label = Boysnoize Records
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Dog Blood|Skrillex|Erol Alkan|Mr. Oizo|Chilly Gonzales}}
| website = {{URL|boysnoize.com}}
}}
Alexander Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German-Iraqi electronic music record producer, songwriter and DJ{{Cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=22 July 2021|title=Boys Noize Announces New Album +/-, Shares New Songs|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/boys-noize-announces-new-album-polarity-shares-new-songs-listen/|url-status=live|access-date=12 December 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722164626/https://pitchfork.com/news/boys-noize-announces-new-album-polarity-shares-new-songs-listen/ |archive-date=2021-07-22 }} known for collaborations with artists including A$AP Rocky, Tommy Cash, and Frank Ocean (for example, producing Ocean's song "DHL"){{Cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/10/frank-ocean-justice-sango-remixes-teaser-clips-dhl-single-stream|title=Frank Ocean Releases New Single "DHL" & Further Teases New 'FO3*' Material|website=HYPEBEAST|date=20 October 2019|access-date=2019-10-20}} and remixes of artists including Daft Punk, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snoop Dogg and Depeche Mode.{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101074351/http://www.mixmag.net/2010/10/26/qa-boys-noize/ |title= Q&A: BOYS NOIZE |author=CC Borjeson |website=Mixmag |date=26 October 2010 |access-date=19 February 2025}} In 2005, Ridha established his label, Boysnoize Records, and in 2025 launched a new concept label, Ones and Zeroes.{{Cite web|url=https://ra.co/news/82179 |title= Boys Noize launches new label, ONES and ZEROS |author=Hattie Lindert |website=Resident Advisor |date=21 February 2025 |access-date=21 February 2025}}
With Skrillex he formed the duo Dog Blood.{{Cite web|url=https://edm.com/news/skrillex-boys-noize-dog-blood-return-2024 |title= UNLEASHED: SKRILLEX AND BOYS NOIZE RETURN TO THE STAGE AS DOG BLOOD |author=Jason Heffler |website=edm.com |date=17 February 2025 |access-date=19 February 2025}} He is also half of the duo Octave Minds with Chilly Gonzales.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/09/boys-noize-chilly-gonzales-octave-minds-berlin-stream/ |title= Listen to Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales Perform as Octave Minds |author=Harley Brown |website=Spin |date=10 September 2015 |access-date=19 February 2025}} In 2012 Rolling Stone named Boys Noize one of the Top 10 "DJs that rule the Earth."{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-25-djs-that-rule-the-earth-154377/dj-harvey-2-170433/ |title= THE 25 DJS THAT RULE THE EARTH |website=Rolling Stone |date=9 November 2012 |access-date=19 February 2025}} He earned a Grammy nomination in 2019 for “Midnight Hour,” his house collaboration with Skrillex featuring Ty Dolla Sign,{{Cite web|url=https://runthetrap.com/2019/11/20/skrillex-boys-noize-midnight-hour-grammy-nomination/ |title= Skrillex & Boys Noize Earn Grammy Nomination For “Midnight Hour” |author= Jordan Farley |website=Run the Trap |date=20 November 2019 |access-date=19 February 2025}} and he co-wrote the Grammy-winning Lady Gaga hit "Rain on Me."{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/boys-noize-interview-new-album-20-questions-9635267/ |title= 20 Questions With Boys Noize: On His Red Light District Origins & Selling His Vinyl Collection To Afrojack |author= Kat Bein |website=Billboard |date=24 September 2021 |access-date=25 February 2025}}
Biography
File:Boys Noize - Rock am Ring 2022-7618.jpg 2022]]
Ridha started producing and DJing from an early age, including a period in which he supported Felix Da Housecat and DJ Hell under the alias of Kid Alex.{{cite web|title=Boys Noize Bio, Music, News & Shows|url=http://djz.com/featured_djs/boys-noize/|publisher=DJZ.com|access-date=March 7, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329031434/http://djz.com/featured_djs/boys-noize/|archive-date=March 29, 2013}} He has been named one of the "Top 10 DJ's Who Rule The World" by Rolling Stone, elected "Best Electronic Act" by Beatport 3 years in a row, and was awarded the Independent Music Award in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://boysnoizerecords.com/artists/boys-noize|title=BOYS NOIZE|website=Boysnoize Records|language=en-us|access-date=2017-07-26}} His music is known to merge various styles, with influences of hip-hop and disco roots as well as heavy noise and electro house sounds.{{cite web|url=http://hypebeast.com/2013/2/boys-noize-going-live?_locale=en|title=Boys Noize – Going Live|date=20 February 2013}}
Ridha released his early work on labels such as International Deejay Gigolos Records, Kitsuné Music and Turbo Recordings. He established Boysnoize Records in 2005.{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Birchmeier|title=Boys Noize {{!}} Biography & History|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/boys-noize-mn0000619424/biography|website=AllMusic|access-date=4 March 2017}}
He remixed David Lynch, N.E.R.D, Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg, Daft Punk, Justice, and the Chemical Brothers amongst many other well-known artists and became a producer of note, having worked with Kelis, UK rapper Kano, The Black Eyed Peas, and the South Korean band BIGBANG and has also collaborated with the New York band Scissor Sisters on their album "Only The Horses".{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
Chilly Gonzales' Ivory Tower is his first fully produced and co-written album, released in August 2010.{{Cite web|title=Chilly Gonzales* - Ivory Tower|url=https://www.discogs.com/Chilly-Gonzales-Ivory-Tower/release/2614110|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Discogs|language=en}}
He has further collaborated with Erol Alkan: the first record "Death Suite" / "Waves" was released on Ridha's imprint BNR, followed by "Lemonade" / "Avalanche", which came out on Erol's label Phantasy Sound.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}
In October 2010, the first release of the newly launched sublabel BNR TRAX was presented.Boys Noize official biography by [http://www.boysnoize.com Boysnoize records]
In 2012, Boys Noize released his third studio album, Out of the Black.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/premiere-boys-noize-xtc|title=Premiere: Boys Noize "XTC"|work=Complex|first=Eric|last=Diep|date=31 July 2012|access-date=16 August 2017}}
In 2012, Boys Noize formed a side-project with Skrillex called Dog Blood which is in the electro genre. Dog Blood performed at the 2013 Miami Ultra Music Festival.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}
Boysnoize Records celebrated its 100th release in 2013, with electronic dance heavyweights The Chemical Brothers and Justice remixing Boys Noize's "XTC" and "ICH R U".{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
In 2014, Boys Noize did the music composition for a German movie named Who Am I – No System Is Safe.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} Ridha also collaborated with Chilly Gonzales to form Octave Minds.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} The self-titled debut album was released on BNR with track premieres on Pitchfork Dazed and Confused and Fader.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} Besides the album features a track called "Tap Dance", which features Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment.{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/56540-chance-the-rapper-appears-on-tap-dance-by-octave-minds-boys-noize-and-chilly-gonzales/|title=Chance the Rapper Appears on "Tap Dance" By Octave Minds (Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales) |website=Pitchfork |date=3 September 2014 |language=en|access-date=2017-07-26}}
Boys Noize released his Go Hard EP in 2015, a {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1 album release on Beatport.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
In August 2015 it was announced that Ridha had collaborated with Jean-Michel Jarre on the track "The Time Machine" from the album Electronica 1: The Time Machine.Bein, Kat (28 August 2015). [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6678597/jean-michel-jarre-electronica-pt-1-the-time-machine-album "Jean Michel Jarre Announces Star-Studded 'Electronica Pt. 1: The Time Machine' LP"]. Billboard.
In 2016, Boys Noize released his fourth studio album, Mayday, which included collaborations with Benga, Remy Banks, Poliça, Hudson Mohawke, and Spank Rock.{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-techno-punk-clash-meets-boys-noize|title=The Techno Punk: Clash Meets Boys Noize|work=Clash|first=Ben|last=Jolley|date=June 2016|access-date=16 August 2017}} He described it as "[his] signal against blind categorization and conformist synchronization", "a call for individuality and diversity", and "a tribute to outsiders".{{Cite news|url=http://boysnoizerecords.com/bnr_release/releases/boysnoize-records/18750-2|title=Boys Noize – Mayday|work=Boysnoize Records|access-date=16 August 2017}} It peaked at number 8 on Billboard{{'}}s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/297038/boys-noize/chart?f=322|title=Boys Noize - Chart history - Top Dance/Electronic Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=16 August 2017|archive-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411041645/http://www.billboard.com/artist/297038/boys-noize/chart?f=322|url-status=dead}}
In 2025 he launched an "experimental concept label," Ones and Zeroes, with a compilation that featured 22 artists, and was booked as the opening act for Nine Inch Nails' 2025 tour.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/nine-inch-nails-add-boys-noize-to-2025-tour/ |title= Nine Inch Nails add Boys Noize to 2025 tour |author=Amanda Hatfield |website=Brooklyn Vegan |date=5 March 2025 |access-date=6 March 2025}}
Discography
= Albums and EPs =
== Studio albums as lead artist ==
== Remixed albums ==
- Oi Oi Oi (Remixed), 2008
- Challengers (MIXED), 2024{{Cite web |last=Chelosky |first=Danielle |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2259094/stream-trent-reznor-atticus-ross-challengers-score-remixed-by-boys-noize/music/ |title=Stream Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross' Challengers Score Remixed By Boys Noize |website=Stereogum |date=April 12, 2024 |access-date=April 18, 2024 }}
== Mix albums ==
- Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck (Mixed by Boys Noize) (2008)
- I Love Techno 2008 (Mixed by Boys Noize) (2008)
- Radio Soulwax Mix (2009)
- Mixmag Presents Electro Techno Thunder! (2009)
- South West Four Clapham Festival Preview (2010)
- FABRICLIVE 72: Boys Noize (2013)
- BNR10YR Bang Mix (Mixed by Boys Noize) (2013)
== Extended plays ==
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|+ List of EPs ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Album details |
scope="row"| The Bomb / Boy Neu
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scope="row"| Are You In?
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scope="row"| Erole Attack
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scope="row"| Optic / He-Man
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scope="row"| Kill the Kid
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scope="row"| Adonis Remix
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scope="row"| HARDC0RE DR3AMZ (with Rico Nasty)
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== Collaborations ==
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of collaboration albums ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Album details ! scope="col"| Artists |
scope="row"| Thomas{{Cite web |title=PUZIQUe - Thomas {{!}} Releases |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/100142-PUZIQUe-Thomas |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=Discogs}}
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| PUZIQUe (Boys Noize and D.I.M.) |
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scope="row"| Don't Go{{Cite web |title=PUZIQUe - Don't Go {{!}} Releases |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/100144-PUZIQUe-Dont-Go |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=Discogs}}
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| PUZIQUe (Boys Noize and D.I.M.) |
scope="row"| Waves / Death Suite
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| Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
scope="row"| Waves Remake
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| Erol Alkan, Boys Noize and Gonzales |
scope="row"| Avalanche / Lemonade
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| Boys Noize and Erol Alkan |
scope="row"| Avalanche (Terminal Velocity)
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| Boys Noize and Erol Alkan featuring Jarvis Cocker |
scope="row"| Working Together
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| Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales |
scope="row"| Shizzo
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| Boys Noize and Housemeister |
scope="row"| Roland Rat / Brain Storm
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| Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
scope="row"| #1
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| Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
scope="row"| Roland Rat / Brain Storm Remixes
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| Erol Alkan and Boys Noize |
scope="row"| Middle Finger
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| Dog Blood (Boys Noize and Skrillex) |
scope="row"| Middle Finger Pt. 2: The Remixes
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| Dog Blood (Boys Noize and Skrillex) |
scope="row"| #2
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| Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
scope="row"| Octave Minds
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| Octave Minds (Boyz Noise and Chilly Gonzales) |
scope="row"| 100
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| Tiga and Boys Noize |
scope="row"| 100 Remixes
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| Tiga and Boys Noize |
scope="row"| #3
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| Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
scope="row"| Midnight Hour{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/midnight-hour-single/1473974633|title=Midnight Hour – Single by Skrillex, Boys Noize & Ty Dolla Sign|website=Apple Music|date=29 August 2019|access-date=29 August 2019}}
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| Skrillex, Boys Noize, and Ty Dolla Sign |
scope="row"| Why Not?{{cite web|title=Boys Noize and Francis and the Lights collaborate on 'Why Not?' |last=White |first=Devyn |url=https://mixmag.net/read/boys-noize-francis-and-the-lights-why-not-news |date=2 October 2019 |website=Mixmag |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008082043/https://mixmag.net/read/boys-noize-francis-and-the-lights-why-not-news |archive-date=8 October 2019 |access-date=8 October 2019}}
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| Boys Noize and Francis and the Lights |
= Singles =
== Singles as lead artist ==
== Collaboration tracks ==
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|+ List of collaboration singles ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Song details ! scope="col"| Artists ! scope="col"| Album |
scope="row"| "The Ultimate"
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| Feadz featuring Boys Noize | The T.U.F.F. |
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scope="row"| "Feeling"
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| Boys Noize and BIGBANG |
scope="row"| "I Like It"
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scope="row"| "#Capture the City"
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| Boys Noize and Yoon Mirae (윤미래) | #Capture the City – Single |
scope="row"| "The Time Machine"
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| Jean Michel Jarre and Boys Noize |
scope="row"| "L.C.S."
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| FEMM (produced by Boys Noize) |
scope="row"| "Babushka Boi"
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| A$AP Rocky | Non-album single |
scope="row"| "DHL"
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| Frank Ocean (prod. Boys Noize) | Non-album single |
scope="row"| "Unlock It"
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| (Abra and Boys Noize featuring Playboi Carti) | Non-album single |
scope="row"| "Steady Pace"
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| VTSS and Boys Noize | Non-album single |
scope="row"| "Fine Day Anthem"
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| Skrillex and Boys Noize | Non-album single |
scope="row"| "Arintintin"
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| Rico Nasty and Boys Noize | Single from EP HVRDC0RE DR3AMZ |
== Remixes ==
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of remixed singles ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album |
scope="row"| "My Way"
| 2004 | Kid Alex | Kid Alex Boys Noize Mix |
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scope="row"| "Space Lord"
| 2004 | Boys Noize - Monster Bootnet |
scope="row"| "Was Wir Machen"
| 2004 | Spillsbury | Kid Alex Boys Noize Remix |
scope="row"| "Banquet"
| 2005 | Boys Noize Vox Mix |
scope="row"| "Auf Der Lauer Aua Aua"
| 2005 | Göpfrich and Gerlach | |
scope="row"| "Shadowbreaker"
| 2005 | John Starlight | Boys Noize Remix No 1 |
scope="row"| "Everyday I Love You Less and Less"
| 2005 | |
scope="row"| "My Conversation"
| 2005 | Kid Alex | |
scope="row"| "Daily Disco"
| 2005 | |
scope="row"| "Personal Jesus"
| 2006 | Boys Noize Classic |
scope="row"| "My Moon My Man"
| 2006 | Feist | Boys Noize Classic Mix |
scope="row"| "Fine Dining with the Future"
| 2006 | Foreign Islands | |
scope="row"| "Frau"
| 2006 | I-Robots | |
scope="row"| "All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts"
| 2006 | Kreeps | Boys Noize Remix No. 1 |
scope="row"| "Bom Bom Bom"
| 2006 | Boys Noize Vox Remix |
scope="row"| "Dudun-Dun"
| 2006 | Para One | |
scope="row"| "The Acid Never Lies"
| 2006 | Riot In Belgium | Boyznoize 909 Remix |
scope="row"| "Le Disko"
| 2006 | Boys Noize Fire Mix |
scope="row"| "Cocotte"
| 2006 | Teenage Bad Girl | Boys Noize Rework |
scope="row"| "Move My Body"
| 2006 | Tiga | |
scope="row"| "Alloy Mental"
| 2007 | Boynoize Remix |
scope="row"| "Lights & Music"
| 2007 | Cut Copy | Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix |
scope="row"| "Phantom Pt. II"
| 2007 | Justice | Boys Noize Vox Mix |
scope="row"| "Putting Holes in Happiness"
| 2007 | |
scope="row"| "Sexual Eruption"
| 2007 | |
scope="row"| "Say Whoa"
| 2008 | A-Trak | |
scope="row"| "Arcadia"
| 2008 | Apparat | Boys Noize Reprise |
scope="row"| "& Down"
| 2008 | Boys Noize | Siriusmo vs. Boys Noize Mix |
scope="row"| "Horsepower"
| 2008 | |
scope="row"| "It Has Been Said"
| 2008 | Darmstadt | |
scope="row"| "Love Can't Turn Around"
| 2008 | Boys Noize Started Like This Mix |
scope="row"| "When You're Around"
| 2008 | |
scope="row"| "Working Together"
| 2008 | Gonzales | Boys Noize Vox Mix |
scope="row"| "Inordertodance"
| 2008 | Housemeister | |
scope="row"| "Focker"
| 2008 | LOTP | Boys Noize Terror Re-Did |
scope="row"| "This Is Acid"
| 2008 | Boys Noize Re-work |
scope="row"| "L'amour et la Violence"
| 2008 | Boys Noize Main Version |
scope="row"| "Mein Neues Fahrrad"
| 2008 | Siriusmo | Boys Noize Edit |
scope="row"| "The Geeks Were Right"
| 2008 | Boys Noize vs. D.I.M. Mix |
scope="row"| "Wrong"
| 2009 | D.I.M. vs. Boys Noize Remix |
scope="row"| "Dirty & Hard"
| 2009 | Djedjotronic featuring Spoek | Boys Noize's Jump If You're an Idiot Mix |
scope="row"| "You Don't Know Love"
| 2009 | Editors | Boys Noize Classic Mix |
scope="row"| "Beat It"
| 2009 | Boys Noize 2003 Bootleg Remix |
scope="row"| "Happy Up Here"
| 2009 | Röyksopp | |
scope="row"| "Boom Boom Pow"
| 2009 | Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Remix featuring 50 Cent) |
scope="row"| "Mirror Error"
| 2009 | Das Glow Remix Boys Noize Edit |
scope="row"| "Trick Pony"
| 2010 | |
scope="row"| "Good Day Today"
| 2010 | |
scope="row"| "Hot-n-Fun"
| 2010 | N*E*R*D featuring Nelly Furtado | |
scope="row"| "Invisible Light"
| 2010 | |
scope="row"| "Swoon"
| 2010 | Boyz Noize Summer Mix |
scope="row"| "End of Line"
| 2011 | |
scope="row"| "Music is Awesome"
| 2011 | Housemeister | |
scope="row"| "Monkey Flip"
| 2011 | Modeselektor featuring Nazizi and Abbas | |
scope="row"| "Nasty"
| 2012 | SCNTST Remix – Boys Noize Re-Did |
scope="row"| "Astral Projection"
| 2012 | Strip Steve | Destructo Remix – Boys Noize Edit |
scope="row"| "Wisdom to the Wise"
| 2012 | Boys Noize Wild Pitch Remix |
scope="row"| "Mein Herz brennt"
| 2012 | |
scope="row"| "Kernkraft 7000"
| 2013 | Brad Lamborghini – JOHN G | Boys Noize Edit |
scope="row"| "Sexy Socialite"
| 2013 | Chromeo | |
scope="row"| "Bad Girls"
| 2013 | Boys Noize Club Mix |
scope="row"| "ProtoVision"
| 2013 | Kavinsky | |
scope="row"| "Axis"
| 2013 | |
scope="row"| "Ich Bin Meine Maschine"
| 2014 | Atom™ | |
scope="row"| "Smokin & Drinkin"
| 2014 | Boys Noize Smokin Mix |
scope="row"| "My Little Universe"
| 2014 | |
scope="row"| "Planet Rock"
| 2016 | Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force | |
scope="row"| "Secret Downloading"
| 2016 | Boys Noize Remix 2 |
scope="row"| "Randy"
| 2017 | Justice | |
scope="row"| "Ibifornia"
| 2017 | Cassius | |
scope="row"| "Als wär's das letzte Mal"
| 2017 | DAF | |
scope="row"| "Blade Runner"
| 2020 | Autotune | |
scope="row"| "Layle"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/layle-boys-noize-remix-single/1508192209 |title=Layle (Boys Noize Remix) - Single by Omar Souleyman on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=12 May 2020}}
| 2020 | |
scope="row"| "Tasty"
| 2021 | Shygirl | Boys Noize Remix |
scope="row"| "Stargon"
| 2021 | |
scope="row"| "Reincarnate"
| 2021 | REIN | |
scope="row"| "Release Me"
| 2021 | REIN | |
scope="row"| "Zick Zack"
| 2022 | |
scope="row"| "Wolf"
| 2022 | |
scope="row"| "Kepko"
| 2023 | |
scope="row"| "Chastity"
| 2023 | Pussy Riot and Boys Noize featuring Alice Glass | |
scope="row"| "Venus"
| 2024 | Bananarama and Boys Noize | |
References
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{{cite web
| title= No. 185 Boys Noize
| url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/17/popandrock
| author=Paul Lester
| work=The Guardian
| date = 17 September 2007
| access-date =31 August 2011
}}
}}
External links
{{Commons category|Boys Noize}}
- {{Official website|http://www.boysnoize.com/}}
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