Boys Noize is the stage name of German-Iraqi DJ and producer Alexander Ridha (Hamburg, 1982), who built his career in Berlin into one of the most respected names in electronic music. His sound - hard-edged, precise, rooted in electro, techno and house - works equally well at Berghain and on festival main stages. Alongside his own Boys Noize Records, he launched the concept label ONES and ZEROS in 2025, and holds a Grammy for co-writing Lady Gaga's 'Rain on Me'. His collaboration with Nine Inch Nails culminated in 2026 with the joint project Nine Inch Noize, a self-titled album and a headline performance at Coachella.
Boys Noize released together with Nine Inch Nails the joint album 'Nine Inch Noize' via Null Corporation/Interscope, with reworks of nine NIN tracks.
As Nine Inch Noize, Boys Noize, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross performed at Coachella 2026, with vocal contributions from Mariqueen Maandig.
The track 'As Alive as You Need Me to Be', co-produced by Boys Noize, won the Grammy for best rock song at the February 2026 ceremony.
Boys Noize launched the new concept label ONES and ZEROS with a compilation of 22 tracks and a limited jewelry line.
Boys Noize was announced as support act for all 37 European and North American dates of the Nine Inch Nails Peel It Back Tour.
