Boys Noize
German music producer (born 1982)
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Alexander "Alex" Ridha (born 22 August 1982), better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German-Iraqi[1] electronic music record producer, songwriter and DJ[2][3] 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.[4] In 2005, Ridha established his label, Boysnoize Records,[3] and in 2025 launched a new concept label, Ones and Zeros.[5]
22 August 1982
- DJ
- record producer
- songwriter
Boys Noize | |
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Boys Noize in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Alexander Ridha 22 August 1982 |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label | Boysnoize Records |
| Member of | |
| Website | boysnoize |
With Skrillex he formed the duo Dog Blood.[6] He is also half of the duo Octave Minds with Chilly Gonzales.[7] In 2012 Rolling Stone named Boys Noize one of the Top 10 "DJs that rule the Earth".[8] He earned a Grammy nomination in 2019 for "Midnight Hour", his house collaboration with Skrillex featuring Ty Dolla Sign,[9] and he co-wrote the Grammy-winning Lady Gaga hit "Rain on Me".[10]
Biography
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.[11] He has been named one of the "Top 10 DJs 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.[12] 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.[13]
Ridha released his early work on labels such as International Deejay Gigolos Records, Kitsuné Musique and Turbo Recordings. He established Boysnoize Records in 2005.[14]
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 single "Only The Horses" from their fourth album, "Magic Hour".[15]
Chilly Gonzales' Ivory Tower is his first fully produced and co-written album, released in August 2010.[16]
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.[17][18]
In October 2010, the first release of the newly launched sublabel BNR TRAX was presented.[19]
In 2012, Boys Noize released his third studio album, Out of the Black.[20]
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.[21]
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".[22]
In 2014, Boys Noize did the theme music composition for a German movie named Who Am I – No System Is Safe.[23] Ridha also collaborated with Chilly Gonzales to form Octave Minds.[24] The self-titled debut album was released on BNR with track premieres on Pitchfork,[25] Dazed and Confused,[26] and the Fader.[27] Besides the album features a track called "Tap Dance", which features Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment.[28]
Boys Noize released his Go Hard EP in 2013 on Beatport.[29] 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.[30]
In 2016, Boys Noize released his fourth studio album, Mayday, which included collaborations with Benga, Remy Banks, Poliça, Hudson Mohawke, and Spank Rock.[31] He described it as "[his] signal against blind categorization and conformist synchronization", "a call for individuality and diversity", and "a tribute to outsiders".[32] It peaked at number 8 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[33]
In 2025, he launched an "experimental concept label", Ones and Zeros, with a compilation that featured 22 artists.[5]
Nine Inch Noize
In 2024, Ridha began collaborating with Nine Inch Nails. First he remixed the Challengers soundtrack, titled Challengers (Mixed); he was subsequently asked to co-produce tracks for the Tron: Ares soundtrack, including the tracks "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" and "Shadow Over Me".[34][35]
In 2025 he was booked as the opening act for Nine Inch Nails' Peel It Back Tour in 2025,[36] joining the band on stage each night for an EDM-inspired section of their set.[37] In September, it was announced that Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize would perform at Coachella 2026 as a supergroup called Nine Inch Noize,[38] with the performances acting as an extension of the Peel It Back Tour's third act.[39]
On April 17, 2026, Nine Inch Noize released their self-titled album.[40]
Discography
Albums and EPs
Studio albums as lead artist
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| BEL (FL) [41] |
BEL (WA) [42] |
FRA [43] |
SWI [44] |
US Dance [45] |
US Heat. [46] | ||
| Oi Oi Oi |
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65 | — | 95 | — | — | — |
| Power |
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24 | 62 | 144 | — | 23 | — |
| Out of the Black |
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49 | 49 | 123 | 90 | 23 | 42 |
| Mayday |
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87 | 128 | — | — | — | — |
| ±[47] |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
Remixed albums
- Oi Oi Oi (Remixed), 2008
- Out of the Black – The Remixes, 2013
- Challengers (Mixed), 2024[48]
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
| Title | Album details |
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| Are You In? |
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| Erole Attack |
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| Kill the Kid |
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| Sessions, Vol. 1 |
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| Adonis Remix |
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| Go Hard |
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| Strictly Raw Vol. 1 |
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| Strictly Raw Vol. 2 |
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| Strictly Bvnker Vol. 1 |
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| HARDC0RE DR3AMZ (with Rico Nasty) |
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| LVLY |
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Collaborations
| Title | Album details | Artists |
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| Thomas[49] |
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PUZIQUe (Boys Noize and D.I.M.) |
| Don't Go[50] |
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PUZIQUe (Boys Noize and D.I.M.) |
| #1 |
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Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
| Middle Finger |
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Dog Blood (Boys Noize and Skrillex) |
| Middle Finger Pt. 2: The Remixes |
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Dog Blood (Boys Noize and Skrillex) |
| #2 |
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Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
| Octave Minds |
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Octave Minds (Boyz Noise and Chilly Gonzales) |
| #3 |
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Handbraekes (Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo) |
| Nine Inch Noize |
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Nine Inch Noize (Boys Noize and Nine Inch Nails) |
Singles
Singles as lead artist
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2004 | "The Bomb / Boy Neu" | International DeeJay Gigolo Records |
| 2005 | "Optic / He-man" | Boysnoize Records |
| "Volta 82" | ||
| 2006 | "Feel Good (TV=Off)" | Kitsuné Musique |
| 2007 | "& Down" | Boysnoize Records |
| "Don't Believe the Hype" | ||
| "Lava Lava" | ||
| 2008 | "My Head" | |
| 2009 | "Starter" | |
| 2010 | "Transmission (Pt. 1 and Pt. 2)" | |
| "1010 / Yeah" | ||
| "Nott / Trooper" | ||
| 2011 | "Adonis" | Cocoon Recordings |
| 2012 | "XTC" | Boysnoize Records |
| "What You Want" | ||
| "Ich R U" | ||
| 2013 | "Go Hard" | |
| 2014 | "Alarm" | |
| 2015 | "Cerebral" | |
| "Overstayer" | ||
| 2016 | "Overthrow" | Boysnoize Records |
| "Euphoria" (featuring Remy Banks) | ||
| "Starchild" (featuring Polica) | ||
| "Birthday" (featuring Hudson Mohawke, Spank Rock, Danny Brown, and Pell) | ||
| "Midnight" | ||
| 2018 | "Disco Inferno" (featuring Marteria and Haftbefehl) | |
| "Orange"[51] (with Virgil Abloh) | ||
| "Killer"[52] (featuring Steven A. Clark) | ||
| 2020 | "Buchla 100"[53] | |
| "Girl Crush"[53] (featuring Rico Nasty) | ||
| "Mvinline"[54] | Defected Records | |
| 2021 | "All I Want"[55] (featuring Jake Shears) | |
| "IU" (featuring Corbin) | Boysnoize Records | |
| "Nude / Xpress Yourself" | ||
| "Affection" (featuring ABRA) | ||
| "Detune" | ||
| "Biate" | ||
| 2022 | "Let Us Rave" (featuring Naeem and Velvet Negroni) | |
| 2023 | "Pvssy" (featuring Pilo and DEEVIOUS) | |
| "Chastity" (featuring Pussy Riot and Alice Glass) | ||
| 2024 | "FVKVRVND"[56] | Hard Records |
| 2025 | "CDXOTA" (featuring Locked Club and Me Jesmay) | ONES and ZEROS |
| "Sireneh" | ||
| 2026 | "HYYTUP / Sh5b0mbe" |
Collaborative tracks
| Year | Title | Artists | Album | Label |
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| 2009 | "Waves / Death Suite" | Erol Alkan & Boys Noize | Boysnoize Records | |
| 2010 | "Avalanche / Lemonade" | |||
| "The Ultimate" | Feadz featuring Boys Noize | The T.U.F.F. EP | Ed Banger Records | |
| 2011 | "Shizzo" | Boys Noize and Housemeister | Boysnoize Records | |
| "Avalanche (Terminal Velocity)" | Erol Alkan & Boys Noize featuring Jarvis Cocker | Phantasy Sound | ||
| 2012 | "Roland Rat / Brain Storm" | Erol Alkan & Boys Noize | Boysnoize Records | |
| "Feeling" | Boys Noize and BIGBANG | Alive (Japanese Edition) | YGEX, Avex Trax | |
| 2013 | "I Love It" | G-Dragon featuring Zion.T and Boys Noize | Coup d'Etat | YG Entertainment |
| 2014 | "Danger" | RL Grime featuring Boys Noize | VOID | WeDidIt Records |
| 2015 | "100" | Tiga and Boys Noize | Turbo Recordings | |
| "#Capture the City" | Boys Noize and Yoon Mirae (윤미래) | Boysnoize Records | ||
| "The Time Machine" | Jean Michel Jarre and Boys Noize | Electronica 1: The Time Machine | Sony Music | |
| 2016 | "Ruhe" | Mr. Oizo featuring Boys Noize | All Wet | Ed Banger Records |
| 2018 | "Orvnge" | Boys Noize & Virgil Abloh | Boysnoize Records | |
| "Spree" | Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Andi Toma, Jan St. Werner, Boys Noize & Thom Sonny Green | PEOPLE Mixtape 1 | 37d03d | |
| 2019 | "Midnight Hour"[57] | Skrillex, Boys Noize, and Ty Dolla Sign | Atlantic / OWSLA | |
| "FMU" | Brooke Candy featuring Boys Noize and Rico Nasty | SEXORCISM | ||
| "Why Not?"[58] | Boys Noize & Francis and the Lights | Boysnoize Records | ||
| 2021 | "Ride or Die" | Boys Noize & Kelsey Lu featuring Chilly Gonzales | +/- | |
| "Love & Validation" | Boys Noize & Kelsey Lu | |||
| "Unlock It" | Abra and Boys Noize featuring Playboi Carti | Polo Grounds Music / RCA Records | ||
| 2022 | "Fashion" | Kungs and Boys Noize | Club Azur | Val / Def Jam |
| "Trip" | Boys Noize and Skream | Boysnoize Records | ||
| 2023 | "Steady Pace" | VTSS and Boys Noize | Big Beat Records | |
| "Fine Day Anthem" | Skrillex and Boys Noize | Boysnoize Records / Atlantic | ||
| 2024 | "Spa8cid" | Unklevon featuring Boys Noize | UN1C | Boysnoize Records |
| "tell me" | Shygirl featuring Boys Noize | Club Shy | Because Music | |
| "Arintintin" | Rico Nasty and Boys Noize | HVRDC0RE DR3AMZ | Sugar Trap / Atlantic Records / Big Beat | |
| 2025 | "ZEET NOISE" | Skrillex featuring Boys Noize and Dylan Brady | Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! | Atlantic / OWSLA |
| "Dominator" | Boys Noize and Human Resource | Armada Music B.V. | ||
| "RED" | LSDXOXO featuring Boys Noize | DGTL ANML | Fantasy Audio Group | |
| "TRUE RELIGION" | ||||
| "Crazy For It" | Keinemusik and Boys Noize featuring Vinson | Keinemusik | ||
| 2026 | "HOT WIFE" | Tiga and Boys Noize | HOTLIFE | Turbo Recordings |
| "Get Away" | Kungs and Boys Noize | Out Loud | Val / Polydor France | |
| "I Bring My Gun To The Function" | Brutalismus 3000 with Boys Noize | LIVE FROM EARTH / Columbia |
Remixes
| Year | Title | Artist | Remix title |
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| 2004 | "My Way" | Kid Alex | Kid Alex Boys Noize Mix |
| "Was Wir Machen" | Spillsbury | Kid Alex Boys Noize Remix | |
| 2005 | "Banquet" | Bloc Party | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize Dub |
| "Auf Der Lauer Aua Aua" | Göpfrich and Gerlach | ||
| "Shadowbreaker" | John Starlight | Boys Noize Remix No 1 Boys Noize Remix No 2 | |
| "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" | Kaiser Chiefs | ||
| "My Conversation" | Kid Alex | ||
| "Daily Disco" | Lützenkirchen | ||
| 2006 | "Personal Jesus" | Depeche Mode | Boys Noize Classic |
| "Fine Dining with the Future" | Foreign Islands | ||
| "Frau" | I-Robots | ||
| "All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts" | Kreeps | Boys Noize Remix No. 1 Boys Noize Remix No. 2 | |
| "Bom Bom Bom" | Living Things | Boys Noize Vox Remix Boys Noize Great Dub | |
| "Dudun-Dun" | Para One | ||
| "The Acid Never Lies" | Riot In Belgium | Boyznoize 909 Remix | |
| "Le Disko" | Shiny Toy Guns | Boys Noize Fire Mix Boys Noize Fire Dub | |
| "Cocotte" | Teenage Bad Girl | Boys Noize Rework | |
| "Move My Body" | Tiga | ||
| 2007 | "Alloy Mental" | Alloy Mental | Boynoize Remix |
| "My Moon My Man" | Feist | Boys Noize Classic Mix | |
| "Phantom Pt. II" | Justice | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize 'Unreleased' Turbine | |
| "Putting Holes in Happiness" | Marilyn Manson | ||
| "Sexual Eruption" | Snoop Dogg | ||
| 2008 | "Say Whoa" | A-Trak | |
| "Arcadia" | Apparat | Boys Noize Reprise | |
| "& Down" | Boys Noize | Siriusmo vs. Boys Noize Mix | |
| "Horsepower" | C. J. Bolland | ||
| "Lights & Music" | Cut Copy | Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix | |
| "It Has Been Said" | Darmstadt | ||
| "Love Can't Turn Around" | Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk | Boys Noize Started Like This Mix | |
| "When You're Around" | Frankmusik | ||
| "Working Together" | Gonzales | Boys Noize Vox Mix Boys Noize Dub Mix | |
| "Inordertodance" | Housemeister | ||
| "Focker" | Late of the Pier | Boys Noize Terror Re-Did | |
| "This Is Acid" | Maurice | Boys Noize Re-work | |
| "L'amour et la Violence" | Sébastien Tellier | Boys Noize Main Version Boys Noize Euro Mix | |
| "Mein Neues Fahrrad" | Siriusmo | Boys Noize Edit | |
| "The Geeks Were Right" | The Faint | Boys Noize vs. D.I.M. Mix | |
| 2009 | "Wrong" | Depeche Mode | D.I.M. vs. Boys Noize Remix |
| "Dirty & Hard" | Djedjotronic featuring Spoek | Boys Noize's Jump If You're an Idiot Mix | |
| "You Don't Know Love" | Editors | Boys Noize Classic Mix | |
| "Happy Up Here" | Röyksopp | ||
| "Boom Boom Pow" | The Black Eyed Peas | Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Megamix feat. 50 Cent) Let the Beat Rock (Boys Noize Megamix feat. Gucci Mane) | |
| "Mirror Error" | The Faint | Das Glow Remix Boys Noize Edit | |
| 2010 | "Trick Pony" | Charlotte Gainsbourg | |
| "Good Day Today" | David Lynch | ||
| "Hot-n-Fun" | N*E*R*D featuring Nelly Furtado | ||
| "Invisible Light" | Scissor Sisters | ||
| "Swoon" | The Chemical Brothers | Boyz Noize Summer Mix Boyz Noize Summer Instrumental | |
| 2011 | "End of Line" | Daft Punk | |
| "Music is Awesome" | Housemeister | ||
| "Monkey Flip" | Modeselektor featuring Nazizi and Abbas | ||
| 2012 | "Nasty" | Spank Rock | SCNTST Remix – Boys Noize Re-Did |
| "Astral Projection" | Strip Steve | Destructo Remix – Boys Noize Edit | |
| "Wisdom to the Wise" | Dave Clarke | Boys Noize Wild Pitch Remix | |
| "Mein Herz brennt" | Rammstein | ||
| 2013 | "Kernkraft 7000" | Brad Lamborghini & JOHN G | Boys Noize Edit |
| "Wisdom to the Wise (Red 2)" | Dave Clarke | Boys Noize Wild Pitch Mix | |
| "Sexy Socialite" | Chromeo | ||
| "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer | Boys Noize Club Mix | |
| "ProtoVision" | Kavinsky | ||
| "Axis" | Pet Shop Boys | ||
| "Nothing But Pleasure" | Tom Rowlands | Boys Noize Pressure Fix | |
| 2014 | "Feel Of Love" | Tensnake & Jacques Lu Cont featuring Jamie Lidell | Boys Noize & Djedjotronic Remix |
| "Ich Bin Meine Maschine" | Atom™ | ||
| "Smokin & Drinkin" | Danny Brown | Boys Noize Smokin Mix | |
| "My Little Universe" | Depeche Mode | ||
| 2015 | "Bugatti" | Tiga | Boys Noize Acid Mix |
| "Very First Breath" | Hudson Mohawke featuring Irfane | Boys Noize Classic Mix Boys Noize Turbine Mix | |
| 2016 | "Mouth to Mouth" | Audion | |
| "Planet Rock" | Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force | ||
| "Midnight" | Boys Noize | Boys Noize & Mr. Oizo Handbraekes Remix | |
| "Euphoria" | Boys Noize x MXM Remix | ||
| "2 Live" | Boys Noize Silent Mix | ||
| "Kind" | POLIÇA | ||
| "Secret Downloading" | Craig Amstrong | Boys Noize Remix 2 | |
| 2017 | "Randy" | Justice | |
| "STONEFIST" | HEALTH | BOYS NOIZE x HEALTH x EMPRESS OF RMX | |
| "Ibifornia" | Cassius | ||
| "Als wär's das letzte Mal" | D.A.F. | ||
| "Flying High" | Byron Stingily | Boys Noize 909 Rework | |
| 2018 | "Chabos wissen wer der Babo ist" | Haftbefehl | |
| "B-Plug" | Dense & Pika | Boys Noize Hausmix Boys Noize Rawmix | |
| 2019 | "Tunnel" | TWR72 | Boys Noize Rework |
| "House of Pax" | Bazz | Boys Noize Rework | |
| 2020 | "Blade Runner" | Autotune | |
| "Chapel" | Willaris. K featuring WaveIQ | ||
| "Layle"[59] | Omar Souleyman | ||
| 2021 | "Tasty" | Shygirl | Boys Noize Remix Boys Noize Extended Dub |
| "Stargon" | A. G. Cook | ||
| "All I Want" | Boys Noize featuring Jake Shears | Boys Noize Extended NRG Remix | |
| "Reincarnate" | REIN | Boys Noize Dub Mix | |
| "Release Me" | |||
| "Low" | Chet Faker | ||
| "Rage" | Pussy Riot | ||
| 2022 | "Zick Zack" | Rammstein | |
| "Miriam" | Curses | ||
| "Real Talk" | Anna Lunoe & Touch Sensitive | ||
| "Wolf" | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | ||
| "Home" | Solomun | ||
| 2023 | "Kepko" | Sega Bodega | Boys Noize Dreamix |
| "Chastity" | Pussy Riot and Boys Noize featuring Alice Glass | ||
| "Venus" | Bananarama | Boys Noize Rework | |
| "Take Down the House" | Promiseland | ||
| "Hotel Pool" | David Löhlein | DJ SWISHERMAN & Boys Noize Remix | |
| 2024 | "Call Me Shadow" | Akini Jing | |
| 2025 | "Not In Your Mouth None Of Your Business" | Peaches | |
| 2026 | "A Question of Trust" | Nine Inch Nails | |
| "Ghost In The Machine" | |||
| "What Have You Done?" | |||
| "The Mandalorian and Grogu"[60] | Ludwig Göransson | ||
| "Dracula" | Tame Impala | JENNIE Remix - Boys Noize Disko Version |
