Boys Noize is back with a full-length statement. The German producer releases 7LLVSION on Friday, November 6, via ONES and ZEROS. NME reports that it is his first solo album in five years, following +/- in 2021. If the two singles are any guide, he has not slowed down one bit.
Who is Boys Noize?
Boys Noize is Alexander Ridha, a German-Iraqi producer, songwriter and DJ, per his Wikipedia biography. He founded Boysnoize Records in 2005 and launched ONES and ZEROS, a new concept label, in 2025. He forms the duo Dog Blood with Skrillex, and he co-wrote Lady Gaga's Grammy-winning hit "Rain on Me."
He has a long list of honours, too. Rolling Stone named him one of its Top 25 "DJs That Rule the Earth" in 2012, and "Midnight Hour," his house collaboration with Skrillex featuring Ty Dolla Sign, earned a Grammy nomination in 2019, according to Wikipedia. He is also half of the duo Octave Minds with the pianist Chilly Gonzales.
Rolling Stone framed the new album as coming "fresh off his acclaimed Nine Inch Nails collaboration."
The singles: a guest list and a bassline
The first single, "1+1+1," features the Dutch singer ZEP. Rolling Stone described it as "a dance genre-hopping ode to ever-expanding guest lists," which is a theme we can get behind.
The second single, "Nächstenliebe," pairs him with the Berlin duo Brutalismus 3000, made up of Victoria Vassiliki Daldas and Theo Zeitner. Side-Line writes that the track rides a step-sequenced bassline in the tradition of the EBM pioneers DAF. Daldas delivers Dadaist, German-language vocals over a sparse, half-time beat, and a baile funk-style vocal cuts through the chorus.
Brutalismus 3000 make a natural match. Side-Line notes that the pair met in 2018, formed the band in 2020 and built an online following during the COVID lockdowns before moving to club and festival stages, including EDC, Primavera Sound, Coachella, Ultra and Lollapalooza. Their 2023 debut album, Ultrakunst (Live From Earth), came before Harmony, a record that pulls from dubstep, trap, punk, nu-metal and techno. Their Bandcamp is the place to dig deeper.
The tracklist
Side-Line published the full 12-track list. Beyond Brutalismus 3000 and ZEP, the album features TAICHU, Mayah Alkhateri, ABRA and Safety Trance, with Adame DJ and Locked Club also in the credits.
- Illusion
- 1+1+1 (feat. ZEP)
- Take Me Out
- Nächstenliebe (feat. Brutalismus 3000)
- HYYTUP
- Baile DF (with Adame DJ, feat. Thalia Abdon, MC Da França)
- Wake Me Up (with Locked Club)
- I Need Luv (with Safety Trance, feat. ABRA)
- Sh5b0mbe
- Shut It Down (feat. TAICHU and Taube)
- Ycore (feat. Mayah Alkhateri)
- Sireneh
Where to hear it loud
Two days after release, Boys Noize plays a back-to-back set with Brutalismus 3000 at EDC Orlando, which runs November 6–8 at Tinker Field. The festival's lineup page places them on Sunday, November 8, on a day that also features Martin Garrix, Hardwell, Alok, Meduza and I Hate Models. Insomniac's lineup announcement lists the pairing among the festival's techno and hard dance acts. If you want to hear "Nächstenliebe" on a festival system, that is the set.
Our take
Five years is a long time in dance music. On the evidence of the singles, Boys Noize has come back harder, faster and a little more punk, and that energy fits right in on today's festival stages. 7LLVSION looks set to introduce him to a whole new generation of ravers.
Also out this week: MK's long-awaited debut, In The Night Again, which turns three decades of house hits into one record.
