Alex Attias Biography
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( El Mustang / Freedom Soundz / The Catalyst Group / Plutonia )

Alex Attias is a record digger, and a vinyl collector.
Alex started his Djing career in 1988, Lausanne - Switzerland, playing a mixture of grooves in a small bar for friends and music lovers.
Alex is a selector dj who can make people dance playing classics and rare tracks from soul to deep house , boogie to afrobeat , disco to Detroit sounds and jazz orientated grooves.
  Throughout the late 80's and early 90's, he established himself as one of Switzerland's top Dj's running his own successful weekly nights «  The Jackal’s « , being booked to play all over the world, and in return booking  International Dj's to play in Switzerland. Alex was also long-time collaborator for the magazine Vibrations, writing reviews and compiling their series of albums. By 1995, he was ready to break into Electronic music production and set up the Bel - Air Project, and began attracting attention with their first release "Magik". Bel-Air Project's next two releases became minor underground cult classics "Jazz with Altitude" and "Dark Jazzor" were both championed by the likes of 4 Hero, Gilles Peterson and Stacey Pullen.

His discography includes singles for labels such as People, Ubiquity, Versatile, Neroli, Archive, Compost records as well as remixing Incognito, 4Hero, Ennio Morricone, Sun RA, Art Blakey, Roni Size, Laurent Garnier to name but a few.  Very happy with his first steps into music, Alex’s dream came through when In 1997 he moved to England to pursue new musical projects, Mustang and Beatless the main sources of his creative output , plus a few sporadic collaborations: Plutonia with Dego from 4 Hero, Catalyst with Greg Boraman and Freedom Soundz with his brother Stephane )  Alex was so happy in London meeting key people like Enrico Crivellaro, Dego and Marc Mac, Phil Asher and Mike Slocombe whom made him join the Goya West London family.
In 2000 he set up his own recording Studio and his label, Visions Inc. He played regularly with Phil Asher and Patrick Forge at their weekly night « Inspiration Information « and at the famous CoOp Sessions @Plastic People.  London was about connections and Paul Martin from Talkin Loud was one of them which leaded to a collaboration for the 1st Beatless album "Life Mirrors » released in October 2001 on the American label Ubiquity.
 After 8 years in London Producing records, travelling , deejaying and  being a young dad, its only in 2004 that Alex has completed his first solo album under the Mustang moniker on Compost Records , just before returning to Switzerland.
After a little break of about 3 years, Alex came back with various productions for Rush hour, Planet E, Mule records and a weekly saturday night radio show on the Swiss national channel Couleur 3, plus a regular Club night  «  LillyGood Party ! «  inviting local and international djs
At the moment Alex is working on his new album and producing various singles for his label Visions Records, and with his brother Stephane they’ll be releasing a special serie of only vinyl singles of edits under the name of LillyGood Party !


Alex aim is to share good music to good people , spread  the good vibes , a have a good dance .

He’s the techno punk, the unboxable nomad: Berlin DJ, producer and label owner Alex Ridha, better known as BOYS NOIZE, made his DJ debut at the age of 15, taking a teenager´s love of house and techno to a global scale. Accolades have been bestowed by Rolling Stone, who named him one of the "Top 10 DJ's Who Rule The World" and Beatport, who elected him “Best Electronic Act” 3 years in a row. He´s rocked the world's biggest stages, lit up Coachella three times, took Lollapalooza by storm, and headlined festivals and clubs on every continent – from Berlin techno temple Berghain to Fuji Rock in Japan to Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires Festival in the woods of Wisconsin.

As an artist and producer, Ridha has created a sound and a vision that’s peerless, uncompromising, and enduring – respected in the scene, banging from underground to mainstream, it flies in the face of convention at every turn. He’s remixed Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, David Lynch, Feist and Nine Inch Nails, collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Erol Alkan, and Jarvis Cocker, worked on Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Special” and on the soundtrack for upcoming Oliver Stone’s Snowden, and released group projects with genius pianist Chilly Gonzales (Octave Minds), Skrillex (Dog Blood), and Mr. Oizo (Handbraekes). The list of names alone speak volumes about Ridha’s multifaceted approach.

Ridha is also the heart of Boysnoize Records, the label that he started back in 2005. Founded originally in order to retain his full artistic freedom while releasing his own music under Boys Noize, The Berlin-based anarchist collective —and it’s sub-label, BNR Trax— became a home for multidirectional quality electronic music and is responsible for more than 150 releases incl. Strictly Raw (2015), Out Of The Black (2012), Power (2009), Oi Oi Oi (2007) and Octave Minds (2014).

"... and the spinner will spin. and the bass will be thunder subterranean. and the river will rise as raindrops. from berlin. my favorite electronic house music in the world. immediate. throbbing." - Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)

“One of the most prolific and brilliant artists.” - Zane Lowe (Beats 1)

"BOYS NOIZE makes brilliant music. He doesn´t make a lot of music but when he makes it it´s always CLASS." - Annie Mac (BBC1)

"BOYS NOIZE is the only DJ who can play underground techno for 30,000 people." - 2MANYDJS / Soulwax



This dj-project has ended in 2023. 
Final set at Pukkelpop, closing Boiler Room. 
Switched to a new dj-project under my own name. Shared the sets here. Do follow my new soundcloud account if you like what you hear. 
Cheers, with love. Kim Mathijs

We think it’s time to start addressing Michael Midnight with ‘Your Highness’, because the absolute king of Pukkelpop’s Boiler Room has already rocked the festival over ten times! There’s no other artist that ever took the stage of the Belgian festival more often than he did. He closes the festival every year with a epic 3 hour closing set. He also played almost every popular festival in Belgium.

Musicwise, his trademark is being versatile. Michael takes you along muscled yet funky nocturnal voyages. Think of a house, electro and techno foundation and add it up with rave, breakbeats, baltimore club, uk bass and much more. The man perfectly knows how to heat up and eventually destroy the floor with his craftmanship and an ongoing thirst for quality music.

Turbo Recordings was founded by Tiga in Montreal back in 1998. In addition to launching his own career, the label has been integral in the success of acts like Chromeo, Gesaffelstein, Duke Dumont and most recently, ANNA & Charlotte de Witte. Core talent includes ZZT (Tiga's collaboration with Zombie Nation), Jori Hulkkonen, BETON, Clouds, Harvard Bass, Pilo, Shaded, Dimitri Veimar and a host of new young producers in genres ranging from pure techno, electro, and house to pop. The list of artists who have released music on the label is a veritable 'who's who' of top-level talent spanning a broad musical range, and this, along with a commitment to beautiful design, has earned the label respect in the industry and a cult following among fans. 

“We started out singing into plastic bags and shipping them to stores as quickly as possible. Later, we discovered that vinyl sounds way better when delivered by kayak. I learned so much the first few years…Now, as I look towards the future, I can envision music for poor people, sonic odors for the hearing impaired, even MP3s for women....Vroom, sucka!” says Tiga, the lyrical lampsman lighting the way down Dance Avenue.

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