The collective volume and diversity of BOYS NOIZE has put him in high demand among artists seeking his proprietary sonic techniques and peerless production. Berlin’s world-renowned subterranean culture acts as a beacon for international stars who are willing to probe the margins for the innovative and unusual, and it is BOYS NOIZE´s studio where their fresh inspirations are transmuted into even fresher music with his expertise. Over the years, working relationships have flourished and production credits multiplied, including with such luminaries as LADY GAGA, FRANK OCEAN, A$AP ROCKY, BON IVER, MARK RONSON and FRANCIS & THE LIGHTS. And as an unrivaled remixer, BOYS NOIZE has been enlisted by DEPECHE MODE, RAMMSTEIN, DAFT PUNK and DAVID LYNCH, adding his signature to the work of artistic royalty. Even while personally embracing an outsider role, BOYS NOIZE finds his influence penetrating the center: 2020 was marked by a GRAMMY nomination for his collaboration with SKRILLEX and TY DOLLA $IGN “Midnight Hour” — an unlikely blend of late-night R&B, oldskool rave and hard house — while 2021 brought a GRAMMY win for LADY GAGA´s “Rain on Me,” feat. ARIANA GRANDE.
BOYS NOIZE’s +/- encapsulates a distillation of his career-to-date in waveform shape, where valleys of subterranean techno, industrial and jacking house transition into peaks of star-driven collaborations. Backed by the club adept’s battering beats and cloaked in deep, immersive textures, the songs, while rich, possess a mean bite—even +/-’s most melodic moments bare the sharpened teeth of BOYS NOIZE’s modular synthesis and processing; a new breakthrough for the gear lover.
Visual artist Eric Timothy Carlson, designer of BON IVER’s acclaimed 22 a Million, joined Alex in developing expansive illustrations and iconography for the album and all of its individual works. The artwork offers an esoteric key of glyphs and symbols, mapping the contradictory influences and emotions which served as the elements for an audio alchemy.
Through both image and sound, +/- surveys the anything-is-possible output of a distinguished techno producer freed from all confines, and the album is as much of an evolution for the genre as it is for BOYS NOIZE himself.
BOYS NOIZE +/- (POLARITY) TOUR 2022:
https://www.boysnoize.com/#tour
SAT 7.16 - BENICÁSSIM, ES @ FIB BENICÁSSIM
SAT 7.23 - ZURICH, CH @ HIVE
FRI 7.29 - FRANKFURT (ODER), GER @ HELENE BEACH FESTIVAL
THU 8.4 - TISNO, CR @ DEFECTED @ GARDEN TISNO
FRI 8.19 - TOKYO, JP @ SONICMANIA
SUN 8.21 - HASSELT, BE @ PUKKELPOP
FRI 8.26 - IBIZA, ES @ DEFECTED @ EDEN
SUN 8.28 - KIEL, GER @ FUNHOUSE FESTIVAL
SUN 09.11 - MONTREAL, CAN @ PIKNIC ELECTRONIK
FRI 09.16 - DALLAS, TX @ IT’LL DO
SAT 09.17 - HOUSTON, TX @ BAUHAUS
FRI 09.23 - SEATTLE, WA @ Q NIGHTCLUB
SAT 09.24 - PORTLAND, OR @ 45 EAST
SUN 09.25 - SAN DIEGO, CA @ TBD
FRI 09.30 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ AUDIO
SAT 10.01 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ SECRET LOCATION
FRI 10.07 - ATLANTA, GA @ DEF OFFLINE
SAT 10.08 - NEW YORK, BK @ SUPERIOR INGREDIENTS
BOYS NOIZE +/- (POLARITY) track listing out on Boysnoize Records:
01 Boys Noize - Close
02 Boys Noize & Kelsey Lu - Love & Validation + music video
03 Boys Noize - Girl Crush feat. Rico Nasty + music video
04 Boys Noize - Greenpoint
05 Boys Noize - Polarity feat. Ghost Culture
06 Boys Noize - XYXY
07 Boys Noize & Abra - Affection + music video
08 Boys Noize - All I Want feat. Jake Shears + music video
09 Boys Noize - Detune
10 Boys Noize - IU feat. Corbin
11 Boys Noize - Xpress Yourself
12 Boys Noize - Sperm
13 Boys Noize & Kelsey Lu - Ride Or Die feat. Chilly Gonzales + music video
14 Boys Noize - Nude feat. Tommy Cash + music video
15 Boys Noize - Act9 feat. Vinson