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Boys Noize Announces First Solo Album in Five Years, ‘7LLVSION’

Boys Noize returns with ‘7LLVSION,’ his first solo album since 2021’s ‘Mayday,’ due November 6. The single ‘1+1+1’ with Zep is out now, and a US tour opens this week.

Boys Noize Announces First Album in Five Years, ‘7LLVSION’
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Boys Noize will release his first solo album in five years, 7LLVSION, on November 6. The announcement follows the producer's acclaimed collaboration with Nine Inch Nails earlier this year.

Alex Ridha, the Berlin-born producer behind the Boys Noize name, has shared the album's first single ahead of the release. “1+1+1” features Dutch singer Zep and, according to the announcement, works as a dance genre-hopping ode to ever-expanding guest lists.

7LLVSION marks Ridha's first solo LP since Mayday, which he released in 2021. The five years between albums were anything but quiet. Ridha worked with Lady Gaga on “Rain on Me,” Bon Iver, and A$AP Rocky. He also formed the duo Dog Blood with Skrillex.

The Nine Inch Nails connection proved especially fruitful. Ridha served as the guest act on the band's Peel It Back Tour, and the pairing grew into the remix album Nine Inch Noize. The two acts also performed a pair of celebrated Coachella sets together.

The new album stacks its own guest list. Beyond Zep, 7LLVSION features appearances by Brutalismus 3000, Taichu, Maya Alkhatari, and Abra. The album is available to presave now.

Ridha has also moved into film work. He scored the upcoming Halsey-starring movie Replacer.

Live dates follow the announcement. The tour opens this week with a Dog Blood gig at Portola in San Francisco on September 26, followed by the festival's official after party the same night.

The routing runs through the American Southwest, Mexico, and Florida. Ridha plays CRSSD Fest and its CRSSD After Dark counterpart in San Diego on September 27, then picks up again on October 30 at Gold Bar Hangar in Alameda. November dates include Obsidian in Phoenix on November 6 — the album's release day — Ultra Music Festival in Mexico City on November 7, EDC Orlando on November 8, and Factory Town in Miami on November 14.

With a remix album, a Nine Inch Nails touring partnership, film scoring, and now a solo LP all in one stretch, Ridha enters the November 6 release with the widest collaborative reach of his career.

Original: lnk.to

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