In anticipation of his first-ever live 23-date U.S. tour presented by HARD, Berlin‘s BOYS NOIZE shares a video which shows a glimpse of the so-called “The Trail Of Rave” currently happening in Europe. See the live video, filmed and edited by Sodakat, HERE via Vice’s Noisey.
On BOYS NOIZE‘s third album OUT OF THE BLACK, released last month via his own label Boysnoize Records, Alexander Ridha returns with his most proud and critically acclaimed work to date. (download album HERE for review only).
Some standout tracks on the album are the singles “What You Want,” “XTC,” “Reality” and album closer “Got It,” featuring Snoop Dogg who called the track “Classic Snoop ishh” sounding. On “Ich R U,” BOYS NOIZE shows his funky, future-disco, robotic side or as he explains it, “‘Ich R U’” is probably the most melodic one on my new album. If you know some of my tracks like ‘Yeah,’ ‘Jeffer’ or ‘Shine Shine’ …it has that sort of vibe. It surprises me that friends or fans sometimes prefer the melodic or softer stuff I do, especially on my remixes and I think ‘Ich R U’ is obviously more of a softer one–but it’s still super funky and Disco6000. Again, it has robot vocals, which I prefer to the human one, haha…” See the Patrick Jean & Sebastien Loghman-directed video for “Ich R U” HERE.
HARD Presents: BOYS NOIZE LIVE – OUT OF THE BLACK TOUR 2012 tour dates are as follows:
| DATE | CITY | VENUE | |
| Fri | 11/23 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Revolution* |
| Sat | 11/24 | Orlando, FL | House of Blues* |
| Wed | 11/28 | Washington, DC | Fillmore* |
| Fri | 11/30 | New York, NY | Roseland Ballroom* |
| Sat | 12/1 | Philadelphia, PA | TLA* |
| Sun | 12/2 | Boston, MA | House of Blues* |
| Mon | 12/3 | South Burlington, VT | Higher Ground Ballroom |
| Thu | 12/6 | Montreal, QC | Telus Theatre* |
| Fri | 12/7 | Toronto, ON | Sound Academy* |
| Sat | 12/8 | Chicago, IL | Aragon* |
| Sun | 12/9 | Maplewood, MN | Myth |
| Mon | 12/10 | St. Louis, MO | Pageant* |
| Tue | 12/11 | Seattle. WA | Neptune |
| Wed | 12/12 | Vancouver, BC | Venue |
| Thu | 12/13 | Portland, OR | Roseland Theater |
| Fri | 12/14 | Oakland, CA | Fox Theatre* |
| Sat | 12/15 | Los Angeles, CA | Palladium* |
| Sun | 12/16 | San Diego, CA | House of Blues* |
| Mon | 12/17 | El Paso, TX | Buchanan’s |
| Tue | 12/18 | Denver, CO | Fillmore* |
| Wed | 12/19 | Austin, TX | Kingdom |
| Thu | 12/20 | Dallas, TX | House of Blues* |
| Fri | 12/21 | Houston, TX | House of Blues* |
LIVE (*) and DJ Dates
http://www.boysnoize.com/dates
The track listing for OUT OF THE BLACK is:
| 1. What You Want |
| 2. XTC |
| 3. Missile |
| 4. Ich R U |
| 5. Rocky 2 |
| 6. Circus Full Of Clowns feat. GIZZLE |
| 7. Conchord feat. Siriusmo |
| 8. Touch It |
| 9. Reality |
| 10. Merlin |
| 11. Stop |
| 12. Got It feat. Snoop Dogg |
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/out-of-the-black/id560640596
Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/out-of-the-black/972163