Boys Noize released 7LLVSION on November 6, 2026 through his own ONES and ZEROS label, his first album in five years. German-Iraqi producer Alex Ridha packed 12 tracks with arp storms, punky drums and guest after guest, and the whole record feels built for a sweaty room at 3am.
The focus track for album day is “Ycore” with Emirati singer Mayah Alkhateri, which arrived with an official video directed by Enantios Dromos. Arabic vocals ride a coldwave bassline, shimmering guitar strums, a 150 bpm beat and melancholic sidechained saw pads. Ridha told The FADER he met Alkhateri through his old friend Sega Bodega, and it was his first attempt at anything Arabic.
“Ycore” sounds haunting, heavy, and strangely tender, and it sits next to some real chaos. “1+1+1” with ZEP and “Nächstenliebe” with Brutalismus 3000 set the album up as advance singles. Adame DJ brings Brazil in. Locked Club, Safety Trance and ABRA push it darker. TAICHU and Taube show up on “Shut It Down.” Every turn feels like a different corner of the same club.
Ridha made it during a huge year alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, playing across Nine Inch Nails‘ Peel It Back tour and co-producing nearly all of the TRON: Ares soundtrack. You can hear that scale in the low end. His goal was simple: he said he “should be able to play every song on the album in a live set without question.” The road ahead gives him plenty of chances, including two shows with Brutalismus 3000 at Echostage in Washington, DC on November 13 and Berghain in Berlin on December 18.
Boys Noize 2026-2027 Tour Dates – Tickets
Nov 13 – Washington, DC – Echostage
Nov 14 – Miami, FL – Factory Town
Nov 27 – Bangkok, TH – Together Festival
Nov 28 – Zhuhai, CN – VAC Festival
Dec 18 – Berlin, DE – Berghain
Dec 28 – Perth, AU – Radar Festival
Dec 30 – Hesse, AU – Beyond The Valley
Jan 1 – Sydney, AU – Field Day
Jan 1 – Melbourne, AU – Let Them Eat Cake
Jan 2 – Brisbane, AU – Radar Festival
Jan 26-31 – Miami to Harvest Caye, Belize – EDSea
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