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Ridha was born and grew up in Hamburg, Germany. Between the ages of six and fourteen, he practiced piano and drums. At the latter age, he began to purchase records and produced music with programs. At sixteen, he started to produce in a studio with a colleague who would later be known as D.I.M. He taught Ridha engineering over the next five years. When he became 21 years of age, Ridha moved to Berlin. Under the name Boys Noize, he has released records on French label Kitsuné Music, Tiga’s Turbo Records label, and on DJ Hell’s International DeeJay Gigolo Records. He has also remixed tracks for Tiga, Para One, Feist, Kreeps and Depeche Mode, as well as popular remixes of British indie anthems “Banquet” by Bloc Party and “Everyday I Love You Less and Less” by Kaiser Chiefs. Boys Noize’s tracks and remixes are played by DJs such as Erol Alkan, SebastiAn, 2 Many DJ’s, Meaty Pan, Tiga and Justice. Alex Ridha has also released EPs under the names 909d1sco and Kid Alex. Boys Noize released his debut album “Oi Oi Oi” in September 2007. The first single from the album is titled “Don’t Believe The Hype”, and features two remixes by Surkin. Boys Noize’s track entitled “& Down” has also been featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the Electro-choc and PLR radio station, and was also used as a sample for Estelle’s single American Boy. 

Basement Freaks project started in 2005 by George Fotiadis a self-taught multi-instrumentalist from Thessaloniki/Greece. Debut cd album “Urban Jungle”released by Music Kitchen records a label based in Thessaloniki/Greece.7/06 The album got positive feedback from some great producersin the scene such as:Stereo Mcs & Kraak n Smaak.
Remixing various artists like Chris Joss/Rephrase/Ed Royalnowed, the Basement Freaks sound gets in the map of the global underground Funky Breakbeat scene. Feedback comes warmer this time from producers like : A.Skillz, Flow Dynamics, A.G.F.A, Smoove, Q Dup Foundation, Fort Knox Five,Valique who support the Basement Freaks tunes! The 1st E.P vinyl released by “South City Recordings” a label from Atlanda/U.S.A in Oct07.
Late 2007 Basement Freaks meets Quasamodo to collaborate on the track Move Sucka released in Feb 08 and very fast become one of the bestseller Breakbeat vinyls at Juno & FatCity online record shops. Goodgroove reaches out to the Greek funksters Basement Freaks and Quasamodo who bring an explosive driving breaks track ‘Move Sucker’. The track then goes stateside for a re-rub from the ‘All Good Funk Alliance’ who create a classic dark edge dancefloor monster.