Felix is a British producer and DJ. He is known for his hit singles "Don't You Want Me" and "It Will Make Me Crazy", and his underground house project "The Party Crashers".
Felix | |
|---|---|
 FELIX in Los Angeles 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Chelmsford, Essex, England |
| Genres | House, dance |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, DJ |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Life and career
editFelix was born in Chelmsford, Essex. His passion for music began early with a love of Soul & Funk from the "Street Sounds" compilations and the House Sound of Chicago. At the age of 15, after exploring a brief interest in Hip Hop, he decided to create his own music and began getting involved with DJing.[1]
After a handful of releases, Felix's 1992 track "Don't You Want Me" changed his career.[2] In an interview with AXS celebrating the track's 23 year release, Felix said he "was working a 9-to-5 job when the song first came out. It was just such a massive, massive hit. It caught a lot of people off guard and it changed [his] life completely because [he] jumped into it full-time... making music, then touring, DJing, and producing."[2] The track, which sampled Jomanda's "Don't You Want My Love" (remixed by Rollo and Red Jerry), went to number one on the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. It also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992.[3] A remix of the song,"Don't You Want Me: Pugilist Mix", formed the soundtrack to the 1996 TV commercial for Blackcurrant Tango. "Don't You Want Me" was also sampled by David Guetta and Snoop Dogg on their collaboration "Wet" in 2011.
Writing in 2000, music historian Colin Larkin commented that Felix "represented something of an enigma – never talking to the press or appearing in his videos. He even took the stage at the DMC awards sporting a lion suit. However, his anonymity was not helped by the massive success of singles like 'Don't You Want Me' and 'It Will Make Me Crazy', which sold nearly two million copies between them worldwide. Both predicted the rise of trance and hard house."[4]
"Don't You Want Me" was sampled by Meck in 2007, to provide the majority of the music for his single, "Feels Like Home". In 2008, Madonna used elements of Meck's version during "Like a Prayer" on the Sticky & Sweet Tour.
Other UK charting singles for Felix included "It Will Make Me Crazy" and "Stars".[3]
"Don't You Want Me 2015" was released on Armada Music on 13 April 2015 and included five new mixes: "Classic", "Turbo", "Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike", "Atjazz Club" and "Brodanse Bass Hall".[2]
In 2015, Felix launched his new label "DANCE FX" and all sales from his release of "Reaching for the top" were donated to the David Lynch Foundation.[5]
Felix is currently working on new releases, but is also enjoying his time with his family.[1]
Discography
editAlbums
editSingles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3][6] |
AUS [7] |
AUT [8] |
BEL (FLA) [13] |
EUR [14] |
FIN [15] |
GER [9] |
IRE [16] |
NED [10] |
NOR [17] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] | ||||
| 1992 | "Don't You Want Me" | 6 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | #1 | |
| "It Will Make Me Crazy" | 11 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | — | 6 | 3 | |||
| 1993 | "Stars" | 29 | 100 | — | 31 | 63 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fastslow/It's Me" (promotional only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "Get Down" (promotional only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |
| 1995 | "Don't You Want Me" (Patric Prins remix) | 10 | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Don't You Want Me" ('96 Pugilist mix) | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "Reaching for the Top" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "Give You My Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "Golden" feat. SJae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "Nothin More I Need" feat. Brendan Reilly | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "Boom, Boom, Boom" (with Rrotik) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "F*ck That (Keep It Real)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "Fuego Hot" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018 | "Don't You Want Me" (Robert Feelgood & Luca DeBonaire Remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "Panic Mode" (with Salvador Santana) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Nonato, Pedro. "Dance Music 101: DJ Felix". Rio Music Conference. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Foster, Allen. "FELIX releases celebratory remix bundle of historic 'Don't You Want Me'". axs.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 197. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). "Felix". The Virgin Encyclopaedia of Nineties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 154. ISBN 0-7535 0427 8.
- ^ "ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: FELIX RELEASES NEW TRACK TO SUPPORT DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION". magneticmag.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Official Charts > Felix". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Felix in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 102.
- #1: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 13 September 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ a b "austriancharts.at > Felix in der Österreichischen Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b German chart peaks:
- "Don't You Want Me": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Felix – Don't You Want Me (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- "It Will Make Me Crazy": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Felix – It Will Make Me Crazy (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- #1: "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Felix – #1 (album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b "dutchcharts.nl > Felix in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b "swedishcharts.com > Felix in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b "hitparade.ch > Felix in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Ultratop (Vlaanderen) > Felix in Ultratop Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ Eurochart Hot 100 chart peaks:
- "Don't You Want Me": "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 46. 14 November 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- "It Will Make Me Crazy": "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 3. 16 January 1993. p. 15. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- "Stars": "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 24. 12 June 1993. p. 19. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for Felix (from irishcharts.ie)". Fireball Media. Retrieved 16 August 2016 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com > Felix in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Certifications Albums Argent - année 1992". Disque en France. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Felix)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
External links
edit- Discography Archived 5 November 2002 at the Wayback Machine at franken.de
- Felix discography at Discogs
- Felix Facebook Fan Page
- Official Website