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Where
to begin? This one really starts in 1986 with a fifteen year old Felix Stallings
Jr. in a studio with DJ Pierre finishing off Pierre's Phantasy Club's classic
track "Phantasy Girl". A whole lot has happened since then. As
Felix Da Houscat, Aphrohead, Thee Glitz, and Thee Maddkatt Courtship he
has ran the gamut from pioneering the "Wild Pitch" sound with
Roy Davis Jr. and DJ Pierre to the numerous techno classics on the labels
of the world and 80's pop-drenched vocal material for which he is known
all over the globe. Tracks on labels like Touche, Freetown, Guerilla, Bush,
Global Cuts, Reload, Sex Trax, Emotive, Djax, Manifesto, Deep Distraction,
ffrr/London, Soma, Nervous, Strictly Rhythm, Power Music, and his own imprints
Thee Black Label, Radikal Fear, and, of course Clashbackk have shaped a
style that is ALL Felix's. Tracks like "(Thee Lite) In The Dark We
Live", "Cosmic Pop", "Submarine", "My Life
Music", "Thee Morning After", "Strobe", "Thee
Chaos Engine", and "Thee Dawn" have all established this
cat's sound. His remixes for Pet Shop Boys, Phuture, Elegia, Harrison Crump,
Giorgio Moroder, Black Science Orchestra, X-Press 2, Kylie Minogue, and
Diana Ross have been cained incessantly on systems throughout the world.
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Fresh
off the success of the electro-synth masterpiece 'Kittenz & Thee Glitz',
which landed him as SPIN magazine's Top Dj for 2002, Felix resurrects
his underground alter ego, Aphrohead, for this new full length release,
Thee Underground Made Me Do It. With a mixture of straightforward house,
sly electro, and percussive techno, Felix has created a release for the
purists. Featuring the hit singles, 'Cry Baby' and 'Kazoo', The Underground
Made Me Do It has already topped play lists from world renown djs Carl
Cox, Roger Sanchez, Dj Dan, Juan Atkins, Mark Farina, Derrick Carter,
and Terry Mullan, as well as landing licencing deals around the world
for everything from a Hula-Hoop commercial to top selling mix cds from
Moonshine, Ohm, BMG, Cream, and Bugged Out.
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