Da Cat Is In The House. Felix Da Housecat That Is |
Saturday, Feb. 22 at Avaland, Avalon Hollywood the legendary Felix Da Housecat takes over the decks.
Over the course of 20 years his determination and willingness to re-invent himself have led him to a point that has now included a Grammy nomination, remix work for artists such as Madonna, Garbage, New Order and Giorgio Moroder; to DJ gigs at the worlds most prestigious music festivals. In 1997, Felix released the import-only I Know Electrikboy by Thee Maddkat Courtship, an album that despite its limited release, earned Felix reams of fawning press. That same year he played Switzerland and met Miss Kittin and Dave the Hustler. "We got along great and went into the studio and got all silly," Felix explains. The realization of their silliness was one of the most influential dance music releases of the past decade. Nobody expected it," says Felix of Kittenz & Thee Glitz's meteoric success, but it just took off." Its Moroder-indebted beats, funky synth lines, and insouciant L.A.-meets-Eurotrash vocals captured a moment in time when, after a period of political turmoil, people simply craved "endless pleasure in a limousine." In addition to adoring reviews in The New York Times and Rolling Stone, Kittenz won album of the year honors from Muzik Magazine and Dancestar USA. Post-Kittenz, Felix has become one of the most sought after remixers and producers on the planet reinterpreting songs by everyone from the Pet Shop Boys to Kylie Minogue to Nina Simone. In 2003 he was nominated for Grammy Award for his mix of Rinoceroses Lost Love," released two mix albums entitled Excursions and Bugged Out and began working with artists like P-Diddy, who were eager to tap his prodigious production skills. With all that said, one inevitable question remains, where did the name "Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever come from? Felix being Felix, has an answer for everything: Devin Dazzle is a character fascinated by the nightlife," he says "Every time he sees neon lights he gets the fever. But Dazzle has a friend named Neon Fever whos a bad influence on him and is everything opposite of Devin. So, might this be an autobiographical album? Its something personal he says, and Im not gonna tell. |

















