Interview with Felix the housecat - Its all about the music

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Felix Da housecat, si kucing rumah ini disebut sebut sebagai gelombang kedua yang membesarkan Chicago House. Dia juga dikenal orang dengan nama lain seperti Aphrohead, Thee Maddkatt, Sharkimaxx, Virgo Blaktro dan Electrikboy. Dia punya hubungan khusus dengan produser hip hop terkenal, P Diddy, dulu sempat menelurkan single bersama dan kadang berduet dalam beberapa penampilan umum. Felix juga terkenal karena remixnya yang cukup banyak dipakai khususnya di industri video games. Raja pop elektronik ini pernah punya album yang menembus nomer 8 di US dance chart pada tahun 2004. Sampai saat ini dia sudah menelurkan lebih dari 13 album. Ravelex berkesempatan untuk mewawancarai dia sesaat setelah dia main di  Gatecrasher Global Gathering Ancol.

RVLX : Hi Felix, how are you doing mate?

FELIX : I'm good man, how are you doing?

RVLX :I'm good, thanks, so how do you feel, what do you think of Indonesian crowd after playing for 2 hours?

FELIX :  I just want you guys to hear the music, just put me anywhere and I play anywhere you know, because at the end of the day, it's about the music, it's not about which stage I wannabe on, so I went to the other stage, look at the people, they love me!

RVLX : What do you think of the Indonesian crowd itself?

FELIX : They were so nice to me, they stood there, like this *felix showing some good dance* and when I said Motherfucker make some noise they were like AAAAAaaaah, I love that!

RVLX : Tell me more about yourself, how did you end up being a DJ?

FELIX : I never wanted to be a DJ, I always am a producer, I went to England in 1991, and a friend of mine told me "Felix you gotta start DJ" I said "man, why should I pay all the people's records, while I can make a records" he said " you have to do this" and he was right, because he said "if you could spread your song, you could spread your word, you could spread positivity, you could spread Chicago, the underground" you know what I'm saying, and that what made me do it, and it came to a point where I never liked it, I always like to make music, but when I see people like tonight, they are smiling and so happy, this makes me appreciated.

RVLX :How would you describe your music?

FELIX : I just say it's electronic music, because there are so many categories..
I think it's just electronic music, it's all over the board, it's just electronic, it's not house, it's not electro, it's not minimal, trance, it's just electronic music, we use electronic to breathe, we breathe with synthesizer, so to me it's like electronic music, I'm all over the board, I love music.

RVLX : I heard that you're pretty closed with P diddy, can you please tell us more about it?

FELIX : I don't know if he's gonna release another album, but I respect him because he did electronic in 2001, and now almost everybody are doing it, so he saw the future.

RVLX : Your remix became a soundtrack for games, and it also appeared as a soundtrack for Entourage and the Sopranos, what do you think of a remix song becomes more popular than the original music?

FELIX : That's a good question, there's nothing like the original, but if the remix can spread the word, it's cool, as long as the remix is good, but if the remix is shit, don't spread the word, take the original, love it, learn it, live it, but if the remix did a bad job, I don't wanna hear it, great answer isn't it? Hahaha

RVLX : I heard that sasha won a grammy nominee for the remix of your song, what came across your mind when you heard about it?

FELIX : Owww, Sasha!! I love his remix, wow, that's like I love him

RVLX : Can u give one word to describe it?

FELIX : Wow, nomination?? Sasha?? Remix?? Chicago?? Sasha, you're the motherfucker man, he did a great job!!

RVLX : I heard you played in playboy mansion is it true?

FELIX : Wowww hell yeah, but hugh hefner got all the women. He came to me, and said "yow yow yow, look what I got" and it was not fine. All the girls were with him, I went there twice no one knew felix da housecat noone knew me

RVLX : Your music became soundtracks, do you think that's a sign for a dance music becoming main stream?

FELIX : Dance music is always steps out, dance music never gets the credits as it deserves, because it's a music that people go away and "high" , to release themselves in the underground, it would never get the credit, it's very underground, just like a gay movement! If you understand what I'm saying, now it becomes a bit mainstream but it would never get what it deserves, but I'm happy because it's always be in underground, if it goes mainstream, it's like the fuckin new wave, new wave became so big, and at one point it disappeared, dance music will become popular, and it won't disappear, it's just go back to the underground, and I'm happy with that, I don't want people go too crazy about it because I love the underground scene, I love the dance music, I don't want it goes to a point where it disappear, because at the end, people always like to dance

RVLX : Any closing statement?

FELIX : Thank you Indonesia, I'm a virgin, I had a good time, and I would love to play in the club and inject you with all my electronic music, thank you for having me, I am a virgin, my buxom, my cherry, it's true hahahahahahahahhahaha

Interviewer : Archicco G
Thanks to BLADE indonesia for the opportunity...