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FELIX CARTALClient BiographyFELIX CARTAL Biography 2012 marks an important year for FELIX
CARTAL, as the first single off his sophomore album has demonstrated,
his sound has matured into simply put: memorable music. This single, titled, "Don't Turn On The Lights",
featuring a vocal from Ultra Music
topliner Polina, has already
garnered support from MTV, BPM (Sirius XM) and Muchmusic,
who have all added the video and song into heavy rotation. Not wanting to slow down, CARTAL maintains an aggressive release
schedule leading up to the drop date of his sophomore LP DIFFERENT FACES on Steve
Aoki's Dim Mak Records in late March
2012. The 2nd single, "Domo" (out
Feb 7th), taps into aggressive
sounds and Japanese pop culture, whereas the 3rd single "Black To White" (out March
6th and featuring Miss Palmer),
falls back onto the pop influences of the first single. Branded with cute
girls, b&w photography and red balloons, the concept for the album is
strong, consistent, memorable. Growing up in Vancouver, FELIX's initial mark on the dance scene was with his debut EP in 2009 titled 'Skeleton.' Steve Aoki
and MSTRKRFT were some of the
earliest supporters of CARTAL's
sound, and he released his debut LP 'Popular
Music' on Aoki's label, Dim Mak
Records. The record featured several big tunes such as, "Love" which was featured on the I LOVE TECHNO 2010 compilation, 'World Class Driver,' which
startled the internet with the video's shocking take on seniors amongst the
drug scene, and 'Volcano'
which featured vocals from an unlikely collab of Johnny Whitney from post-hardcore stars The Blood Brothers. In 2011 FELIX progressed
his sound with a surprise hit "The Joker,"
which found its way into the sets of anyone from Benny Benassi to Diplo
to Laidback Luke. Transcending across
all scenes of dance music, this tune was remixed by the likes of John Dahlback and Clouds (TURBO), and
helped push FELIX into both the American and European festival circuit, seeing him on stages at EDC, Tomorrowland and the mainstage of Electric Zoo. After that full year of
relentless touring, CARTAL returns
to what he loves to do, which is create full albums, and DIFFERENT FACES does not disappoint. A balance of
instrumental and vocal tracks keeps the record interesting and energetic.
Enlisting the vocals of Sebastien
Grainger of DFA1979 and Maja Ivarsson of The Sounds, CARTAL continues
his trend of collaborating with unpredictable vocalists in the dance scene. The
product sounds effortless though, a mix of different ideas, made for different
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