Rex the Dog
Rex the Dog (actually Jake Williams, * 1974 ) is a British producer of electronic music from London who also performs live.
Life
Jake Williams was already successful under the pseudonym JX from 1994 and was able to place himself in the charts with singles. Under the pseudonym Jake Williams 2004 remix work for came Depeche Mode , Client and The Prodigy to market and quickly formed a fan base. Who was hiding behind the pseudonym was unknown at the time. The music was distributed by the Cologne label Kompakt . On August 26, 2005, Rex the Dog appeared for the first time at the TOTAL 6 party as part of the c / o pop festival and thus revealed the secret of identity: It was about the London producer Jake Williams, who used to be singles under the name JX had issued. In 2005, new editions of Prototype and We Live in Daddy's Car were released for the market in their home country Great Britain, where the sound carriers were previously only available as imports. The Hundehaus label was founded specifically for this purpose .
Discography
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Albums
- 2008: The Rex The Dog Show
Singles
As JX
- 1994: Son Of A Gun
- 1995: You Belong To Me
- 1996: There's Nothing I Won't Do
- 1997: Close To Your Heart
- 2004: Restless
As Rex The Dog
- 2004: Prototype / We live in Daddy's Car
- 2004: Frequency / I Look Into Mid Air
- 2006: Maximize / Sequencer
- 2015: Sicko
- 2015: You Are A Blade
Remixes (selection)
- 2004: The Knife - Heartbeats
- 2004: Client - Radio
- 2004: Depeche Mode - Photographic
- 2004: The Prodigy - Girls
- 2005: Mylo - Drop The Pressure
- 2005: Soulwax - E Talking
- 2006: Röyksopp - Beautiful Day Without You
- 2006: The Knife - Marble House
- 2007: The Sounds - Tony The Beat
- 2009: Röyksopp - This Must Be It
Web links
- RextheDog.net - Official Website
- Jake Williams at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rex the Dog ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . rexthedog.net.
- ↑ Chart sources: UK
- ↑ a b Rex the Dog at Kompakt.fm . Retrieved March 2, 2016.
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SURNAME | Rex the Dog |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Williams, Jake (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British music producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |