Felix da Housecat <Club Cactus>

Just like a cat has nine lives, Felix da Housecat has probably experienced more than nine times what the average human experiences in a single lifetime, even though he can no longer remember large parts of it. As a child, the Chicago DJ/producer made the birth of house, wrote anthems for multiple eras of dance, remixed superstars like Madonna, Britney Spears and Nina Simone, and has been scouring the most glamorous clubs and events for four decades. Felix was picked up as a teenager by DJ Pierre and learned to DJ from Marshall Jefferson. In the nineties, he was one of the big names in the house world and made a crossover to techno with a Dave Clarke remix of one of his tracks. Despite his name, Felix da Housecat never fit into a single genre. When electroclash pushed through to the mainstream in the noughties, he was once again at the forefront of the genre and scored his biggest crossover hits 'Madame Hollywood' and 'Silver Screen Shower Scene' together with Miss Kittin. In the years that followed, Felix lived from party to party, with the necessary toll on his mental and physical health. The hard stop of Covid meant a period of re-centering and although his creative output never suffered from his party lifestyle, Felix da Housecat has been sharper and more focused than ever in recent years. Both in his productions and in his DJ sets, he is unrivaled. The funk, the plastic 80s atmosphere, the cinematic and song-based character of tracks and beneath all that the elementary and eternal house heartbeat of his hometown Chicago: no one hits the dance floor quite like Felix da Housecat.