Six years since his last material, Felix Da Housecat returns here with new album VIRGO BLAKTRO & THE MOVIE DISCO, the record that feels like the disco classic he has always been threatening to unleash.

The kind of pulsating synth-funk that you wish Prince was still capable of producing, LIKE SOMETHING 4 PORNO!, is an early highlight from Chicago house mainstay Felix Da Housecat, immediately ticking all the right boxes marked sexy, vital and fun. A pulsing slice of pop fuelled sensual disco that acts like the seventies never passed, LIKE SOMETHING 4 PORNO! makes the Scissor Sisters look like library attending prudes, a sexually charged electronic pulse bomb that finds delicious female vocals skating silkily over all manner of electronic fits and starts, seventies disco wah wah breaks and burrowing beats.

Its in this vein of music that Felix Da Housecat remains for most of VIRGO BLAKTRO & THE MOVIE DISCO, songs such as MOVIEDISCO, RADIO and IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, tracks that keep things firmly stuck on the dancefloor, strutting their stuff somewhere slap bang between Basement Jaxx, Scissor Sisters and Prince. IT'S YOUR MOVE sounds like a vocodered up update on the Bee Gees, all disco flares, funky guitar chops and super slinky beats whilst on TWEAK, Felix Da Housecat gets back to his Chicago electro roots with a throbbing slice of banging house that demands you turn the bass all the way up to eleven. NIGHT TRIPPERZ is another disco slaying monster while closer FUTURE CALLS THE DAWN is an epic mix of vocoders, synth riffs and massive beats sure to bring the house down.

Proof that Felix Da Housecat is back to reclaim his place as dancefloor dominating house superstar, VIRGO BLAKTRO & THE MOVIE DISCO is an essential sounding call to arms absolutely brimming with slinky synth-funk designed to slay the dancefloors.

Second-wave Chicago house impresario Felix Da Housecat entered the elite via his recordings (as himself, Thee Maddkatt Courtship, Aphrohead, Sharkimaxx) as well as his ownership of Radikal Fear Records, one of the premiere Chicago labels of the 1990s. An introduction to Chicago legend DJ Pierre during the mid-'80s gave the 15-year-old Felix Stallings, Jr. the kickstart he wanted, and with some help from Pierre, he produced his first single "Phantasy Girl" in 1987.

His parents discouraged his growing club lifestyle, however, and after high-school graduation Stallings left the scene entirely to attend Alabama State College. Over the course of a few years, he lost all interest in house music, though his girlfriend got him back into it. After calling DJ Pierre (who had moved to New York's Strictly Rhythm label), Felix began mixing and producing again. By 1992, he had a hit with the single "Thee Dawn" on Guerilla Records. His popularity soared in Europe, and the following year's "By Dawn's Early Light" and "Thee Industry Made Me Do It" cemented his reputation.

Not long after Stallings formed Radikal Fear Records, the label became one of the top house imprints in the world, thanks to releases from Mike Dunn, DJ Sneak, and Armando as well as Felix himself. During 1995, he released his debut full-length Alone in the Dark (as Thee Maddkatt Courtship) on Deep Distraxion. Hot on its heels came the label collection Radikal Fear: The Chicago All Stars and a Housecat DJ album titled Clashbackk Compilation Mix. Another production LP, Metropolis Present Day? Thee Album, followed in 1998. One year later, Stallings appeared extra busy; in addition to his first album as Aphrohead, he also released another Maddkatt Courtship LP, the highly praised I Know Elektrikboy. 2001 saw the release of Kittenz and Thee Glitz, a highly praised LP that helped him gain mainstream exposure through articles in glossy magazines across the globe -- not to mention remix work for the likes of Madonna and Kylie Minogue. The proper follow-up, Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever, didn't arrive until well over two years later, but Stallings put together a pair of mix albums (2002's Excursions and 2003's A Bugged Out Mix) during the intervening years. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Written by John Bush

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