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Nettwerk | This is Felix Da Housecat’s 10th album, it is also his electronic pop record. “Whereas Kittenz & The Glitz was straight up electro, He Was King is straight Felix Da Housecat pop with a nice electronic feel.” Packed with club smashes like ‘KickDrum’ and future synth-pop classics such as ‘We All Wanna Be Prince’ and ‘Spank You Very Much’, He Was King is arguably his most concise, complete work since Kittenz & The Glitz ripped up the electro rulebook back in 2001.
 
But right now, Felix is all about the present and 2009 is a big year for Felix Stallings.
Those close to him know that he’s had a tumultuous couple of years but ‘09 promises to be his best yet, both professionally and personally. He Was King is for the heart and floor; the new album sees a more fresh, focused Felix return to the fray with a better mindset, stronger songs and a desire to take on the world again.

He Was King is a title that leaves nothing to the imagination – and the record inside is a stately sixty-minute adventure in electro-stereo. ‘We All Wanna Be Prince’ is pure perfection – indeed, it’s his best since ‘Ready To Wear’ and a record only Stallings could concoct. The song is great because it sounds so simple: but the creation was canny to say the least – and they took their cue from Rogers Nelson himself. “Like Prince, we slowed my voice down, recorded me half speed through the computer and then sped me up. I sang it slow like ‘Erotic City’ and we were cracking up. Then I played [guest singer] Nesh some Wendy and Lisa and I brought her in and out of the track. It was a joke but then when the track was done, we realized we really had something!”
 
Nesh, it transpires, is Felix’s secret weapon. “I met Nesh through Dallas two years ago,” he explains.  “She was in a girl band called Red, they were a knock off of the Spice Girls. They toured with Alexander O’Neal and Bryan Adams. She was doing law when we met…” They’ve been inseparable since. “Every album I try to do it different, I wanted a dreamy side to it… like a Wendy and Lisa. I wanted to bring a high-pitched dreamy voice to it - the higher the pitch, the more twisted and campy the album would be. And we were just hanging out – and then I said – let’s try this out. I needed a female voice and I learned in my career, every time I work with females, the songs come out more successful.”

From ‘We All Wanna Be Prince’ to the straight up sexy ‘Plastik Fantastik’ to the Quentin Tarantino style live bass, live guitar and spooky keyboard of ‘Turn Me On A Summer Smile,’ He Was King  is a very personal effort that displays Felix Da Housecats musical talent coming full circle.

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