Million record sales seventy nine and over a billion streams on Spotify Felix Yan is a top class d. J. This is how we shot to fame. Certainly knows how to get the crowd going only in his mid twentys hes one of germanys most successful musicians. Ive always had a vision in mind it was my dream to become a famous d. J. And i knew that the only way to achieve that was by producing my own tracks not just playing other people. But. In hamburg felix has been producing tracks for some time such as the single cool still he didnt release his long awaited album until early twenty. Three years after his debut hit. It took me so long because i needed to grow into the role of a producer whos capable of producing an entire album you know i just started making music on my laptop and all of a sudden i was making hits that really raised the bar and made for pretty High Expectations i needed time to find my own sound too. And that sound is called tropical house his first. Album is a collection of twenty five tracks some previously released singles as well as new songs created between his d. J. Sets all over the world on planes in taxis and Recording Studios in london los angeles and copenhagen he wanted an album with a harmonious concept. People have their say when it comes to making a single singers the Record CompanyManagement Team you get tons of feedback and everyones thinking ok which single could be released next which is the right song but with an album i can just do what i like most. Calix games career began with Classical Music he learned to play violin at the age of six by the time he was eighteen he was deejaying in london clubs his International Breakthrough came at the age of twenty with his version of cheer leader a song by jamaican singer. Steadily conquered the planet topping the charts in the u. S. And twenty other countries the original was less successful. Than the song. This song was already a hit in jamaica but pretty are known in the rest of the world even after i remakes the release date but no one really listened to it for about six months but somehow it just reached the consumers it got to number one on spotify in sweden without any Marketing Campaign or Record Company people just decided they liked it and put it on their Playlist Center to their friends posted on facebook and stuff and gradually it got more and more popular. Just next single became another worldwide hit. Cover version of the eightys classic aint nobody sold around two and a half million times. And set up the project called. F. With german pop singer marc forster and their debut single reached number one in germany. Everything the young star touches turns to later stage at the lower end of the charts. Matters most to me is that i feel good about what i do in this case my music i want to produce songs im proud of that i think are musically great and i want to share with people when they get to number one or not doesnt matter much. Whether his songs topped the charts or not his. Ticket. Already has future plans. And all slow down on the touring at five or ten years i can imagine spending more time in the studio supporting younger artists concentrating on songwriting and production or maybe running a record label or even managing other artists. Management. That sounds more like a business plan. But whoever wants to succeed in todays music Business Needs to be business savvy. Like c. N. N. Is a master of tropical but the single hot to touch proves he can do funk to this collaboration with us singer alex io know and british producer hype storm the charts and for European Countries enjoy the video. Lol. Glad. To. See a. Glimpse. Asia today europe tomorrow then its off to the americas d. J. Felix yan has fans to see all over the world what is typical routine for a gig which type of equipment does he use does he still get stage fright lets find out. Its time for a phoenix yeah its his job to stir the fans into a frenzy d. J. s like him can command a six figure sum for just one set. Time to freshen up at the hotel before his. Felix knew fairly early that he wanted to be a d. J. Here for the present teenager i started playing tracks at birthday parties at first i just connected my phone to the loud speakers and realised that i like deciding what tunes to play i always wanted to be the host of the party making sure people had a great time. Thats how i really started d. J. I did my first gigs in clubs in northern germany at the age of fifteen i graduated from high school i was seventeen then i really focused one hundred percent on my d. J. This is a president. Thats pretty much all i take on stage with me my headphones look even says felix his headphones and two u. S. B. Sticks so i can Start Playing tracks any time i always carry a spare pair of headphones in my suitcase that means im always ready to go. To you just before. Now its time for that performance. Good. Feelings in this video and the film in the meantime felix again has become a business brand. There are so many things happening around that and im involved in all the details sometimes i wonder whether out a chill more maybe im overdoing it a bit. This is. Going to do hi rose from the says and second job like this is that. Now hes arriving at the summer sound festival. Thank you i wasnt i was a i think that nowadays different kinds of people are successful with music due to the internet. And when they were a lot younger now when i look at my colleagues theyre all in their early twentys and its all because of the internet that we can upload our music do our own marketing and share our music was good music always prevails. But you know i always get stage fright no matter how small or large the show is especially today this is lafayette ive never played her before she just tearing down the house right now its only a fifteen minute change over and im the closer so anyone who doesnt like me can just go home thats whats on my mind before a show does either get to get whatever. The. Today set lasts for seventy five minutes felix again plays a mix of chart hits hip hop beats and lots of songs shes produced himself. Time for some after show mingling with the crowd. You know sometimes used to just i think its crucial to give some time and some love back to the fans who follow me and make such a huge effort to be here which would. Last takes the fun songs they know all the lyrics and sing along great party theyre in a great mood they forget about their everyday problems its a wonderful moment i love to share. Nobody a cover of the eightys hit by u. S. Band rufus featuring chaka khan was remarks by felix here now british you tube star Jasmine Thompson sings the vocals the song has hit platinum twenty seven times giving him his Second International hit. Live. Plus. This job is a. Lot of. Love. Shots around. Shot. Please. Stay tuned for more felix this installment of pop export extras. The d. J. s at major festivals all over the world but he lives in his small hometown in eastern germany. I. I. Think. He grew up on the baltic coast and. This is where he still feels at home with his family. And always when i come back home after traveling to all these huge metropolitan cities from this crazy lifestyle from all this important overstimulation i can just kick back and theres nothing around here you can just gaze the fields its just gorgeous peace and quiet that i need to recharge my batteries. In the spring of twenty eighteen felix yen revealed that hes attracted to men as well as women in an interview for the weekly newspaper the d. J. Described himself as bisexual and said he dreams of finding the person he can share his life with whether thats a man or woman. Who has been endorsing. Twenty six teams posing for the german car brand in brochures and visiting the team at a motor racing event in austin texas. Even took the wheel himself for a commercial. The public feel it was pretty similar to the private lives because im not trying to give the beach all come up with the result that i want to be im just going to music that i love. And hasnt disclosed how much he earns through advertising only the powerful cars are part of his life and that he likes listening to Classical Music for relaxation while driving. The whole world of pop music on one Facebook Page d w music check out your favorite stars and the latest from the scene. Jive with us into the pop universe and follow us on facebook to see their your music. Felix game has had a lot of great collaboration with singers in two thousand and sixteen he invited finnish pop singer mia team in to take the microphone for the truck bomb fire which even went platinum. The music video was filmed in bulgaria and its hot stuff. Now. Just. Reaching number one in the u. S. Charts was something no german acts had managed in twenty seven years. And did it with his remakes of cheerleader in two thousand and fifteen conquered the charts of the worlds biggest music market heres the story behind the song. Of course. A song. Is on the setlist. The song was commissioned in twenty fourteen. Of course i was really pleased when the request came through i was amazed that such a large Record Company would get in touch with me. I really liked the song i thought it had a lot of potential a lot of people dont know the original its a reggae pop tune from two thousand and twelve. Pop tune was. At first. When i told them hey. Just the vocals i sped it up quite a lot over twenty beats per minute faster and then i built a new track the remix around that. But fixed. I was at the pool when my phone rang and it was felix saying hey how about it and im like sure ill be home soon anyway ill see what i can do i sat down at home listen to the song played it through twice and was pretty much done. So what was originally a reggae song became a tropical house track. Was the studio people imagine theres a huge studio and thousands of coproducers but i just fed it all into my computer and mixed it myself with the trackpad and faders that was it actually for the mastering i went to the Record Company. And that was a huge honor getting to do the remakes back then but it wasnt planned to be such a huge breakthrough. Single has sold eight Million Units so far doesnt a hit like that put him under some pressure. However manage another number one in the us that be especially if it were entirely my own song i keep trying. To. Have now produced a track together its called masterpiece but it was a flop in the charts it seems success is not that easy to repeat. Because we love it so much heres the cheerleader for felix doesnt appear in it instead we get to meet the original singer who also became world famous after the remakes was released by for now and see you next time. I. Think they. Are not. Going to find all these. Years. To let me. Come regaling you feel. Me. Think the. New cd is me. To write. A. Book. Ok. Move. The ball. From the bottom. To the bed because. The be. Expressive and provocative african all night so identity culture and. Scofield the ball some story coming from the ball gallery the. Special ops twenty one african dog to sleep. In thirty minutes on the. Board more or. Anxiously waiting. For him. I fly into syria. Good morning where are you why dont you answer. Every call brings them closer together. But it hurts because they feel powerless to help. They worry about the ones theyve left. 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