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In 2000, when Cartal was 13 years old and attending New Westminster Secondary School, he joined a band called Dysfunctional playing bass in the punk and hardcore scene, they were named after a sticker they had found. The young band gained quite a following in Northern Vancouver and after releasing a couple of punk album they eventually decided to split. However in 2006 they reformed into a more progressive, The Mars Volta/Pink Floyd-inspired group named Orange Orange however this was also short lived as after they released their first album they broke up. Whilst being involved with these bands Cartal was experimenting with Reason and Cubase, he became inspired by similarities of atmosphere and energy between the dance and punk scenes and started to develop a way to incorporate these into a new genre.
After enrolling at the University of British Columbia (where he majored in English), Cartal started producing his own dance tracks. He set the blogosphere alight in 2006 when he collaborated with early supporters MSTRKRFT with original tracks such as 'Moss vs. Tree' and 'Parisienne'. In the UK Cartal signed with a booking agent and started playing weekend shows across Britain and Europe. Incredibly his third ever show was opening for Justice in front of 4,000 people so when he returned home to his native Canada he had become an underground star.
Despite a smaller number of albums, is actual discography is huge as he has been continuously creating and mixing music and releasing it as EPs throughout his career. He has also remixed music by some of the most famous artists including The Killers, Britney Spears and The All American Rejects.
Live reviews
Electronic music is an increasingly popular trend in Canada, and it could be said that Felix Cartal is something of a trendsetter in the industry. Since releasing his debut EP in 2009, he has gone on to release Popular Music, and also Different Faces, both very successful albums. He has gained much notice and credit from his collaborations with alternative vocalists, such as Sebastian Grainger.
The world tour with Wolfgang Gartner was simply incredible. Cartal had guest vocalists to sing on his tracks, he had an epic lighting design, there were holograms, and the performance aesthetics were mind blowing. On top of this, his insane talent mixing, DJing, and performance was such a showcase of talent.
He opened the set with No Sleep, with a guest vocalist singing whilst he was mixing, synthing, and just being generally awesome! He had the whole audience on his side, and was calling out and encouraging everyone to join in. The whole dome was dancing up and down, and everyone was so into the set. He played for over 2 hours, but it few by! Next tour – make sure you get down, you really won’t regret it.
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