JX (artist)

JX (artist)

Infobox musical artist
Name = JX


Img_capt =
Background = group_or_band
Alias = Jake Williams, Oblik, Rex the Dog, Mekka
Origin = flagicon|England
Genre = Dance
Years_active = 1990–present
Associated_acts = Planet Perfecto
Label =
URL =
Current_members = Jake Williams
Past_members =

JX was a British dance project, which found success in 1993 following a deal struck with Hooj Choons, a UK dance record label. The project was the work of Jake Williams, a DJ and remixer who remains actively involved in dance music and other projects. He currently produces original material as well as remixes under the moniker 'Rex the Dog'.

Chart success

JX was a successful project, selling in excess of 500,000 copies of popular and anthemic dance tracks. Particularly successful tracks included "Son Of A Gun" (1994), which gave him his first Top 20 entry at #13 in the UK, "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (1996), which was his biggest hit, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart, "You Belong To Me" (1995) made #17 in the singles chart, and most recently "Restless", which charted on the UK Singles Chart at #22 in 2004.

Various presses were released on formats appropriate to the buying public, enthusiasts and DJs.

Remixes

JX also provided remixes for other popular tracks of the 1990s, including "Call It Love" (1994), "I Love Saturday" (1994) and "U Girls" (1994).

Discography

tudio albums

* 2008 Rex The Dog - "The Rex The Dog Show" - UK Dance Albums Chart #38cite journal
title = The Official UK Dance Charts for the week ending 20 September 2008
journal = ChartsPlus
issue = 369
pages= 12
accessdate = 2008-09-17
publisher = IQ Ware Ltd
location = Milton Keynes]

ingles

* 1994 "Son of a Gun" UK #13
* 1995 "You Belong to Me" feat. Shena UK #17
* 1995 "Son of a Gun" Re-issue UK #6
* 1996 "There's Nothing I Won't Do" feat. Shena UK #4
* 1997 "Close to Your Heart" UK #18
* 2002 "You Belong to Me 2002"
* 2004 "Restless" UK #22As Rex The Dog
* 2008 "I Can See You, Can You See Me?"

Remixes

As JX

* 1994 Blast - "Princes of the Night"
* 1994 Dco2 - "Do What You Feel"
* 1994 Deuce - "Call It Love" (J-X Kissy Kissy Mix)
* 1994 Erasure - "I Love Saturday"
* 1995 Head-On - "I Want Your Love"
* 1994 Nush - "U Girls"
* 1994 Royal T - "Coming Back for More"
* 1994 2wo Third3 - "Hear Me Calling"
* 1995 Andronicus - "Make You Whole "
* 2002 Labelle - "Looking in Your Eyes"
* 2003 Royal T - "Baby Don't Cha Leave Me This Way "

As Mekka
* 1999 Planet Perfecto - "Bullet in the Gun"
* 1999 Technique - "Sun Is Shining"
* 2001 Jan Johnston - "Silent Words"

As Rex the Dog
* 2004 Client - "Radio"
* 2004 Depeche Mode - "Photographic"
* 2004 The Knife - "Heartbeats"
* 2004 The Prodigy - "Girls"
* 2005 Mylo - "Drop the Pressure"
* 2005 Soulwax - "E Talking"
* 2006 The Knife - "Marble House"
* 2006 Röyksopp - "Beautiful Day Without You"
* 2007 The Sounds - "Tony the Beat"
* 2008 Robyn- "Who's That Girl"
* 2008 Goldfrapp - "Happiness" (Unreleased)

References

* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/JX Discogs biography]

External links

* [http://www.rexthedog.net/ Rex The Dog homepage]


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