Feenixpawl

Feenixpawl is an Australian house music duo composed of Aden Forte and Josh Soon, formed in 2003. Their fifth single, " In My Mind", peaked at No. 29 on the ARIA Singles Chart, it also spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the component chart, ARIA Club Tracks, and in 2013 was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. In April 2015, Feenixpawl launched Eclypse Records in conjunction with Wind-Up Records. The first release from the label, Feenixpawl's "Ghosts" (featuring Melissa Ramsay), reached number 16 on the Billboard Dance Charts. In 2019, their Trance collaboration with MaRLo, "Lighter than Air", the duo's first endeavour in the trance genre, won the ASOT Tune of the Year.

Biography

Aden Forte and Josh Soon are two DJs and producers; they began collaborating in 2003 as Feenixpawl in Melbourne. In 2005 they provided a bootleg remix of All Saints' track, "Pure Shores" and were discovered by music identity Joel Alpha in 2006 which was the main reason for their global success.

In 2006, they began a DJ residency with a touring brand and club night, Onelove, with which they travelled across Australia. In 2008 the duo signed their first record deal with Sony BMG/ Onelove Music Group, providing remixes for Kaz James and Citylife, and for DD (ex- Disco Montego).

On 22 August 2009, Feenixpawl released their first single, "Calypso", which was remixed by Kid Massive, Sebastian Morxx and The Sargents. The Kid Massive version peaked at No. 37 on the ARIA Club Tracks. Feenixpawl also remixed other artists: Former Child Stars, Carl Kennedy, Jason Herd, Ben Macklin and Goldfish.

In February 2010, they remixed "Roots" by Ali Payami for Kid Massive's Audio Damage label. In June that year they released their remix for The Nervo Twins entitled "This Kind of Love" for Onelove Records. In November 2010 they provided a remix for a track by Danny Freakazoid and Matt Caseli, "Sign Your Name", which borrowed heavily from Terence Trent D'Arby's 1988 hit of the same name. The remix version was released through Axtone and Neon Records.

On 26 March 2011, Feenixpawl issued their second single, "Seasons", which was remixed by Syke N Sugastarr, Ben Morris and Venuto, Bobby Vena and Nick Galea. "Seasons" spent 14 weeks in the ARIA Club Charts Top 50 and peaked at No. 7.

In April 2011, they released their EP, ''Clockwerk / Xylophone'', with Neon Records. By mid-2011 the duo produced a bootleg of the Adele track, "Rolling in the Deep" which gained international recognition.

In January 2012, Feenixpawl's fifth single, "In My Mind", was released on Axtone Records. It is a collaboration with producer, Ivan Gough, from dance music duo, TV Rock, and featured the singer, Georgi Kay. "In My Mind" peaked at No. 29 on the ARIA Singles Chart, it spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the ARIA Club Tracks,"In My Mind" at No. 1 on ARIA Club Tracks;
* Start of run on 27 February 2012:
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and also reached No. 1 on the iTunes Dance Charts. On the Dutch Singles Chart it peaked at No. 51.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, in December 2012, the duo, Ivan Gough and Georgi Kay, won the ARIA award for Best Dance Release for "In My Mind". At the APRA Music Awards of 2013, Forte and Soon won Dance Work of the Year for that track, which was shared with fellow songwriters, Gough and Kay.

In April 2015, the duo helped launch the EDM imprint of Wind-Up Records, Eclypse Records. The label's first release, Feenixpawl's "Ghosts" (featuring Melissa Ramsay), reached number 16 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Since then Feenixpawl has released the originals "Blue Sky" (with Jason Forté featuring Mary Jane Smith) and "Everything I Needed" (with Strange Talk).

Discography

Extended plays

* 2011 ''Clockwerk / Xylophone'' eon Records

Singles

Remixes

* 2008 Kaz James - "We Hold On" JM* 2008 Citylife featuring DD - "San Francisco" nelove* 2009 Former Child Stars - "Safe in Silence" ndependent* 2009 Herd and Macklin - "Greenlight" nelove* 2009 Carl Kennedy - "Elephant & Castle" nelove* 2009 Felix Baumgartner, Juan Kidd - "Now You're Gone" nelove* 2009 Angger Dimas - "Duck Army" icious* 2009 Sebastian Morxx, Lethal Obsession - "Funky Analog" ig Mama's House Records* 2009 Goldfish - "This Is How It Goes" entral Station Records* 2009 Goldfish - "Fort Knox" entral Station Records* 2009 The Sargents - "Amphibian" licia Music* 2009 Carl Kennedy - "RocknRolla" nelove* 2010 Chris Kaye - "Don't Give Up" entral Station Records* 2010 Ali Payami - "Roots" udiodamage Records* 2010 NERVO - "This Kind of Love" nelove* 2010 Venuto - "Love" nelove* 2010 Beats and Styles - "Friend" nelove* 2010 Ben Morris and Venuto - "Give It Up" nelove* 2010 Matt Caseli and Danny Freakazoid - "Sign Your Name" eon Records* 2011 Bobby Vena and JRJ - "Til There Was You" eon Records* 2011 Ben Morris, Venuto and Timmy Trumpet - "Endriago" eon Records* 2011 Silver Sneakerz - "Make You Move" ussle Recordings* 2011 Fabian Gray - "When U Fall" eon Records* 2011 Midnite Sleeze - "Lose Control" ousesession Records* 2011 Dion Mavath - "Salvador" 2G Productions* 2011 Q45 and Frankie Charles - "You Know" am Jam* 2012 Kaskade featuring Skylar Grey - "Room For Happiness" ltra* 2012 Jono Fernandez featuring Twin Atoms - "Lights Are Fading" nelove* 2012 Adrian Lux featuring Dante - "Burning" ltra* 2012 Grant Smillie and Walden featuring Zoe Badwi - "A Million Lights" eon Records* 2013 John Dahlback featuring Agnes - "Life (Diamonds In The Dark)" ig Beat Records* 2013 Strange Talk - "Falling In Love" ony* 2013 Jetski Safari - "Like A Lie" entral Station* 2013 Marco V featuring Maruja Retana - "Waiting For The End" n Charge (Be Yourself* 2014 Jacqui Lee - "Broken Ones" tlantic Records* 2015 Jess Glynne - "Hold My Hand" tlantic Records* 2016 Nervo featuring Nicky Romero - "Let It Go" ltra* 2016 Rihanna - "Kiss It Better" ree* 2018 Peking Duk - "Fire" ony Music* 2019 Midnight Kids featuring Klei - "Find Our Way" CA Records

Notes

1. ^ARIA Club Tracks charting for:
   * "Calypso"
   * "Seasons"
   * "In My Mind"
   * "Universe"
   * "Hear Me"
   

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.

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ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

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References

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APRA Award winners
ARIA Award winners
Australian DJs
DJs from Melbourne
Australian house musicians
Progressive house musicians
Electronic dance music DJs