Feenixpawl is an Australian

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duo composed of Aden Forté and Josh Soon, formed in 2003. Their fifth single, " In My Mind", peaked at No. 29 on the

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, it also spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the component chart, ARIA Club Tracks, and in 2013 was nominated for a

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for

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. In April 2015, Feenixpawl launched Eclypse Records in conjunction with

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. The first release from the label, Feenixpawl's "Ghosts" (featuring Melissa Ramsay), reached number 16 on the Billboard Dance Charts. In 2019, their

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collaboration with MaRLo, "Lighter than Air", the duo's first endeavour in the trance genre, won the ASOT Tune of the Year.

Biography

Aden Forté and Josh Soon are two DJs and record 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

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and Citylife, and for DD (ex-

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). 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

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. In February 2010, they remixed "Roots" by

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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

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's 1988 hit of the

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. 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

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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,

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, from dance music duo,

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, 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: * End of run on 7 May 2012: and also reached No. 1 on the iTunes Dance Charts. On the

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it peaked at No. 51. At the

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, in December 2012, the duo, Ivan Gough and Georgi Kay, won the ARIA award for Best Dance Release for "In My Mind". At the

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, Forté 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

, 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

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Discography

Extended plays

* 2011 ''Clockwerk / Xylophone'' eon Records

Singles

Remixes

* 2008

- "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

- "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

- "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

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- "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

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featuring Skylar Grey - "Room For Happiness"

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* 2012 Jono Fernandez featuring Twin Atoms - "Lights Are Fading" nelove* 2012 Adrian Lux featuring Dante - "Burning"

* 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

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- "Hold My Hand" tlantic Records* 2016 Nervo featuring Nicky Romero - "Let It Go"

* 2016 Rihanna - "Kiss It Better" ree* 2018

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- "Fire" ony Music* 2019 Midnight Kids featuring Klei - "Find Our Way" CA Records

Notes

^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

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(APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. ! , - ,

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, "In My Mind" – Feenixpawl & Ivan Gough featuring Georgi Kay (Aden Forte, Ivan Gough, Georgi Kay, Joshua Soon) , Dance Work of the Year , , , -

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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. , - ,

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, " In My Mind" by

and Feenixpawl featuring Georgi Kay , Best Dance Release , , -

References

External links

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