Andre Williams, better known as Shy FX, is a British DJ and producer from London. He specialises in

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and jungle music.

Biography

Shy FX's debut record was "Jungle Love", released in 1992 on the Permission to Dance label. Soon after, he signed to Sound of the Underground Records (often abbreviated as S.O.U.R.) and in 1994 released the breakthrough ragga jungle track " Original Nuttah" (featuring vocals from MC UK Apachi) which helped to cement his position as a mainstay producer of the jungle/drum & bass scene. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with T Power, both as Ebony Dubsters and Shy FX and T Power; their 2001 breakthrough track " Shake Ur Body" with vocalist Di (real name Dianne Joseph) was a number 7 hit in the

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. Released on EMI subsidiary

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, it gained widespread support from both club and commercial radio DJs and helped to further popularise drum & bass as a mainstream music genre. The success of "Shake Ur Body" was followed by the duo's album ''Set It Off'', released in 2002 on

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's label FFRR. Several EPs and single releases followed; by 2005, Shy FX had made the decision to consolidate his releases onto his own label and founded Digital Soundboy Recordings. In collaboration with T Power, they subsequently released the album ''Diary of a Digital Sound Boy'' on 17 October 2005, featuring the songs "Feelings", "On the Run" and "Plastic Soul". Shy FX and T Power also released "Don't Wanna Know" featuring Di and

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. The song was notably used on the UK television programme ''Soccer AM'' as part of the 'Skills Skool' feature. Shy FX produced "Da Feelin" for

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's 2007 album, '' Maths + English''. He also produced "Can't Tek No More" on Dizzee Rascal's 2009 album, '' Tongue N' Cheek''. His remix of

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, Wiley and

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's song " Never Be Your Woman" was released as the single rather than the original mix. Shy's remix charted at number eight on the

. He remixed "She Said", a number 3 UK chart single by Plan B. His remix was released on both the "She Said" single and on the deluxe edition of Plan B's '' The Defamation of Strickland Banks''. More recently, he produced "Raver" featuring Kano, Donae'o and Roses Gabor, plus the UK artist Yasmin's first single, "On My Own". He announced that his album, ''Larger Than Life'', was originally scheduled for a 2011 release but has since been renamed ''Cornerstone'' but did not have a fixed release date. Williams also produced Yasmin's third single " Light Up (The World)", which features Ms. Dynamite. It peaked at No. 50 in the UK Singles Chart. DJ Fresh's single "

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" was re-released, with the Shy FX Re-Edit as a single, on 2 December 2012. The extended play includes multiple new remixes. In 2013, he released a single called " Soon Come" featuring Liam Bailey, famous for his collaboration with

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on their track "

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The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2013. He also released the single "Cloud 9" in 2013, a collaboration with Ms. Dynamite. In August 2014, Shy FX remixed the title track from London Grammar's debut album, ''

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''. For 2014's

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, David Rodigan and MC Rage to form the soundsystem 'Rebel Sound'. They went on to win the clash, defeating fellow crews

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, Boy Better Know and

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Digital Soundboy label

Williams and T Power (Marc Royal) started the Digital Soundboy label in 2005, initially releasing their own material but quickly expanding to include the artists Visionary,

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and Breakage. The label subsequently grew its genre coverage to the point where its discography includes electro, drum and bass, jungle,

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and UK funky releases from dozens of artists. All releases are observable as being in Digital Soundboy's "house style", as is the case with most drum and bass and dubstep labels. Noted dubstep producers Skream, Benga and Caspa have all released tracks on DSB, as have drum and bass and dubstep crossover artists Breakage, Calibre,

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and Redlight (a.k.a. DJ Clipz). The label ended in December 2015.

Selected discography

References

External links

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