Felix Joseph
Felix Joseph | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Felix Joseph Quine |
| Origin | Brighton, England |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | weare333 |
Felix Joseph (born Felix Joseph Quine) is an English producer and songwriter based in London. His music is influenced by elements of R&B, Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul and Blues.
Career
Felix Joseph began his career in music whilst still in his teens, working as an assistant engineer with the iconic British Ska band Madness.
Moving to London at the age of 20, he began making beats for emerging Hip-Hop artists, including Benny Banks [1]. In 2013 he was introduced to Brighton-based soul singer Elli Ingram. He produced her first EP Sober, which brought her to the attention of Island Records, who she signed with in 2014. He went on to exec-produce The Doghouse EP and her debut album Love You Really[2] [3].
In 2015 he produced Perfect Ruin and Cheating on Me on the debut album Love + War of London based Soul singer Kwabs (Atlantic/WMG), which received 5 Stars and was named album of the week by Andy Gill at The Independent.[4][5][6] He went on to produce Take My Heart for BRIT-award nominated singer Birdie on her Gold-awarded 3rd album Beautiful Lies.[7][8][9] 2017 saw him co-write and produce Herside story by GoldLink feat. Hare Squead, which appeared on GoldLink’s 3rd Mixtape At What Cost.[10]
During 2018 he began working with BRIT-award winner Jorja Smith[11] and MOBO-award winner Mahalia [12]. He co-wrote and produced Wandering Romance on Smith’s debut album Lost & Found [13]. Wandering Romance was sampled by AJ Tracey on his platinum Single Ladbroke Grove [14]. After co-writing and producing Surprise Me on Mahalia’s 2018 EP Seasons [15], he went on to co-write and exec-produce her BRIT-award nominated and MOBO award- winning album Love And Compromise [16], working alongside Ella Mai, Burna Boy, Pop Wansel, DJ Dahi, Terrace Martin, Math Times Joy or Lucky Daye[17]. The album includes the Single 'What You Did' feat. Ella Mai, gained him his first BMI London Award in 2021 [18].
In 2020 Pa Salieu released his debut Album Send Them to Coventry, which he exec-produced [19]. The project, which includes the Single “Energy” feat. Mahalia, which he co-wrote and co-produced, gained him his first Ivor Novello Awards nominations in 2021, for Best Contemporary Song for 'Energy' and Best Album for 'Send Them To Conventry' [20].
Discography
Songwriting and production credits
Executive produced Albums
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Energy" (feat. Mahalia) |
2020 | Pa Salieu | Send Them to Coventry | Co-writer & Co-producer | Pa Salieu, Mahalia Burkmar, Alastair O'Donnell, Kwes Darko | AOD, Kwes Darko, Sillkey |
| “Informa" (feat. M1llionz) |
Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, Sillkey, Miguel Cunningham | AOD, Sillkey | ||||
| “Block Boy" | Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, Sillkey | AOD, Kwes Darko | ||||
| “B***K" | Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, Kwes Darko | AOD, Kwes Darko | ||||
| “No Warnin'" (feat. Boy Boy) |
Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, Erron Williams | AOD | ||||
| "Betty" | Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, David Sylvian, Jon Hassell | AOD, BKAY | ||||
| "More Paper" (feat. Eight9FLY) |
Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, Emmanuel Isong | AOD | ||||
| "Active" (feat. Ni Santora, Lz Dinero, Stizee, Shakavellie) |
Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, Lz Dinero, NI Santora, Shakavellie, Stizee | AOD | ||||
| “T.T.M" | Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell | AOD | ||||
| “What You did" (feat. Ella Mai) |
2019 | Mahalia | Love and Compromise | Co-writer | Andrew “Pop” Wansel, Mahalia, Ella Mai, James Roberts, Norman Jesse Whitfield | - |
| "Simmer" (feat. Burna Boy) |
Co-writer & Co-producer | Mahalia, Wayne Hector, Damini Ogulu, Jeremy Alexander Harding, Jonah Christian, Kojey Radical | Jonah Christian | |||
| "Good Company" (feat. Terrace Martin) |
Co-writer & Co-producer | Mahalia, Terrace Martin, Kevin Roosevelt Moore II | K. Roosevelt, Terrace Martin | |||
| "What Am I?" | Co-writer | Mahalia, Sam Dew, Sounwave | - | |||
| "Regular People" (feat. Hamzaa & Lucky Daye) |
Co-writer & Co-producer | Mahalia, Lucky Daye, Dustin DAB Bowie, Alastair O'Donnell, Dan Diggas, Jonny Lattimer, Malika Hamzaa | DJ Dahi | |||
| "Karma" (feat. Hamzaa & Lucky Daye) |
Co-writer & Co-producer | Mahalia, Dan Diggas, Jonny Lattimer, Nathaniel J Warner | Dan Diggas | |||
| "He's Mine" | Co-writer & Co-producer | Mahalia, Alastair O'Donnell, Aston Rudi, Jonny Lattimer | Jonah Christian | |||
| "Do Not Disturb" | Co-writer & Producer | Mahalia, Alastair O'Donnell, Dan Diggas, Jonny Lattimer | - | |||
| "Richie" | Co-writer & Co-producer | Mahalia, Alastair O'Donnell, Sounwave, Sam Dew | Sounwave | |||
| "Consistency" | Co-writer & Producer | Mahalia, Nathaniel J Warner | - | |||
| "Square 1" | Co-writer & Co-producer | Mahalia, Alastair O'Donnell, Aston Rudi, Nathaniel J Warner, Dan Diggas | Dan Diggas |
Singles
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Remembering My Dreams" | 2021 | Griff | One Foot in Front of the Other | Co-writer & Co-producer | Alastair O'Donnell, Sarah Faith Griffiths | AOD, Griff |
| "Cross My Mind" | 2021 | Olivia Dean | Co-producer | - | Barney Lister | |
| “Boys Will Be Boys" | 2021 | CASisDEAD | Boys Will Be Boys | Co-writer & Producer | CASisDEAD, Hal Ritson | - |
| “Infinite Straight" | 2021 | tendai | - | Co-writer & Co-producer | Alastair O'Donnell, Dora Jarkowski, tendai | tendai |
| "Bang Out" | 2020 | Pa Salieu | Betty / Bang Out | Co-writer & Co-producer | Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, David Sylvian, Bryan Kabangele | AOD, BKAY |
| “B1llionz" | 2020 | M1llionz | - | Co-writer | Alastair O'Donnell, Aston Rudi, BKAY, Bryan Kabengele, Jonny Lattimer, M1llionz, Mahalia Burkmar | - |
| "The Hardest Part" | 2020 | Olivia Dean | - | Co-producer | - | Bastian Langebæk |
| "Echo" | Producer | - | ||||
| "Haze" (feat. Sam Wise) |
2020 | Jesse James Solomon | - | Co-writer | Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, Sam Wise, Jesse James Solomon | AOD |
| "SGSY" | 2020 | Oklou | - | Co-writer & Co-producer | Marylou Mayniel | Oklou |
| "Wandering Romance" | 2019 | Jorja Smith | Lost & Found | Co-writer & Producer | Jorja Smith, Michael Stafford | - |
| "Ladbroke Grove" | 2019 | AJ Tracey | AJ Tracey | Writer | - | - |
| "One Way" (feat. Skepta, Jesse James Solomon) |
2018 | Suspect OTB | - | Co-writer | Pa Salieu, Alastair O'Donnell, David Sylvian, Jon Hassell | AOD |
| "Under the Sun" (feat. kadiata) |
2018 | Jesse James Solomon | Strata | Co-writer & Producer | Jesse James Solomon, kadiata | - |
| "Elixir" (feat. Obongjayar, Wiki) |
2018 | Jesse James Solomon | - | Co-writer | Patrick Morales | - |
| "Herside Story" (feat. Hare Squead) |
2017 | GoldLink | At What Cost | Co-writer & Co-producer | D'Anthony Carlos, Henoc Cucuba, Jessy Kalala, Tony Lomena | Hare Squead |
| "Take My Heart" | 2016 | Birdy | Beautiful Lies | Co-producer | - | Birdy |
| "Perfect Ruin" | 2015 | Kwabs | Love + War | Producer | - | - |
References
- ↑ "Benny Banks -15. Rockstar Ft. Femii Thai - Produced by Felix Joseph". YouTube. Google. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ↑ "Sober by Elli Ingram on Amazon". Amazon.co.uk. Amazon. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ Jenkins, Hannah. "Tuesday's Tunes: Elli Ingram's "Love You Really" Is Epic R&B Goodness". Girls Are Awesome. Girls Are Awesome APS. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "Perfect Ruin". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "Cheating On Me". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ Gill, Andy. "Kwabs, Love + War - Album review: Slow and steady has proved the right way to go". Independent. Independent Digital News & Media Ltd. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "BRIT Awards 2014: The full list of winners and nominees". Official Charts. www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "Take my Heart". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ BPI. "Award - bpi". BPI. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ Jayasuriya, Mehan. "GoldLink: At What Cost Album Review". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ↑ BRITs. "Jorja Smith wins 2018 Critics' Choice!". BRITs. BRIT Awards Limited. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ BBC News. "Mahalia and Nines win big at MOBOs 2020". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ Genius. "Jorja Smith – Wandering Romance Lyrics". Genius. Genius Media Group Inc. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ New Wave Mag. "'AJ Tracey' Album Review". New Wave Mag. New Wave Magazine. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ "Surprise Me". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ "Mahalia Launches Debut Album 'Love & Compromise'". Clash Magazine. Clash Magazine Limited. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ "Spotify – LOVE AND COMPROMISE". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ "2021 BMI London Awards". BMI. BMI. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ Dunn, Frankie. "Pa Salieu fills us in on his debut mixtape Send Them To Coventry". I-D.Vice. I-D MAGAZINE. Retrieved 21 December 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Paine, Andre. "Ivors nominees revealed including Dave, Harry Styles, Ashnikko, Pa Salieu, Arlo Parks, Celeste, MNEK". Future Plc. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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