Metropolis Present Day: Thee Album

1. Cycle Spin

2. Somekinda Special

3. Marine Mood

4. Metropolis

5. B4 Wuz Then

6. Submarine

7. Little Bloo

8. Footsteps Of Rage

9. Trippin On A Trip

10. Ano Th A Level

11. Thee Dawn

12. Submarine

Editorial Reviews

From URB Magazine
I’ve wanted to go off about Felix da Housecat for awhile now. I was perusing the story that ran in this very magazine last March, where we proclaimed his then-just released-in-America album Kittenz and thee Glitz a masterpiece. It’s so obvious — he should’ve been on the cover. The resonance of what he’s done in the past 12 months is rather miraculous. From the now-dreaded "electro-clash" to the fact that he got to remix Madonna’s James Bond theme, so much of what 2002 will be remembered by can be directly attributed to our man.

Basically, Felix has been producing this sort of New Romantic industrial techno since the late ’80s, and it’s just now getting out. So masterworks like these two monuments to his productivity over the past 10 years are just the beginning. Metropolis Present Day ? Thee Album! Is the sound of an acid-house Prince during the Purple One’s Controversy era — just check the minimal techno-funk of "Somekinda Special." "Marine Mood" sounds like a long-lost Duran Duran instrumental "night" version and "B4 Wuz Then" is pure sci-fi fantasy. And this was all recorded in 1995, thank you very much.

But it’s the Rocketmann project that really sets it off. All slowed-down space-age love songs, this album is definitely for the heads. Echoes of Moodymann permeate "Life-Form," while "Stardust" is lunar hip-hop. I bet there’s a big story or movie treatment that goes with this, and it would probably play like an update on the flick Liquid Sky. Brilliant.

Scott Sterling

Product Description
One of the few albums originally released on the Radikal Fear, Felix's early house imprint on[PIAS]. It is an intriguingly diverse album showcasing the groundbreaking production skills that had already made him an underground star in the DJ world. In addition to key singes "Metropolis" and "Footsteps of Rage!," the album also contains timeless tracks like "Somekinda Special" and "Marine Mood."

Tracks:

Cycle Spin
Somekinda Special
Marine Mood
Metropolis
B4 Wuz Then
Submarine
Little Bloo
Footsteps Of Rage
Trippin On A Trip
Ano Th A Level
Thee Dawn
Submarine

Album Description

One of the few albums originally released on the Radikal Fear, Felix's early house imprint on[PIAS]. It is an intriguingly diverse album showcasing the groundbreaking production skills that had already made him an underground star in the DJ world. In addition to key singes "Metropolis" and "Footsteps of Rage!," the album also contains timeless tracks like "Somekinda Special" and "Marine Mood."

Album Description

'As producer, DJ and remixer, Chicago's Felix da Housecat (aka Rocketmann, aka Thee Madkatt Chronicles aka Felix Stallings Jr.) has packed a lifetime's worth of music into a mere decade, dabbling in house, techno, Eurodisco-you name it-along the way.'-Mixer. Pias. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

all that glitz is gold.......2003-02-05

Metropolis Present Day? "Thee Album" was actually written, recorded, produced, and Mixed by Felix da Housecat back in 1995. I don't know the whole story but back then this type music was so far underground it seldom saw the light of day. Personally, I didn't catch up with this guy until he was cleverly disguised as Maddkatt Courtship and his futuristic read on electronic music circa 2011 on the I Know Electrikboy album in 1999. Next came the giddy up Kitten & Thee Glitz album in latter part of 2001. Both these album were so off the board and novel in their approach that they garnered unanimous praise and critical acclaim. Felix has always had a knack for a symbiotic blend of things retro, current, and futuristic. This keeps the sound fresh, alive, and so far left of predictability that you're continuously caught off guard. The fact that Metropolis Present Day has been resurrected can only be a beacon of light in those troubled waters of saturation. In the hurry to get more electronica to the market while the fire is still hot, we've been undulated with marginal artist and various compilations to the point of boredom and tears. Enter Felix da Housecat and his never-ending bag of tricks. He's a one-man band and circus wunderkind. You know you're in for something de' regular with the opening Cycle Spin. Some of the material presented here could be delegated to the soundtrack category - case point: Marine Mood, Submarine, Footsteps of Rage, Trippin On A Trip, and Thee Dawn. Think Boards of Canada meets Vangelis or Giorgio Moroder. Then there are the ballads - B 4 Wuz Then, Little Bloo (complete with guitar for a daunting mood swing) and Somekinda Special where Felix enunciates "you think you're special, well so do I" - as I do also. This album has more reverence today than yesterday, and then there's all tomorrow's parties.