Jake Williams

JX was a British dance project by DJ and remixer Jake Williams, who now records as Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a recording contract with Hooj Choons, a United Kingdom dance independent record label.

Chart success

JX was a successful project, selling in excess of 500,000 copies of popular and anthemic dance tracks.^{[citation needed]} Chart entry tracks included "Son Of A Gun" (1994), which gave him his first Top 20 entry at #13 in the UK Singles Chart, "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (1996), which was his biggest hit, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart, "You Belong To Me" (1995) (#17) and most recently "Restless", which charted at #22 in 2004.^[1]

Remixes

JX also provided remixes for 1990s tracks, including "Call It Love" (1994), "I Love Saturday" (1994) and "U Girls" (1994).

Discography

Studio albums

2008 Rex The Dog - The Rex The Dog Show - UK Dance Albums Chart #38^[2]

Singles

1994 "Son of a Gun" UK #13
1995 "You Belong to Me" feat. Shena UK #17
1995 "Son of a Gun" Re-issue UK #6
1996 "There's Nothing I Won't Do" feat. Shena UK #4
1997 "Close to Your Heart" UK #18
2002 "You Belong to Me 2002"
2004 "Restless" UK #22

As Rex The Dog

2004 "Prototype"
2004 "Frequency"
2006 "Maximize"
2007 "Circulate"
2008 "Bubblicious"
2008 "I Can See You, Can You See Me?"

^[1]

Remixes

As JX

1994 Blast - "Princes of the Night"
1994 Dco2 - "Do What You Feel"
1994 Deuce - "Call It Love" (J-X Kissy Kissy Mix)
1994 Erasure - "I Love Saturday"
1995 Head-On - "I Want Your Love"
1994 Nush - "U Girls"
1994 Royal T - "Coming Back for More"
1994 2wo Third3 - "Hear Me Calling"
1995 Andronicus - "Make You Whole "
2002 Labelle - "Looking in Your Eyes"
2003 Royal T - "Baby Don't Cha Leave Me This Way "

As Mekka

1999 Planet Perfecto - "Bullet in the Gun"
1999 Technique - "Sun Is Shining"
2001 Jan Johnston - "Silent Words"

As Rex the Dog

2004 Client - "Radio"
2004 Depeche Mode - "Photographic"
2004 The Knife - "Heartbeats"
2004 The Prodigy - "Girls"
2005 Mylo - "Drop the Pressure"
2005 Soulwax - "E Talking"
2006 The Knife - "Marble House"
2006 Röyksopp - "Beautiful Day Without You"
2007 The Sounds - "Tony the Beat"
2008 Robyn- "Who's That Girl"
2008 Goldfrapp - "Happiness" (Unreleased)
2009 Fever Ray - "Triangle Walks"

References

Discogs biography

^ ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 273. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "The Official UK Dance Charts for the week ending 20 September 2008". ChartsPlus (369). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 12. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Rex The Dog homepage

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 273. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[ChartsPlus_2008-09-20_DA-2] "The Official UK Dance Charts for the week ending 20 September 2008". ChartsPlus (369). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 12. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[1]

[2]