Felix Da Housecat, Jamie Principle, Vince Lawrence are The 312 on Crosstown Rebels “Touch Your Body”

Felix Da Housecat, Jamie Principle, Vince Lawrence are The 312 on Crosstown Rebels “Touch Your Body”

Crosstown Rebels curate an A-star team of pioneers and legends for the labels next release ‘Touch Your Body’ by way of Felix Da Housecat, Jamie Principle and Vince Lawrence aka The 312 with two invigorating remixes from Moodymann to be released 24th June.

With a career spanning more than 30 years Felix Da Housecat now brings us his latest venture as producer of The 312 project. One of house music’s most recognisable voices Jamie Principle alongside another true Chicago house music innovator, Vince Lawrence and Detroit Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann is “the coming together of three of house music’s legends” label boss Damian Lazarus explains and “was always going to produce something special, in ‘Touch Your Body’ we have nothing short of an all time classic. Add to that incredible remixes from Moodymann and the dream release is complete for Crosstown.”

Felix Da Housecat explains how “growing up on south side of Chicago I was a huge fan of Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle. Vince Lawrence was over at Chicago Trax and was the blueprint A&R and catalyst there signing anything hot.” “Frankie’s passing woke me up. I wanted to go back where it all began and work with the originators.” “I called Vince and said I need your mind, guidance and your studio and all of us in one room to bring that spirit back in my soul. I told him we had Jamie Principle and the rest I guess is history. I wanted Crosstown for the project as I felt Damian was the only guy worthy and would understand and treat this project right. House Music needs this right now.. So here we are.”

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FELIX DA HOUSECAT, JAMIE PRINCIPLE, VINCE LAWRENCE AKA THE 312 – TOUCH YOUR BODY (CROSSTOWN REBELS)

Crosstown Rebels assemble an A-star team of pioneers and legends for the next mammoth release on the label. ‘Touch Your Body’ comes courtesy of Felix Da Housecat, Jamie Principle and Vince Lawrence aka The 312 with invigorating remixes from Moodymann.

Felix Da Housecat’s career spans more than thirty years with two Grammy nominations. Never failing to impress, he now brings us his latest venture as producer of The 312 project and ‘Touch Your Body’. Jamie Principle is one of the most recognisable voices in the history of house music, featuring on some of the first house records ever made including the seminal ‘Your Love’ with Frankie Knuckles. Business man, producer and Trax Records organizer Vince Lawrence is another true Chicago house music innovator, responsible for the pivotal house track ‘On & On’ with Jesse Saunders and the ‘Virgo Tracks’ releases. Mahogani Music founder Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann grew up in Detroit with his first several releases appearing on Carl Craig’s Planet E imprint. 2016 saw him next in the series to mix the respected ‘DJ-Kicks’ with outstanding results.

Felix Da Housecat explains how “growing up on south side of Chicago I was a huge fan of Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle. Vince Lawrence was over at Chicago Trax and was the blueprint A&R and catalyst there signing anything hot. By this time I was around 14 and I had just made my first record ‘Fantasy Girl’, with DJ PIERRE. Over the years I was becoming obsessed with Jamie’s sound. We soon became friends and always discussed working together and it took 15 years. Frankie’s passing woke me up. I felt I wanted to do something special and it was time to fly back to Chicago to my roots. I wanted to go back where it all began and work with the originators. I called Vince and said I need your mind, guidance and your studio and all of us in one room to bring that spirit back in my soul. I told him we had Jamie Principle and the rest I guess is history. I wanted Crosstown for the project as I felt Damian was the only guy worthy and would understand and treat this project right. House Music needs this right now.. So here we are.”

Label boss Damian Lazarus spoke about the project “the coming together of three of house music’s legends was always going to produce something special, in ‘Touch Your Body’ we have nothing short of an all time classic. Add to that incredible remixes from Moodymann and the dream release is complete for Crosstown.”

‘Touch Your Body’ will be available via Crosstown Rebels from 24/06/2016.

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Felix Da Housecat, Jamie Principle & Vince Lawrence are The 312 on new EP

Crosstown Rebels will release the record, complete with remixes from Moodymann.

The 312 will release its debut single, Touch Your Body, on Crosstown Rebels next month.

The group consists of three well-known figures in Chicago house: Felix Da Housecat, Jamie Principle and Vince Lawrence. "Growing up on the South Side of Chicago I was a huge fan of Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle," says Felix Da Housecat, real name Felix Stallings.

While Stallings may be the more recognizable of the three, Principle and Lawrence's careers extend back to the earliest days of Trax Records. Principle was behind one of the label's early hits, "Your Love" with Frankie Knuckles, while Lawrence worked as the label designer and A&R guy. "Jamie and I always discussed working together and it took over 15 years," Stallings says.

Their first single, Touch Your Body will land on Damian Lazarus' label Crosstown Rebels next month, accompanied by two Moodymann remixes.

Tracklist
01. Touch Your Body
02. Touch Your Body (Moodymann Remix)
03. Touch Your Body (Moodymann Dub Mix)

Crosstown Rebels will release Touch Your Body on June 24th, 2016.