Felix Cartal @ RPZ, 4 Feb

Over the past two years Felix Cartal has risen to international prominence among a new wave of dance artists who have built their profiles upon blogging and free file sharing. Through the popularity of tracks released on MySpace, Felix quickly became a familiar name not only among the trend-leading new blogs, but also with some of the most important of the emerging stars of this new scene, with his tracks becoming regular spins for the likes of MSTRKRFT, Crookers, Steve Aoki and Felix Da Housecat.

Felix's productions, early favourites like Vancouver and his most recent Skeleton EP, demonstrate a preoccupation with filtering the rawness of the punk rock into electronic music aimed at the dancefloor, directly drawing influences from digital punk rock bands like NOFX and Lighting and the sparse electronics of James Holden and Alter Ego. [Anna Seale]