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==Biography== Shy FX's debut record was "Jungle Love", released in 1992 on the Permission to Dance label. Soon after, he signed to Sound of the Underground Records (often abbreviated as S.O.U.R.) and in 1994 released the breakthrough [[ragga jungle]] track "[[Original Nuttah]]" (featuring vocals from MC UK Apachi) which helped to cement his position as a mainstay producer of the jungle/drum & bass scene. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with [[T Power]], both as Ebony Dubsters and Shy FX and T Power; their 2001 breakthrough track "[[Shake Ur Body]]" with vocalist Di (real name [[Truce (group)|Dianne Joseph]]) was a number 7 hit in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Released on EMI subsidiary [[Positiva]], it gained widespread support from both club and commercial radio DJs and helped to further popularise drum & bass as a mainstream music genre.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 497}}</ref> The success of "Shake Ur Body" was followed by the duo's album ''Set It Off'', released in 2002 on [[Pete Tong]]'s label [[FFRR Records|FFRR]]. Several EPs and single releases followed; by 2005, Shy FX had made the decision to consolidate his releases onto his own label and founded Digital Soundboy Recordings. In collaboration with T Power, they subsequently released the album ''Diary of a Digital Sound Boy'' on 17 October 2005, featuring the songs "Feelings", "On the Run" and "Plastic Soul". Shy FX and T Power also released "Don't Wanna Know" featuring Di and [[Skibadee|MC Skibadee]]. The song was notably used on the UK television programme ''Soccer AM'' as part of the 'Skills Skool' feature. Shy FX produced "Da Feelin" for [[Dizzee Rascal]]'s 2007 album, ''[[Maths + English]]''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Dizzee Rascal, Maths and English Review | work=The Guardian |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2087180,00.html | access-date=7 June 2007 | location=London | first=Alex | last=MacPherson | date=25 May 2007}}</ref> He also produced "Can't Tek No More" on Dizzee Rascal's 2009 album, ''[[Tongue N' Cheek]]''. His remix of [[Naughty Boy]], [[Wiley (rapper)|Wiley]] and [[Emeli Sandé]]'s song "[[Never Be Your Woman]]" was released as the single rather than the original mix. Shy's remix charted at number eight on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. He [[remix]]ed "She Said", a number 3 UK chart single by [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]]. His remix was released on both the "She Said" single and on the deluxe edition of Plan B's ''[[The Defamation of Strickland Banks]]''. More recently, he produced "Raver" featuring [[Kano (city)|Kano]], [[Donae'o]] and Roses Gabor, plus the UK artist Yasmin's first single, "On My Own". He announced that his album, ''Larger Than Life'', was originally scheduled for a 2011 release but has since been renamed ''Cornerstone'' but did not have a fixed release date. Williams also produced [[Yasmin (musician)|Yasmin]]'s third single "[[Light Up (The World)]]", which features [[Ms. Dynamite]]. It peaked at No. 50 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20120122/7501/ |title=UK Singles Chart|date=28 January 2012}}</ref> DJ Fresh's single "[[Gold Dust (DJ Fresh song)|Gold Dust]]" was re-released, with the Shy FX Re-Edit as a single, on 2 December 2012. The extended play includes multiple new remixes. In 2013, he released a single called "[[Soon Come]]" featuring [[Liam Bailey]], famous for his collaboration with [[Chase & Status]] on their track "[[Blind Faith (Chase & Status song)|Blind Faith]]". The song reached number 55 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/shy%20fx/ SHY FX | Artist | Official Charts]. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2013.</ref> He also released the single "Cloud 9" in 2013, a collaboration with [[Ms. Dynamite]]. In August 2014, Shy FX remixed the title track from London Grammar's debut album, ''[[If You Wait]]''. For 2014's [[Red Bull]] Culture Clash, Shy FX joined forces with [[Chase & Status]], [[David Rodigan]] and MC Rage to form the soundsystem 'Rebel Sound'. They went on to win the clash, defeating fellow crews [[Stone Love Movement|Stone Love]], [[Boy Better Know]] and [[ASAP Mob|A$AP Mob]].
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