List of artists by letter «F» - Biography and discography, all albums and songs

Face (real name — Ivan Timofeev) is a Russian rapper, songwriter, musician, and public figure, born on April 8, 1997, in Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan. His work has become a symbol of protest, self-expression, and the voice of a generation that grew up in the era of social media, digitalization, and cultural transformation. Face is known as one of the first artists to redefine Russian-language rap, blending irony, punk energy, trap, and social lyricism. Early Life and Musical Roots Ivan grew up in an ordinary family. From childhood, he was interested in music, graffiti, street culture, and hip-hop. He was influenced by Western artists such as XXXTentacion, Lil Peep, and Travis Scott, as well as Russian underground rappers. At the age of 13, he began writing lyrics and creating…

Faithless is a British electronic group founded in London in 1995 by producer Rollo Armstrong, musician and DJ Sister Bliss, vocalist and lyricist Maxi Jazz, and musician Jamie Catto. Over time, the trio of Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz came to be regarded as the group’s main creative core. Faithless earned a distinctive place in British electronic music through a combination of house, trance, progressive house, trip-hop, hip-hop and downtempo. The group’s dance arrangements coexist with spoken word, socially and philosophically oriented lyrics, live instrumentation and vocal performances by guest artists. Faithless’ signature songs include Salva Mea, Insomnia, God Is a DJ, We Come 1, Muhammad Ali, One Step Too Far, Mass Destruction, Music Matters and Not Going…

Fantasm is an American DJ and electronic music producer working across industrial techno, hard techno, rave techno, and hard dance. The musician’s real name is Kenzo Meservey. He is originally from Los Angeles, while the development of his professional career is closely associated with Lyon, France. Fantasm became one of the fastest-rising artists on the new hard-techno scene. His first notable releases appeared in 2023, and only two years later he was performing at major European raves, had entered the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs ranking, and had built an international audience. His music is based on distorted percussion, high tempos, industrial textures, sharp synthesizer parts, and elements of hardstyle, hardcore, and neo-rave. Fantasm’s tracks are designed primarily for physical…

Farrago is the stage name of Belgian DJ and music producer Sam Deliaert. His music combines techno with trance, hard techno, rave, psytrance, gabber and atmospheric electronic music. Before launching Farrago, the musician released experimental work under the name Talbot Wood. Important stages of his career include releases on ARTS and LENSKE, participation in EXHALE projects, collaborations with Amelie Lens and the launch of his own label, Vermillion Trax. The producer’s first full-length album was Blesssed, released in 2023. Early musical interests Sam Deliaert’s musical taste was shaped by skate culture, heavy guitar music and the Belgian club scene. In his youth, he listened to hardcore punk, hard rock and metal, later developing an interest in raves and electronic…

Fatboy Slim — is the stage name of British DJ, music producer and musician Norman Cook (Norman Quentin Cook), who was born Quentin Leo Cook. He was born on 31 July 1963 in Bromley, England. Fatboy Slim became one of the central figures of British big beat in the 1990s and one of the artists who helped take breakbeat-driven electronic music from club culture into the British and international charts. Before launching the Fatboy Slim project, Cook had already played bass in The Housemartins, reached number one in the UK chart with Beats International and released music through Freak Power, Pizzaman and several other aliases. His solo discography as Fatboy Slim includes four main studio albums, among them You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, featuring The Rockafeller Skank, Praise You…

Faustix is a Danish DJ, music producer, composer, and remixer. The musician’s real name is Morten Brangstrup Olsen. He was born on May 24, 1989, in Denmark and began releasing electronic music under the name Faustix in the late 2000s. The artist’s creative journey spans several stages in the development of the dance music scene. His early work was associated with electro house, progressive house, trap, and festival-oriented EDM. Later, vocal dance-pop and more melodic radio tracks moved to the center of his work, while in the 2020s Faustix turned toward big techno, hard dance, and contemporary rave sounds. He gained international recognition through his involvement in the creation of Revolution with Diplo, Imanos, and Kai. Other notable Faustix tracks include Watching You,…

Fedde Le Grand is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer, born on 7 September 1977 in Utrecht. He achieved international recognition in 2006 with the release of Put Your Hands Up For Detroit, then consolidated his success with The Creeps, Let Me Think About It, 3 Minutes to Explain, Metrum, So Much Love and other releases. House has remained the foundation of his music throughout his career — from the electro house of the mid-2000s to later progressive, mainstage, tech house and club-oriented styles. Unlike many electronic artists, Fedde Le Grand is the musician’s real name, not a stage alias. The producer has said that early in his career he simply could not come up with an artist name he liked, so he ultimately decided to release music under his own name. Early career…

Felix Jaehn (full name — Felix Kurt Jähn) is a German DJ, producer, and remixer, and one of the leading figures on the modern dance music scene. He is known for his distinctive sound that blends deep house, tropical house, dance-pop, and future house. His tracks are characterized by melody, uplifting vibes, and a sense of lightness, while his remixes have repeatedly topped global charts. Early Life Felix Jaehn was born on August 28, 1994, in Hamburg, Germany, and grew up in the seaside town of Boltenhagen on the Baltic coast. He began studying music at the age of five, learning to play the violin. Later, inspired by the electronic music scene, he turned to production and DJing. At 16, Felix started performing as a DJ at local events, and at 17 he moved to London to study…

Fergie (Ста́си Анн Фе́ргюсон, род. 27 марта 1975, Калифорния) — американская певица, автор песен, актриса и предпринимательница. Она начала свой путь как детская актриса и вокалистка в шоу Kids Incorporated, позже входила в поп-группу Wild Orchid. Настоящую всемирную славу принесла роль солистки в группе Black Eyed Peas (2002–2018). В 2006 году Fergie начала сольную карьеру с альбомом The Dutchess, включающим такие хиты, как London Bridge, Fergalicious, Glamorous и Big Girls Don’t Cry. Альбом получил многократные платиновые сертификаты и сделал её самостоятельной поп-иконой. Несколько лет спустя она возвращалась с новым альбомом Double Dutchess (2017), а также успешно сочетала музыку с бизнесом и телевидением. Fergie — яркая фигура в поп-культуре,…

Ferreck Dawn (real name — Freek Coppens) is a Dutch DJ and producer, one of the most consistently reliable hitmakers on the modern house scene. His signature style blends a “heavy” rhythm section, hooky grooves, and warm soul vocals; that balance of drive and melody has made him in demand on dancefloors from Ibiza to North America and Asia. Over two decades in music, he has repeatedly topped the Beatport charts, released on leading labels, and built a reputation as an artist equally confident in clubs, at festivals, and on radio airwaves. Early years and formation Born and raised in the Netherlands, he grew up amid a tough dance landscape — from gabber to early techno. His first experiments behind the decks were under the alias DJ Dusk, but he soon pivoted to a…

Ferry Corsten — is a Dutch DJ, music producer and composer from Rotterdam, and one of the key figures of the European trance scene of the late 1990s and 2000s. In addition to releases under his own name, he is known for projects and aliases including System F, Gouryella, Moonman, Albion and FERR, as well as the collaborative projects Veracocha and New World Punx. Ferry Corsten was born on 4 December 1973 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His early work appeared before the international rise of trance music, while tracks such as Out of the Blue, Gouryella, Walhalla, Punk and Rock Your Body Rock became important parts of both his discography and the club culture of their time. Early years Corsten developed an interest in electronic music as a teenager. He listened to Dutch radio…

FEWZ (real name — Nils Friederich) is a German musician, DJ, electronic producer and audio engineer working primarily with melodic house, progressive house and melodic electronic music. His sound is built around extended synthesizer themes, steady club rhythms and strongly expressive melodies. The musician himself describes FEWZ as a German author-driven project combining the work of a DJ, producer and audio engineer. Among the best-known FEWZ tracks are Mystic Tides, Starlight, Rising, Levitate, Sixteen, Fragments, Aurora, Starry Eyed, Drifting Away, Zodiac, Echoes, Close Your Eyes, Tidal Flow, Nightcall, Symmetry, Lifeline, Time's a Fantasy, Celestial and Lily from the Valley. A significant part of his catalog is instrumental, so melody, harmonic development and the gradual…

Viktor Filkov, who performs under the stage names FILKOV and Viktor Dvazhdy, is a multi-genre artist, songwriter and music producer from the Moscow Region. He was born in Mytishchi in 1986 and currently lives and works in Moscow, where he develops projects at the intersection of electronic and pop music. Viktor does not limit his work to a single musical direction. His music is built around a free-flowing combination of genres, moods and imagery inspired by the rhythm of the big city, neon lights, everyday observations and memories of a distant sun. The Beginning: The First Beat Viktor developed an interest in music during childhood. The musical atmosphere in his family was remarkably diverse: his mother listened to folk music and the ensemble Zolotoye Koltso, his brother was…

FISHER — the stage name of Australian DJ and music producer Paul Nicholas Fisher. Before beginning his solo career, he was a professional surfer and a member of the electronic duo Cut Snake. The artist gained international recognition with Losing It, released in 2018 and nominated for a Grammy Award. His music is primarily based on house and tech house. Early years and professional surfing Paul Fisher grew up on Australia’s Gold Coast, one of the country’s major surfing centres. Before moving into the music industry, he competed professionally and travelled extensively as part of his surfing career. DJing initially developed around the parties and trips associated with the international surfing community. For some time, music and sport developed in parallel.…

Flёur is a Ukrainian band from Odesa, founded in February 2000. The group took its poetic name from the French word fleur — “flower”, which reflects the characteristic softness and fragility of their sound. At the heart of the project were two songwriters and vocalists — Olya Putilova (vocals, piano) and Lena Voynarovskaya (vocals, guitar), whose creative worlds complement each other in a remarkable way. Formation and first performances (2000–2001) The story of Flёur began when Putilova and Voynarovskaya decided to unite their original songs in a single project. Just a month after the band was formed, flutist Yulia Zemlyanaya joined the duo, and the group played its first concert at the Odesa House of the Actor in a program called “Atmosfera”…

Fly Project is a Romanian dance group founded in 2005 in Bucharest. The duo gained fame for their vibrant sound blending eurodance, house, and pop, as well as for their international hits that conquered the charts across Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Their tracks play on the biggest dance floors and Spotify playlists, while their music videos have amassed hundreds of millions of views. Band Members The face and main producer of the project is Tudor Ionescu — vocalist, songwriter, and sound producer. He actively represents Fly Project on the international stage, performing in over 30 countries worldwide. The second co-founder, Dan Deneș, contributed to the group’s early releases and helped shape its signature sound. Career Beginnings and Early Success The group debuted…

Francis Grasso (25 March 1948, Brooklyn, New York — 20 March 2001, New York) was an American DJ and one of the key pioneers of modern club DJing. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he helped transform the act of playing records from a sequence of separate songs into a continuous musical performance: he developed beatmatching, used headphone cueing, brought slip-cueing techniques from radio practice into the club environment, and structured long sets as carefully controlled journeys across the dancefloor. Grasso worked at New York clubs including Salvation II, Tarots, Sanctuary and The Haven before disco had fully emerged as a distinct musical genre. His influence is not associated with his own hit singles or studio albums, but with fundamental principles of DJ performance that…

Фрэнсис Альберт Синатра (Francis Albert Sinatra) – легендарный американский певец, актер и продюсер, один из величайших артистов XX века. Обладатель уникального бархатного тембра и харизмы, он стал символом элегантности и высшего класса в музыке и кино. Ранние годы Фрэнк Синатра родился 12 декабря 1915 года в городе Хобокен, штат Нью-Джерси, в семье итальянских эмигрантов. С детства увлекался музыкой и мечтал о сцене. Его вдохновляли такие исполнители, как Бинг Кросби. Первые шаги в карьере он сделал в 1930-х, выступая в местных клубах и участвуя в вокальных конкурсах. Его первый крупный успех пришёл в 1939 году, когда он стал вокалистом биг-бэнда Гарри Джеймса, а затем присоединился к оркестру Томми Дорси. Восхождение к славе К началу 1940-х годов Синатра уже был кумиром…

Frankie Knuckles (full name — Francis Warren Nicholls Jr.; January 18, 1955 — March 31, 2014) was an American DJ, producer, and remixer, one of the key pioneers of electronic dance music, who earned the historic title of the “Godfather of House.” His contributions shaped the evolution of club culture, DJ artistry, and modern dance sonics in all their forms. Early Years Frankie Knuckles was born in New York City and came of age amid a fivefold mix of club influences: disco, soul, funk, Latin rhythms, and early R&B. In his youth he was swept up by Manhattan’s club culture and began his career as assistant to DJ Larry Levan — another legend of the era. This period shaped his understanding of: dancefloor dramaturgy, the importance of…

Franky Rizardo — a Dutch DJ, producer, and label owner, and one of the most influential figures in the modern house scene. His name has become synonymous with high-quality sound, club energy, and genuine groove. Early Years and Beginnings Franky Rizardo was born on June 1, 1988, in the Netherlands. From a young age, he was fascinated by electronic music and began experimenting with DJ software and creating remixes during his teenage years. His first performances took place in small clubs in Amsterdam and Utrecht, where his signature deep, rhythmic sets combining elements of house, tech, and soulful grooves quickly gained attention. Over time, Franky developed his own musical identity — light melodic lines, tight rhythm sections, and a warm groove that became his trademark.…