Filous

Filous
Background information
Birth nameMatthias Oldofredi
Born (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27)
Austria
Genres
Occupation(s)Producer, DJ
Years active2013–present

Matthias Oldofredi (born 4 March 1997), known by his stage name Filous (stylised in all lowercase), is an Austrian music producer, disc jockey and remixer.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Oldofredi first published his remixes on YouTube and SoundCloud and thus became popular. In 2015, he published the single "How Hard I Try" with James Hersey, which reached the Austrian, German and Dutch charts as well as the Belgian Ultratip charts. Filous was nominated for the Austrian Amadeus Awards 2016 in the categories "Artist of the Year", "Song of the Year" and "Electronic/Dance". On 11 January 2017, he was awarded with the European Border Breakers Award (EBBA). In 2020, Filous collaborated with The Kooks[5] on their single "Hey Love".

Discography

Albums

  • A Producer From Vienna (2022)

EPs

  • Dawn (2015)
  • For Love (2017)

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[6] 		BEL
(Flanders)
[7] 		BEL
(Wallonia)
[8]
2015 "How Hard I Try"
(featuring James Hersey) 		33 7 24 DAWN
"Shaded In"
(featuring Jordan Leser) 		— — —
2016 "Feel Good Inc."
(featuring Lissa) 		— — — Non-album singles
"Emelie"
(with Mount featuring Buster Moe) 		— — —
"Let It Snow" — — —
2017 "Goodbye"
(featuring Mat Kearney) 		— — — For Love
"Knots"
(featuring Klei) 		— — —
2018 "Bicycle"[9]
(featuring Klei) 		— — — Non-album singles
2020 "Hey Love"

(with The Kooks[10])

533 - -
2022 "Sabada"[11]
(with Daði Freyr) 		— — —
2023 "Great Big Warm House"
(with Golden Vessel) 		52 — —
"Colours"
(with Golden Vessel) 		— — —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

References

  1. ^ "Matthias Oldofredi – Discography". Discogs.
  2. ^ "Darum hält Filous immer die Hände vor den Mund" (in German). Hitradio Ö3.
  3. ^ "PREMIERE: HERE'S THE VIDEO FOR "HOW HARD I TRY" BY FILOUS".
  4. ^ "17-YEAR-OLD FILOUS IS THE NEXT TOP YOUNG GUN". Nest HQ.
  5. ^ "The Kooks", Wikipedia, 18 November 2023, retrieved 23 November 2023
  6. ^ "Filous feat. James Hersey – How Hard I Try".
  7. ^ "Filous feat. James Hersey – How Hard I Try". Ultratop.be.
  8. ^ "Filous feat. James Hersey – How Hard I Try – ultratop.be".
  9. ^ "Bicycle (feat. klei) – Single by filous on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  10. ^ "The Kooks", Wikipedia, 18 November 2023, retrieved 23 November 2023
  11. ^ "Sabada – Single by filous & Daði Freyr on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 4 March 2022.