{{Short description|British electronic music producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Jake Williams |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |image = |caption = |birth_name = Jake Williams |alias = Rex the Dog, Mekka, Planet Perfecto, JX |origin = Brighton, England | genre = {{flatlist| * Eurodance * trance }} |years_active = 1994–present |label =Kompakt, Hundehaus, Mute, FFRR, Hooj Choons |website = {{url|rexthedog.net}} }}
'''Jake Williams''' (born 1974) is a British electronic music producer and remixer, who currently records as '''Rex the Dog'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/172007-Rex-The-Dog|title=Rex The Dog|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-08-22}}</ref> Rex the Dog currently releases on Kompakt Records. As Rex the Dog, Williams is a proponent of DIY electronics and performs live with a self-built modular synthesizer. Williams first came to public attention as JX in 1994 following a recording contract with Hooj Choons, a United Kingdom dance independent record label. Williams has also recorded as Mekka<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mekka-Diamondback/release/17481|title=Mekka - Diamondback|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-08-22}}</ref> and wrote the song "Bullet in the Gun" as part of Paul Oakenfold's collective Planet Perfecto.
==Chart success== JX achieved two top 10 singles in the UK;<ref name=occ/> and Australia.<ref name=aus/> "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (1996) was the highest-charting single in the UK, reaching number 4.<ref name=occ/> Williams also charted in the UK as writer and producer on Planet Perfecto's "Bullet in the Gun", reaching number 7 in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8322/planet-perfecto/|title=Official Charts > Planet Perfecto|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=2017-08-22}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! | Peak chart positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:45px;"| UK<br>Dance<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-albums-chart/20080914/105/|title=Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40 - 14 September 2008|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>
|- ! scope="row"| ''The Rex the Dog Show'' | * Release date: 29 August 2008 * Label: Hundehaus Records * Formats: CD | 38 |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |}
===Singles=== ====As JX==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"| UK<br><ref name=occ>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30086/jx/|title=Official Charts > JX|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=2015-11-28}}</ref> ! width="35"| AUS<br><ref name=aus>Australian (ARIA) peaks: *Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=JX|title=australian-charts.com > Discography JX|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2015-11-28}} *Top 100 peaks: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=PDF|page=150}} *"Close to Your Heart": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/wjmQ4Uk.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Apr 1997|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=2017-06-24}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.</ref> ! width="35"| IRE<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/7RGzLQ7.jpg|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for JX (from irishcharts.ie)|publisher=Fireball Media, via Imgur.com|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> ! width="35"| NED<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=JX|title=dutchcharts.nl > JX in Dutch Charts|language=nl|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> ! width="35"| SPA<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=dreams+2+brothers+on+the+4th+floor+spain&pg=PA46|title=Billboard|page=46|date=6 May 1995|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=25 August 2025|via=Google Books}}</ref> |- | 1994 | align="left"| "Son of a Gun" | 13 | 6 | — | 38 | — | *AUS: Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1994/singles-chart|title=1994 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=ARIA|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> | align="left" rowspan="6"| Singles only |- |rowspan=2| 1995 | align="left"| "You Belong to Me" | 17 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | *AUS: Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1995/singles-chart|title=1995 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=ARIA|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> |- |"Son of a Gun" <small>(1995 re-issue)</small> | 6 | — | 15 | — | — | |- | 1996 | align="left" | "There's Nothing I Won't Do" | 4 | 26 | 14 | — | — | *UK: Platinum<ref>{{Cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=JX|title=There's Nothing I Won't Do|id=7526-1558-1}}</ref> |- | 1997 | align="left"| "Close to Your Heart" | 18 | 90 | — | — | — | |- | 2004 | align="left"| "Restless" | 22 | — | — | 68 | — | |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |- |}
====As Rex the Dog==== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Single ! Album |- | rowspan="2"| 2004 | "Prototype" | rowspan="3"| Singles only |- | "Frequency" |- | 2006 | "Maximize" |- | 2007 | "Circulate" | rowspan="3"| ''The Rex the Dog Show'' |- | rowspan=2| 2008 | "Bubblicious" |- | "I Can See You, Can You See Me?" |- | 2011 | "POW!" | rowspan="1"| ''Rex the Dog & Kris Menace'' |- | 2013 | "Do You Feel What I Feel" <small>(feat. Jamie McDermott)</small> | rowspan="1"| ''Rex the Dog'' |- | 2015 | "Sicko" | rowspan="8" | Singles only |- |2016 |"You Are a Blade" |- |2016 |"Teufelsberg" |- |2018 |"Crasher" |- |2019 |"Vortex" |- |2019 |"Experimental Housing" |- |2020 |"Transmitter" <small>(with DJ Haus)</small> |- |2023 |"Change This Pain For Ecstasy" |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/JX Discogs biography] * [http://www.rexthedog.net/ Rex the Dog homepage]
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