Jake Williams a.k.a. Mekka
Jake’s lucky break came in 1993 when the then 16-year-old sent a batch of demos to various record companies and Red Jerry of Hooj Choons invited him down to his studio. Soon after, he signed a deal with FFRR and under the guise of JX, enjoyed a raft of Top 10 hits with classic nineties dance anthems such as ‘Son Of A Gun’, ‘You Belong To Me’, ‘There’s Nothing I Won’t Do’ and ‘Close To Your Heart’, selling over half a million copies between them.|He was also involved with Planet Perfecto’s ‘Bullet In The Gun’, which reached the UK Top 10 in 1999, and wrote ‘Diamondback’ under his Mekka alias in 2001.|He returned in 2004 with the release of ‘Restless’, again as JX; a track that was originally released as a promo in 2002 (under his Oblik moniker) but didn’t receive a full release due to licensing issues regarding the use of samples from the main theme of the movie ‘Exodus’. |
