Austrian electronic music producer Filous (born Matthias Oldofredi in Vienna in 1997) took his stage name from the French word meaning "rascal." However, his music is anything but mischievous. Bright, melodic, and transportive, Filous' breezy musical style was honed with sun-bathed remixes of tracks from artists like Kodaline, José González, and Selena Gomez. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, Filous began uploading his remix tracks online in 2014. The following year he released his first original tune, "How Hard I Try," featuring James Hersey on vocals. Just as Filous graduated from high school, that track went on to notch over ten-million streams and was included on his 2015 debut EP, Dawn. ~ Neil Z. Yeung