30/08/2026
RIP Felix 💔
It’s been a devastating week here at the studio. The person who first got me into recording and playing guitar, my best friend Felix, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday.
Felix and I became friends at school when we were 14, mainly over our mutual obsession with Oasis. We started playing music together as teenagers and continued into our early 20s, writing songs and recording them at home, which, in a lot of ways, is where my whole journey into recording and eventually having a studio began.
We went through different iterations of bands together and even had a five-year plan to become the biggest band in the world. Unsurprisingly, due to a number of factors, we didn’t quite make it much further than the Exeter front bar 😂.
Music was always such a huge part of our friendship. We went to hundreds and hundreds of gigs together over the years. It started when we were 15, going to our first Big Day Out to see Rage Against the Machine. Fittingly, the last gig we would ever go to together was an Oasis show, which now feels like a full-circle moment in our friendship.
Anyone who knew Felix knows how brilliant he was. He was one of the smartest people I’ve ever met and went on to become a brilliant doctor. He was hilarious, saw the world in such a unique and individual way, and fit so much into his life. He lived hard and fast. It’s impossible to sum him up in a single post.
He was also an incredibly kind and generous person. When I unexpectedly had to move the studio a few years ago, Felix happily did 16-hour days with me to help get everything moved and running again, simply because I was his friend.
So much of this studio and the path that led me here can be traced back to the two of us meeting and messing around with guitars and recording songs together as kids. It’s hard to comprehend that he’s gone.
I’m going to miss you more than I can put into words, Felix. I feel incredibly lucky to have been the last person to speak to you on Tuesday night and to have spent so much of my life with you as my best friend.
34 is just way too young. Beers and ci******es in the summer sun on Rundle Street will never be the same.
- Lewis
