Fidget House ?

its a style which takes aspects of funk, hip hop and jacking house (not always).
just arranged in a formula which seems to glitch, jack, slide, switch and drop in an unexpected groove. always an element of suprise. the music has alot of soul to it. Dave taylor, jesse and trevor are some of the pioneers yes but you can see some productions which are along the same line's. look out for Maurice Fulton, subjekt, john tejarda stuff.

anyway who wants a switch YSI?

Dave Taylor, Switch and Solid Groove are all the same person aren't they?

I'm not feeling it.

I'ma shoot you, Bridget
for listening to fidgit
with that fucking midget!!!

And Jesse Rose + Dave Taylor = Induceve. I thought Freaks & Swag were part of it too - experimental UK tech-house essentially.

Anyway, Solid Groove's "Sick Na Good" is one of the best tunes of 2006 so far and anyone who disagrees just lost 10 points.

I haven't heard it though, so I'll track it down.

and most importantly, will i get to hear 'the whistler'?

that dude seems to play a lot, maybe i should check it

also, do you htink "fidget house" could conceiably = "bumpy tech house"? theres a night here that describes itself so...

beware the fidgeting, bearded, haunted hippo

vahid do you like the 'apache'-jacking 'a bit patchy' by switch??

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HkukYC4BeOM

DJ FASHIONPANTS begets THE FIGET HOUSE PHENOMENON

download set here

tracklisting

happy friday!

???

ha! I was wondering if this was Vahid approved when I bought it (that Mixmag issue), if it was indeed a good example of fidget/blog/kids/whatever house (can't download anything atm so it's all I've got to go on!)

I think I don't really have a good idea of what breaks (with an added dollop of post-clash self-concious sleez/rock aesthetics to it) actually is because it's what all this stuff always seems to sound like to me! Maddeningly chirpy, constantly midtempo, with that vibe of deliberately flirting with crap/cheese-ness that means for every two great tracks there's always something up next that's completely amateur night & disposable that makes you feel ashamed to be dancing to it, ashamed of the music generally... which admittedly is probably a good antidote to mnml's consistent, reliable, unchallenging boredom (a lot of the time) but hmmm...

I liked it more after a few listens than I initially did, I fucking LOVE the Bonde De Role track and actually quite a lot of the rest of it... but I just wish this stuff had the capacity to go 'deep' sometimes, it's fun, very fun, but also seriously shallow, and the lack of anything transcendecent about it does (for me) start to grate after a while.

can't believe "This Is Sick" is already two years old. I actually asked someone recently what it was 'cos I knew I'd heard it before somewhere...

breaks is not as 4/4 as this stuff, for one thing. some breaks stuff has this vibe (evil 9, adam freeland) but a lot of it still has either an old-school hip-hop fixation (the freestylers, krafty kuts, ) with lots of funk and soul and big beat stuff happening or a drum-and-bass fixation, so that it sounds like a mix of dire uptempo electro and an amped-up version of the crystal method (meat katie, plump djs)

but i guess the main difference is that breaks is generally not 4/4 house beats

with that vibe of deliberately flirting with crap/cheese-ness that means for every two great tracks there's always something up next that's completely amateur night & disposable that makes you feel ashamed to be dancing to it

should i say something smart here about popism vs rockism ... nah i won't

FWIW i think the first third of that mix is absolutely killer. i tune out a bit when the really really bad raps come in (diplo, plastic little). i think the juiceboxx and dreskull track and the voodoo chili track are fantastic, but that the very last couple of tracks are just sorta anonymously there / more of the same, when she could've probably done something different or brought it to a more rousing finish.

still not quite as good as switch's 15 minute essential selection or the disc he did for mixmag almost year ago but a pretty good document of what's going on.

those two recent sinden & the count of monte cristal singles were fucking atrocious, bad, bad sub-diplo dated bullshit. very dissapointed.

damn, annie mac is hot though

thanks for the mix

dr evil is annoying

the less said about 'hi bitches' the better

what were the last 2 sinden & count of monte cristal releases?

whats interesting about this stuff to me is it seems kind of 'disconnected' in that uniquely british way ... like 'thug house' with the diddy sample going 'i love to make you dance,' something about it seems quaint, like i can't imagine that going off in a nehpets set here.

btw they stopped giving boolumaster a weekend gig which is when he'd play house :( so i'll have to get a dj nehpets 7:00 mix off the radio. Usually i'm commuting then but hopefully one day i'll make it home in time.

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i thought the one on counterfeet was excellent ("beeper", "we don't give a fuck") and i liked "foxxy" from the speaker junk ep on dubsided (samples "foxey lady" but still good)

do you mean the baile funk ones? those *were* terrible, but that's baile funk for you.

haha it's not uniquely british, french stuff is like that too - can you imagine cassius ft ghostface getting any play here?

but yeah, euros be mannered

yeah the counterfeet release and the "tamborzuda" single with the brazillian mc. though i love "let's do it" from the ghetto bitches ep, sounds like outhere brothers as remixed by brother's vibe

you didn't like the counterfeet one? why not?

actually the second side of that counterfeet ep is pretty good, mainly because it calms the fuck down a bit and stretches out. but it still leaves the badtaste of mashups in my mouth. saying this, "foxxy" is one of my fav releases of 07

xp

breaks always ends up feeling more 4/4 than techno/house to me somehow... seems to be a refusal to ever really go off on any tangents (and eventually come back)?

with that vibe of deliberately flirting with crap/cheese-ness that means for every two great tracks there's always something up next that's completely amateur night & disposable that makes you feel ashamed to be dancing to it

should i say something smart here about popism vs rockism ... nah i won't

-- moonship journey to baja, Friday, 15 June 2007

haha, not sure what you're getting at there but fire away! I'll admit I do prefer dance with more rockist values probably... shoot me, I'd rather be honest, even if I'm not especially proud of that on ilm!

I totally heart The Bulgarian, Hereve. You should too.

i want to know what vahid (and jess + others) think of this amazing stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyAIMNuBPEU

(the music tho the dancing is cool too obv)

http://www.myspace.com/djnate4

this dude is 17

listen to his music player on his myspace to hear more examples.

its so rhythmically nebulous, its crazy to me

my favorite might be 'qc'

:D

sinden did an essential mix???

"midget house" "clutch purse house" "mullet house" what is all this shit.

Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction (Doggystyle/Geffen)
Enur - Calabria (Club Mix) (Ministry Of Sound)
Pitbull feat Lil Jon - The Anthem (TVT)
South Rakkas - Mad Again (Mad Decent)
Plastic Little - Jump Off (Virgin)
Kid Sister feat Kanye West - Pro Nails (Fools Gold)
DJ Tragic and Anastasia - Feelin Horny (CDR)
Spank Rock & Benny Blanco - B.O.O.T.A.Y (Fully Fitted)
Soulja Boy - Crank That (Interscope)
Dude And Dem - Watch My Feet (TVT)
Kid Sister - Switchboard (feat DJ Gantman) (Fools Gold)
Santogold - Creator (Lizard King)
Benga & Coki - Night (Tempa)
Rusko - Cockney Thug (Sub Soldiers)
Hench - 3K Out (H.E.N.C.H)
Burial - Archangel (Hyperdub)
MJ Cole - Sincere (Talkin' Loud)
Estelle - Wait A Minute (Just A Touch) (Count & Sinden Remix) (Atlantic)
Se Sa feat Sharon Phillips - I Like It Like This (Count & Sinden Remix) (Positiva)
Ron Carrol - Nike Spinnin (Count & Sinden Remix) (Ministry Of Sound)
The Soft Tigers - Ice Cream (Waxmasters Remix) (Bang Gang 12 Inches)
Count & Sinden - Beeper (feat Kid Sister) (Domino)
Alphabeat - Fascination (Count & Sinden Remix) (EMI)
Toddla T - Inna Da Dancehall feat Serocee (Count & Sinden Remix) (1965)
No Requests - Heartbroken (CDR)
Juiceboxx & Dre Skull - Centre Stage (Vicious Pop)
DJ Technics - Computer Madness (CDR)
DJ Tameil - Trans Newark Express (Mad Decent)
DJ Class - Next To You (CDR)
Fake Blood - Theme (Counterfeet)
Maximisation Trevor Loveys Remix
Action Man (aka Herve) feat Trevor Loveys - Beat Bang (Speaker Junk Records)
Machines Don't Care - Take It To The Club (Machines Don't Care)
Count Of Monte Cristal vs DJ Funk - Bounce That Ass (Cheap Thrills Records)
Tittsworth feat Kid Sister & Pace - WTF
Bondo Do Role - Gasolina (Fake Blood Remix) (Domino)
Herve - Deep House (Speaker Junk Records)
Machines Don't Care - Afro Jacker (Machines Don't Care)
Brick N Lace - Switch Remix
Action Man (aka Herve) - Alarm Bell (Speaker Junk Records)
Machines Don't Care - Drop The Lime And Herve Are Secret Agents (Machines Don't Care)
Voodoo Chilli - Streetplayers (Speaker Junk Records)
Voodoo Chilli feat Trevor Loveys - All I Need (Speaker Junk Records)
Fake Blood - Mars (Counterfeet Records)
Detboi - Come Rest Up (Skint)
Chrome Hoof - Tonight (Count Of Monte Cristal Ghetto Sax Remix) (SRD Records)
Count Of Monte Cristal & Sinden feat Kid Sister - Beeper (Detboi Remix) (Domino)
Dead Soul Brothers - Blessed (Dead Soul Records)

Oh yeah. That looks GOOD.

Dude And Dem - Watch My Feet (TVT)

good song.

I think my computer is broken, I clicked on an Essential Mix and heard some straight no-remix garbage hip-hop...
Steve, Los Angeles

This is bad music.The kind of loud annoying vocals with no intelligence only accompanied by loud beeps and annoying sounds. Essential mix please dont do this to yourself.Get Satoshi Tomiie to do a set he is onfire and its only about time.
yush, new york

dis boi bites
Trevor Loveys does it way better.
Scott, Bournemouth

sorry but this was dissapointing, where's the fidgety electro sound we love! not enough house :(

These guys should start a label called Mad Decent... oh wait. Hahaha j/k I like it but I'm partial to house and techno. Everybody playing R&B and all this Jamaica stuff just confuses me. There is no shortage of good electronic music everyone! Come on!
Scott - IL

A really great mix....for people who don't like very orignal music!
BFAD Vancouver, BC

Too commercial. I could hear a very similiar set from any bottom shelf DJ any given night here in DC. Where is the creativity? The sick rip ups?When are we going to get an Essential Mix from Kissy Sell Out or ESTAW?
Jason - Washington DC

I thought that Electro was bad until this massive pile of tripe came along!!!
Martin, Leighton Buzzard

diplo was robbed of the em of the year,then robbed by these 2 jokers.peace
ray ayr

How u dance this?!
Gas, ARG

good.anyone thinking tracks with those choppy edits are edgy,just run a laptop through your mixer into a pc or mac and click the audio file on your laptop at weird little points wihile you record on the other comp.you will then see alot of the over hyped music is sampled junk.
some guy - Miami

Say no to fidget.Absolute tripe.
Robert, Australia

i'm completely sick of this. here's a sugguestion to ram into you're box. how about you let the breezeblock take over finding people for the show? it may not be to everyones taste, but that'd be business as usual wouldn't it?
frank, belfast

Poor form! Sounds like Mtv bubble gum tunes..
Dennis-Miami

Possibly the worst essential mix ever to be broadcasted on Radio 1...What the hell was that!
Mike, Uk.

Rubbish!!!
Martin, Sheffield

brillant lol
stephen scotland

I Thought Herve & Sinden's Essential Mix Was Smart I Liked There Essential Mix
Timothy Wright Cheshire

Poor, Bad, Lacking, Boring, Commercial radio fodder...Out of date by about 10 years!!!You must come up with something better Radio 1! How about a mix by Ellen Allien or Monika Kruse?
Justin Wiggy 'Ull UK

jess & crabbe were there 10 years ago!!!!

DJ Tragic and Anastasia - Feelin Horny (CDR)

OH SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!

How u dance this?!
Gas, ARG

haha!

I still don't understand what Fidget is.

unless it means kitchen sink.

at a house tempo

jess and crabbe's tunes were so big, bad, boisterous and had brass balls... this shit is ok sometimes but too often it's just blipclickclickstitstit click click gokgokgokgok clclclclclclick and just fucks up my groove. i am not very coordinated when it comes to dancing so maybe it's just my fault

i also only barely KNOW what i'm talking about but i can FEEL it

Burial - Archangel (Hyperdub)
MJ Cole - Sincere (Talkin' Loud)

Am I the only one who suspects these people are one and the same?

it wouldn't surprise me

that switch mix moonship uploaded just came on my ipod. pretty good

HEY DEEJ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbEOgyIVrUU

to answer your question several months late, i've been enjoying dj nate on an autechre-like basis

should i see 'switch' live. hes djing with a guy who normally spins britpop :-/

http://www.fabriclondon.com/label/release.php?item=fl43/sin

so did anybody else pick up the horrendously-titled "FABRICLIVE 43: Switch & Sinden Present Get Familiar"

oh so weirdly reminiscent of belgium and shut up and dance ----> and yet this is presumably out of deepest south chicago?!???!?

in which dissensus discovers dj nate
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=8360

Anyone who can tell me where I've heard "A Night At The Dogs" by Jesse Rose before? It's soooo familiar.

Hey, remember this?

Hey I remembered this again.

I don't know that fetishising favela funk and baltimore club necessarily means being up on Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock, and Roy Ayers.

It could theoretically mean that, maybe.
― Siah Alan, Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:15 PM (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p5IpX9T5eM

the sample is marcus belgrave, “space odyssey ii” from album “gemini ii”, tribe records 1974

doesn't it also sample Theme de Yoyo, from Art Ensemble of Chicago?

yeah, you’re right, that’s “theme de yo-yo”!

i have a different version of that track, on the b-side of ms-011. definitely samples “space odyssey ii”. can’t find a youtube of it,
will record and upload in a bit …

ok, turns out some random asshole beat me to it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5jlMRBToY

and sorry, the track is "space odyssey" (no roman 2 in the track title, just the album) ... only had half the usual cof today ...

definitely the chillest baltimore club track i've ever heard!