Fidget house

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name = Fidget house
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stylistic_origins = UK garage
Breaks
Breakbeat hardcore
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instruments = Music sequencer
Turntables
samplers
Drum machines
Personal computer
popularity = underground
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Fidget house is a style of house music that incorporates other dance music styles including rave, breakbeat and UK garage. [ [http://www.djmag.com/index.php?op=news&story=newsfeat421 Interview with Jesse Rose on DJMag.com] ]

Style

It has a 4/4 beat and a cut-up, glitch style which contrasts other dance genres such as progressive house and trance. The way in which it differs from other house music styles is that it usually discards the solo drum beat introduction, thus encouraging a more cut-up rather than blend mixing style amongst DJs. Other common elements of fidget house include vocal sample snippets and a prominent bassline which often bends in pitch, rather than progressing by the semitone.

With its emphasis on rhythm and bassline rather than harmony and melody, the roots of fidget house lie in early Chicago house. The synth 'stabs' and 'pitched-up' vocal snippets that commonly feature in fidget tracks are reminiscent of the rave and UK garage genres. Closely aligned with Wonky house.

History

The term fidget house was coined by DJ/producers Jesse Rose and Switch, apparently as a joke. It had come to generally signify this cut-up style of house music.

Examples of labels that put out such records include Crux Records, Dubsided, Potty Mouth and Counterfeet. Exponents of the genre include Mustard Pimp, StereoHeroes, Crookers, Jesse Rose, Switch,, Trevor Loveys, Hostage, DJ Fame, Sinden, Hervé, Duke Dumont, Mowgli, Mike Genius, Defunct!, Byran Cox, Foamo, Fake Blood, Supabeatz, Lee Mortimer, Phonat, Stupid Fresh, Gaëtan, Pette Vaydex, The Bulgarian, Leko, Detboi, 3 Is A Crowd, LET'S PLAY DJs, Lars Moston, Brabe, Clark able, Nathan Boon, Riva Starr, Twocker (Calvertron and Will Bailey), Boy 8-Bit, Andy Brownscombe, Northie, Jaimie Fanatic, Ziggy Slezak, Kelevra (Digital Kid), Scott Cooper, Andy George, Urchins, Rudder, Micky Slim

Fidget is also referred to as Wonk [Erol Alkan Forum] due to its wonky basslines; however this is literally the most stupid term and is generally revered to point towards boring and unimaginitive music.

References

[http://www.myspace.com/mustardpimp]