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Concert Thu Dec 27 2007
NYE: Exit with a curse, enter with an airhorn...
If 2007 amounted to much of anything in dance music arena, it was death by blog-house--the saturation bombing of tawdry third-gen (or is it fourth?) electro flavors-of-the-week. All of that aside, it also marked the advent of some newly innervating sounds sparking the dancefloor as the wonky, careening, maddening thump of "Fidget House" filtering in from the other side of the Atlantic.
SmartBar impresario and DJ James Amato was paying attention and quickly got with it. In the latter half of the year, he not only booked Fidget House pioneers like Switch and Jesse Rose for Chicago appearances, but he also started his own fidgety Chi-centric chapter; establishing the Potty Mouth label for like-minded local DJs and producers, as well as a stateside outlet for foriegn compatriots like The Bulgarian and The Crookers.
This New Year's Eve, the Potty Mouth crew is set to commandeer the Smart Bar and steer 2008 in a fresher and funkier direction. Headlining for the evening will be godfather Switch himself, who'll be in town from London for a return angagement that'll keep the spot jumping. Switch is hailed by many as the pioneer of the Fidget sound. He's been hailed by some as the dance/electronic Artist Of The Year, and he had a heavy helping hand in the production of MIA's latest album. Getting the evening started are James Amato himself, Potty Mouth associate Santiago, and hometown crowd-pleaser Justin Long. Tickets $30 advance, $35 night of. It all kicks off at 9pm. 3730 N. Clark.
[mp3]: The Bulgarian mix set
[mp3]: Santiago mix set