idjut boys: s/d

Also, this mix is just so up her street.

mullygrubber, did i give you Plantlife cd? their cd has really been growing on me. my wife was listening to and loving it, but she thought it was from the 70s until the monie love sample came in mid album.

i'm not feeling the new mix at all, i must say.

xpost: wait, what?

what's up with PHANTOM SLASHER and MAJOR SWELLINGS?

i just picked up phantom slasher's "PUDDLE & SPOUT" lp for $5 and i really like it! is this an idjut boys side project? is it dj harvey? somebody else entirely?

how about major swellings? is that any good? is major swellings related to lindstrom / prins thomas?

side note: i had a hell of a weekend! i picked up

phantom slasher - puddle & spout
faze action - plans & designs
akwaaba - too shiny
jhelisa - galactica rush
chateau flight - puzzle
i:cube - 3
all of the kelley polar EPs
dj food - jazz brakes 5

it is all bongos and jazz beards over here.

a few weeks ago i got their "MORE OR LESS" mix from the year 2000, on u-star, from tower's clearance bin, and i'm just now listening to it!

it's missing the first CD but who fuckin cares, my lord!

it sounds like ... it sounds like ... uh ... a cross between faze action and motorbass??

fuck, this makes me want to down a bottle of cough syrup.

http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3H08HFIX1WRLU2RBVSZR2572AD

anybody who wants to DL this and play it on ipod / laptop speakers / other system without knock can go E a D.

"since u-star records formed in 1984, its releases have been characterised by the use of studio techniques that draw their inspiration from the type of heavily effected sounds that original djs/mixers such as francois kevorkian and larry levan used during their more creative dub-based disco phase. after owners dan tyler and conrad mcdonnell (aka idjut boys) forged a useful partnership with like-minded studio producer laj (raj gupta), early releases such as 'oh la la teaparty' and 'funkyland' by bam bam proved that impressive and humorous talent was already developing. unfortunately, these extremely limited releases ensured that the idjut boys were kept a well-hidden secret.

the first u-star record to achieve any recognition was the not reggae ep (1995), which stood out from the vast majority of new releases because of its originality and the quality of the production. mixing live instrumentation with deep, dubby, heavy four-to-the-floor grooves, it was the sketch for the london 'nu-house' sound prevalent in recent years. included on the b-side were extended beat-based instrumentals which used heavily effected studio tricks to create a sound that shocked, then rocked dancefloors. tracks such as these are a staple element of their djing, tying vocal-led cuts between percussive grooves of original disco tracks between modern house, using techniques similar to dj harvey.

ben davies' the quakerman ep followed suit with the piano-led 'cream cheese' and the electro/house fusion of 'schlam me.' the beating on dave ep and the beard law ep (both 1996) continued in a similar vein, but also marked a progression in the intricacies of their pot-fuelled music which would later become evident on their debut album.

although still an enigma to most, the idjut boys received sufficient attention in london and from abroad to work on dub-reimxes, as opposed to complete reconstructions, for a variety of like-minded artists. one of their earlier efforts, a remix of century falls' 'it's music' (1996), produced live instrumentation above and beyond the normal artificial house sounds, managing to mix live salsoul-styled disco with dubbed-out house. their remix work has involved a man called adam, 16b, dimitri from paris and dj gilb'r, as well as re-editing jazz-funk records such as kabbala's 'ashewo ara' (1997) and atmosphear's 'deep space nine.'

alongside london's faze action, dj harvey, crispin j glover and ashley beedle, idjut boys were placed at the centre of the media vaunted 'nu-house' scene. while live instrumentation had become the fresh sound of house, the idjuts marked themselves out by veering clear of aimless 'jazz-noodling' and making records people could dance to.

alongside their u-star and noid imprints, the idjuts have launced the fiasco label (featuring a tabasco bottle on the front cover), with laj and quakerman providing the music, and the difunctional label, offering a diverse range of tracks from artists around the world. in 1997 they picked up more club play with the fela kuti-influenced drum sounds of the whoktish ep and perhaps their most complete production to date, the roll over and snore ep (1997), with a title track which uncharacteristically kicked into life with killer piano hook similar to those used on early chicago house cuts by the likes of marshall jefferson and sterling void.

1998 witnessed their debut album, noid long player. although it featured none of their singles to date, it had the idjuts' mark clearly stamped over every track. using a wealth of jazz-funk/disco samples as a common thread, cuts like highway 167 and steinworld are nothing but ludicrous drum breaks, extreme sound effects, and crazy marx brothers samples all the way."

-- vahid (vfoz...), April 5th, 2006.

Are you still doing this?

I'm impressed!

WTF?

they must mean "first LP of original exclusive productions"

because by my count they've released

noid long player
life: the shoeing you deserve
puddle & spout
gruble
key to the tripod
desire lines

and

more or less / the u-star daze

which admittedly is an early "greatest hits" comp and mix

so which would be the best place to start?

U-Star Daze.

i've got that one, it is..... jam after jam

“What we’ve tried to do is make an LP, four tracks a side on vinyl. You stick it on your stereo, have a cup of coffee and read the paper. When it’s finished you stick the other side on. So we’ve made an LP in the traditional way.”

<3

wasn't too impressed with "One For Kenny" til that piano break came in, then it was pretty great. very much looking forward to drinking coffee and reading the paper to this.

meanderthals was my soundtrack for that on a lot of sunny weekend mornings last year

my favorites is actually "life: the shoeing you deserve"

"more or less" is a 2cd comp w/ a mixed 2nd disc, that mixed 2nd disc was re-released in the US as "the u-star daze"

i would go with any of those, and then move on to puddle & spout, gruble, etc etc which tbf are basically i guess just elaborate re-edit comps

second Meanderthals, sublime balearic dub bliss.

Since those early albums seem impossible to find at a reasonable price, I've got stuck into Press Play and Night Dubbin. Really enjoying the track selection on Press Play, but I feel like as a mix it kinda crashes with the cover of Word Up and doesn't really get itself back on track, like the section from there to the end should have been at the start to warm up instead. Night Dubbin is great though, I love the sense of dark queasiness hanging over it, and both mixes are so impressive with the way they eschew traditional beat-matching yet putting together transitions that seem to flow naturally.

not sure if this URL is going to work:

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/538683_10150736883898250_677198249_9861324_1476430412_n.jpg

Idjuts mix disc on the first Claremont 56 compilation!

oh awwwesome.

i am not really loving cellar door :-/

is that a good label? i didn't get into the first smith & mudd album, it had that same-y mush-y vibe that a lot of rong releases seem to have.

but maybe i'm just not listening close enough

wish they continued w/ their droid series

compile already

body so jelly-ish

http://www.catapult.co.uk/resources/cache/resize_box_it_-resources-product-images-28077-DroidThreejpg.350x350.jpg

dancefloors gone all wobbly

c56 is pretty much my favorite label, but I'm horribly biased.

i am feeling cellar door!

im not :-/

i have just listened to it twice and enjoyed it both times

think i've abandoned using non-basic words to describe instrumental music though, oh well

just to say again, probably, but Smokin' Balls is a fantastic track.

oochie coochie / ten minutes of lasagna are my enduring faves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LviO5RupGn4

japanese mix cd of salsoul tracks: http://ahbproduction.shop-pro.jp/?pid=141722617

http://ahbproduction.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/idjut-boys_2019.jpg

tlg I still listen to these downloads on the regular, thanks again

?

oh maybe it was in the Leonardo thread?

anyway you put up a bunch of links to DL these OOP albums many years ago and they have given me great joy

😎