Artist Of The Week -- Kidda

Skint Records met Kidda almost 10 years ago when he moved down from the north to make videos for their roster. His first for them was Midfield General’s ‘Midfielding’ featuring Noel Fielding (the video of which The General is most proud- “he’s one of the most gifted and creative people I’ve had the good fortune to meet…”), Lo Fidelity All Stars ‘Sleeping Faster’, and X Press 2 ‘Give it’. With video work for Kanye West also to his name, he is the visual power house of Skint Records. Indeed it was working on the video for X-Press 2 that the computer representation of Ste / Kidda was born. The result is a character made out of boxes with which Ste’s imagination can run wild. On the video for ‘Smile’, which is based on Napolean Dynamite, Kidda can do lots of things that Ste could never do - “I’ve got it break-dancing. I can’t breakdance!”, with the Kidda website being based around the video for 'Billie Jean'.

Having previousy released records on Catskills and Puma Strut, recent Kidda remixes include one Pepe Deluxe (to be released on Catskills’s forthcoming remix album), Parker, and a promo Kidda/ Fatboy mash-up that Norm liked so much he put it on his remix long player. Kidda has also released two albums of soul-slapped Beastie Boys remixes (On The Bus To N.Y.C., Fake Boogie Tapes) that have become the stuff of legend. Alongside his residency at Digital Brighton, Kidda’s festival dates this summer take in Loop, Glastonbury and Beach Down.

Check out the free track for download: "Waiting For Light"

www.myspace.com/kiddauk