Tidy
Tidy started in 1995, set up by Andy Pickles and Amadeus Mozart, the Tidy Boys, and it’s been flying the flag for hard house ever since. Fast, loud and fun, round about 135bpm, no messing about.
The label put out tunes from the likes of Tony De Vit, the godfather of UK hard house, plus Andy Farley, Steve Blake, Lee Haslam and Rob Tissera. In 2002 they started the Tidy Weekender at Pontins in Prestatyn, three days of hard house in a holiday camp, and it became a pilgrimage for the hard house crowd.
They brought Tidy Two and Untidy Trax together under one name in 2005, did the 20th birthday in Southport in 2015 and the 25th back at Prestatyn in 2021. Pontins Prestatyn shut in 2023, but Tidy carried on, with Tidy 30 at Great Yarmouth in April 2025. Hard house is having a proper comeback with a new generation too, from Hannah Laing to Josh Butler.
Timeline
- 1995 Tidy Trax set up by the Tidy Boys
- 2002 First Tidy Weekender at Pontins, Prestatyn
- 2005 Tidy Two and Untidy Trax merge into Tidy
- 2015 20th birthday in Southport
- 2021 25th birthday back at Prestatyn
- 2025 Tidy 30 at Great Yarmouth