This week the dnb community got some terrible news with the unexpected and untimely passing of the super talented Optiv. He was a founding member of Cause4Concern andf then solo as Optiv but released many albums/tunes with BTK (as well as continuted work wiith CZA from C4C). 

So I took the opportunity to go through his huge body of work and use this weeks show to pay homage to him and his legacy of amazing tunes. There are tunes he's written, tunes of his that have been remixed and tunes that he has remixed. This is as many as I could get through with 2 decks and a bit under 2 hours but I could have gone on for hours more such is the immenseness of his production. This is in no means a definitive collections as it was everything I had on hand digitally excluding quite a large vinyl collection I have of his at home. RIP ;-(

1. The Ones & Twos - Intro
2. Cause4Concern - Moongerm 
3. Cause4Concern - Symptom 
4. Cause4Concern & Fierce - Carrier 
5. Cause4Concern - Research 
6. Cause4Concern - Just Cause 
7. Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Cause4Concern Remix)
8. Cause4Concern - Relentless (Stakka & Skynet Remix)
9. Cause4Concern - Epox (remix) 
10. Cause4Concern - Peepshow (Audio Remix)
11. Optiv & BTK - Dirt Box 
12. Optiv & BTK - Shredder 
13. Optiv & BTK - Dark Ryder 

14. Optiv & BTK - Understand Ft Sam Wills 
15. Cause4Concern - Hammer House (Fragz Remix)
16. Optiv & BTK - Hack and Slash 
17. Optiv & BTK - Payback 
18. Optiv & BTK - Inception
19. Optiv & CZA - Gemini 
20. Optiv & BTK - Intruder feat. Mindscape 
21. Optiv & BTK - Into The Wild 
22. Optiv & BTK - Dive Bomb 
23. Mindscape, Optiv & BTK - Goin' In 
24. Optiv & CZA - Strangerlands
25. Optiv & BTK - Crowd Control feat. Kryptomedic 
26. Optiv & BTK - Weapon of Choice 
27. Optiv, Disphonia & CZA - Critical Mass 
28. Dementia & Rregula - Timeline (Optiv & BTK Remix)
29. Cause4Concern - Alchemist 

30. Optiv & BTK - You Got Me So
31. Optiv & BTK - Haywire 
32. Optiv & CZA - Can't You See 
33. IHR & Synth Ethics - Tune X (Optiv & CZA Remix)
34. Optiv & BTK - Inside Out 
35. Optiv & BTK - Drop the Funk 
36. Optiv & BTK - Whatever (Mefjus Remix)
37. Optiv & BTK - Bad Attitude
38. Optiv & BTK - Sabretooth (Audio Remix)
39. Optiv & BTK - Mind Control 
40. Cause4Concern - Hooligan 
41. Optiv & BTK - Infested 
42. Optiv & CZA - I Can Hear Myself
43. Optiv & BTK - Reckless 

44. Cause4Concern - Hammerhouse (InsideInfo Remix)
45. Optiv, Dub Elements & CZA - Switchback 
46. Cause4Concern - Stranglehold 
47. Maztek x Aeph - What You Got (Optiv Remix)
48. Optiv & BTK - No Way Out 
49. Optiv & BTK - Dirty Tricks 
50. Optiv & BTK - Slander 
51. Optiv & BTK - Terminal City 
52. Optiv & BTK - Get Dark 
53. Optiv & BTK - Start It Again 
54. Optiv & BTK - Malfunction
55. BTK - Drop It (Optiv Remix)
56. Optiv & CZA - Journey Inwards 
57. Cause4Concern - Moongerm (Pythius Remix)

035 - The Ones And Twos On Fresh927 - ctoafn Optiv Tribute Mix 090120

ctoafn (Couldn't Think Of A F%#king Name) has been a DJ and promoter for the last 18 years in Melbourne moving back home to Adelaide January 2016 and back to Melbourne late 2021). He was the man behind Collateral Damage and Therapy Sessions Melbourne representing the darkside of drum n bass and has toured/supported acts including Dylan, Limewax, Current Value, Audio, Robyn Chaos, The Sect, Raiden, The Panacea, Dom & Roland, SPL and more. He also promoted and supported the "original and infamous" Spor & Ewun show @ The Palace, Evol Intent, John B, Apex (Unknown Error) and Telemetrik to name a few.

After giving up promoting in 2009 (except for the odd warehouse party) ctoafn spent a lot of time successfully getting his brand of bass music to the masses - Fast and furious mixing, dancefloor filling, bass ridden, filthy yet funky bass ;-) Whether its DnB, Dubstep, Glitch Hop, Moombahton or Breaks you are bound to hear it all.

His "PowerDub" mix released in July 2010 has received props from across the globe with thousands of downloads, CDs etc and then stepped it up and went onto 3 decks for the 2nd PowerDub Mixtape.

This led to playing for all of the large Melbourne bass music crews like Tekstep, BBA, Heavy Innit, The Operatives, PTA as well as Bass Elements & Enchanted Forest in Adelaide, Earth Frequency Festival in Brisbane, Dark Hearts in Christchurch. He's been a resident for one of the top 3 bass crews in Melbourne 'Twisted Audio' for 10 years after stepping back into his DNB roots. He then moved back to his home town of Adelaide to perform with Bass Element & The Collective which in the process across Melbourne & Adelaide been given the responsibility to warm up or close for a 'who's who' of D&B & Dubstep acts including Noisia, Calyx & Teebee, S.P.Y, Dillinja, Dub Phizix & Strategy, Rene La Vice, LTJ Bukem, Spectrasoul, DRS, Datsik, 16 Bit, SPL, Funtcase, Gemini, Audio/Pixel Fist, Phaeleh, Current Value, Dieselboy, State Of Mind, Evol Intent, Mefjus, Stickybuds, Emperor, InsideInfo, Cooh/Balkansky, Xilent, Fred V & Grafix, The Upbeats, Black Sun Empire, DC Breaks, Ivy Lab, Ekko & Sidetrack, Trei, Brookes Brothers, Annix, Jade, Teddy Killerz & Tantrum Desire. Even got to do a NYE mix for Triple J !

I have a monthly show called 'All Styles All Flavours' on KISSFM and finally I co-hosted a weekly show on Fresh927 FM alongside Uttersounds & OhQ called 'The Ones and Twos' Thursday nights 10pm til midnight CDST from 2018-2021 and all of my shows are archived here.