https://soundcloud.com/optimo-music
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/greta-motif
🔊 https://youtu.be/TNU3wcC81FI

Jonnie Wilkes, signed here as J.G. Wilkes of Optimo fame, is driving eclecticism to new frontiers for your ears only. Belfast-made and Glasgow-situated artist/DJ keeps us entertained on the shores of Leftfield, House, and Wave in his two-hour ride for LAYERcatalogue.

We hear a monument to a curiosity that naturally fits with studying Fine Art like Jonnie did. He put his art career aside to pursue music full-time with occasional visits to the world of galleries.

LAYER358 is that testimony of impeccable taste and a great sense of dance floor dynamics.

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LAYER #358 | J.G. Wilkes (Optimo)

There was a long time I considered Raymond Richards the ultimate secret weapon. There were sounds he could make that other people just couldn’t. Pure, whole, yet complex sounds. The pedal steel is an extremely niche instrument outside of its Country confines, but its sheer and transcendent depth has never failed to floor me. Raymond’s ear for implementing the steel into literally 'anything' has always been uncanny. After decades of being savvy to his work ethic, multi-faceted studio skills and overall sense of musical honesty, it became a priority for me to channel some of this into narratives through the ESP Institute and get his stories told. Without further recounting the history and trajectory of our musical relationship (see the press release for 2020’s critically-acclaimed album 'The Lost Art Of Wandering'), I can whole-heartedly confirm this sophomore release, 'Sand Paintings', opens an even wider door into Raymond’s visceral, contemplative world. The cast of players has elaborated to include Calexico’s John Convertino on drums and percussion, a bevy of eccentric stringed instruments and even a hint of brass to collectively stratify context for the pedal steel. Through diversifying the timbral palette, we invite an increased soundstage acuity but also reveal untapped wells of emotion for the listener, perhaps even testing cultural literacies. One foot remains in our established ambient realm, while the other steps toward grand cinematic gestures, and despite the dense, insurmountable emotion in these songs, there is a stoic singularity, like a lonesome cowboy pulling up his boot straps to endure another day. 'Badwater Basin' opens with courage, an enormous chord evoking Raymond’s image of “hard dawn”, but in navigating through the dramatic depictions of 'Monument Valley', 'Saguaro' and 'Deer On Hwy 80', we grapple with a cloaked vulnerability—weathered by the elements, beaten down and alone, yet still madly in love with the world.  —Lovefingers

[ESP081] Sand Paintings - SNIPPETS

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Running Hot is producer and DJ Mark Newman. He discovered rave when he was 13 via a tape from his mate at school which has led to a lifelong love affair. He is is orignally from South Wales and now resides in Berlin running with the Love On The Rocks crew... This mix is based on his love of Italo-house. It's a nice one... Enjoy.

"I recorded this one in the middle of another frosty and grey morning in Berlin so I wanted to try and conjure up some of the spirit of summer. I’d had the idea for a while to try and do a mix with a lot of very pitched down Italo-house stuff so that it almost starts to sound a bit like kwaito and has a nice laid back feel… So here it is! Hope you enjoy!"

TP537 Running Hot

Sometimes we happen to take some of the fundamental aspects that guide our main mission for which this platform is a crucial resource for granted, even if we never underestimate their place in what makes it something singular amid the multitude of similar content that can be found online. Take eclecticism for example, a quintessential characteristic of every single contribution to the series and an overall quality that is pursued by each of the guests we have in the construction of their deeply personal musical narratives. Not a mean feat, if we take into account the sheer diversity of rhythmic patterns and harmonic structures involved that need to be concatenated cohesively or, at the very least, sequenced harmoniously to be able to engulf us in its motional thrust and emotional pull. The greatness of all the mixes featured in this collection lies in the fact that they rely mostly on both a delicate play of moods and an intricate balance of forces, managing to harness their energy and use it towards stimulating our bodies, exciting our senses, enticing our minds and warming our hearts in the process. This episode is no exception, quite the opposite, as Lago brings his singular selective sensibility and elegant use of skills to weave an enthralling thread of gliding grooves that intertwine with alluring melodies from all over the globe.

Gop Cast 139 - Lago

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DJ Possum & Myles Mac @DramaRadioBar · Aug 02 2025

An hour of Apiento live from the Love International Sunrise Sessions in 2025. 

TP543 Apiento (Love International Sunrise Sessions)

Head of Grimy Edits, Zernell Gillie's style can range from the heart of disco to the soul of Chicago house - he heads up a 2 hour slot once a month from our LA studio.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/zernell/episodes/zernell-1st-september-2025

GET GRIMY W/ DIANA CHAN 010925

Mandala Beach
10th August
20:00-22:00
@marini_records

Mario Marini at Piña 2025

Recorded at Wicked’s 4th Anniversary, celebrating 10 years of Sound Metaphors Saturday, 11 October 2025 – Womb, Tokyo

@monkey-timers

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 39 : Monkey Timers

Andrew Weatherall pure genius @ Disco Deviant April 2012 3hrs long

ALFOS Weatherall & Johnston at Disco 1

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- VENT 3nd Anniversary: Day 1 Feat. Circle Of Live -

DATE : 8/17 (SAT)
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Circle Of Live (Sebastian Mullaert, Johanna Knutsson, Matt Karmil)
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- VENT 3nd Anniversary: Day 2 Feat. Andrew Weatherall -

DATE : 8/24 (SAT)
OPEN : 23:00
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Andrew Weatherall (Open to Last set)

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【 伝説！Andrew Weatherallが表参道VENTの3周年パーティーDay2で、オープン・トゥ・ラストのロングセットを披露！ 】
 

国内屈指のサウンドシステムと、こだわり抜いたブッキングで日本のナイトシーンに一石を投じてきた表参道VENT。8月17日と24日に3周年パーティーを開催！8月24日のDay2には現代のミュージックシーンに計り知れない影響を及ぼしてきたリビングレジェンド、Andrew Weatherallがオープン・トゥ・ラストのロングセットで登場！

 
Andrew Weatherallほど多岐にわたる音楽ジャンルに影響を及ぼしてきたアーティストもなかなかいないだろう。10代の頃からポップカルチャー全体に傾倒し、音楽と洋服と本と映画に夢中になっていたという。音楽制作を始めてからは、ずば抜けた才能を発揮し、New Order、My Bloody Valentine、Primal Scream、Paul Weller、Noel Gallagher、Happy Mondayなどの制作に関わったり、リミックスを提供。デビュー前のThe Chemical BrothersやUnderworldなどの素晴らしい才能をいち早く発掘したのもAndrew Weatherall達だった。
 

アナログレコードをこよなく愛し、今でも幅広い音楽ジャンルのDJプレイを披露している。ロカビリーからテクノまでをプレイする、Andrew Weatherallにとっては音楽ジャンルの壁などは無いに等しい。数々の革命を音楽業界に巻き起こしてきた、真のイノベーターと共に迎えるVENTの3周年パーティーに乞うご期待！
 
 

更に超豪華特典！VENTの3周年を祝してAndrew Weatherallが、最新のMixを2本を提供してくれました！

・Mix#1はこちらでお楽しみ下さい！
Andrew Weatherall VENT 3rd Anniversary Mix #1
https://soundcloud.com/vent-tokyo/andrew-weatherall-vent-3rd-anniversary-mix-1


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※不定期にVENTの最新情報をお送り致します。 
 
 

- VENT 3nd Anniversary: Day 2 Feat. Andrew Weatherall -

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#VENTtokyo #AndrewWeatherall #House #Techno #Anniversary

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Japanese Radio Mix Jun 19 Pt 1

Andrew Weatherall VENT 3rd Anniversary Mix #1

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