ALL TIME FAVORITE! Will make sure to get a copy. Got the tension single with the 'Daft Punk' look (1989!) along some other edits already.

Josh McClintock

Optimo Music Archiv is a new offshoot label by JD Twitch exploring and revisiting favourite and often forgotten releases from the past.

First up - Force Dimension.

Released in full picture sleeve on marbled vinyl. Sleeve design by Andrew Beltran.

This was Belgium. 1989. First wave EBM duo, but also so much more.
This first release takes 5 Force Dimension favourites and reconfigures them as an extended EP / mini album.

The songs are untouched but have been power remastered for 21st Century ears.

“Tension” comes in two versions, one from each version of their debut album. Oddly they put out an original version (Blue), they decided they didn’t like it and re-recorded it. Both versions of Tension rule.
200 FA is an end of the night anthem. A perfect piece of E Music that crossed over into the early 90s Rave era and still much sought after to this day.

Aqua 2000 and All Systems Out are two Belgian bombs that still slay dancefloors today.

Vinyl and digital released July 9th 2021. Distro by Kompakt

OM Archiv 01 - Force Dimension - Feel The Tension (mini album)

Wandering through the outback he was aware of his own bitter loneliness, there wasn't much out here but for the occasional ramshackle old house and the desert sands. His only companion? A crazy ass bronco with a mind all of his own and a wild kick. The sun beamed down upon them both as they marched and trudged through the abyss in the hope of finding a beautiful mirage, a vision of a waterfall or the great rains. This was the only hope the pair had left in hell...

t-woc is a producer from Dublin, he has recorded a stellar six track record for Strangelove, a mixture of oddball bashment and dub with playful experimentation dotted throughout. Strangelove is a label of which we are very fond and this is the latest in their excellent pursuit to enlighten us all.

PREMIERE: t-woc - Crazy Bronco [Strangelove]

The night sky was lit by the flames of the flickering candles that bordered the clearing — it was the only light for miles and miles. Here they were far away from everything, and where there were no signs of civilisation, there were no interruptions. Those lucky enough to be welcomed into this ritual were all here for one reason or another. But the overriding motivation was finding something beyond the realms of reality; an intangible and unspoken force that could lead them to a higher state of consciousness. 

Tagliabue's organic approach to production has yielded cosmic and trance-inducing releases for the likes of Lustpoderosa, Cosmica Music and Blue Sea, under this alias and his given name Joseph Tagliabue. Elephant Gait Music is the next home for his transcendental musings, this time coming in the form of his debut mini-album Ambiente Sonoro. Like his previous releases, the music is cerebral and enchanting, merging eerie chants, droning atmospheres and ritualistic sounds with 70s library music and IDM influences à la Daniela Casa, Egisto Macchi, Global Communication and Coil.

PREMIERE: Tagliabue - Progresso [Elephant Gait Music]

Beginning sometime after midnight and finishing up after sunrise, Jane Fitz and Carl H b2b for the second time closing down Brave! Factory festival, Kiev, August 2019.

Jane Fitz & Carl H b2b at Brave Factory, Kiev, 2019

https://m.soundcloud.com/il-est-vilaine
https://soundcloud.com/detlefnet
https://soundcloud.com/dialect-recordings
🛒 https://ilestvilaine.bandcamp.com/album/les-myst-res-de-lorient-remix
🔊 https://youtu.be/uHmaABSREZA

Tracklist:

Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix)
Les Mystères de Lorient (Khidja remix)
Yvré-l’évêque (Krikor remix)
Marilyn Drum (Golden Bug & In Fields remix)
Bar a gwin (Rubin Steiner remix)
Les Mystères de Lorient (Marvin & Guy remix)
Phare Ouest (Narumi Hérisson remix)

Les Mystères de Lorient Remix

Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix)

PREMIERE: Il Est Vilaine - Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix) [Dialect Rec.]

https://soundcloud.com/marijusklimaitis
https://soundcloud.com/12incupozeme
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/dusanlilic / https://soundcloud.com/banda-panda
🔊  https://youtu.be/g1pCgIHbyL4

The third LAYER in our Lithuanian December special series comes from a dear friend with one foot in gentle atmospheres, the other in crooked down-tempo, and both arms digging hard for twisted dance. That last side he decided to showcase in his mix for WPD. 

If you know of Opium club's Smala nights through their recordings or staggering posters by Floating Bastard, then you know about Marijus Klimaitis.

The leftfield-loving Lithuanian started collecting music as a kid. Soon after moving to Vilnius, when Electroclash anthems ruled the Earth, Marijus ran the small Stereo 45 club, where he cut his craft and decided to embark on a DJ's journey.

Now, some years later, you know him as one half of 12 INČŲ PO ŽEME, the DJ duo he steers with Simas Slabačiauskas. The two operated the Smala nights in collaboration with another Vilnius nightlife staple, Manfredas. With their remix for Maar Bullet and a self-released mixtape, the duo started showing interest in entering producer waters.

This year, Marijus started sharing his uncanny favorites with audiences across the globe through the Per Amzius Ambient show on Radio Vilnius. From folk and jazz leftovers from the long-forgotten times, via the gloomy picks from the end of the century to contemporary sedated beats.

Play on YouTube

LAYER #276 | Marijus Klimaitis

Insurance Against a Great Thirst 008 / 06 01 2022

Etbonz (aka Elliott Thomas) returns to @bed_of_roses-1 - this time with Energizer Gaze - a six-song EP beaming in from the furthest reaches of the astral plane.
Featuring a gargantuan remix from sonic titan Steve Moore, as well as remixes from Portland underground greats Grizz Thomas and Old World. The dreams are tangerine, ramping into a shimmering ecstatic current, summoning a pulsar of shredded tension - emitting a righteous blaze. The edge of the universe is a blade wielded by only those who can feel its pure love.

PREMIERE : Etbonz - Energizer Gaze

Forcefield

Forcefield Energy

Mexican imprint Duro have announced the seventh edition of its beloved ‘Muy Duro’ series. This time we are glad to present an acid collaboration between masters Dominik Marz and Radial Gaze. We welcome Bruce The Bat Person and Heidenreich to the label. A heavy collaboration of two in-house artists, Macaulay & Undefined Pattern. Closing the compilation are skilled Nick Hanzo teaming up with A-Tweed.

The opener is Dominik Marz & Radial Gaze’s “Trans”, an acid journey with metallic percussions, distant murmurs and edgy synthesizers. Following up is Bruce The Bat Person’s “Roboteca Salvaje”, a wild and late cut, where the tenacious drums blend with programmed melodies and synthetic voices. Heidenreich, the artist behind "Neuruppin Trance", brings to the label a spiraling and endless drop with his powerful cut. His playful percussion and delirious arpeggios will make you not want to stop moving.

Up next is Macaulay & Undefined Pattern's "Ceniza & Miel", a shattering dancefloor cut. Its rumbling bass reminds us of the roar of the old days machines, while its sweet and ruined melody wraps you in a lovable and rotten silk. Rounding up the compilation is Nick Hanzo & A-Tweed’s “Andcister”, a track with distorted bass, twisted and modulated percussions, liquid synthesizers and distant sonars.

Muy Duro Vol 7

Trans

Dominik Marz & Radial Gaze - Trans (Original Mix)

Bristol-based selector and Cynic Music boss, @Felix-Dickinson is in charge of April's editions of The MUSAR Show, delivering a 60min adventure of chattery Chicago jack, acid house, trippy disco sounds and breezy grooves.

Felix has been a staple of the UK's underground dance scene for the last 3 decades, from early illegal raves back in those fabled heydays of the 90s to being a key DJ at places like Glastonbury's infamous Block 9, Sonar, Love International and Houghton Festival.

As a producer, he has put out music on a number of world-renowned record labels, including seminal imprints such as DFA, Rush Hour, Golf Channel and his own Cynic Music.

The MUSAR Show #47 - Felix Dickinson

Big City

After the reissue of Iury Lech – Musica Para El Fin De Los Cantos, Berlin based Cocktail d’Amore Music is proud to present a collection of remixes and reinterpretations of the mighty album. 
Japanese rising star Powder is first up to deliver her take on Barreras. The minimalist dreamscape catches its rhythmic reshape, becoming an underwater deep-house/deep-techno dance floor experience. On the same side Suzanne Kraft contributes with a rather cinematic vision on Cuando Rocìo Dispara Sus Flechas.  
Hatchback opens up the B-side with an evocative version of Posmeridiano. The Californian producer gives a touch of sunshine and open air to the landscape of the original song. Closing the EP Ukrainian producer Zavoloka reinterprets Ukraina with a vortex of three-dimensional sonic layering.

A1 - Iury Lech - Barreras (Powder remix)

Mix session on Dublab Radio's "Hey DJ" with host Boo Aguire in early 2013. 

Edit by Anthony from AnMRecsLA Recordings.

I:Cube - Lucifer En Discothèque
Kid Machine - Night Freaks
Daniel Avery - Movement
I:Cube - Mérovingienne
Locosollus - Gunship (Weatherall mix)
I:Cube - Un Proton Pour Toi, Un Neutron Pour Moi
Levon Vincent - Love Technique
Maetrik - The Entity
Split Secs - The Scream
Free Disco - Umbra Sumos
Pacific Horizons - Stealing the Fire from Heaven (Split Secs mix)
Virgo Four - It's a Crime (Caribou mix)
Awanto 3 and San Proper - Black Burger
Hong Kong Counterfeit - Metal Disco (Legowelt mix)
Brioski - Radio Anatomy
MU - Let's Get Sick
Blow - Go! (Detroit mix)
Drum & Bass - Claw Acieeed !!
Chicken Lips - Many Members
Shriekback - Mistah Linn He Dead (Adrian Sherwood mix)
Legowelt - Are You Truly Debonaire?
Alladin - Mass Confusion (I:Cube mix)
Daniel Avery - Movement (Weatherall mix)
Interview

Hey Dj! Live at Dublab on March 1st 2013

Live on Dublab's "Hey DJ" 3/1/13

The slow and trancey virtuoso from Frankfurt is back to release his solo EP. Each track has its own movement - mysterious, tense, exploring, expanding. Each movement is a medicine for your flesh and soul. The EP also includes great sounds from Greece. The remix by Anatolian Weapons is, as always, something more than just an interpretation.

From the first tribal beats, this EP triggers your body to want to move, something we're sorely lacking these days. We hope you can shake off the pandemic cobwebs to these tunes, wherever you are.

https://soundcloud.com/eshu-est
https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes

Pre-order

PRÉMIÈRE: Tassilo Vanhöfen - Dream Collector (Anatolian Weapons Remix) [Electric Shapes]

https://www.discogs.com/Benedikt-Frey-Cobra/master/960760

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