July 20

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce

Releases (aka Dream_E, Alfie, Highfield Casuals, DJ59)

The Aquarium, a beloved dancefloor at Fandango, isn’t confined to any specific genre but rather embodies an entire colourscape and aesthetic, guided by a 115 BPM restriction. Some of the most thrilling ideas emerge from spaces of limitation, and it is here the Aquarium has found its much-celebrated groove.

The Aquarium V/A Vol. i features 15 tracks spanning the entire scope of this amphibious dancefloor. The compilation surges through a journey into the minds and waves of 17 producers, navigating an underwater sound consistent in its diversity. From the wobbling pulse of Big Leg’s Jelly Dub Luv (ft. RexL) to COLA REN’s dreamy seabed roll, the filmic nostalgia of eoin DJ’s Things In Life, and the more danceable sound of E-Talking’s Être un autre ohm, each track is a love letter to every corner of the Aquarium’s deep blue.

The selection is curated by the team behind Fandango, and will be donating all profits to the marine conservation charity Blue Ventures. The charity was chosen to contribute back to marine life without which sounds and swells of aquatic bass could not exist. Blue Ventures works with small-scale local cultures and economies to support their natural ecosystems, ensuring a fair distribution of resources.

https://fandangooo.bandcamp.com/album/aquarium-v-a-vol-i
https://soundcloud.com/theburrellconnection
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https://www.instagram.com/theburrellconnection/

PREMIERE: The Burrell Connection - Sandy On Mars [Fandango]

Dream Space is a new record label based out of Leeds, UK.

An idea which was first formed some years ago and is now being brought to life in 2025.

Our first release is Transmissions Vol. I, a compilation EP featuring artists who are based in or linked to Yorkshire & past guests of the truelove. parties we have been putting on in the city over the last 7 years.

All profits from this release will be donated to MAP Charity Leeds, who since 2007 have been providing alternative education in music and arts to young people who are unable to access the mainstream school system.

Dream Space - Transmissions Vol. I - Previews

https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/fondofunk-ep

Optimo Music launches a new digital label; Optimo Music Digital Danceforce, or just plain Digital Danceforce for simplicity. As the turnaround on getting vinyl made was getting ever longer, I wanted an outlet that could be a lot leaner and meaner and get releases out in a far faster amount of time. Some of these may end up being vinyl releases if there is a demand but they will be launched to the world as digital only.

First up is four tracks of sleazy, psyched-out electronics from Belgium’s Strapontin. Self-described as Cold disco, slow techno, queer thoughts, it was instantly falling in love with these that led to the decision to get these out to the world ASAP. Tried and tested. Dancefloor action guaranteed.

Available from all good digital outlets from October 12th.

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 001 - Strapontin - Fondofunk EP

NOO - Just Can’t Give It Up EP

https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/just-cant-give-it-up-ep

1) Just Can’t Give It Up - 6.28
2) Just Can’t Give It Up (instrumental) - 6.22
3) Trip Child - 7.25
4) Mindless Wonder - 5.51
5) Just Can’t Give It Up  (Cosmic mix) - 6.17


All written and produced by Noo


Noo return to Optimo Music with the 2nd release on Digital Danceforce. 

Self describing this release, Noo call it Cosmic electro funk with a touch of acid. Channelling the Noosphere, years 81-84 this time, maybe up to 89.

Key Words -

Boogie disco
Breakdance
Earth Wind & Fire
Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack
Imagination in dub
French synthesiSer music
Early acid house and new beat


5 tracks of discord fire.

Available from all good digital outlets from October 19th.

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 002 - Noo - Just Can't Give It Up EP

Perdu - Alteration EP

1) Road To Yuzu
2)Phasing In
3)Anxious World

https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/alteration-ep

The Netherland's Perdu presents the Alteration EP

Road To Yuzu

Road To Yuzu originates from a long drive to the east of Holland. I was on my way to a place called Yuzu after a long day in the studio, where I was stuck in an old flow and sound. I found myself re-evaluating this flow and it felt like I was ready for something new. This drive somewhat changed the sound I wanted to focus on, giving me new energy and inspiration. Road to Yuzu, a melancholic driven breakbeat track, represents this turning point. 


Phasing In

The acid elements characterize the over-rushed society we live in, where we forget to stand still at times. The kalimba percussion and synthesizers represents the opposite; feeling grounded and conscious. With Phasing in, I tried to combine these feelings to express the contradiction of the two.


Anxious World

The last track of the EP starts with dreamy synths slowly evolving into a heavy leading bass with breakbeat elements. The short didgeridoo cuts and the use of the old Yamaha SY22 synthesizer rounded up the track.


Alteration EP 

With the three tracks taken together I tried to give an output on all different thoughts going on in the studio while making music. I’m always in search to keep the balance between dancefloor movement and calmness. It’s a process where everything is subject to change and alteration.

Available from all good digital outlets from December 7th.

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 003 - Perdu - Alteration EP

1) Heat
2) Affiliation
3) Planetary Systems

https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/heat-ep

Selwa Abd, originally from Morocco, is a NewYork based artist and musician. She holds a BFA in Communication Design from Parsons The New School for Design and is founder of the music platform: Bizaarbazaar. Under the guise Bergsonist (derived from Deleuze' s Bergsonism), she uses multiple mediums to investigate social resonance through divergent conceptual aesthetics (minimalism, techno, music concrete to name a few). Her practice utilizes her trained design sensibility to filter the objects of intuitive exploration, guided by an impulse to detach subjective meaning from found sonic fragments. Notions of identity, memory, social politics and the ambiguous long-term reliability/stability of our digital networks drive this process. She has released several eps on labels such as Borft, Styles Upon Styles,  Always Human and Where To Now as. As well as self released Eps on her bandcamp. “Heat” is her debut release for Optimo Music and is a stunningly original EP, the lead track being a slo-mo low slung techno treat featuring Bergsonist’s vocals. It will be followed up with a full album release in the first half of 2019.

Available from all good digital outlets from December 14th.

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 004 - Bergsonist - Heat EP

https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/works-1-ep

Tamburi Neri. Sweet stories cloudy landscapes. A project based on stories created by the lucid madness of Andrea Barbieri and the dark and dreamy musical composition of Claudio Brioschi. Their music conveys a long vortex of exciting poetry.

1) Pechino
2) Oom
3).Pelle Rossa
4)Animali
5) Black Drums

Total freshness from one half of Boot & Tax plus friend. 

Tamburi Neri. Sweet stories cloudy landscapes. A project based on stories created by the lucid madness of Andrea Barbieri and the dark and dreamy musical composition of Claudio Brioschi. Their music conveys a long vortex of exciting poetry.


Available from all good digital outlets from February 8th 2019.

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 005 - Tamburi Neri - Works #1 EP

Guided by yet another of La Cheetah Club’s family members, Alfie leads us through the third Outer Zone with four homage laden techno cuts, all obliquely or otherwise brushing past centre-points of styles within the genre. Having proven himself as a producer capable of making serious dancefloor cuts as @theburrellconnection, this new moniker sees the Perth native coagulate sounds usually heard during the energetic moments before the always impending end of the night. Each track stems from influences or creative bursts entirely different from the last, with the EP opening to a lovingly crafted tribute to giants and ending with something drawn from wider sources of inspiration rendered singular. ‘Plastic Entertainment’ is anything but artificial, made with the direct intention of shaking walls and eyeballs.

Release Date: 5th August 2019
Preorder: https://outerzone.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-entertainment

Alfie - Plastic Entertainment [OUZ03]

Sincere, sarcastic and unassumingly seminal: Glasgow's answer to Basic Channel, Southside's answer to Pub and Sandy's answer to those endless afters. 2s on the balcony and runs to the shop. An ode to the skyline; a symphony for the local legends; a tapestry of downtempo dreamscapes - from Shawlands to Neukölln and the world beyond. A warm dose of future-proof emotion. Strap in, this is one for heads, the lovers and all those along the way. Welcome to the layer cake son. Forever yours, Dream_E.

A1: DreamOne
A2: DreamTwo
A3: DreamThree
B1: DreamFour
B2: DreamFive
B3: DreamSix
B4: DreamSeven

releases June 22, 2020

Written by @theburrellconnection. Mastering by Beau Thomas @ Ten Eight Seven. Artwork by Guillaume de Ubéda. Distribution via Rubadub. Write up by Jack Anderson.

Bandcamp: https://paceyourself.bandcamp.com/album/dream-e-dreams-on-22

Dream_E - Dreams on 22 LP (PACE002)

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Garage Hour: Interplanetary Criminal - 06 July 2020

this is a unmixed selection of neurofunk and heavy drum and bass. love this style of music. Just turn up the speakers and let the bass just melt ya face hahaha. hope everyone likes this as im trying to listen and find new styles of music to share with you all. respect to all the artists who have created this sound. Turn it up!!!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯 

neurofunk & heavy drum and bass ( unmixed )

https://theburrellconnection.bandcamp.com/album/breaks-that-strung-the-camel-back-ep

We are going to pause operations for a period of reflection over the next couple fo months and are delighted to pause with a killer EP by super talented Glasgow artist The Burrell Connection. We asked for some words and The Burrell Connection responded with the following -

"After a 2 year hiatus spent masquerading as Alfie and Dream_E, The Burrell Connection moniker is rekindled on Optimo Music with a blend of breakbeat club excursions for your aural pleasure. 

We present four tracks extracted from the vaults from the past few years, "facilitated by hyperactivity and channelled by the powers of Ableton, dub delays, samplers and synthesisers by Korg, Roland and Yamaha." 

A1 & B1 written in The Zen Palace, Neukölln (2020), A2 performed and recorded live at Revolver, Oslo (2019), B2 written at The Southside Centre Of Aural Technology, Shawlands (2018)".   

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams, this is not a quest for stardom but the purest form of escapism."

Out on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce July 17th 2020

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 031 - The Burrell Connection - Breaks That Strung The Camel Back EP

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