https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/love2jdtwitch

This is a mix that long ago lived on the internet, then ended up properly mastered as one of the cassettes in our 15th anniversary box set. We're releasing it again now to bring attention to our friend, Keith McIvor aka JD Twitch, who's been diagnosed with a brain tumor. The liner notes for the cassette, below, lay out how formative our experiences of Optimo (Espacio) were as we built our thing. Keith played the very first Mister Saturday Night, and we went on to develop a long friendship with both him and Jonnie. We are forever grateful to them and hope you will support Keith and his family now as they deal with one of the most difficult moments of life. Love live Keith McIvor. Long live Optimo. 

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/love2jdtwitch


*Original Liner Notes*

Optimo were huge inspirations when Justin and I threw our first Mister Saturday Night parties in 2009. Justin had seen them play at the Motherfucker party at Limelight sometime in 2004, while I spent time at the weekly Sunday night parties that JD Twitch (Keith McIvor) and Jonnie Wilkes’ threw in Glasgow during my college days. We were both taken by Keith and Jonnie’s ability to incorporate just about any music into their sets while still pleasing everyone in the room, record diggers and punters alike.

This particular set is from the summer of 2010, a party we hosted in a Bushwick back alley, and it encapsulates Optimo's knack for party-rocking in the most unconventional way. Classic house gives way to afrobeat, builds up into a high energy Italo track that drips to a halt, before revving into a sequence that includes an off-kilter Comeme record, “Pump Up The Jam,” ‘80s electro, lo-fi techno and Jesse Jackson’s “I Am Somebody” speech, before Liquid Liquid's Sal Principato grabs the mic and sings “Optimo,” the track for which Keith and Jonnie named their project. To hear is to believe.

— Eamon Harkin

MSN Tape 1510 - Optimo

Part 2. A Fundraiser for JD Twitch / Optimo, 2010 in NYC (featuring Sal P from Liquid Liquid)

Two hours taken from Moxie’s recent all night long set at NYC’s Public Records. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-9th-april-2025

Moxie - Live from Public Records NYC 090425

PP#46 MIX BY R_R_

Wrapping up the day in Berlin – Joe Delon takes over for the final hour!

Joe Delon [28.7.25]

Boy From Suburbs - Found you (Original Mix)

El Alem Allah - Amr Diab & Which one - Drake

Glint [Minimal Groove Concept]

This week’s podcast is a trip through the record collection of JD Twitch, one half of Glasgow institution Optimo.

RA.087 JD Twitch (Optimo)

Philpot boss Michel Baumann jacks the house on this week's RA podcast.

RA.184 Soulphiction

One of Detroit's most consistent producers takes the reins.

RA.298 Patrice Scott

The DC duo get the party started.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=542

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RA.087 JD Twitch (Optimo)

Resident Advisor