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Live @ The Garden, Zadar [24/4/2014]

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)

Mouthfull resident @bella-johansson returns with E34 of some times - Broadcast live from Naarm. 

Soft, spacey, rhythmic healing feelings of music this month. 


some times w/ bel - October 31st 2024

Explore the many different strains of good music that make up Ross Allen's collection.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/soup-to-nuts-ross-allen/episodes/soup-to-nuts-ross-allen-31st-october-2024

Soup To Nuts w/ Ross Allen & Luke Una 311024

Corridor Radio is back with a new mix from a longtime friend of the brand, Ivan Berko. A New York native with deep roots in the underground scene, Ivan is a DJ, producer, musician… and your favorite bartender.

Ivan Berko

Suze Ijó is back in NYC for a mini tour. Today she joins forces with Dee Diggs. Sharing some of their favorite music for the next two hours!

http://www.instagram.com/suze.ijo 
www.instagram.com/dee.diggs

https://on.soundcloud.com/oDoyHazhoyvgVTB69

Suze Ijó and Dee Diggs @ The Lot Radio 12-06-2024

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Based out of Los Angeles, Juan Izguerra is a DJ, and music programmer at Homage Brewing. 

Mixed bag of house, deep house, techno, loopy tracks and dreamy floaty tunes 

For more music:
www.discoesencia.com

Juan Izguerra info:

@juanizguerra

Esencia 089 - Juan Izguerra

London based producers, visual artists and DJ duo, Good Block have been throwing parties in the capital for nearly 15 years. Hosting the likes of Ramzi, Mogwaa, Jex Opolis, Gabrielle Kwarteng, Jamie Tiller, Zaltan, Bufiman, Jon K, Cosmic Slop, Bradley Zero, Apiento, Bahamian Moor, Trujillo, Jonny Rock and many more. 

In 2018 the duo started a very popular dropbox folder of free edits which slowly continues to expand. With a string of productions and remixes on the likes of Isle Of Jura, Emotional Response, Planet Trip, Heels & Souls and Duca Bianco they also released three EPs - 4 Corners, Aquaculture and Naiad / Dryad on their own imprint.

On 20th March 2025 the duo will debut their full length album ‘Window’ a collection of works recorded between 2017 - 2024 representing hours of musical experimentation and emerging from the many influences that have shaped their sound. The album will be available on limited edition double gatefold vinyl and full digital release, with artwork by the duo. 

https://goodblock.bandcamp.com/album/window

'This mix has been recorded to showcase the wide variety of influences that have inspired us over the years, we hope you enjoy'

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 33 : Good Block

https://www.instagram.com/_love__letters_
https://www.instagram.com/mikeservito

.Freq with Love Letters and Mike Servito @ The Lot Radio 07-01-2025

The breezy sound of the Canadian Riviera, from Mood Hut's Pender Street Steppers.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/pender-street-steppers/episodes/pender-street-steppers-22nd-july-2025

Pender Street Steppers w/ Khotin 220725

Collector John Gómez brightens up Mondays with some music from different times and different places.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/soup-to-nuts-john-gomez/episodes/soup-to-nuts-john-gomez-11th-august-2025

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cemetery-date-went-wrong.

Bowie Would Have Understood
(by Merlin Mirage – a slow electro indie reflection)

He burned through the sky like fire.
I breathe through silence like wind.

This song isn’t a tribute,
it’s a quiet conversation between generations of transformation.
A slow electronic pulse drifts beneath soft synths and breathing space —
a song of light, identity, and what remains after becoming.

It remembers Bowie not as a legend,
but as a frequency —
a reminder that change and stillness
can be the same thing.

All music, lyrics, and visual artwork created in collaboration between human artistry and AI technology.
© 2025 MIRAGE – All rights reserved.

Bowie Would Have Understood

The picture is where the audio of the waves come from.
Baie des tout nus, Quebec

Seven Isles

A four hour (Extended Mix) from Dea Barandana, one of Indonesia's most celebrated DJs and record collectors, resident at Potato Head Bali and, according to Gilles Peterson, mastermind behind "the best DJ set I've heard in 10 years."

(Extended Mix) is a new charitable series that celebrates all-night specialists and more simple, carbon-friendly lineups. Instead of paying on the door for this extended experience, we invite listeners to donate to the DJ directly while their gigs are cancelled, or to a chosen charity. For this one Dea has opted for the African Wildlife Foundation.

Donate and read the interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/05/21/extended-mix-dea-barandana/

We now premiere all our mixes a week early on Mixcloud Select. Subscribe to our channel to listen first, download the mixes, and ensure that the artists included in each one gets paid: www.mixcloud.com/stampthewax/select/

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(Extended Mix): Dea Barandana

simmerdown is a collaborative effort to explore the queer space/place of sauna. we host a bi-monthly mix series for your sweaty soundscaped pleasure.

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