This celebratory mix of Optimo (Espacio) and particularly Keith (aka JD Twitch's legacy could've been 10 hours long, such is the length and breadth of great music Keith has turned me on to. Whole strata of underground music were first brought to my ears in sweaty nights at Optimo's legendary Sunday night residency at the Sub Club in Glasgow. Even beyond the club nights, the Optimo Music label often drains my Bandcamp funds with its incredible roster of talent. 

May Jah speed Keith and Johnny for the excellent work they do. 

OPTIMO FOREVER. 

Pearse O'Halloran - Sacred Mechanics 03: OPTIMO FOREVER

Rudolf Abramov – All Diving Lucid Blue (Optimo)
Label: Optimo Music (https://soundcloud.com/optimo-music)
https://www.instagram.com/optimomusic/
BUY LINK: https://rudolfabramov.bandcamp.com/album/losing-perspective
> Rudolf Abramov (https://soundcloud.com/rudolf_abramov)
https://www.instagram.com/rudolf0abramov
https://linktr.ee/rudolfabramov
> Mihály Podobni  (mihalypodobni.com)
https://www.instagram.com/mihalypodobni

It’s been a lil while since we released our EP Losing Perspective on Optimo Music, and just before we share some very exciting news with you, we want to look back and share a video created by Mihály Podobni for one of our favorite tracks from that EP - All Diving Lucid Blue.
The video was created entirely with analog video techniques, combining no-input and camera feedback using ’90s video mixers. Signals loop back into themselves to form ever-shifting, fluid imagery: no external footage, only synthesized visuals generated within the video system. Inspired by the track’s spacey, melancholic yet futuristic atmosphere, it reflects Mihály’s vision of a cosmonaut’s heimweh: drifting in nostalgia, recalling the endless blues of Earth – its skies, clouds, waters, and the planet itself.

We’d like to dedicate this video to Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) / Optimo Espacio. Your vision and passion have inspired us long before we joined the Optimo Music family. You are a compass for so many of us – thank you 💙


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PREMIERE : Rudolf Abramov – All Diving Lucid Blue

Extrawelt & Dominik Eulberg - A Little Further (Not On A Map)
Captain Mustache - Pen Weapon feat. Mel E. Logan (Electrosexual Remix)
Jon May - Dream Catcher
9OASES - Call Coco (Extended Version)(Edit)
Legowelt - Disco Rout (Younger Rebinds Remix 1)
Calystarr - New Horizons
Woo York - The Red Room
Mundo D - Game Over (Undo Insert Coin Remix)
Captain Mustache / Third Culture - Vertigo
Man2.0 & Precious Blood - CTRL ALT DEL (Tronik Youth Remix)
Todd Terje - Ragysh
JD Twitch - Maya
New York Endless - Double 9 Heart (Song for Twitch)
Ten Benson - Rock Cottage
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
JD Twitch - The Lark Ascending [excerpt]

Make Your Transition

The Lost Blends

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Optimo - Conectate (DJ El Niño Blend)

The full, unedited interview Keith kindly gave to Object OD in October 2024, marking 15 years of the Optimo Music label. 

When prompted for a way to thank him, he suggested a donation to Glasgow NW Foodbank. The link is here if you would like to donate: https://glasgownw.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/

Rest in peace Keith.

Until The Music Stops!

JD Twitch interview October 2024

EHFM Mornings: discjocelyne's JD Twitch tribute - 24.09.25

Tracklist  (all tracks released on Optimo Music - RIP Keith McIvor)

#		Track Title	Artist	Album	
1		Black Swan	SPARKY	Things Fall Apart	
2		Heroine Dub	Solitary Dancer	In the Name of the Mother	
3		Esplendor	Trikk	Several		
4		All Things Must Pass	Acid Ultras	My Reflections EP
5		Flowers from the Lake	Underspreche	Split	
6		Big Car (Crash Dub)	Severed Heads	Big Saints Reward EP	
7		General System (Main Dub)	Trikk	Several		
8		Goya's Skull	Whilst	Everything There Was Was There	
9		Sintessi Bassa	Boot & Tax	Baia del Ritmo	
10		Killer Nighter	Morgan Hammer	Heavy Bastard	
11		Modo Ritmico	Trikk	Several		
12		Un.sub		Mia Dora	Un.sub EP	
13		Ghost Seducer	Modini	Glasgow. London. New York. Edinburgh. EP
14		Acido		Boot & Tax	Acido EP	
15		Acid Air	Kuniyuki	Acid Japan EP	
16		Mikea		Underspreche	Subterrenus	
17		All Saints Day (All Saints Dub)	Severed Heads	Big Saints Reward EP
18		Feathers	Mash & Mia Dora	Un.sub EP
19		Naked		Underspreche	Split
20		NRGY		INIT	NRGY		
21		Mysterious Space Plane	Luke Solomon and Nick Maurer	Powerdance M.S.P.
22		Liason		Underspreche	Subterrenus
23		Raw Kiss	Mia Dora	Un.sub EP	
24		Et Le Mien	Mia Dora	Un.sub EP
25		Infinity Sign	Hiroshi Watanabe	Acid Japan EP	
26		UIUAWIO		MAN POWER	Use It Up	
27		Sonic Pressure	ManPower	Sonic Pressure EP
28		Untitled 1985 (Victor Shan/Gerd Janson Rave mix) Muslimgauze	Split
29		Greater Reward (Piano Power Edit)	Severed Heads	
30		Outimacy	The Golden Filter	Heavy Bastard
31		Vitus	Al Wootton

Techcelium 022 Optimo Records Label Focus 23.9.25

EHFM Mornings: Ravelston & Nikki Kent - 26.09.25

JD Twitch - Schaffling the Funk Out of Rachel Stevens mash-up from 2004

Twitch - Schaffling the Funk Out of Rachel Stevens

Optimo special in memory of JD Twitch. I didn’t know Keith personally, but he inspired me more than he’ll ever know, and it felt important to pay tribute to him. 

The show is basically a mix of songs that have soundtracked some of the best nights of my life - hope you like it.

Do!! You!!! Optimo Special in Memory of JD Twitch - 24/09/25

A mix done by JD Twitch around 2011 to soundtrack the 1992 documentary film Baraka. From memory, Twitch said that this mix wouldn't sync exactly as he wanted to the film as he ended up mixing it alongside a projection that was running at a slightly different speed. Regardless, the audio itself is worth it. RIP Keith, Optimo forever.

Baraka - Alternative Soundtrack mixed by JD Twitch

Part of Optimo's Hogmanay mix series, normally distributed to attendees of the Hogmanay parties via CD or download code.

Optimo Hogmanay End of the Decade Poptimo mix (2009)

JD Twitch, who we lost this month, but who lives on in so many different ways, would no doubt roll his eyes at the idea of a tribute mix, so let’s just call this a mix. 

From disco to disco, bleep to raptor, footwork, acid house, ambient, pop and beyond, this is music born in the projects, the streets, the clubs, the squats, the basements and the after parties... of Chicago, Caracas, New York, London, Glasgow, Europe and the world. It is the music of migration. The music of community. The music of home. 

I had a handful of tracks I planned to play, but most of them didn’t make it in. Instead I just made this off the cuff, on a pair of turntables, playing what felt right in that moment. I am so proud to call myself one of Optimo’s children. There are a couple of my more famous sisters and brothers on here too, as well as those who paved the way for all to follow, the teachers and the pioneers, many of whom I first encountered through Keith and Jonnie. Most importantly - and maybe I am mad for even trying - I wanted to capture, in my own unpolished and amateur way, Keith’s bold and joyfully irreverent approach to mixing which, as anyone who ever caught one of his sets, was technically astonishing and ALWAYS coupled by utter devotion to the music and the artists and engineers who made it, and to the creative integrity of the work. It’s a rare and beautiful combination, in a DJ, in any kind of artist, in a person. 

This selection is of course completely personal and does not necessarily represent what Keith would play, but if I've captured some of his spirit here then I will be chuffed. And if you hate it, go do it better yourself!   

OSSX - TALK IS CHEAP
Tiga & Hudson Mohawke - Duro
Fred Everything – Dreampoet
Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards - Collocate
Wanda Jackson - Funnel Of Love
Fixate & Sam Binga - Issker
Wake Up
Dj Babatr, Oshazs - Aje (Me llama la calle) feat. Oshazs"
Paul Johnson - Feel My M.F. Bass
DJ Funk - The Original Video Clash- Video Clash II (Street mix)
Tiga & Hudson Mohawke - Polyvoxx
B-Tribe - Fiesta Fatal
Lurka - Swirl
Orlando Voorn - Face
Joe Smooth - Promised Land
Glenn Underground - There Is A Time
Scott Grooves - The Journey
Paul Johnson - FRIENDS
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams
DJ Sprinkles - Masturjakor (Kink&the Neville Watson Remix)
Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (Riva Starr Paradise Garage Extended Remix)
Steve Poindexter - Transport
THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON - Papua Boot (Soul Central Remix)
Radio Slave - The Lunatics 
Isolée - Beau Mot Plage 
Verses GT - Your Light (ft. George Riley)
Makèz & Life on Planets - Give It Life 
DJ Deeon - Hypnosis
Octave One - BlackWater feat. Ann Saunderson (Full Strings Vocal Mix)
ABSOLUTE - Time 2 Love Again
Inner City - Back Together Again (Reese Phuture Dub Trip) (snippet)
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams  
Genius Of Time - Rave Breaks feat. Bassie Kay
Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair & Tayla Parx - Set The Roof
Arthur Russell - That's Us/Wild Combination

JOY RIDE 138

A mix previously uploaded by JD Twitch to mark Halloween

JD Twitch Halloween Mix

Box Energy: Until the Music Stops - 03.11.25

The long standing NTS resident steps up for the latest Off The Record mix.
London-based DJ and NTS regular Babyschön a.k.a Safi Bugel brings her deep, left-of-centre sensibilities to Phonica’s Off The Record series with a mix that bridges the afterglow of summer and the shadows of winter. Known for weaving post-punk, Italo, EBM and oddball house through her radio shows and club sets, Safi has built a reputation for finding warmth in the darker corners of the dancefloor. This mix, recorded at home on a quiet autumn afternoon but inspired by her set at DIY festival Three Wheel Drive back in August, channels that same energy — hazy, melodic and a little nostalgic while still maintaining a solid dance ready beat throughout. We had a quick chat with Safi about her mix and what she has coming up for the rest of the year:

Off The Record Mix Series 59: babyschön

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Gerd Janson B2B Optimo - RBMA & As You Like It (Full Recording)

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25.10.15 - Amsterdam - TNP ADE Party w/ Yu Su and Luca Lozano
12.09.25 - Amsterdam - Field Notes Stage @ Phonolake Festival w/ Calypso Steve, Space Dimension Controller, Debolina, Detroit In Effect +++
02.08.25 - Vienna - Infra: by Bestand w/ Berna, Asifeh (live), RAZMi (live), Irene Bi, Instruções Rituals
20.07.25 - Paris - Radio Sofa x Tweak Soundsystem @ Parc De  Belleville w/ Marathon Man
11.05.25 - Amsterdam - Kantarion, Radio Sofa and Tweak Soundsystem Exchange w/ Constanza Castagnet, Fenna Fiction, Jouko, Upsammy, Vanja Rakic, Bea 1991

As You Like It is the result of a shared taste for quality electronic music, late-night experiences, and creative expression, rooted in the underground and branching out to new heights.

As You Like It Recordings, an imprint of As You Like It SF, fosters and amplifies the diverse Bay Area artist community, releasing cutting-edge sounds through a multifaceted collaborative platform that strives for timelessness.

Author and DJ. Prize nominated debut novel FOLK out now on Velocity Press.

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We are dedicated to fostering creativity, collaboration, and community engagement through DIGITAL RADIO.

DJ El Niño, affectionately known as "El Niño," is a DJ like no other, not only because of his unique skills and trajectory but also because of his tremendous knowledge of the world's music catalog. He was raised in the Bronx by his parents, from the Dominican Republic, a country known for its cultural foothold of hot Latin sounds. El Niño discovered his love and connection with music at a very early age. His vast exposure to different genres and sounds allowed him to embrace other cultures, which was instrumental in harvesting an eclectic source of influences. Alongside musicianship, El Niño's positive attitude and resilience have led him to perform at some of the world's top venues. He continues to innovate and maintain an impeccable reputation delivering timeless performances at renowned venues such as Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Casinos in the US and Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Colombia, Where he performed for crowds in excess of 50,000.

As the music industry continues to evolve and Latin urban music continues to overtake the throne as the number one genre in the world, El Niño continues to cultivate the DJ culture by maintaining on course with his mission of creating memorable and epic moments via his music.

London's leading independent record shop. Also home to labels Phonica Records, Phonica White, Phonica Records Special Editions and @KarakulRecords.

Full features, including interviews and tracklists, for our Phonica Podcast and Phonica Mix Series on our editorial platform Off The Record ⬇

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Sharing Music is Loving Music.

All mixes can be downloaded in HD Audio.

Dj Booking & Inquiries : lesyeuxorange@gmail.com

Next ==> 13/09@ La  Rotonde Stalingrad, Paris
               26/09@ Burger Disco Club, Athens 
               27/09@ Rokfor, Patras
               04/10@ La Démarrante, Annecy
               18/10@ Boom Boom Villette
               31/10@ La Rotonde Stalingrad
               13/12@ La Rotonde Stalingrad


Past Gigs : 
Paris => Cabaret Sauvage, Trabendo, Rex Club, Badaboum, La Java, Mazette, La Machine du Moulin Rouge, La Prairie Du Canal, Petit Bain, Nexus, La Madrague Festival, Palais de Tokyo, La Rotonde Stalingrad, Silencio, ZigZag, La Clairiere, Wanderlust, Nuits Fauves, Double Vie, Pamela, Virage,  Le Monseigneur etc...

France => Calvi On The Rocks, Cabourg Mon Amour, We Love Green, Sarcus Festival, Tres cool Festival-Deauville, Highfive Festival-Annecy, Briques Rouges Festival-Lille, Bains Numeriques Festival-Enghien, Macadam Nantes x2, Lieu Unique Nantes, Le Sucre Lyon x3, Le Terminal Lyon, Le Petit Salon Lyon, Iboat Bordeaux x3, Chapiteau Marseille, 1988 Live Club Rennes, Gare Saint Sauveur Lille x2, Ostra Nancy, Grenoble Campus, La Bobine Grenoble, Angers, Nuit Blanche Saint Denis etcetc...

Europe => London x4 , Manchester x3, Leeds x2, Edinburgh, Berlin x3, Hamburg, Freiburg, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm x2, Copenhagen, Geneve x4, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Zurich x4, Bern, Lucern, Madrid x2, Ronda, Barcelona x3, Porto, Prague, Skopje, Milan, Rome, Liege, Istanbul, Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest x2, Vilnius x2, Palanga, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw, Saint Petersburg, Moscow etc...
RoTW ==> Mexico City x2, Guadalajara, Leon, Merida, San Miguel De Allende, Queretaro etc...

London based DJ / Weekly radio show on Do!!You!!! Radio on Wednesdays, 2-4pm.

Bookings - Caroline@klsbookings.com

Upcoming gigs:
12/12 - Joy Collective, Pelican House
19/12 - The White Hotel, Manchester
29/12 - Headrow House, Leeds 
13/02 - TBC
14/02 - Low Life, Corsica Studios
20/02 - Bugged Out @ Document, Bristol
21/02 - TBC
07/03 - Bugged Out Weekender, Butlins 
11/04 - TBC
04/06 - Kala Festival, Albania
19/06 - Wildwood Festival, Cambridge


Previous:

2025:

05/12 - Tryouts, King’s Cross
28/11 - All My Friends w/ Matt Cowell, Hackney
22/11 - Balearic London, The Social
09/11 - The Golden Lion, Todmorden
08/11 - Derby Brewery Arms, Manchester
01/11 - Low Life, Corsica Studios
25/10 -  Bar Basso, Zurich
13/09 - The Horse & Groom
05/09 - Balearic London, N17 Distillery 
30/08 - Balearic London, Supernature, Hastings
23/08 - Tryouts, Secret Location
22/08 - Low Life, NT's Loft
10/07 - Low Life boat party, Love International
14/07 - Terazza, Love International
26/06 - The Loving Arms, Glastonbury
26/06 - Lands End, Glastonbury 
25/06 - San Remo, Glastonbury 
22/06 - Wildwood Festival, Cambridge
21/06 - Cobalt Studios, Newcastle
30/05 - Watching Trees Festival
24/05 - Palestine Fundrasier, Corsica Studios
25/05 - Low Life, Brixton Storeys
18/05 - Adam & Eve All Dayer
10/05 - Loose Joints, Stroud
20/04 - Margate Arts Club w/ Rosie Ama
19/04 - Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds
17/04 - The Social
04/04 - Marquee Moon w/ Matt Cowell 
15/03 - Balearic London @ The Goose
01/03 - Revinyl x Paradisco @ The Golden Fleece, Nottingham
15/02 - Low Life @ Corsica Studios
14/02 - Do!! You!!! Social @ Moth Club, Hackney
08/02 - Electro Lunch, Cordoba
07/02 - Cafe 1001, Shoreditch
31/01 - The Gun, Hackney
01/01 - NYD @ St Leonard's Church, Hastings w/ Rosie Ama

2024:

31/12 - Gala NYE @ The Pickle Factory w/ Rosie Ama & Sofie K
30/11 - Mousetrap, Venue MOT
23/11 - Squish, Bristol
09/11 - Eat Your Greens, Leeds
02/11 - Low Life, Corsica Studios
01/11 - Marquee Moon w/ Meg Paine
26/10 - The Cause Halloween party 
25/10 - Do!! You!!! 3rd birthday @ NT's Loft 
18/09 - The Standard, London
14/09 - Renate, Berlin 
07/09 - Art Car Boot Fair w/ Frank Broughton
07/09 - Creekside Festival, Deptford
16/08 - Field Maneuvers 
08/08 - Cafe 1001, Shoreditch
04/08 - Dingwalls2, Camden
03/08 - Brvtvs, Marlow
28/07 - Secret Garden Party
13/07 - Secret Sundaze Multi Multi festival 
11/07- BST @ Hyde Park
05/07 - Art Car Boot Fair x Low Life - The Westway
26/05 - GALA festival, Peckham
24/05 - Low Life @ NT's Loft
04/05 - Low Life vs Stomp @ Secret location
28/04 - Blush @ All My Friends
27/04 - Brew LDN, Daytime session
27/04 - Pleasurehood @ XOYO
25/04 - Spiritland, King's Cross
12/04 - Balearic London @ 17 Little Portland Street
08/03 - IWD @ All My Friends, Hackney 
06/03 - Do!! You!!! Skate @ Rollernation 
17/02 - Low Life @ Corsica Studios
10/02 - Pleasurehood @ XOYO


2023:

31/12 - NYE @ Omeara
15/12 - Spiritland @ King’s Cross 
01/12 - Eat Your Greens, Leeds 
28/10 - Low Life @ Corsica Studios
27/10 - Mousetrap @ Bermondsey Social Club
12/10 - Campfire King's Cross
28/09 - Stow-Ho House @ Walthamstow Trades Hall 
16/09 - Night Tales
16/09 - Gala takeover @ Peckham Festival
10/08 - Campfire King’s Cross 
05/08 - Dimitri from Paris @ POW Brixton 
04/08 - MOUSE-TRAP @ Bermondsey Social Club 
28/07 - Low Life @ NTs Loft 
14/07 - The Seabird @ Hoxton Hotel
13/07 - Campfire King’s Cross
28/05 - Low Life @ POW Brixton
11/05 - Campfire King's Cross 
05/05 - Spiritland, King’s Cross 
06/04 - Interstellar Disco Orgy @ Venue MOT 
11/03 - Night Tales 
09/03 - Campfire King's Cross 
11/02 - Low Life @ Corsica Studios
21/01 - The final party @ Spiritland Royal Festival Hall  
20/01 - Spiritland, Kings Cross 

2022:
31/12 - NYE with Bill Brewster @ Spiritland Royal Festival Hall 
29/10 - Low Life @ Corsica Studios 
03/06 - Low Life @ Faith In Strangers 
12/03 - WOW Festival @ Spiritland
12/02 - Low Life @ Corsica Studios

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