love walking around the city at night listening to music, thank you handsome

Any chance you will post the rest of your mixtapes on Soundcloud? I read the synopsis for each one on the Optimo Music Bandcamp page and they are interesting. I wish I knew about them when they came out.

Soooooooooooooo gooooooooooood. No tracklist? just for a nerd like i am....

During 2021, to help get through the ongoing lockdown I made a series of 90 minute cassette tapes, one a month for ten months. I thought there would be a small demand but was blown away by the response. People really embraced them and copies went to every corner of the planet. They became a huge part of my year and really helped me through a tough time.

A little later I made them available digitally for a short period and all the proceeds raised went to Glasgow NW Foodbank. I was again blown away as thousands of pounds were raised.

i have decided to put the series on Soundcloud. I'll upload them sporadically over the coming months. 

This was the 1st one - ULTRAGOTH; my personal definition of Goth. It may or may not be up your strasse but hopefully some in the series will tickle your ears. 

OG Text from Feb 2021 below -

During lockdown I got really into walking and I now walk around 8 - 10 miles every day. I think it saved my sanity, helped me get my inspiration back, kept me fit and made me see Glasgow through new eyes. I have now seen almost every corner of this dear green place. 

Late last year I found my old personal stereo in a drawer and started listening to my small collection of tapes on these walks. I had thought my days of loving the tape format were long gone but I fell in love with them all over again. They have been a perfect companion on my walks and inspired me to put together this series of tapes. Each mix in the series was made for walking in that it is a collection of music I love that I have then mixed and road tested on my walks around Glasgow. I do love a project so decided to share them by making a series of them available, in a limited quantity. 


The first tape - 

OM Tape 01 - ULTRAGOTH. 

ULTRAGOTH is a very occasional JD Twitch solo night in Glasgow and is a celebration of my definition of what might be construed as Goth music, and more specifically what music is deserving in my opinion of the accolade ULTRAGOTH. It is a broad definition encompassing Post Punk, Synth Music, Dark pop, Ethereal ambience, Industrial electronics, North Yorkshire Cold Wave, unknown gems and even some well known hits. I think this has made for a great launch tape that is an excellent listen starting off deeply atmospheric before rising to a frenetic finale. 

I just finished putting together Tape 2 which will be "Hi tech electronic music from Japan in the 1980s". Further tapes will delve into a wide range of musics I love and all will be thoroughly walk tested. 

That's a lot of info! Thanks for reading and as ever for the support, JD Twitch, March 2021.

Artwork – Musheto Fernandez.

JD Twitch - ULTRAGOTH (Optimo Music Tape 001 - originally released March 2021)

One of the truest stylists in DJing.

Although leaving behind only a small repertoire, sadly cut short by an early and unexpected passing, what we have left as evidence of his deep dedication to the pleasures of music is so unique and designed with such charming consistency, that when listened to, can only be Zecky’s selection.


Since the late 2000’s we studied the few mixes we could get our hands on obsessively, to the point where for example: we will never be able to hear Pats and Pat “Tobago” without the expectation of “City Lights” to be mixed in next, courtesy of the 2008 Ebisu Bar Jam recording. To us, Zecky became a sub genre of music — "Zecky style tracks" — something in the realms of what we might consider as Balearic, but still somehow blurring the borders of acceptable Italo-disco, and then coming way out of left field with something contemporary like Simply Red...and somehow it all made perfect sense. A lot of these tracks may seem obvious now, but keep in mind this was mid 2000’s, a lot of these tracks were still not known, discogs was not what it is today: contextually, the calliber of his research was heavy. Imagine living in a time when the idea of what a good DJ should be doing is minimal techno yet you’re a Japanese guy going to Italy to look for completely expired Italo material, one can only imagine the facial expressions and dialogues that might have emerged between Italian record store owners and Zecky throughout his digging travels.


The role that talent plays in the DJ "profession" can sometimes feel fuzzy, especially in the post social media/CDJ era. In our humble opinions however, listening to Zecky’s oeuvre gave this mystery a good amount of inspiring clarity. The aesthetic precision of his selection supported by his simple but flawless mixing created compositions so striking that the mixes became new stories or soundtracks to beautiful movies no one had ever seen before. It really felt like he was making something larger than the music he was using to compose these moments. A common (and disturbing) cliche one often hears when people go about describing a DJ’s work is the idea of being a “story teller”. To us Zecky genuinely put forth this idea on a meaningful level, his stories were some of the nicest of all.

We learned so much from Zecky.


Thank you for the music and happy birthday — Zecky would have been 54 today.


Thank you to Daisuke, his party partner, for making this possible ❤️
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DJ 界での真のスタイリストの一人。
残念ながら、予期せぬ早すぎる死によって残されたレパートリーはわずかですが、音楽の楽しみに対する彼の深い献身の証拠として残されたものはとてもユニークで、魅力的な一貫性をもってデザインされており、聴くとZeckyのセレクションを感じざるを得ません。
2000 年代後半から私たちは手に入れることができる数少ないミックスを執拗に研究し、例えば、2008 年の恵比寿バージャムのレコーディングのおかげでパットとパットの「Tobago」を聞くと、次に「City Lights」がミックスされることを期待せずにはいられなくなりました。
私たちにとってZecky は音楽のサブジャンル、つまり「Zecky スタイルのトラック」になりました。これは、私たちがバレアリックと考えるものの領域に属しながら、それでも許容できるイタロディスコの境界を曖昧にし、その後 Simply Red のような現代的なものによって予想外の形で登場しました... そしてどういうわけか、すべてが完璧に理にかなったものでした。これらのトラックの多くは今では当たり前に思えるかもしれませんが、これは 2000 年代半ばのことであり、これらのトラックの多くはまだ知られておらず、discogs は今日ほどではありませんでした。文脈上、彼のリサーチの質は高いものでした。優れた DJ が行うべきのことはミニマルテクノであるという考え方がある時代に生きていると想像してください。しかし、あなたは完全に期限切れのイタロの素材を探しにイタリアに行く日本人男性です。彼のレコード探しの旅を通して、イタリアのレコード店のオーナーと Zecky の間に生まれたであろう表情や会話は想像するしかありません。 DJ という「職業」において才能が果たす役割は、特にソーシャル メディアや CDJ の時代以降は、曖昧に感じられることがあります。しかし、私たちのささやかな意見としては、Zecky の作品を聴くとこの謎がかなりはっきりと理解できました。彼の選曲の美的精度と、シンプルでありながら完璧なミキシングが、非常に印象的な作品を生み出し、そのミックスは新しい物語や誰も見たことのない美しい映画のサウンドトラックになりました。彼は、これらの瞬間を作曲するために使用した音楽よりも大きな何かを作っているように感じました。人々が DJ の仕事を説明するときによく耳にする一般的な (そして不快な) 決まり文句は、「ストーリーテラー」であるという考えです。私たちにとって、Zecky はこの考えを本当に意味のあるレベルで提示しており、彼の物語は最も素晴らしいものでした。私たちは Zecky から多くのことを学びました。音楽をありがとう。誕生日おめでとうございます。Zecky は今日 54 歳になっていたはずです。これを実現させてくれたパーティーパートナーの大輔に感謝します❤️

H.A.N.D. MIX 065 : Zecky – Metro 1st

My first show of my new residency on @1btnradio, 6pm-8pm UK (7-9pm CET), 101.4FM in Brighton or via 1BTN.FM online. Tonight is dedicated to the maverick fox and one of my oldest and best friends, Alex aka ‘Aslam’, who has left his incarnate– The physical world failed you my friend, but the energetic one welcomes you back.

In honour of our time together trying to blend disparate genres in the flat we shared in the Pembury estate, Hackney. This show is a sonic collage of music, poetry, and edits with no boundaries, a bit like the good soul himself.

Tracklist

Aboutface	–	White pond lily dawn chorus, frogs and amphibians (Garon Park, Walthamstow wetlands, Wallasea Island)
Olof Dreijer 	–	Hazel (Aboutface 私たちは星々を見上げる)
Bon Iver	–	Sh'Diah 
Massive Attack	–	Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Aboutface's send in the clowns remix)
Coco Bryce 	–	 Point Of No Return
Fergus Jones huerco s  & James K	–	Helma (Aboutface edit)
Kae Tempest 	–	Water in the rain
Golden Girls	–	Kinetic (David Morley remix)
Kosh	–	Come On
Posthuman	–	Rushing High
Floating Points	–	Fast Forward
Hannah Holland	–	Ekotypic
Antoni Maiovvi	–	Wolves
Le Motel	–	 I Cried Like a Child of Three / Tôi đã khóc như một đứa trẻ lên ba 
Cyndi Lauper 	–	Cyndi Lauper - Time after time (Az speaks from the beyond remix) 
Steve Spacek	–	Follow Me (Skeptical Remix)
QZB	–	Tech Priest
Akuatyde	–	Akuatyde - Love on a Real Train (AF Edit)
Instra:mental	–	Sakura
Disco Bambino	–	Computer Sex 85 LB
East Forest Peter Broaderick	–	 Resurect inside (Aboutface Edit)
DOVS	–	Frames
John Beltran	–	Soft Summer
Dwaalgast	–	Tomoko
LOKATT	–	Storm
Facets	–	Breakable
Disco Bambino	–	Get Carmen
Air Bajko	–	Paras
Charlie	–	Let Go (David Vunk Remix) 
aus	–	Silm 

1btn EP1 The Manifold of Nature w/Aboutface 5-2-25

00:00:00  1 Pet Shop Boys - My October Symphony (Live - Performance)
00:05:50  2 808 State - Spanish Heart
00:09:24  3 400 Blows - Let The Drums Speak (Live Mix)
00:12:11  4 Bomb The Bass - Understand This
00:16:59  5 Black Radical MKII - Sign Of The Beast
00:20:54  6 HardNoise - Mice in the Presence of the Lion, Pt. 1
00:24:53  7 Gunshot - Interception Squad
00:28:11  8 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Instrumental)
00:32:07  9 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
00:36:39 10 Wolfman - Consciousness (Rob Davis Mix)
00:41:02 11 Electronic - The Patience Of A Saint
00:45:05 12 Chapter & The Verse - Stealth (Fixed Wing Mix)
00:49:17 13 Pet Shop Boys - DJ Culture (Extended Mix)
00:55:44 14 Caveman - You Can't Take It
01:00:33 15 Rebel MC - Afrikan
01:02:40 16 Mark Samson featuring Sharon - Love Come Down (Big Beat Mix)
01:07:54 17 Chapter & The Verse - Miss You
01:11:48 18 Gunshot - No Sell Out
01:16:22 19 Silver Bullet - Guns of Mind Alone
01:22:42 20 Nation 12 - Electrofear (Shemsijo Mix)
01:26:02 21 Altern 8 - Real Time Status (Hand Of God Remix)
01:30:13 22 Shut Up And Dance - On A Street Level
01:34:20 23 The Sindecut - Panic Stricken
01:37:03 24 Shut Up And Dance - Rest In Peace (Rap Will Never)
01:40:35 25 Metronome - In My Mind (Vocal mix)
01:47:05 26 Cabaret Voltaire - Alright
01:52:03 27 Raphel - Latino
01:55:51 28 Jesus Loves You - After The Love (Prophets Of Doom Mix)
02:01:20 29 Orbital - Midnight (Original 12" Mix)
02:07:32 30 Shoot The Moon - Sax Machine (Mix One)
02:13:48 31 Primal Scream - Don't Fight It, Feel It (Scat Mix)
02:20:46 32 Primal Scream - Don't Fight It, Feel It
02:26:53 33 Hijack - The Contract (ft. Shaka Shazam, The Icepick & Huntkillbury Finn)
02:31:13 34 Plaid - Scoobs in Columbia
02:36:05 35 Rebel MC - Rebel Music (From The Soul Mix)

Rewind Selection 1991 Vol. 1

4h intro DJ set recorded at Karmakoma (Belgrade) for the NYE 2025 with Francesco Farfa.
Vinyl only - No tricks ;)

Sacha Mambo @ Karmakoma NYE opening set 31.12.2024

Deeply salty, green and swampy, the Aquarium V/A Megamix is here. Take a guided tour through all the bluest shades, swelling basslines and murky creatures found on the compilation. Mixed by Fandango’s own subaqueous navigator, @murrinmusic. 

https://fandangooo.bandcamp.com/album/aquarium-charity-v-a?from=search&search_item_id=3182425050&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=4132440634&search_page_no=0&search_rank=1&logged_out_menubar=true

AQUARIUM V/A MEGAMIX

‘For home use only’ is an anti-club social, a chance to get to know someone/something. A series of transmissions purely dedicated to exploring the other side.

The train is well and truly back on the rails, so let’s keep the energy rolling and treat those ears to a dose of pure sonic liberation. This brain-bending, neck-snapping, foot-burning mix comes courtesy of local legend Walter Majik, aka Jimmy Pham.

A masterful curation of all things mystical, this is a downtempo odyssey and an electrifying ride for the listener. Spanning every known dimension and beyond, this three-hour voyage elevates you into a higher state of consciousness, weaving together deep cuts from across the ages. Expect the finest in street soul, visionary alt-pop gems, 8-bit psychedelia, couch-core oddities, and so much more. It’s all about the journey—where you’ll end up is anyone’s guess.

This is Cafe-del-MORE!

Tune in, Drop out.

his sounds >>>> https://soundcloud.com/waxflowerbar

FHUO # 96 // Walter Majik

27-02-2025 // Robert Bergman // Live recording from the Radio Hinter studio at Der Hintergarten, Amsterdam.

mastering: Victor Marbus

Robert Bergman // M>O>S Recordings // 27-02-2025

Live from our Berlin studio: Sneaker takes over for the next two hours!

Sneaker [09.04.25]

DJ Sotofett is back on Trushmix for the 237th edition. he's no stranger to this platform, and here he presents a 45 min pure electro infused power mix to get you going!

Here some words from Sotofett himself!

Clone West Coast Series just released the album "DJ Sotofett & The Colours Of Computer Generated Instruments" - 15 cuts widening the spectrum of electro, with 80's Nintendo console vibes and holy grail analog vs digital synthesis. The album is filled with surprises, seamlessly transitioning from acid infected vibes and catchy electronic pop to avant-garde electro cuts. But this is "The Mixtape", a 45 min energetic and deep dive into essential Electro and Detroit Techno. Mixed by DJ Sotofett, with 2 x Technics 1210mk2 in the tradition of old school Hip-Hop mixtapes, it holds several cuts from the album (even an unreleased version), as well as excellent tracks by Aux 88, Skatebård, Carl Craig, Cosmic Baby, Westbam & Nena, Kraftwerk, DMX Krew, DJ Hell, Pom Pom, The Advent, Victor Duplaix, Dopplereffekt, Gus Gus, Reese Project, Daft Punk and The Jonzun Crew.

Enjoy the mix!

Music from the top!

Trushmix 237 - DJ Sotofett

Whispers of the kekish graveyard

I started DJ'ing in 1987, am 50% of Optimo (Espacio) and I also run the Optimo Music record label.


“We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.”
Mark Vonnegut

Email - kmcivor@me.com

Optimo Music Soundcloud here - https://soundcloud.com/optimo-music

DJ bookings (worldwide) - caroline@spunoutagency.com



Press - optimopr@mac.com


Discography - http://www.optimo.co.uk/discography/

JD Twitch - ULTRAGOTH (Optimo Music Tape 001 - originally released March 2021)

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