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NewTone @ Thuishaven HF Festival | 08.06.2024

Closing your own party on the Saturday night of ADE, I don't think it gets better than that. It's hard to describe how in tune this whole building was; it felt like we were on our own little island for eight hours straight. I've watched everything unfold in awe, from the massive queue of people wanting to get in when the doors opened to the packed main room still giving it their all at 8am. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This was perfect.

Tjade @ Agrio Club ADE 2024 - Closing Set

Mix #67 Tjade

Het was misschien de eerste keer dat ze samen achter de decks stonden, maar de chemie van Benwal en DJ BORING spatte er van de eerste seconde tot de laatste schijf vanaf. Het resultaat: een drie uur durende hi-energy fistbumpfestijn dat je eindelijk kunt herbeleven.

Meer Drift: www.driftomtedansen.nl

Benwal b2b DJ BORING | Euphoria | live at Drift Festival 2025

@entasiaaa & @kyle_starkey43
Wildeburg Festival
July 12, 2025 - Helling
Kraggenburg, Netherlands
www.wildeburg.nl

Entasia & Kyle Starkey - Wildeburg 2025

Got to play my favourite slot at de Helling of Wildeburg after years of dreaming about it. We had three gorgeous hours together, where we slowly built from happy prog rollers to hard hitting house bangers. The recording and some beautiful memories are what now remains <3

Tjade - Sunset at Wildeburg 2025

Nothing but sunshine and good vibes as https://soundcloud.com/autoflowerofficial opened our second annual boat party. 🛥️🌼

Known for his unique blend of 90s (Hard) house with a trancey twist, AUTOFLOWER delivered a sun filled DJ Set full of high energy and melodic beats. Rising fast in the scene, he’s already making waves at festivals and events worldwide, all while running his own label ORCH:D.

For the first time, club TURN brings DJs from outside Rotterdam, showcasing various talents the Netherlands has to offer. WATCH his DJ set on the boat NOW & don’t forget to hit that follow button to stay in the loop on upcoming gigs, releases and other updates. Also WATCH the full boatparty video on youtube: https://youtu.be/goVS1ltqwgE

Connect with AUTOFLOWER:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/autoflower.official/
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/autoflowerofficial
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@autoflowerofficial
Contact & Bookings - bookings@vaultedmusic.nl

Connect with club TURN:
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/club-turn
Instagram - https://instagram.com/club.turn/
Tiktok - https://tiktok.com/@club.turn
LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/company/club-turn/
Contact/inquiries - info@clubturn.nl

About club TURN:
Discovering talent together. We are a Rotterdam-based community exploring the hottest (upcoming) club artists. Every month, we select the best talents for you. With a focus on Rotterdam’s finest (rising) artists you can be sure you're getting the best of the best. 

Explore different club genres and experience club TURN DJ sets right from the DJ booth. We collaborate with the best locations in the city, showcasing all the cool places we love. Let us inspire your next planning session in the group chat with your friends.

WATCH HERE

AUTOFLOWER | Progressive 90s House & Trance DJ Set @ club TURN

the most INSANE 2 hours of my life!! if you wanna see some footage of how this went down IRL you can take a look here: https://tinyurl.com/5hdvvbzu

thank you to everyone who joined me on this dancefloor <3 <3

SAIDAH // Hacienda @ Lowlands Festival Set // 2025

OLIVIA LENSEN @Lowlands, Het Magazijn 2025

NewTone @ Thuishaven | 27.07.2025

Underspreche -  Subterrenus EP

A1) Jefe 6.06
A2) Liasion - 5.55

AA1) Mikea - 8.57


After the success of their debut split EP with Muslimgauze which sold out in record time, the southern Italian male/female duo Underspreche return to Optimo Trax for their first EP in their own right. Three tracks of deliciously psychedelic, advanced techno grooves filled with subtle syncopations and head melting sound design. First release in the new Optimo Trax colour scheme.

Three track 12" EP (and digital release) released on June 24th 2016. Distributed by Kompakt and Rub A Dub.


Optimo Trax 022 - Underspreche -  Subterrenus 12" EP (sampler)

Optimo Music is happy to present the second full-length from The Golden Filter, STILL // ALONE.

After relocating to London and playing shows around Europe for a year and a half, self-imposed pariahs Penelope Trappes and Stephen Hindman delved into creating a two-sided existential opus by renting out old studio spaces around the UK and using mostly analog 80's instruments, machines and effects.

An album about being in love with pure solitude, when STIILL // ALONE is separated into two distinct sides, record one, STILL, is a hypnotic meditation for the nightclub. Wavy patterns of sound and light bounce off Penelope's literary vocal bursts, layered over ominous deep synths and arpeggiators, held together only by strict 4/4 beats. The rhythm, ironically forcing the body to move, however internally focused and mindful, still.

Record two, ALONE, takes the club offline and into the fringes of raw, odd pop. Ever-prominent drum machine beats rule, while love and loss permeate the four atmospheric goth songs. Music for dancing alone.

"Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern... the whole world is a work of art... there is no Shakespeare... no Beethoven... no God; we are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself." - Virginia Woolf


LP Title: Still // Alone
Artist: The Golden Filter
Label: Optimo Music
Release Date: February 24th 2017
Format: Vinyl, Digital

1. We Are The Music
2. Vibrational
3. Now We Get Lost
4. Nine
5. //
6. Questions
7. Dust
8. There Is No Love Between Us
9. Rivers

OM LP 07 -  The Golden Filter - Still // Alone (album sampler)

OM LP 09

A1 Jorge Reyes - Plight 
A2 Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma - Mille Voix 
A3 Iona Fortune - White Tigress	

B1 O Yuki Conjugate - Cloud Cover	
B2 X.Y.R. - Middle Of Nowhere 
B3 Jon Keliehor - Subcontinent	
B4 David Cunningham - Blue River
	
C1 Larry Chernicoff - Woodstock, New York 
C2 Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz - Desert Equations (For Brion Gysin) 
C3 Jon Hassell - Miracle Steps	
C4 Vulgata - Ethel I 

D1 Afro-Disiak - Tambours D'Eau 
D2 Rapoon - The Same River Once	
D3 Javier Segura - El Sueno Perdido	

Optimo Music presents "Miracle Steps (Music from the Fourth World 1983 - 2017)", a 2 x LP compilation of Fourth World music compiled by JD Twitch & Fergus Clark. Also available as a digital release. 

This compilation had been on the label’s to do list for ages but it was only when Twitch and Glasgow’s Fergus Clark started crossing swords over what actually constituted Fourth World music that the project really got going. Twitch decided that co-compiling the release with someone who had a slightly different take on things might make for a more interesting finished release, and so it came to pass that a cohesively thrilling compilation quickly materialised as each of them drew from a wealth of different artists and eras.


For the uninitiated, here’s an extract from Fergus Clark’s sleeve notes honing in on how the term Fourth World (an idea conjured up by Jon Hassell in the early 80s) might be defined -


“What we have attempted to gather across this compilation is a body of work which we feel directly resonates with both the literal definition of ‘Fourth World’ music and indeed our own interpretation of this unique sonic vision; from the work of the late Jorge Reyes, a Mexican musician who combined pre-hispanic instruments with synthesisers and digital sampling, through to the work of organic ambient ensemble O Yuki Conjugate. There are tracks which utilise custom, home-made instruments and there are tracks built from scratch using the latest in digital technology, but the undercurrent tying each piece together is this deeply personal feeling of intrigue and mysterious elation. Strange and unparalleled, this feeling manages to eschew geographic borders and rigid genre movements in favour of something which manages to evoke an inner sanctum, a musical private place for both reflection and assessment. This is music grounded in nor the past nor the present, music which manages to sound futuristic yet remarkably nostalgic. “


JD Twitch is one half of Glasgow’s Optimo (Espacio) and runs the Optimo Music and Optimo Trax labels.

Fergus Clark is a writer, occasional DJ and avid music fan. He is a founding member of the music and art collective 12th Isle.

The 2 x LP version will be housed in a gatefold sleeve designed by the redoubtable Glasgow based visual artists Al White & Jamie Johnson.

Released on vinyl (and digital) on April 14th 2017. Distributed by Kompakt.

OM 09 LP - Various - Miracle Steps (Music From The Fourth World 1983 - 2017)

Not your ordinary mix by one of our favorites and longtime friend: JG Wilkes. Follow Jonnie, stripped down to the waist and fueled by coffee and bananas, on a musical voyage through the various stages of the night. Nothing is easy or predictable, and in bona fide Optimo style JG veers off deep into leftfield, steering clear of dogma while transcending genres to bring you more than a mix - an experience.

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