Optimo

Hey Ward! I have had “try glasgow more” open in a tab for a week waiting for my travel plans to be vaguely finalised before I Suggest Fap. (I have a plane ticket for nine days away but haven’t had leave approved yet!) If real fappage wasn’t going to work out once I have times bashed into shape, I was going to mail you and grimly to see if we could lunch...

got yr ilxmail krakow btw

I have been told that Optimo is, in some form, coming back to Philadelphia! such excitement!!

supposed to be in Brooklyn August 29

yup, we're both playing philly on both the 25th and 27th (25th is a bar gig where i will be playing rock n' roll), 27th is making time and then we're playing sunday best in brooklyn on the 29th.

i haven't decided who is playing the club in glasgow on the 5th yet but will probably be some of our local residents - we're both in croatia that day.

WHOA!! stirmonster I am so so fucking excited :D Do you know what bar you'll be at the 25th?

the bar is the pope.

DOUBLE WHOA, that's the local watering hole for a bunch of my good friends! I didn't even know they did events like that.

Kinda rearranging our European trip to (finally) catch Optimo in Paris on Sept 23rd w/Danton Eeprom at Rex Club. I'm guessing NZ is still an unlikely destination, but are any Australian jaunts in the pipeline?

Waaay psyched for this Friday. So you're playing at POPE (the one on Passyunk East, I presume) on the 25th? What time are you on?

i'm afraid i don't know anything about the pope gig apart from what i've posted. i'll try to find out and post back.

etc - there is a very, very slight chance we'll be playing NZ in december as we're going to be playing in australia then.

http://www.corsicastudios.com/index.php/september-2010/285-ekstravaganza-6-september-10th

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That's just a ridiculous line-up, wish I could go. Ekstravaganza is pretty much the best regular club night in London these days.

Hey Jamie! I just heard Keith spelling out “...i-l-x-o-r” over the music and thought he was saying you were “(ilxor)”, not just an ILX0r – didn’t work out who you were until after 6am – sorry for thus being so confusing!

it was a confusing night all round!

:D

Stir. Can you expand on the Prins Thomas wee drinking scenario you hinted at in your tweet?

you cant just leave that stuff hanging.......

Prins doesn't do toilet tracks, would be my guess.

^ on the micturition

what matt dc said.

it was a confusing night all round!

indeed

I was very confused by the time I met you all! Sorry ...

Travel problems nixed the Rex Club appearance (if my dodgy French serves me correctly). Anyone know more about the TBC gig in Metz on October 1st?

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Travel problems nixed the Rex Club appearance (if my dodgy French serves me correctly). Anyone know more about the TBC gig in Metz on October 1st?

french air traffic control strike prevented us getting to paris. the metz gig isn't happening but we are back in paris in november.

http://www.factmag.com/2010/10/15/optimo-to-release-covers-album-by-10-year-old-ghanaian-twins/

OMG.

Yeah!

absolutely love "moody". so cute to hear that hybrid african/glaswegian accent! the way she says "moody" is sooooo glasgow.

Betty Botox "Kraut EP" is fucking aaaawwweeessome

Oh damn, Making Time/snacks mailing list says Optimo is doing Philly again in January!! CAN IT BE TRUE!?

they're playing NY on the 7th so it's highly likely.

Optimo DJ'd at Bowlie 2 the other week after the bands, first time I had any exposure to them tbh, it was brilliant. Best DJ set of the weekend.

they're in DC the first week of January so I presume all East Coast rumours are true.

99% certain we're doing philly. just waiting to hear for sure. it will go up here in the next day or two - http://www.optimo.co.uk/shows/

colonel poo - glad you enjoyed the bowlie set. i tried to play a different kind of set from usual that would maybe appeal to an indie(esque) audience without being indie.

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Really great tonight. Miss the days at the subclub.

did anybody link this? pretty fun -

http://drownedinsound.com/news/4139784-top-250-optimo-tracks-revealed-list-inside

There a link to the spotify playlist in the comments too.

they did yeah

― hotel califor.nia (r1o natsume), Saturday, 24 April 2010 21:53 (8 months ago)

whoops xpost - the spotify playlist was the next post in this thread too!

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I wish I could see their EIGHT HOUR set at the Bunker tonight.. Doors close at 5am so set your alarm New Yorkers.

they did one of those 8 hour sets @ plastic people recently + i didnt find out till the day after :(

good weekend for dance music in NY...Bunker anniversary fri night incl. Optimo, and saturday at Santos Metro Area downstairs for Discovery party and Paradise Garage reunion upstairs (though the upstairs is $$$$)

Saturday at Triple Crown in SF was a highlight of my crummy life, thank you JD!

New Optimo FACT mix!
http://www.factmag.com/2011/01/17/fact-mix-214-optimo/

Sounds a bit Sleepwalk-esque from the blurb...

tracklisting for FACT mix -

Odd Machine - Phase In (edit)
Cindytalk - Our Shadow, Remembered
Alvo Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Morning
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (JD Twitch Reversion)
Zoviet France - The Decriminalisation Of Country Music
Sun City Girls - Come Maddalena
Forest Swords - The Light
Oneohtrix Point Never - Young Beidnahga
No Man - Days In The Trees
Tomita - Clair De Lune
Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet Statique
Timothy Leary - The Aim Of The Game
Peter Baumann - This Day
Reichmann - Wunderbar
Duet Emmo - The First Person
Carol - So Low
Zoviet France - Vienna (extract)

Just put this on my iPhone; cannot wait to listen to it on the bus today

absolutely beautiful.

stirmonster, i remember when you had that zoviet france track up on your now long-dead mac.com dropbox!

last night's 'night of 45 cuts' was maybe the best night out I've had in Dundee, God bless yous.

did everyone hear this epic mix already?

JD Twitch - Bass and Bleeps 1990 - 2011